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The Chronicle of Philanthropy Unveils Ambitious Growth Plan To Put National Spotlight On Social Sector, Become Nonprofit

Wednesday, May 4, 2022
... the growing and diverse social sector, The Chronicle of Philanthropy (CoP) today announced it plans to become an ... of Philanthropy is taking a major leap forward in how we serve nonprofits and foundations,” said Stacy ... positions, so the time is right for CoP to chart its own future. Our Board is enthusiastic and optimistic about the ...
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Social Innovation

Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
... its grantsmaking processes, and about what she believes philanthropy can do better. Generocity: Independence Public Media is a ... and the environment. And yet, intuitively we all know how powerfully (in positive and harmful ways) media shapes ...
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Culture, Heritage, and Place: How Media Amplifies Community Narrative

Culture, Heritage, and Place: How Media Amplifies Community Narrative
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05/2021
... profiles eight place-based organizations that use media for cultural expression and connection with local funding ... and diversity of voice. Culture, Heritage, and Place: How Media Amplifies Community Narrative ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... and storytellers have been watching, listening and creating. They are reflecting and envisioning, uncovering ... and storytelling, the project will address questions like: How did existing structural inequalities further impact their ... diverse community. Preserving Memory and Reimagining the Future The Fund also supported many archive projects that ...

Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets

Lenfest Institute logo
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
... the Innovation Grant program, which will follow a venture philanthropy format, emphasizing experimentation and ... the kind of information parents will find valuable and how they want to receive it.” Another nonprofit awardee,  ... corporations and foundations in supporting the future of local journalism but that they “don’t always ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation announces grants totaling $4.3 million

Media Mobilizing Project
Thursday, December 19, 2019
... committed to investing in the people and organizations who can build and strengthen networks, and foster wide-ranging, ... on the region. The three-year project aims to understand how social change happens, the media’s role in creating obstacles and opportunities for change, and what ...
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Lenfest Institute for Journalism Announces Local News Sustainability Grants

The Lenfest Institute
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
... PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 30, 2019) — The Lenfest Institute for Journalism today announced 13 winners of its latest grant ... revenue such as subscriptions and memberships, or by creating new revenue streams through products that leverage ... will lead to the creation of technologies or services that can be more widely adopted, and local business models that ...
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HealthSpark Foundation announces the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
... us with an opportunity to think and act differently in how we support movement building and grassroot advocacy in ... community, we are seeking to center equity and justice in creating a thriving safety net.” The Dr. Frank E. Boston ... us to be bold in our thinking about how we as a foundation can address the systemic underinvestment and disinvestment in ...

The Lenfest Institute announces $1.3 million in grants to support The Philadelphia Inquirer’s community-focused journalism

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Thursday, May 20, 2021
... Inquirer (May 20, 2021) The Lenfest Institute for Journalism today announced $1.3 million in new grants to ... initiatives that will enhance coverage of Philadelphia’s most pressing issues, with a particular focus on ... uncovering injustice, and shining light on the region’s challenges. The Inquirer plans to continue to expand its ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $800,000 in 2023 Community Voices Grants

IPMF Community Voices 2023 - Save Chinatown
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
... be part of a vibrant media ecosystem. It is critical for us to listen to our community partners as they determine ... communities that have traditionally been excluded from philanthropy while also being impacted by harmful and racist ... learn who holds power over the media we consume and how media shapes the narratives we tell about ourselves and ...
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Media/JournalismRacial EquitySocial Justice

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... and inclusion initiatives increase along with demands for newsrooms to dismantle and repair long standing racist ... motivated me as a storyteller. My personal inquiry was: How might I find, frame, and document stories that ... discover, and imagine. As we begin to envision what the future of media will look like following the pandemic, we ...

$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

Coronavirus Testing by Tim Tai - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... that provide trusted, timely information. You can find more details on the application process  here , and ... supports building and strengthening networks of people creating and sharing information, ideas, and stories for ... technology, business, and audience realities of the future. The Fund believes that journalism is at its best when ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $1.75 Million in Grants for COVID-19 Community Storytelling and Information Projects

Thursday, July 30, 2020
... particularly from vulnerable communities, to inform how the region must respond to the pervasive structural ... as The Village of Arts & Humanities’ “Report from the Future” project, facilitated and curated by an ... building and strengthening networks of people who are creating and sharing information, ideas, and stories for ...
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Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... St. Paul and Boulder build sustainable business models for civic technology. ... before us is to support the Brigades, so that they can be resilient and sustainable in improving how the government serves the public in a digital society.” ...

Lenfest Institute offering $1 million in grants

Monday, June 5, 2017
... | by Jeff Gammage , Staff Writer The Lenfest Institute for Journalism will award up to $1 million in grants to drive ... to explore new projects that align with the institute’s mission. Residencies will last three to six months and ... reader engagement, reaching diverse new audiences, and creating new sources of revenue to pay for great ...
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18Nov2020

The Secret Weapon for Achieving Your Foundation’s Goals

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
... 18th from 1:00 - 2:30 PM, four local initiatives discuss how they utilize their secret weapon – media and media-making – as a force for social justice: Get some insight into why media is the secret weapon funders can use to support civil society and get on the fast-track to ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

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Monday, August 15, 2022
... Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for community-centered, BIPOC-led media organizations and ... on government buildings that collectively imagine a future Philadelphia where all youth are safe, healthy, free, ... ($75,000), an Arab arts and language organization that is creating a multimedia room for community members to produce ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... focus areas reviewed all the proposals and decided how to allocate the $800,000 fund. The panel’s decisions ... share power with communities traditionally excluded from philanthropy while also being impacted by harmful and racist ... violence through community-led storytelling, archives for building community power, community-centered news and ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Media-Making and Digital Equity Grants to 33 Projects and Organizations

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... (IPMF) announces $2.6 million in its final round of grants for 2021. The grants focused support for community-centered ... mission to build and strengthen networks of people who are creating and sharing information, ideas, and stories for ... entertainment, and education so that the Latino community can be united and fight together for their rights as human ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $6.1 Million in Grants for 2024

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Thursday, December 12, 2024
... Foundation (IPMF) announces $697,453 in its final grants for the year. The foundation has awarded a total of $6.1 million in grants for 2024 in support of community storytelling, media for ... to these grants, IPMF is partnering with the Samuel S. Fels Fund and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and ...
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