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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
Press release via The Fund for Women and Girls WEST CHESTER, PA (June 23, 2022) – The ... of women and girls throughout Chester County. Nearly 70 community members, grantee partners, and Fund Board and ... who felt whole again after receiving furniture for their new homes; Alma Vidal, Manager of Maternal and Child Health ...
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New Century Trust Adopts Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

Thursday, May 24, 2018
Since 1882, New Century Trust has worked to build the economic and ... Beyond funding, the Trust wants to create an avenue for open communication and mutual learning and work togetther ... unnecessary administrative burden usually associated with grant writing and reporting. New Century Trust is currently ...

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... Chelsey Luster of West Philadelphia, Visual Arts  Debra Powell-Wright of Clifton Heights, ... and social justice. For more information about Leeway, its grant programs, grantees, and events, visit  leeway.org .  Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards ...

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

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... pepper spray to intimidate and disperse those advocating for change. This is America and Philanthropy Operates in It ... seeks justice in his book From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth . ( 3 ) In Philadelphia, Philanthropy ... are able to creatively show their impact in reports and grant proposals.  However, the meritocracy frame means the ...

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

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... justice advocate and podcast creator, Farrah Parkes; media arts programmer, curator, and public media supporter, Gretjen ... and social justice. For more information about Leeway, its grant programs, grantees, and events, visit leeway.org . ... from their gender assigned at birth. ### Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + ...

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
... over 50 years of disability advocacy, or using culinary arts to connect to ancestral Filipinx recipes and traditions, ... with their communities. Leeway’s Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social ... from their gender assigned at birth.

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

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... leaders, and residents joined the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG), West Chester Public Arts Commission (PAC), and Zukin Properties to unveil the ... reminded the crowd. “Though a public art project is new for CCFWG, what is not new is being a beacon for gender ...

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

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... Family, friends, and staff and board members of the Fund for Women and Girls gathered together on Tuesday, March 7, ... Maternal and Child Health Consortium received a $5,000 grant .  With this grant, MCHC will be able to assist an ... Center   The young GAB philanthropists identified community needs using The Fund’s 2022 Blueprint Report: ...

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
... girls, and gender-expansive individuals. Philadelphia, PA (April 13, 2023) – WOMEN’S WAY is excited to ... health of women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals in the Greater Philadelphia region. The initiative brings ... reality of many women. To address this challenge, a grant from JPMorgan Chase will enable WOMEN’S WAY to ...

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 ... largest foundations is specifically targeted to the Black community. Calling investment in Black-led social change a ...
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 ... and only comprehensive needs assessment of women and girls in Chester County. Published every five years, the Blueprint ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
... self-determination. Through music, media, literary arts, performance, folk arts, visual arts, and ... and poet living in the Land of Enchantment (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Ameerah Bad'r, and Denver-based nationally ... and social justice. For more information about Leeway, its grant programs, grantees, and events, visit leeway.org .   ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... and inclusion initiatives increase along with demands for newsrooms to dismantle and repair long standing racist ... to filming it - and NOT as a journalist but as part of the community. One of my very first community stories, in 2004, ... elder woman. For me, documenting the story revealed a new kind of power. In a community where so many news stories ...

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

Stop Asian Hate
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
... and Native Americans in Philanthropy  issued a call for philanthropy to take action to stop this violence and ... ways that you can take a stand and stop Asian hate in your community today (via the City of Philadelphia's Office of ... Month by Seema Agnani for Nonprofit Quarterly (05.25.21) New Asian American Foundation Aims to Shift Narratives, Curb ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... such a momentous decision could have on our communities for generations to come. Poverty, education, child welfare, ... How Should Funders Respond? The Turnaway Study - Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) Backgrounder on ... Equity Through Abortion Access - NCRP News and Opinion Grant Makers and Donors Call for Focus on Grassroots Giving ...

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

Friday, April 5, 2019
... of researchers and experts that improves life outcomes for at-risk youth through race- and gender-responsive ... make it imperative for funders to seek out and support new and innovative pathways out of poverty. Yet funders often ... internal policies and how they currently address gender-based disparities and gender norms. Infuse gender into your ...
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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
... by women has been designated as essential according to a  New York Times  analysis  of census data crossed with the ... benefits — more than 30 million Americans  have applied for unemployment benefits — the care workforce at home will ... in our region and in our nation. They confront inequities based on gender and race. Recommendations for ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... in women and promoting gender equality. That’s true for Laura LaRosa, the Director of Client Development at ... effect on women’s lives, such as a firm developing new breast cancer therapies. Some investors are beginning to ... spots and introduce innovative ideas that homogeneous organizations might miss. “Having different thought ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls to launch 2022 Blueprint Report on September 13th

2022 Blueprint Report
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
WEST CHESTER, PA (August 17, 2022) – The Fund for Women and Girls will host its 2022 Blueprint Report ... September 13, 2022, from 5pm-6pm at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville . Published every five years, the Blueprint ...
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