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

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... Philadelphia will be one of the first cities to benefit from a $100 million Starbucks initiative meant to "advance racial ... assistance. >> CONTINUE READING Philadelphia to benefit from $100M Starbucks initiative to advance racial equity ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $800,000 in 2023 Community Voices Grants

IPMF Community Voices 2023 - Save Chinatown
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
... strengthening their information networks.  “We envision a world where local communities have the freedom to create, ... Asian Americans United ($35,000) — to amplify the message, to both non-English- and English-speaking ...
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28Sep2022

What if philanthropy celebrated Black Abundance?

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
How would our world look if we truly loved Black people? Just as ... is complicit in anti-Blackness. Seeing anti-Blackness as a defining element of institutional philanthropic culture ... Liz-Dozier.jpg Liz Dozier, Founder & CEO, Chicago Beyond From education to activism, Liz Dozier has spent her career ...
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Equity and Social Justice
27Jul2022

Peer to Peer Discussion: The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
9:00am - 10:00am
Virtual
... Roe v. Wade (1973), we heard that members would like a space to discuss their own responses.  Join this informal ...
19May2021

Setting the Table with Dana Kawaoka-Chen & Erik Stegman

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar on Zoom
... with racial constructs, work to unpack them and reimagine a system that centers and promotes racial equity. In each ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... takes some time to reflect on what we’ve learned in our first three years as an organization, and hone our vision ... and the Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC) each a three-year grant to organize journalists, researchers, ... local journalism to “ defund the crime beat ,” as just a few examples of this pioneering collaboration. IPMF is ...

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 is ... of Black leaders and Black community-serving organizations from tackling the challenges and opportunities facing ...

New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... City Fund Philadelphia, PA July 26, 2023 –It’s a little-known fact that a portion of the entrance fees for ... equity—this year’s theme—for all Philadelphians. From programs that address the health of formerly ... City programs work, to creative community projects across our neighborhoods. The Community Fund grants program has been ...

Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald

Philadelphia Foundation
Friday, May 21, 2021
... serving Black communities in Greater Philadelphia. We know from our own work in the community and from the data that there’s a need for this kind of support. Black-led nonprofits have ...

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

Friday, May 7, 2021
... 7, 2021 | The City today announced the launch of the N, a partnership between the Office of Community Empowerment and ... Little, executive director of CEO. “As CEO supports our communities during the recovery, we must center the ... priorities of residents to ensure that the solutions come from the ground-up and not the other way around. This kind of ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Philly Counts announce second-round COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund grant recipients

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Friday, July 16, 2021
Find our more about the Fund's second round grant recipients ... COVID-19 PR Fund_Web.png of the second round of grants from the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund . The Fund ... Seventy-five percent of funds went to organizations led by a person of color, up 3 percent from the first round. ...

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
... with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) announced the launch of a virtual Nonprofit Finance Accelerator for regional ... Director of Capacity Building of UWGPSNJ. “As relief from COVID-19 begins to arrive, many nonprofit leaders are ... Officer at Comcast. “The health and wellbeing of our nonprofit community is critical to our region’s ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... working to create equitable work through Love Now Media, a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts the voices of ... about a young lady named Tikel Johnson who returned home from a tour in the Army. On her first day home, the ... justice and wellness, now. She was a keynote speaker at our 2020 SPARX Conference, Justice: From Moment to Movement . ...
07Jun2022

Responding to Extremism -- New Thinking about Norms and Trust

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
... and other philanthropy-serving organizations. A Conversation with Dr. David Frey, Founding Director of the ... China, how should funders respond? Can philanthropy play a role in addressing the personal, cultural, and structural roots of radicalization?  What can we learn from those who have studied ways to prevent atrocities and ...
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19Jul2023

Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic capital with equitable intentions

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
... philanthropic capital with equitable intentions" - a  virtual workshop on Wednesday July 19th from 10am- 12pm. We have been introduced to the concept of ... how to build the case with language, evidence, and data. Our featured speakers are: Edgar Villanueva , Founder and ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Launches Institute for Health Equity

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Thursday, March 31, 2022
... Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation), today announced a five-year, $15 million commitment to advance health equity ... policies and practices that have hindered communities from achieving optimal health. The announcement was made at a ... that improves the health of everyone, and that's our goal with the IBC Foundation Institute for Health ...
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03Feb2021

Special Funder Briefing: City of Philadelphia FY 2022 Budget

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... discussion on February 3rd at 9:00 AM where we will hear from city leaders, about renewed municipal efforts to advance ... City's Fiscal Year 2022 budget considerations, followed by a participatory discussion with funders. MATERIALS ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... projects led by underrepresented communities and with a commitment to justice. IPMF collaborated with the ... support for key IPMF partners. “We are grateful to our partners at HealthSpark and the Knight-Lenfest Local News ... de Aguiar, IPMF President. Organizations and individuals from the tri-state area submitted a wide range of media ...

Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $500,000 Grant to Elevate 215 in Support of Philadelphia Education

Friday, December 22, 2023
News release Comcast today announced a $500,000 grant to Elevate215 to accelerate student learning ... serve Black and Hispanic/Latinx students and students from low-income backgrounds. “Elevating teaching and learning across schools in our city is possible if we work together in pursuit of this ...
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Asian Americans United

Asian Americans United students
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... clinics Website: aaunited.org Click here to download a PDF of this profile. Based on an interview with Alix Webb, ... Executive Director Awareness about COVID began earlier for our community because of connections to family and friends in ... rising and misinformation forming. Parents pulled children from our after-school programs much earlier. The prior ...

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