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The Fund for Women and Girls’ Community-Based Grants Allocation Committee Awards $239,680 in Grants

The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Advisory Board
Thursday, June 23, 2022
... – The Fund for Women and Girls has awarded $239,680 in grants to 30 non-profit organizations serving the needs of women and girls throughout Chester County. Nearly 70 community members, grantee partners, and ... furnishings for Hurricane Ida flood victims in Chester County; Chester County Food Bank which received $5,000 to ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Philanthropy Program Awards Grants

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... gathered together on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at the Chester County Intermediate Unit as the 2022-23 class of The Fund’s ... and substance abuse.  This year, GAB was pleased to award grants to the following organizations: Maternal and Child ... Healthy Start program. Domestic Violence Center of Chester County received a $5,000 grant .  With this grant, DVCCC ...
15Feb2023

Chester County Funders Community of Practice: Blueprint Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Chester County

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
8:30am - 10:30am
Video Conference
Join the next Chester County Funders Community of Practice for a conversation with ... needs assessment of women and girls in Chester County. Published every five years, the Blueprint Report ... national levels, with a deep dive on conditions in Chester County. The report provides critical data to identify areas ...

WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant to Advance the Financial Health of Women in the Philadelphia Region

WOMEN'S WAY Gender Wealth Institute
Thursday, April 13, 2023

WOMEN’S WAY has teamed up with JPMorgan Chase’s Women on The Move to positively impact the economic security of women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals.

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... (January 15, 2024) -- In December 2023, Leeway Foundation awarded 12 artists with the Transformation Award, ... Award is May 15, 2024. Learn more at  www.leeway.org/grants/   Press inquiries and photo requests should be ... or  bknight@leeway.org   ABOUT LEEWAY The Leeway Foundation supports women, trans* and gender nonconforming ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
Press release via Leeway Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA [January 17, 2025] — In December 2024, Leeway Foundation awarded $180,000 in unrestricted support to 12 ... for the Transformation Award is May 15, 2025. ABOUT LEEWAY FOUNDATION The Leeway Foundation supports women, trans*, and ...

Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + Activist Residency

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA-Leeway Foundation recognizes the longstanding power of media artists ... as well as the range of projects and media,” said Leeway Foundation Executive Director Denise Brown. “We are ... from our partners at the Independence Public Media Foundation who share our belief that art and culture, in this ...

Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation

Leeway Foundation
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
In a time of global unrest and uncertainty, Leeway Foundation continues to be led by our community and grantees ... communities. Leeway’s Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects ... deadline is March 1, 2022.   ABOUT LEEWAY The Leeway Foundation supports women, trans* and gender nonconforming ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

Published: 
03/2017
... Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation . The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change is ...

CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... community leaders, and residents joined the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG), West Chester Public ... future. Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan, Chair of Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Pam Grey of the League ... of Women Voters, Cheryl Miles of Black Women of Chester County in Action (BWCCA), Althea Mae Hutchinson of CCFWG’s ...

Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... philanthropic paradigms.  Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ... are very few actions that make up the “must dos” for foundation to be in compliance with the IRS or the founding ... feedback and reflection through trusted relationships with nonprofits and peers, philanthropy can expose additional ...

As Violence Against Asian Americans Intensifies, the Moment for Philanthropy to Act Is Now

Stop Asian Hate
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
... - An #ArtistResource Conversation Seeking to Soar: Foundation Funding for Asian American and Pacific Islander ... for Nonprofit Quarterly (05.25.21) New Asian American Foundation Aims to Shift Narratives, Curb Hate Crimes, and ... Killings   via the Chronicle of Philanthropy Nearly 500 Foundation Leaders Unite to Push for More Support of Asian ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021

When philanthropists are deciding what stories and organizations they strategically support, it's important for them to understand and consider the diversity of paths, perspectives and entry points into the world of news and media making.

The Fund for Women and Girls to launch 2022 Blueprint Report on September 13th

2022 Blueprint Report
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
... needs assessment of women and girls in Chester County. This fourth edition of the Report highlights pressing ... national levels, with a deep dive on conditions in Chester County. The Fund 's 2022 Blueprint Report: Lighting a Path ... event to spark dialogue and ignite change in Chester County for women and girls.
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Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
... inequities. Provide unrestricted, multiple-year funding to nonprofits that are advocating for systems-level changes that ...