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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
... The Independence Blue Cross Foundation announced a grant award through its Institute for Health Equity to the University of Pennsylvania Health ... and founder and faculty advisor for AMP. “Through this new AMP initiative, we are seeking to utilize evidence-based ...
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation names new CEO

Tuesday, February 14, 2017
... N.J. —Richard Besser, MD, former acting director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ... as a pediatrician with the Children's Aid Society in New York City, and he is currently a Professor of Pediatrics ... . Robert Wood Johnson Foundation names new CEO ...
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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 Andrews, Executive Director ... funders in Chester County. Upcoming Chester County Funders Community of Practice Meetings: Friday, April 14, 8:30 – 10 ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation launches COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund

Wednesday, June 3, 2020
... Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation has launched a new fund that will allow members of the community to make a difference by contributing towards causes ... of community-led efforts including a $100,000 matching grant to the Foundation for Pottstown Education’s campaign ...

Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
... Salem Health and Wellness Foundation has awarded Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative a $25,000 planning grant as part of its Salem Smart Start for Parents and ... Perinatal Cooperative will create a process in which community members, stakeholders, community-based ...

Reinvestment Fund and Health Department Announce $500,000 in Funding for Food Justice

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
... $556,280 in  Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative (PFJI) grant awards to nine local Philadelphia organizations to ... launch in 2019.   PFJI provides funding to innovative, community-led projects that strengthen Philadelphia’s food ... strategies to right those wrongs,” said Mica Root, Program Manager for Nutrition and Physical Activity at the ...

Pew Awards $5.41 Million to Five Philadelphia Nonprofits to Address Human, Economic Impacts of COVID-19

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Friday, April 9, 2021
... are intended to help Philadelphia recover by advancing new or expanded strategies to meet changing community needs as well as the operational challenges brought ... Fund for Health and Human Services’ first-ever growth grant , totaling $4 million over five years, to help the ...

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

Thursday, March 4, 2021
... to Union Benevolent Association ’s (UBA) spring and fall grant cycles, UBA chose to award its annual grant--typically one (1) $20,000 award, to four (4) community-based nonprofit organizations addressing the ... requirements for the federal Emergency Solutions Grant program," says Kevin Musselman, Foundation Relations Manager. ...

Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... report, Narrowing the Gap . Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty ...

Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Helping Coatesville Residents in Time of Need

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... identify and address the urgent needs of the Coatesville community and our nonprofit partners. To double the impact of each donation to the new fund, the Foundation committed to match, dollar for ... organizations have received funds with the average grant size of $6,700 to address varied community needs ...
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Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation East Auxiliary Volunteers Raise $20K to Promote Health & Wellness

Monday, January 22, 2018
... been distributed as part of the Foundation’s fall 2017 grant round and were awarded to the following organizations ... programs: Camphill Village Kimberton Hills – Aging in Community Program : Camphill Village provides personalized ... gift shop, in addition to their annual holiday bazaar. New members are always welcome. For more information on how ...
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Pew Awards $4M to Support Housing, Legal Services for Older Philadelphians

Pew
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... homelessness, including older adults; supporting a new approach to provide housing and care for older adults ... efficiency and accessibility of its intake process. The grant will also fund the organization’s efforts to reach an additional 5,000 older adults annually through community education events. ### Founded in 1948, The Pew ...

How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
... anxiety, fear. With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk ... months, we have found ourselves wondering: is this the new reality? And as a relatively small local foundation (with ... human capital support, WAA established a behavioral health program at their emergency safe havens and transitional ...

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Asian Americans United students
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... Philadelphia Org Focus: Pan-Asian immigrant services Grant Funding: COVID education & vaccine clinics Website: ... Director Awareness about COVID began earlier for our community because of connections to family and friends in ... with language skills to help communicate and started a new youth leadership development program. In 2021, we shifted ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Enters Second Phase of Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund

Thursday, May 7, 2020
... provided rapid-release grants to assist with the community’s basic needs and to support frontline responders.  Now, as more information is made available by Governor Wolf about his plan to relax shelter in ... 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations are encouraged to apply for general operating grants. To learn more about Phase Two: ...
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Building on Arthur Evans' Legacy: Next Steps For Behavioral Health In Philadelphia

Thursday, February 9, 2017
... and intervention, to a variety of treatment types for the most serious mental illnesses while infusing the use ... at stake. The city’s rate of drug overdose fatalities, driven by the opioid epidemic, is the highest in the state ... build collaborations with a broad array of partners and community leaders to address   social determinants of ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Launches Institute for Health Equity

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Thursday, March 31, 2022
... to advance health equity through the creation of a new Foundation program, the Institute for Health Equity (Institute). The ... commitment to improve the health and wellbeing of our community," said Reverend Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, ...
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Independence Blue Cross Foundation collaborates with Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, NeuroFlow to Support Mental Wellness of Nurses

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
... unlike any time in recent history. Recognizing the need for additional mental health resources and support, the ... is collaborating with Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic on a program with NeuroFlow, a mental health software company ... solutions that improve the health and well-being of the community. The Foundation has awarded grants and research ...
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The Foundation for Delaware County Awards Over $1.1 Million to Local Nonprofits

Foundation for Delawre County
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
... hospice and home care, and strengthening the non-profit community. In this first formal grant cycle since the foundation gave $330K in initial grants ... programs such as Healthy Start, the WIC nutrition program, Nurse-Family Partnership, Drug Free Communities, El ...

GSK awards Greater Philadelphia nonprofits making a powerful IMPACT on health outcomes now more than ever

GSK 2020 Impact Awards
Thursday, November 19, 2020
... the GSK IMPACT Awards continue to be a highly competitive program recognizing organizations that are working hand-in-hand with the community to improve health. This year, the winners have ... their remarkable stories. “All of us have been tested in new and unfortunate ways this year due to the ongoing ...
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