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Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
... Leeway Foundation awarded $180,000 in unrestricted support to 12 women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and ... Brewerytown, Multidisciplinary Hazel Edwards of University City, Performance/Folk Arts  Lane Timothy Speidel of West ... The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming ...

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
... 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 Fund Board and ... and Girls’ Community-Based Grants Allocation Committee Awards $239,680 in Grants ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and ... respectability politics, filmmakers documenting community resistance and joy, playwrights combating medical ...

The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Philanthropy Program Awards Grants

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... 20+ local high school girls each year with an opportunity to learn firsthand about the deep and varied needs in their ... Center   The young GAB philanthropists identified community needs using The Fund’s 2022 Blueprint Report: ... and girls in Chester County, are the focus of Impact Grant awards. To date, The Fund has directed over $4 million to 86 ...

Four Takeaways from Race, Class AND Gender: Intersectional Approaches to Social Justice Funding

Friday, April 5, 2019
By Diane Cornman-Levy As part of its ongoing efforts to foster a more equitable philanthropic ... the country make it imperative for funders to seek out and support new and innovative pathways out of poverty. Yet ... program managers, and board members of grantmaking organizations examining their own belief systems and ...
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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
... global unrest and uncertainty, Leeway Foundation continues to be led by our community and grantees to reimagine our world and reclaim ... Visual Arts/Media Arts, $2,500 Kristin Auer of Center City, Multidisciplinary, $2,500 Lex Wiley of Mantua, Folk ...

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

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03/2017
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for Black-led organizations. The 18-page document was issued by the Black ... largest foundations is specifically targeted to the Black community. Calling investment in Black-led social change a ...

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

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... disproportionate impact and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent senseless murders of ... assets and were intentional about naming and supporting organizations led by people of color, immigrants, refugees, ... local media organizations that offer a platform for community voices from communities of color to embrace their ...

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

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... – Despite the heavy rain on Sunday, elected officials, community leaders, and residents joined the Chester County ... Chester Public Arts Commission (PAC), and Zukin Properties to unveil the Women’s Suffrage Mural at 119 E. Market ... CCFWG has awarded over $3.5 million to 80 local non-profit organizations. CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before ...
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 Kimberly ... in Chester County. The report provides critical data to identify areas of progress for women and girls and ... for Sex Education   Family Care Act   Subscribe to the Women and Girls Fund’s eNewsletter   Recording   ...

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

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... the Greater Philadelphia region with $125,000 in funding to five inaugural Leeway x IPMF Media Artist + Activist Residency recipients. This residency will support women, trans*, and gender nonconforming media artists ... of their local, collaborating social justice focused organizations. "In this first year, we were thrilled to see ...

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

Stop Asian Hate
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
... Months of escalating violence against Asian Americans came to a head on March 16th in Atlanta when a white gunman shot ... ways that you can take a stand and stop Asian hate in your community today (via the City of Philadelphia's Office of Immigrant Affairs and Office ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
In June of 2022, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down a highly-anticipated decision in Dobbs v Jackson ... provides racially concordant care to members of the Black community Me and White Supremacy Workbook - by Layla F. Saad ... of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors and is frequently featured in local and ...

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 ... And when philanthropists are deciding what stories and organizations they strategically support, I think it is ... to filming it - and NOT as a journalist but as part of the community. One of my very first community stories, in 2004, ...

New Century Trust Adopts Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

Thursday, May 24, 2018
Since 1882, New Century Trust has worked to build the economic and political power of women and girls ... In response to overwhelming feedback from the non-profit community, New Century Trust is transitioning to a ... NCT has chosen to invest in long-term partnerships with organizations by providing multi-year general operating ...

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
... United States have shut down their operations in response to COVID-19. Many of these businesses that have been deemed ... gender transformative grantmaking to build the capacity of organizations to challenge and dismantle rigid social gender ... gap. Recommendations for Advocates and Policymakers: Support policies that work toward and eventually result in ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... my life,” she said, “I think about how important it is to get behind the gender-focused investing concept.” Many ... Supports Women Gender-focused investing strategies aim to support women, but use different methods to do so. One way is ... spots and introduce innovative ideas that homogeneous organizations might miss. “Having different thought ...
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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
... has teamed up with JPMorgan Chase’s Women on The Move to positively impact the economic security of women, girls, ... security in the region. “We believe that economic justice is crucial to our work to advance gender and racial ... Cornman-Levy , Chief Disruptor at WOMEN’S WAY. “With support from JPMorgan Chase, WOMEN’S WAY is more strongly ...

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

2022 Blueprint Report
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
... Blueprint Report: Lighting a Path provides critical data to identify areas of progress for women and girls and ... and areas for improvement, with clear action steps for the community on ways to ignite change. Blueprint data can be used for fundraising ...
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