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United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Comcast Launch Nonprofit Finance Accelerator to Strengthen Nonprofit Community

Nonprofit Finance Accelerator
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Press release via United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey UW_NPOaccelerator.png   PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 17, ... at Comcast. “The health and wellbeing of our nonprofit community is critical to our region’s recovery efforts and ...

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, ... respectability politics, filmmakers documenting community resistance and joy, playwrights combating medical ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Launches Institute for Health Equity

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Thursday, March 31, 2022
... PA - March 30, 2022 -  The Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation), today announced a five-year, $15 ... commitment to advance health equity through the creation of a new Foundation program, the Institute for Health Equity ... commitment to improve the health and wellbeing of our community," said Reverend Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $800,000 in 2023 Community Voices Grants

IPMF Community Voices 2023 - Save Chinatown
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
News release via Independence Public Media Foundation PHILADELPHIA, August 15, 2023—The Independence ... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2023 Community Voices Fund grants, totaling $800,000 awarded to 24 ... and distribute their own media narratives—and be part of a vibrant media ecosystem. It is critical for us to listen ...
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Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald

Philadelphia Foundation
Friday, May 21, 2021
PhilaFound_header.jpg Following the launch of the Black Community Leaders Fund on May 13th, we asked Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald, Executive Director for ...

Philadelphia to benefit from $100M Starbucks initiative to advance racial equity

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... Journal By Chris Fuhrmeister   Philadelphia will be one of the first cities to benefit from a $100 million Starbucks initiative meant to "advance racial equity and environmental ... Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced the launch of its Starbucks Community Resilience Fund, which is "focused on supporting ...

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards

Food Equity
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
PHILADELPHIA–The Philadelphia Department of Public Health and the Reinvestment Fund have awarded more ... food options. This is part of an effort to find and fund community-driven solutions to historic food injustice. The ... nine new awards as part of the Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative (PFJI). In total, the initiative has provided over ...

New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... launching the new COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund, a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based ... and equity imbalances exacerbated by the pandemic. A group of 15 grassroots representatives living and working in ... be up to $25,000. Joe Pyle, president of the Scattergood Foundation , which is a lead donor to the fund, said, ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s Black Community Leaders Fund Makes $800,000 in Grants to 24 Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Monday, November 8, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, PA (11/8/2021) — Philadelphia Foundation today announced the latest cohort of grant recipients from its Black Community Leaders Fund, which supports Black-led nonprofits ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... August 2, 2022—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for community-centered, BIPOC-led media organizations and ... grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of community media-making ($3.2 million), narrative shift ...

Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
PhilaFound_header.jpg Press release from Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (5/12/2021) – Philadelphia Foundation today announced the creation of the Black Community Leaders Fund (BCL) to fortify Black-led nonprofit ...

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
... to the 2022 Brandywine Hospital closure, leaders from the community and in nearly 20 local and county organizations ... American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. At the end of 2022, the county awarded $2.2 million to the Equity Health ... . The Alliance for Health Equity Launches the Equity Health Center to address Health Access in ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
The community-driven grantmaking process will support community-based nonprofit organizations serving neighborhoods ... May 7, 2021 | The City today announced the launch of the N, a partnership between the Office of Community ...
20Apr2022

Montgomery County Funders Community of Practice

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Video Conference
Join the next Montgomery County Funders Community of Practice on Wednesday, April 20th to learn about Your Way ... project to understand how racial inequity plays out in our community. As a follow-up to its 2019 initial findings on ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... August 11, 2021 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF), announces grants totaling $4 million to community media-makers, journalism, film and digital equity ... individuals from the tri-state area submitted a wide range of media making proposals to the Community Voices Fund. Of ...

HealthSpark Foundation announces the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Via HealthSpark Foundation As part of our efforts to build a more thriving Montgomery County, it ... the historical exclusion of Black leaders and Black community-serving organizations from tackling the challenges ...

The Lenfest Institute announces $1.3 million in grants to support The Philadelphia Inquirer’s community-focused journalism

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Thursday, May 20, 2021
... Inquirer to support initiatives that will enhance coverage of Philadelphia’s most pressing issues, with a particular ... Institute, The Inquirer is launching or expanding:  A  Community News Desk , a new team of journalists focused on ... Philadelphia news ecosystem. A new Entrepreneurial Support Initiative, created in partnership with the Knight-Lenfest ...
16Aug2021

Regional Roundtable: Community Violence

Monday, August 16, 2021
10:00am - 11:00am
Video Conference
... and share what they’re hearing about needs in the community and steps they are taking to respond. These ... our first briefing on August 16th where the focus will be community violence and the work being done to restore safety ... will feature guest speakers addressing the growing crisis of gun violence in Philadelphia, including: Erica Atwood , ...

New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... July 26, 2023 –It’s a little-known fact that a portion of the entrance fees for the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend directly benefit community-based organizations seeking to address ... network of school-based health centers Double Trellis Food Initiative, $14,500 for general operating support Fairmount ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grants to Media Making Organizations

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, June 3, 2021
... June 2, 2021 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces another major investment in Philadelphia’s media making community. Thirteen grants totaling $2 million were awarded to a range of film, journalism, storytelling, and youth media ...
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