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Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and ... on the Leeway website and may also be obtained by calling 1 (215) 728–9273 or emailing  info@leeway.org . Potential ...

New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... will award $250,000 to the grantees listed below, with awards ranging from $14,100 to $25,000. The Fund has taken a ... focus on new and innovative solutions that enhance life in Philadelphia—from new ideas that improve the way City ... Philadelphia’s shifting needs.” The 2023 PCF Community Grant recipients are listed below. Visit ...
29Jun2021

Funder Briefing: The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... & Response Fund,  a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions to urgent needs related to ... has been implemented, learn more about the first round of grant recipients and their work, and get a sneak peek at the ... Presentation - Stephanie Reid Interactive Map | Round 1 grant recipients Grantee website |  Unity in the Community ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... in Greater Philadelphia. The Fund includes an initial $1 million contribution from Facebook, which selected ... to this effort. Additional inaugural support of $200,000 over two years has been provided by the Barra Foundation, as ... by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, visit:  philafound.org . ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Launches Institute for Health Equity

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Thursday, March 31, 2022
... Foundation (Foundation), today announced a five-year, $15 million commitment to advance health equity through the ... anniversary. "Health care organizations must invest in inclusive innovation that improves the health of everyone, ... end of 2022, the Foundation will have awarded nearly $70 million in charitable grants to nonprofits and for research ...
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Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald

Philadelphia Foundation
Friday, May 21, 2021
... and leadership. Philadelphia Foundation received a $1-million donation from Facebook, which helped seed the fund.  ... communities in our region and the trust we have developed over 100+ years of existence.  The Marian Anderson ...

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

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Read this release in: Chinese   | Russian | Spanish | Vietnamese COVID-19 ... said, “While funding for COVID-19 relief has diminished over time, we know the challenges continue to mount. ... The pooled fund seeks to raise a total of $3.45 million to be distributed on a rolling basis over the next 18 ...

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
... representing nearly twenty-five percent of this economy.1 According to a regional COVID-19 impact report, the ... focused on broadband, aggregation, and streaming with over 56 million customer relationships across the United States and ...
28Sep2022

What if philanthropy celebrated Black Abundance?

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... philanthropy. As many grassroots groups have pointed out over decades, philanthropy, as an institution, is complicit ... PM – 4:00 PM CDT (4:00-5:00 PM EDT) Sign up for a 1:1 with Abundance staff to learn more Join the Abundance ... its inception, Chicago Beyond has invested more than $40 million in ideas, individuals, and organizations that fight ...
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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 community and in nearly 20 local and county organizations convened to ... funding. At the end of 2022, the county awarded $2.2 million to the Equity Health Center in Greater Coatesville. ...
22Sep2021

Setting the Table: Internal Equity Work

Wednesday, September 22, 2021
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
... a system that centers and promotes racial equity. In each conversation, speakers will explore the impact of ... Organizations Walton.jpg Marcus F. Walton joins GEO with over a decade of practice in both nonprofit management and ... of Acquisition International’s Influential Businesswoman awards, and was nominated for Corp! Magazine Michigan’s ...

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

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... will be one of the first cities to benefit from a $100 million Starbucks initiative meant to "advance racial equity ... small businesses and community development projects in Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) ... Community Resilience Fund is committed to investing $100 million by 2025 to support small business growth and ...
16Aug2021

Regional Roundtable: Community Violence

Monday, August 16, 2021
10:00am - 11:00am
Video Conference
... issues, and share what they’re hearing about needs in the community and steps they are taking to respond. These ... and opportunities for collaboration.  All funders in the Greater Philadelphia area are welcome to join the ... , community organizer and founder, GROWN (Gaining Respect Over Our Worst Nights), and Leadership Development & ...
09Sep2021

The Promise: A New Anti-Poverty Model for an Equitable Recovery

Thursday, September 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
In 2020, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New ... business, private philanthropy, and anchor institutions in an ambitious effort to reduce the poverty rate in ... staff to provide guidance and direction throughout the grant process.  Learn more about The Promise here .  ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off Cohort Two of The Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Cohort Two Funders
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
... Institute will assist nine local nonprofit institutions in their commitment to further transform their organizational ... participating organizations will attend seven sessions over six months which includes participation in six hours of ... and Brown communities. Learning session topics focus on: (1) justice and equity leadership; (2) why race and justice ...

The Alliance for Health Equity announces the Judy Spangler Memorial Scholarship

Judy Spangler
Monday, May 8, 2023
... too soon, and we are honored to be carrying on her legacy in this way”. In partnership with The Newlin Foundation, The Judy Spangler ... Big Sisters for my foster kids, and as a colleague in the non-profit community in Chester County.  This ...

Philly Counts releases Final Report on 2020 Census Operation

Philly Counts
Friday, January 29, 2021
... findings, and recommendations based on the work done in diverse communities across Philadelphia from December 2018 ... program ran from April 2020 through June 2020, empowering over 1,800 residents with critical information and resources to ...

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

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
... and opportunities facing Montgomery County residents. In honor of its namesake Dr. Frank E. Boston, a Black medical ... entrepreneur who created a hospital and ambulance corps in Lansdale nearly a century ago,  the Fund invests in ... Foundation has committed an initial investment of $250,000 over two years to the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund, ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... learning sessions designed to support the nonprofit sector in its commitment to recognize and mitigate the deeply rooted ... Group), will assist eight local nonprofit institutions in their commitment to further transform their organizational ... Justice and Equity Institute on February 1st, 2022.   Over the next six months, eight nonprofit organizations ...

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