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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
... by developing and bolstering revenue streams that support their civic technology missions in each community, as ... Knight’s investment in Code for America and its mission to nearly $10 million since 2010. Code for America’s ... a free, accessible and reliable digital tax assistance tool for English and Spanish speaking families ...

$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
... million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to ensure that communities in the Philadelphia area have ... COVID-19 Community Information Fund will support a broad array of media and other community ... a multimedia initiative including radio, digital, and event programming that is designed to connect Philadelphians ...

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
... for Journalism today announced $1.3 million in new grants to The Philadelphia Inquirer to support initiatives that will enhance coverage of ... announced grants to The Inquirer build upon its ongoing work to make its newsroom and coverage more reflective of the ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... truth, and fostering healing. Arundhati Roy speaks to this in her recent article  The pandemic is a portal , ... moment while centering communities. Our priority was to support vulnerable communities who are often overlooked in ... of youth media makers being able to publicly present their work. For me, it was that public engagement that gave me the ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... region. In total, the foundation awarded 71 grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of ... this pioneering collaboration. IPMF is providing continued support, with three-year, $1 million grants each to MAP, Free ... communities, by creating a pipeline of BIPOC journalists, identifying geographic and demographic news deserts, and ...
18Nov2020

The Secret Weapon for Achieving Your Foundation’s Goals

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
... into why media is the secret weapon funders can use to support civil society and get on the fast-track to achieving ... 365, and Motivos Magazine. Melissa has a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus ...

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 is with great ... with an opportunity to think and act differently in how we support movement building and grassroot advocacy in ... community. The next phase of the Community Action Team’s work will focus on the implementation and formal launch of ...

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

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, June 3, 2021
... Thirteen grants totaling $2 million were awarded to a range of film, journalism, storytelling, and youth media ... first round of grants for 2021, IPMF provided continued support to a group of existing grantees that lift up ... of color. With this round of grants, IPMF explored ways to support the growth of its grantees in a manner that ...
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Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
... Fund. The foundation is allocating a total of $5.3 million to 11 organizations. The grantees are varied, as are the ... several of the grants are intended to provide multi-year support, others are project-specific. (Read about each grant ... we all know how powerfully (in positive and harmful ways) media shapes our understanding of the world. So our ...
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Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... initiatives increase along with demands for newsrooms to dismantle and repair long standing racist practices that ... to B+IPOC for centuries, I’m working to create equitable work through Love Now Media, a Philadelphia based media ... deciding what stories and organizations they strategically support, I think it is important for them to understand and ...

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, November 25, 2024
... Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding to 30 women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and ... and gives radical voice to topics such as adoption, aging, immigration, mental health, mortality and mourning. This ... traditions; fashion events designed to bring together and support LGBTQ+, plus-size, and disabled communities; and an ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) welcomes seven new members to its board of directors. The new board members bring a wide ... They will join IPMF’s seven other board members in support of the foundation’s mission to move resources for ... philanthropic processes, we’re constantly examining ways to make all aspects of our organization, especially ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $6.1 Million in Grants for 2024

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Thursday, December 12, 2024
... has awarded a total of $6.1 million in grants for 2024 in support of community storytelling, media for movement ... three local organizations were awarded $247,000 to expand access to internet that is collectively owned and ... and Philly Community Wireless in providing technological assistance to organizations that want to create community ...
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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
... release Nearly $6 million in new grant commitments will support innovation, growth, and impact May 4, 2022 (Washington, DC) – To maximize its impact and better serve the growing and ... to connect readers with news, insight, and advice in ways that are tailored to their preferences for learning and ...
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In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... and LNP Media Group announced Tuesday that they’ll work together to cover the state capital. The project, Spotlight PA , is ... in Oregon announced  the Oregon Capital Bureau . In 2014, a Pew report found  a 35 percent drop  in the number of ...

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

IPMF Community Voices 2023 - Save Chinatown
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
... Community Voices Fund grants, totaling $800,000 awarded to 24 organizations and projects. These grants will support underrepresented communities across the Greater ... “Reviewing proposals about the exceptional community work happening in and around Philadelphia was energizing. ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Media-Making and Digital Equity Grants to 33 Projects and Organizations

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... in its final round of grants for 2021. The grants focused support for community-centered journalism, digital equity ... awarded $1.3 million in continued operating support to seven key nonprofit partners as well as $400,000 to ... Key Nonprofit Partners In 2021, IPMF continued to explore ways to support the growth of its key nonprofit partners in a ...

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

Thursday, July 30, 2020
... its Community Voices Fund grants, totaling $1.75 million to 43 projects which will document, share, and preserve ... of disconnected and disaffected Philadelphians, and support Black dignity, where systemic barriers to timely, ... information have left city residents in the dark during a public health emergency.   Set The Stage (YSTS), a ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... filmmaking community with grants totaling $1.3 million to filmmakers, festivals, and film organizations, with an ... truth, preserve memory, and spark joy and imagination in ways that better our democracy. These grants couldn’t have ... also awarded a $1.5 million, three-year operating support grant to Resolve Philadelphia, a nonprofit dedicated ...
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Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
... Lenfest Institute for Journalism , which is  dedicated to supporting journalism  and  just opened its doors last ... NPQ  has  covered  some highlights of the Institute’s work, including  a $40 million matching gift program  to support local news and  a partnership with the Knight ...
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