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17Apr2025

Under Threat: The State of Support for the Trans Community

Thursday, April 17, 2025
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... Homeless Assistance Fund, Inc. , this session will welcome Philadelphia City Councilmember Rue Landau , Naiymah Sanchez from the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Corinne Goodwin from the Eastern PA Trans ...

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

Monday, March 20, 2023
PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Department of Public Health ... new parents helps keep babies alive. As the poorest big city in the country, this is not always easy, especially in ...
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Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... release, The Food Trust Wharton joins second-ever cohort of Culture of Health Leaders, assembled from across the country by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  Philadelphia, PA — Leaders from Honolulu to Providence, ... next application period for many of these programs will open in early 2018. Additional information is available at ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards over $1.4 million to community organizations

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation
Friday, August 20, 2021
... Area Health & Wellness Foundation awarded $1,451,405 to 33 nonprofits, schools, and municipalities during the ... $45,400 was awarded to fund two projects with the aim of improving parks, programming, and the built environment to ... physical and emotional health. Creative Health Services—COVID Relief & Recovery Fund Maternal and Child Health ...

PAHWF Awards Over $1 Million in Fall Grant Round

Thursday, December 19, 2019
... Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded $1,126,826 to 37 nonprofits, schools, and municipalities during the fall ... $69,300 was awarded to fund five projects with the aim of improving parks, programming, and the built environment to ... Athletic Club—Fitnesstown USA V Pottstown Branch- Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA—Strength through Sports ...

GSK names 23rd annual IMPACT Award Winners

GSK IMPACT Award winner Coded by Kids
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... aid and more GSK2019_Coded By Kids(2).jpg [Nov 20, 2019, Philadelphia, PA] GSK today honored 10 local nonprofits that ... foster a healthier Philadelphia region. The 10 winners of the GSK IMPACT Awards each will receive $40,000 to help further their efforts to improve health in a region ...

Brandywine Health Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Program Issues RFP

Monday, February 12, 2018
... - The Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) of the Brandywine Health Foundation announced, today that ... and CAYPP member. Later this spring, after a review of applications and site visits, the CAYPP members will award ... in the Coatesville Area School District: the City of Coatesville, the Townships of Caln, East Fallowfield, ...

Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... the Foundation's current CEO Vanessa Briggs at the podium to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Brandywine Health and Housing Center opening in ... 2008, was the first major construction project in the City of Coatesville in more than four decades and the first ...

Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Press release Susan Sherman 2024.jpg [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2024] It is with mixed emotions that the Independence Foundation Board of Directors announces the upcoming retirement of Susan ... who, while addressing issues related to the health of our city, never lost sight of the arts’ important role in ...
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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 ... explored gaps in access to health services exacerbated by COVID-19, brought to light through community discussions and ... American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. At the end of 2022, the county awarded $2.2 million to the Equity Health ...
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 ... the Gender Justice Fund and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and open to non-members. Speakers Link to speaker bios Farrah ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Advances Mission with New Community Opportunities

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
... lives and the other recognizes an outstanding member of the community for their dedicated service to Greater ... in the Coatesville Area School District: the City of Coatesville, the Townships of Caln, East Fallowfield, ... to apply is Friday, March 20 at 4 p.m. Please note that applications received after the deadline will not be ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity grant expands Penn Medicine and CHOP’s Alliance of Minority Physicians

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
... a grant award through its Institute for Health Equity to the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Alliance of Minority Physicians ...
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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 ... engagement experience, as well as her deep roots in the Philadelphia area, make her an excellent inaugural ... “We’re fortunate to have Allison as a part of our NBME and Office of General Counsel and Organizational ...

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 ... and as a result, I’m thriving in recovery. The quality of my life has improved drastically and … I am now doing ... said  at this year’s Philanthropy Conference Greater Philadelphia that the org has a mission to fund strategies ...
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Vanguard Supports First-of-Its-Kind Project Integrating Home Visiting Nurses into Pediatric Primary Care Setting

Thursday, September 5, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched a new pilot program today ... Systems Integration: Leveraging Primary Care to Enhance Home Visiting and Other Early Childhood Supports," ...

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