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Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Duncan_teaser image.jpg By Jos Duncan As diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives increase along with demands ... a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts the voices of those advocating for justice, wellness, and equity. I ...

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 journalism, digital equity research and policy, community-led and operated radio ... foundation’s mission to build and strengthen networks of people who are creating and sharing information, ideas, ...

Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, November 25, 2024
... artist and activist Paul Robeson said, “the gatekeepers of truth [and] civilization’s radical voice.” This ... The 2024 ACG grantees are working in a diverse range of artistic practices such as crafts & textiles, folk arts, ... consisted of cultural organizer and inaugural Executive Director of the Forman Arts Initiative (FAI), Adjoa Jones de ...

HealthSpark Foundation announces the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Via HealthSpark Foundation As part of our efforts to build a more thriving Montgomery County, it ... County,” says Chinwe Onyekere, HealthSpark’s Director of Equity & Inclusion. “In partnership with the community, we ...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020
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... Germantown Info Hub Bryan Mercer , Executive Director, Movement Alliance Project This session will be ... entrepreneur, and public speaker. She is the founder of Love Now Media, a non-profit social enterprise and Love ... and Pittsburgh areas. Currently, his work focuses on diversity and inclusion issues impacting news ecosystems in ...

Lenfest Institute offering $1 million in grants

Monday, June 5, 2017
... Applications are being accepted for two types of grants — “Experimentation,” up to $35,000 to help ... with similar challenges,” said institute Executive Director Jim Friedlich. “We are most interested in ... — to the institute. Burt Herman, the institute director of innovation projects, will oversee the grant and ...
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$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
... for Journalism A broad-based, collaborative group of media funders, news enterprises, and community information ... and be of service,” said Roxann Stafford, managing director of the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation ... Transformation Fund With a focus on sustainability and equity, The  Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund , ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grants to Media Making Organizations

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, June 3, 2021
... grants totaling $2 million were awarded to a range of film, journalism, storytelling, and youth media organizations and projects. In this first round of grants for 2021, IPMF provided continued support to a ... structure and media-making that advances cultural equity for Latinx, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... to community media-makers, journalism, film and digital equity projects with an emphasis on supporting projects led ... individuals from the tri-state area submitted a wide range of media making proposals to the Community Voices Fund. Of ... so justice is possible," said Roxann Stafford, managing director of the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
... Foundation (IPMF) welcomes seven new members to its board of directors. The new board members bring a wide range of ... processes, policies, and decisions that promote equity and justice in our communities,” said Jamila Medley, ... board members are: Alex Lewis , co-founder and creative director of Rowhome Productions Ana Graciela Méndez , ...
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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 to support initiatives that will enhance coverage of Philadelphia’s most pressing issues, with a particular ... targeted at product development and revenue growth, diversity and equity initiatives, and civic-focused journalism. The ...

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

Wednesday, May 4, 2022
... serve the growing and diverse social sector, The Chronicle of Philanthropy (CoP) today announced it plans to become an ... in 1988, the publication has been owned by The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc., a private, for-profit company. ... who helped found CoP in 1988 and will become executive director of the new nonprofit organization. “We are boldly ...
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Lenfest Institute for Journalism Announces Local News Sustainability Grants

The Lenfest Institute
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
... Institute for Journalism today announced 13 winners of its latest grant programs, aimed at fulfilling its mission of supporting sustainable models for local journalism and information in service of democratic society. The Institute awarded two types of ...
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Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
...  (By  ANNE EIGEMAN )   During a time when news outlets of all sizes are experiencing unprecedented financial ... and entrepreneurship. Jim Friedlich, executive director of the Institute, said in a statement, “We were ... high schools in Philadelphia. Publisher and executive director of the Notebook, Maria Archangelo, wrote in an email ...
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Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... protests sweep across the country in the middle of a pandemic that has exposed structural inequalities, ... offers some insight and a valuable call to action. Instead of feeling despair that the world will never be the same, Roy ... institution to respond to this moment with a sense of urgency, trust of community and commitment. In our recent ...

Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... America will strengthen the business models and practices of local technology Brigades chapters in seven U.S. cities ... 2010. Code for America’s mission is to build a network of cities, citizens, community groups and startups committed ... in the digital age,” said Lilian Coral, Knight’s director of national strategy and technology innovation. ...

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

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Thursday, December 12, 2024
... 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 movement building, and ... and strengthen community organizing for digital equity. The grants are: Technology Learning Collaborative and ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of community media-making ($3.2 million), narrative shift ... safety ($3.14 million), filmmaking ($783,000), digital equity ($740,000), and journalism ($726,000). “These grants represent the majority of IPMF’s grantmaking for the year, while the foundation ...

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

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
... caught up with Molly de Aguiar, the president of Independence Public Media, last week — after the foundation announced its first set of grants and a new partnership with Bread & Roses Community ... it was known for programming and staff that reflected the diversity of communities across the Philadelphia region. In ...
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