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

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... and Economic Relief Fund. The goal of the fund is to rapidly identify and address the urgent needs of the Coatesville community and our nonprofit partners. To double the impact of ... dollars began quickly flowing into the Greater Coatesville community. Initial donations were boosted further by the ...
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First Round of South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund Grants Awarded

CFSJ COVID Response Fund Round 1 Grants
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
... by COVID-19 and serve families across the region. The Community Foundation of South Jersey (CFSJ) today announced ... only the first 15 percent of requests received by the Community Foundation to date. Additional rounds will be announced in the coming ...
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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 ... health, social and economic conditions by working in partnership with the community, corporate, government, ...

Beech commemorates memory of former CEO during COVID-19 pandemic

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
... – The Beech Companies, Inc ., a small nonprofit founded to revitalize disadvantaged communities in Philadelphia would ... mission from day one of providing vital services to the community,” reflected Dr. Kenneth Scott, president/CEO of ...

Experiments in the Innovation Lab

Food Pantry
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
How do you serve hungry people who cannot get to a food pantry?  Stu Bush, Executive Director for The Open ... services to individuals who have or are re-entering the community (within 30 days) from the penal system. ... of the TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce to pilot a community leadership volunteer program that connects ...

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

Thursday, March 4, 2021
... available resources, and the ability for its residents to cover basic needs such as food, housing, and utilities. As ... annual grant--typically one (1) $20,000 award, to four (4) community-based nonprofit organizations addressing the ... direct support (almost every dollar of support reached community members directly) to those in greatest need.  The ...
29Jun2023

Libraries Under Attack- How Funders Can Help Defy Bans and Discrimination

Thursday, June 29, 2023
10:00am - 11:15am
Virtual via Zoom
... the culture wars.  Just as many libraries are striving to ensure that their collections are relevant to the growing diversity of the public they serve, there are ... foundation funds public libraries as a component of their community health and inclusion strategy, and how your ...

43 organizations receive Barra Awards

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... a changing environment and continually looking for ways to be more effective in strengthening the communities they ...   This year, The Barra Foundation has awarded $2,150,000 to 43 exemplary organizations from across the field of Arts & ... to problems. To identify Awardees, Barra turns to the community. A new slate of nominators, selected each grant ...
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Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... will lead the organization’s work across the region to advance critical public policy solutions, support local ... and for its contributions to the arts and culture community,” said Frisby-Greenwood. “I welcome this ... institutions to encourage a thriving arts and cultural community, and pursuing civic initiatives to strengthen ...

Native Voices Rising Announces $3.5 Million to Native-Led Advocacy

Native Voices Rising Grants
Thursday, November 10, 2022
... Voices Rising (NVR) announced $3.5 million in grants to 114 Indigenous and Native-led advocacy and organizing ... we live our values as Native people, working with our own community leaders across the country to lead our own ... accountable to our mission, and inspire our growing community of funders to advocate alongside us for more ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... via the CIty of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA - The Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Thomas ... will receive a total of $192,000 in City funding to conduct grassroots outreach to maximize the number of ... Rescue Plan funding towards outreach and enrollment with community-based partners.” Mayor Kenney said. “By ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $219,000 in Grants

Monday, June 18, 2018
... for Women and Girls (CCFWG) has awarded $219,000 in grants to 24 non-profit organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls in Chester County. Nearly 100 community members, grantee partners, and CCFWG Board and ... grantees. Denise Mahal, Vice President of Development of Community Volunteers in Medicine (CVIM) , shared a ...

Building on Arthur Evans' Legacy: Next Steps For Behavioral Health In Philadelphia

Thursday, February 9, 2017
... from prevention, early detection and intervention, to a variety of treatment types for the most serious mental ... build collaborations with a broad array of partners and community leaders to address   social determinants of ... health issues threaten the health and economy of any community. With Evans now taking his vision to a national ...

Pew Awards $7.7M to Philadelphia Human Services, Arts, and Civic Nonprofits to Expand Programs, Adapt Business Models

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
... Trusts announced today that it has awarded $7.7 million to five Philadelphia-area nonprofit organizations. These ... Orchestra  has been awarded $1 million to support its partnership with the Kimmel Center to create a new parent ... in poverty, encouraging a thriving arts and cultural community, and pursuing civic initiatives to strengthen the ...

A digital effort to fight hunger in Montgomery County

Food pantry by ANTHONY PEZZOTTI
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
... knee would hamper her so profoundly that she’d be unable to shop, forced to endure three weeks of eating nothing but peanut butter and ... the rules, she said. These days, however, Kahr is happy to report that at least one thing is becoming a little ...

Pew Announces $4.5M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region’s Frail Elderly

Wednesday, March 28, 2018
... provide nearly $4.52 million over the next three years to 28 Philadelphia-area organizations that work to preserve ... (Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley) Community Legal Services  of Philadelphia Family Service ... Center for Jewish Life Penn Asian Senior Services Senior Community Services Visiting Nurse Association Community ...

Asian Americans United

Asian Americans United students
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... & vaccine clinics Website: aaunited.org Click here to download a PDF of this profile. Based on an interview with ... Director Awareness about COVID began earlier for our community because of connections to family and friends in ... people we work with in school every day. If it’s your community, you can’t step away from what’s impacting it. ...

Union Benevolent Assoication announces change to funding priorities

Union Benevolent Association
Friday, August 17, 2018
... announced it has changed its funding priorities to better focus on alleviating the burden of poverty. ... cycle, the organization will target its charitable giving to organizations that help Philadelphia’s poorest residents ... will also increase its maximum grant from $5,000 to $10,000.  According to Sigrid Lundby, President of ...

An emergency COVID-19 fund in Delco fights to feed the newly needy in the ’burbs

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... up beyond Philadelphia proper. Now would be a good time to ditch the stereotype of suburban largesse and make sure ... calamitous shutdown of economic activity in our region due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people don’t know this. With the county as home to many service-sector workers who’ve lost Philadelphia ...
19May2021

COVID-19 Funder Briefing #24 **cancelled**

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... sessions provide regional funders with an opportunity to update each other on efforts surrounding COVID-19 in ... share what they’re hearing about the needs in the community and steps they are taking to respond, and explore new initiatives and opportunities for ...

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