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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, ... or  bknight@leeway.org   ABOUT LEEWAY The Leeway Foundation supports women, trans* and gender nonconforming ... and events, visit  leeway.org .  Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards ...

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 their gender assigned at birth. ### Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + ...

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

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... as a critical catalyst for social change.  Aided by Black leadership in major foundations, a lens has been offered ... philanthropic paradigms.  Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ... seeks justice in his book From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth . ( 3 ) In Philadelphia, Philanthropy ...

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 ... deadline is March 1, 2022.   ABOUT LEEWAY The Leeway Foundation supports women, trans* and gender nonconforming ... from their gender assigned at birth.

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 ... and poet living in the Land of Enchantment (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Ameerah Bad'r, and Denver-based nationally ...

New Century Trust Adopts Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

Thursday, May 24, 2018
Since 1882, New Century Trust has worked to build the economic and ... to overwhelming feedback from the non-profit community, New Century Trust is transitioning to a “trust-based” ... usually associated with grant writing and reporting. New Century Trust is currently seeking to build a small ...

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

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03/2017
... Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for ... Funders Network (BSCFN) , an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation . The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change is ...

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 ... Month by Seema Agnani for Nonprofit Quarterly (05.25.21) New Asian American Foundation Aims to Shift Narratives, Curb Hate Crimes, and ...

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

Friday, April 5, 2019
... make it imperative for funders to seek out and support new and innovative pathways out of poverty. Yet funders often do not take new and innovative approaches to economic justice. More ... that better address gender-based disparities, including leadership diversity, equitable pay structures, and flexible ...
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02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... How Should Funders Respond? The Turnaway Study - Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) Backgrounder on ... Overview of Abortion Laws - Guttmacher Institute Oshun Family Center - provides racially concordant care to members ... boards of the Abortion Liberation Fund and the Valentine Foundation, as well as Bread & Roses Community Fund. Ms. ...

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
... by women has been designated as essential according to a  New York Times  analysis  of census data crossed with the ... has become the new hospital staffed by millions of unpaid family caregivers doing medical jobs, a majority of whom are ... with addressing the escalating health care needs of their family members. According to the GDP and the Federal Reserve, ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... a female CEO, or high percentages of women in other senior leadership positions. “The broad goal is to reward ... effect on women’s lives, such as a firm developing new breast cancer therapies. Some investors are beginning to ... and breadwinners. LaRosa hopes that companies will tackle new challenges pertinent to women’s lives including ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Philanthropy Program Awards Grants

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Downingtown, PA (March 28, 2023) – Family, friends, and staff and board members of the Fund for ... support.   A nationally recognized girls’ grantmaking leadership program, GAB provides 20+ local high school girls ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... elder woman. For me, documenting the story revealed a new kind of power. In a community where so many news stories ... and hardship, this story not only showed audiences a new and inspiring narrative about young Black boys in North ... test things. I’ve found that having people try or lead new work in new areas invigorates people while simultaneously ...

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
... who felt whole again after receiving furniture for their new homes; Alma Vidal, Manager of Maternal and Child Health ... Health Services which received $8,750 to support bilingual family planning, prenatal care, and health education to ...
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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
... eight key areas:  Employment and Earnings; Work and Family; Educational Disparities; Poverty and ... for Women’s Health   PA Coalition for Sex Education   Family Care Act   Subscribe to the Women and Girls Fund’s ...

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.

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

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... reminded the crowd. “Though a public art project is new for CCFWG, what is not new is being a beacon for gender equity. We leverage our ...
27Jul2022

Peer to Peer Discussion: The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
9:00am - 10:00am
Virtual
... News Pa. continues to fund antiabortion organization in new budget by Alfred Lubrano for the Philadelphia Inquirer ...