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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation names new CEO

Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Dr. Richard Besser to succeed Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD as head of the $10B ... lives now and for generations to come. “It is truly an honor to be selected to lead RWJF, a foundation so deeply ... of antibiotic overuse. Dr. Besser received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Williams College and medical ...
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FCP Selects Tobias Bruhn as New Executive Director

Tobias Bruhn
Thursday, January 9, 2020
BCCC Executive Brings Strategic Leadership to Foundations Community Partnership Bruhn.jpg Doylestown, PA ... Director of Foundation and Alumni Relations and as an Adjunct Professor. Dr. Bruhn began his career at BCCC 16 ... where he was responsible for advancing the College as a diverse community of learners and a vibrant center for ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation announces over $320K in grants to benefit greater Coatesville

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... since it began awarding grants and scholarships in 2002 to more than $18 million. “Our new strategic plan and ... and community members throughout the year. We are pleased to have provided general operating funds to 36 local ... important to the community.  We know all too often when a new strategic plan is implemented, that there are times, ...

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 ... replicate it with schools across the nation.” CRPs are an essential part of higher education in helping students ... to collegiate recovery is part of our greater effort to create and promote more inclusive recovery environments,” ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of America to launch the Block Builds Program and improve children’s ... it serves. This includes local philanthropic support, an expanded partnership with CVS Health to deliver free flu ... demonstrated in the inclusive and supportive workplace we create for our employees, the responsible products and ...

How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
... confusion, anxiety, fear. With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at ... social determinants of health would positively impact an individual’s overall health and well-being, the ... Promoting sustainability has been a watchword for funders for years. None of us have infinite dollars and ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Launches the Equity Health Center to address Health Access in Greater Coatesville

Equity Health Network Providers
Thursday, April 6, 2023
In response to the 2022 Brandywine Hospital closure, leaders from the ... Health Survey. Further research determined that an integrated care model would be an accessible, effective ... PA 19320. The Equity Health Center will serve as a connecting point for health services across the community. ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Announces Union Community Care Selected as Core Provider of Healthcare Services at Coatesville's Brandywine Center

The Brandywine Center
Thursday, January 16, 2025
... selected as the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) to operate at AHE’s Brandywine Center located at 744 East ... unique needs of the communities they serve, making them an ideal partner for Greater Coatesville. “Having lived in ... focuses on addressing the social determinants of health to create a healthier, more equitable future for all. We ...

Health Department Announces Significant Contributions to the Philly Joy Bank from the William Penn Foundation and Spring Point Partners

Monday, March 20, 2023
... Philadelphia Department of Public Health is pleased to announce generous contributions from the William Penn ... home teachers” must have the resources they need to create safe, stimulating, fun, and educational ... unrestricted cash through guaranteed income programs, and an explicit focus on meeting the self-determined needs of ...
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Vanguard Supports First-of-Its-Kind Project Integrating Home Visiting Nurses into Pediatric Primary Care Setting

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched a new pilot program today aimed at improving the health and ... Systems Integration: Leveraging Primary Care to Enhance Home Visiting and Other Early Childhood Supports," ... (NNCC) and other partners to design and implement an integrated staffing model that will aim to improve ...

Pew Awards More Than $800K to Support Philadelphia-Area Domestic Violence Survivors and Older Adults

Wednesday, September 23, 2020
... today that it has awarded more than $800,000 in grants to 14 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving two groups of ... these residents receive the critical services they need at a very challenging time.” The Pew Fund supports nonprofits ... and their families. The other awards will provide an additional year of support to 13 current Pew Fund grantees ...

The Foundation for Delaware County Awards Over $1.1 Million to Local Nonprofits

Foundation for Delawre County
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
... today announced $1,165,000 in awards through 46 grants to 42 area non-profits. Grants were awarded in the areas of ... to launch Delaware County 's Voicefor  Children, a collective impact campaign to improve the child welfare ... students information about substance use and providing an emergency contact option if they see someone overdosing. ...
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Peer to Peer Discussion: The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
9:00am - 10:00am
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... last month’s session we co-sponsored with Gender Justice Fund, The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond? , and ... Roe v.

2017 Women on the Move: Alyson Ferguson

Alyson Ferguson
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
... of Grantmaking, Scattergood Foundation Alyson Ferguson is a do-gooder with a mission—several of them. Not yet 30 ... “It’s all about behavioral change, which is hard to do even if you know it’s the right thing,” she says. “We have to be strong advocates for people who can’t be their own ...

Union Benevolent Association’s unrestricted response bolsters Philadelphia nonprofits amidst COVID-19

Thursday, March 4, 2021
... Philadelphia, PA, -- Like most cities, COVID-19 has had an unprecedented and profound impact on Philadelphia's local ... available resources, and the ability for its residents to cover basic needs such as food, housing, and utilities. As a sector already heavily reliant on annual donations and ...

CCFWG’s Girls Advisory Board Awards $19k to Local Nonprofits Serving Women & Girls

CCFWG Girls Advisory Board
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
... Board (GAB) program awarded $19,000 in grant funding to five local nonprofit agencies serving women and girls. Through GAB, a nationally recognized girls’ grantmaking program, local high school girls entering 10th and 11th grade have an opportunity to learn firsthand about the deep and varied ...

Horizon Commits $2.5 Million for Masks, Face Shields, Food, and Social Services

Thursday, April 2, 2020
To help address the serious shortage of critical personal ... needed by frontline health professionals responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) is spending $2.35 million to donate 500,000 N95 respirator masks and 81,000 face ...
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NBME Selects Its First Philanthropy Director

Allison Anderson Acevedo
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Press release ia NBME Allison Anderson Acevedo.jpg To further philanthropic efforts in medical education and ... well as her deep roots in the Philadelphia area, make her an excellent inaugural Philanthropy Director for NBME. I’m ... University Beasley School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Swarthmore College. In ...

Scattergood Foundation announces 2018 Innovation Award

Monday, April 30, 2018
... Innovation Award Winner. Communities of HEALing is a groundbreaking and unprecedented approach to eating disorder recovery. Initially created as a program ... The Scattergood Innovation Award Winner is selected by an expert panel of judges , who reviewed a total of 88 ...

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