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AmerisourceBergen Foundation Supports Youth by Addressing Opioid Epidemic Through Education, Advocacy & Community-Building

Thursday, August 29, 2019
20+ Organizations Receive Grants to Help Combat Opioid Epidemic   VALLEY FORGE, Pa. – Today, the AmerisourceBergen Foundation (the Foundation), an independent not-for-profit ... among youth. Through the Foundation’s Opioid Resource Grant Program, several youth-based organizations will receive ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation announces new funding to help Black families access world-class addiction services

IBX Foundation
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
... — December 2, 2020 — The  Independence Blue Cross Foundation  (Foundation) announced that it will award new ... and family education services. Caron has committed $500,000 of its annual scholarship fund to help Black families ... While most of the program costs are covered by Caron, grant funding awarded by the Foundation for scholarships ...

City Announces $360,000 in Grants to Improve Quality of Life in Kensington through Fourth Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

KCR Fund
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... 2024) — Today, the City of Philadelphia announced $360,000 in grants awarded in the fourth cycle of the Kensington ... The KCR Fund was launched in 2021 as a collaborative grant-making partnership between community members, City government, and the Scattergood Foundation to address the harms caused by the opioid and ...

The Nelson Foundation Announces June 2024 Grant Awards

The Nelson Foundation
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Nelson-Foundation logo.png The Nelson Foundation is excited to ... as well as several Change Champions, and Grace Nelson Awards. All core grants are three-year general operating awards in the amount of $60,000. The process was highly competitive, and all applicants ...

City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Thirty $10,000 general operating grants will be distributed to ... City government, regional funders, and the  Scattergood Foundation , focused on building resilience and improving ...  who participated in the KCR Fund Community Granting Group and was a funding recipient through the Kensington ...

Foundation’s Someone You Know public health awareness campaign highlights the stigma of addiction

IBX Foundation with Governor Wolf
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Foundation’s Someone You Know public health awareness ... Governor Tom Wolf in the State Capitol Rotunda to discuss the opioid crisis and to showcase  Someone You ... can often keep people from asking for and getting help,” said Daniel J. Hilferty, CEO of Independence Blue ...

Bloomberg-Funded Efforts to Stem Pennsylvania Opioid Crisis Announced

Friday, July 12, 2019
... public health systems, has announced the first projects to be funded by  Bloomberg Philanthropies  as part of a $10 ... Trusts ,  Johns Hopkins University , and the  CDC Foundation  to help up to ten states with high rates of opioid use address ...
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City announces first round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund grant recipients

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
... KCR Fund awarded its first round of grants, totaling $200,000, to 20 nonprofit organizations working to address impacts ... of the opioid crisis in Kensington. A complete list of grant recipients can be found below: Community Center at ... of generous support from the following funders: The Douty Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, K10 Kids Foundation, ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation announces new funding to support recovery and sobriety for college students

IBX Foundation
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
... PA — March 31, 2021  —The  Independence Blue Cross Foundation  (Foundation) announced new funding for addiction ... and expert consulting services and apply for a Foundation grant to develop or expand their collegiate recovery model. ... Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in 2019, 840,000 full-time students attending college in the U.S. will be ...

Pew Awards $7.7M to Philadelphia Human Services, Arts, and Civic Nonprofits to Expand Programs, Adapt Business Models

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
... the residents and communities they serve. In doing so, the awards will help to house and support people with substance ... the next five years, the organization will add more than 150 supportive housing units throughout the city, while also ... Over the next five years, the organization will help 4,000 low-income households—up from 1,000 in 2021—build ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation convenes Recovery Ready Summit to engage stakeholders in mission to support recovery on college campuses

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Philadelphia — The Independence Blue Cross (IBX) Foundation convened representatives from more than a dozen ... announced the opening of a collegiate recovery program grant application for colleges and universities to apply for first-year funding — up to $50,000 — to establish or expand a recovery program in ...
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Pew Announces $1M to Support Vulnerable Philadelphia-Area Residents Amid Pandemic

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
... today that it has awarded $1 million in new grants to 13 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving local residents ... mental health issues. Each organization will receive $250,000 over two years. The other 11 awards will provide an additional year of support to current ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... organizations and community groups to receive $360,000 to address the community impact of the overdose crisis. ... City government, regional funders, and the Scattergood Foundation. The grants were awarded to grassroots ... Community Trauma "I have served on the community input group for the last two grantmaking rounds and through this ...

City Launches “Kensington Community Resilience Fund”

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
... noted by Jennifer Leith, Executive Director of the Douty Foundation ,“This is an approach to funding support that ... circles, and to me it is really gratifying that this group is moving on this approach of trust-based community ... residents, who will then provide recommendations for grant awards to the KCR Fund Steering Committee of funders and city ...

Pennsylvania establishes blueprint for successful collegiate recovery programs

Thursday, September 22, 2022
... in Southeastern Pennsylvania. That growth is attributed to the leadership and investment by the  Independence Blue Cross Foundation  (Foundation). The announcement was made during a ... Additionally, the Foundation has established a unique grant model for CRPs, which ARHE lauds as a gold standard to ...

IBX’s Share Your Opioid Story is collecting the tales of Pennsylvanians impacted by addiction

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Friday, November 30, 2018
... often hears grievances like “People are going to relapse again” or “They’re never going to amount to ... here . It launched in June and has collected a total of 150 stories from nearly every county in the state. ... The project is funded by the Independence Blue Cross Foundation with support from the state’s Department of ...
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City Launches Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
... Philadelphia and the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation announced the launch of the  Overdose Prevention ... 2022 and are due on February 3, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST. Grant awards will be announced in the spring of 2023. The ... Capacity Building Grants are flexible grants for $20,000 that support a wide range of general, operating uses. ...
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29Oct2020

Small Funders Roundtable Meeting

Thursday, October 29, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
... Network and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy to track and analyze more than $40 million in grants from 13 shared funds established to address COVID-19 across the region. Hear an update from the ... Kensington community to address the effects of the opioid crisis. This meeting is for funder members only. RECORDING   ...
03Feb2021

Special Funder Briefing: City of Philadelphia FY 2022 Budget

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... face of declining revenues, increased community needs due to COVID-19, and calls for action and accountability on ... 2022 budgets. In July 2020, the City announced revisions to its FY21-FY25 Five-Year budget plan . The updated strategy ... and persistent issues of concern including poverty, access to quality education and equitable economic & workforce ...