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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 and social-justice activists throughout the ... the support for this residency from our partners at the Independence Public Media Foundation who share our belief ...

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists ... (January 15, 2024) -- In December 2023, Leeway Foundation awarded 12 artists with the Transformation Award, moving $180,000 of unrestricted support to women, trans*, and gender ...

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 ... Greater Philadelphia region, working at the intersection of art and social change for the past five years or more, ... to social change work. Leeway received a record number of Transformation Award applications in 2024 – a 49% ...

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 to reimagine our world and reclaim spaces of power through their socially engaged artistic and cultural ...

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

Published: 
03/2017
... Network (BSCFN) , an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities ... organizations. The case statement, co-authored by ABFE President and CEO Susan Taylor Batten and Hill-Snowdon Executive Director ...

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

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... R. Hargro From the disproportionate impact and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent ... philanthropic paradigms.  Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ... PBS Sidney Hargro Primary Headshot.jpg Sidney R. Hargro is president of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia. ...
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 ... boards of the Abortion Liberation Fund and the Valentine Foundation, as well as Bread & Roses Community Fund. Ms. ... is the co-founder of the SEXx Interactive Collective, an appointed member of the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ ...

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 ... grantmaking practices. Seulky McInneshin, Founder and CEO and Melody Keim, Lead Practitioner of FiveSpires, ... For more information on the cohort, contact Sidney Hargro, President, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, at  ...
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As Violence Against Asian Americans Intensifies, the Moment for Philanthropy to Act Is Now

Stop Asian Hate
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
By Patricia Eng of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and Eric Stegman of Native Americans in Philanthropy Published in the ... - An #ArtistResource Conversation Seeking to Soar: Foundation Funding for Asian American and Pacific Islander ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... trailblazers in the workplace often see the value of investing in women and promoting gender equality. That’s true for Laura LaRosa, the Director of Client Development at Glenmede. “When I think about my ... support companies that have female board members, a female CEO, or high percentages of women in other senior leadership ...
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Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts the voices of those advocating for justice, wellness, and equity. I ... power, information, resources, and access. As the founder of a Black, woman, LGBT+ led media organization, I am ... for them to understand and consider the diversity of paths, perspectives and entry points into the world of ...