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PHL COVID-19 Fund Deploys Additional Aid as Region Continues Its Recovery Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Friday, September 25, 2020
... announced it will grant over $400,000 in its 8th round of funding to aid area nonprofits working to support the safe ... and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), was established to rapidly deploy aid ... that received funding in this round are: African Cultural Alliance of North America $25,000 Agape African ...
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Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards COVID-19 Fund grants

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... 2020 —The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded 34 grants totaling $71,950 through the COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund. The fund supports social services in the Foundation’s ... service area and micro businesses within the borough of Pottstown impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.   Social ...

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

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... virus would threaten the health and economic well-being of the nation’s most vulnerable, Brandywine Health ... the creation of the Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund. The goal of the fund is to rapidly identify and address ... partners. To double the impact of each donation to the new fund, the Foundation committed to match, dollar for ...
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The New FAQ: What Do Our Nonprofit Partners REALLY want from the Funder/Grantee Relationship?

VNA Foundation Grant Partners
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
... group resized.jpg Dy Diana Loukedis Doherty VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn is a small independent foundation with ... to providing funding AND ongoing partnership to support new and existing programs” “Long-term support from ... v2.jpg Diana Loukedis Doherty is the Executive Director of the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn , a ...

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

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... problem about the suburbs. As though it is a Land of Plenty. Where bum luck happens only on Netflix in the ... lost Philadelphia jobs due to the pandemic, the situation has only become worse, it seems. If only raising the money, ... has established a  Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund  to help with immediate food aid in recent weeks. ...

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

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... poverty rate, the city continues to see the highest rate of concentrated poverty of any major U.S. city. Earlier this ... strategies to alleviate poverty. Now, City Council has established a Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and ... report, Narrowing the Gap .

The Judge Alfred L. Luongo Fund Provides Immediate Support for Reentry Program Participants

Tuesday, July 7, 2020
... financial support from the Judge Alfred L. Luongo Fund was released to participants in court programs dedicated ... to supporting individuals in reentry. At the request of the STAR Reentry Court Team, the Philadelphia Bar ... employment, housing, health care, and child care, and has attracted national attention. This Fund also supports two ...

43 organizations receive Barra Awards

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... and advance organizations that exhibit qualities of leadership, performance and adaptability. These ... different disciplines and networks helps them discover new ideas and better solutions to problems. To identify ... Board of Directors. Christine Simiriglia, Executive Director, Pathways to Housing PA, commented: “Barra’s ...
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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
... These grants will help the recipients create and implement new strategies to adapt their programs, operations, and business models to the changing needs of the residents and communities they serve. In doing so, the ... the impacts of the pandemic.” Kristin Romens , project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in ...

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

Thursday, March 4, 2021
... Philadelphia, PA, -- Like most cities, COVID-19 has had an unprecedented and profound impact on ... have been forced to furlough or lay off a large percentage of their workforce and limit services, while striving to ... With much gratitude, Will Gonzalez, Esq., Executive Director, stated that "this funding will allow them to ...
19May2021

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

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... and steps they are taking to respond, and explore new initiatives and opportunities for collaboration. ... Response - Kelly Cofrancisco, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners Trans Resilience Fund - Farrah Parkes, Gender Justice Fund (Read more about ...

Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... services organizations, and foster a vibrant civic and cultural life. A recognized leader with extensive experience ... Pew after serving as president and chief executive officer of The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, which ... District of Philadelphia, she was Philadelphia program director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, ...

HealthSpark Foundation Announces $631,000 in Grants to Support Montgomery County’s Social Safety Net

Monday, January 11, 2021
... Colmar, PA- HealthSpark Foundation is announcing the award of $631,000 in grant funds to support 14 projects under the ... be more culturally responsive, antiracist and to identify new tools to eliminate known disparities in access and that ... their memberships. Chinwe Onyekere, HealthSpark’s new Director of Equity & Inclusion, will serve as an advisor to ...

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
... Trusts announced today that it has awarded a total of $5.41 million in grants to five Philadelphia nonprofits to ... are intended to help Philadelphia recover by advancing new or expanded strategies to meet changing community needs ... and move toward recovery.” Kristin Romens , project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services, added ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
In June of 2022, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ... Speakers Link to speaker bios Farrah Parkes , executive director, Gender Justice Fund   Signe Espinoza , executive ... How Should Funders Respond? The Turnaway Study - Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) Backgrounder on ...

Pew Announces $1M to Support Vulnerable Philadelphia-Area Residents Amid Pandemic

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
... Trusts announced today that it has awarded $1 million in new grants to 13 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving local ... susceptible to the health, emotional, and economic impacts of COVID-19,” said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in ...

William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... for efforts that address the impacts on Philadelphians of COVID-19 and the economic shutdown. In its fifth special ... offer services and interact with families, from designing new online delivery models to significantly changing the ... Consortium  of the non-profit organization It Takes Philly, Inc. to provide COVID-19 testing for early learning ...
23Sep2022

Delaware County Funders’ Community of Practice: Funders’ Tour of Upper Darby, Our Region’s 2nd Largest Municipality

Friday, September 23, 2022
9:30am - 1:30pm
Tour
... on Friday, September 23 from 9:30 - 1:30 pm for a tour of Upper Darby, the second largest municipality in our ... 0.1 mile to 7016 Terminal Square) Portia Kamara, Executive Director, Multicultural Family Services  Layla DeLuria, ... 11:00 AM Workforce Development Panel (bus ride to site of new Upper Darby campus for Delaware County Community College, ...

Pew Announces $6.8M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region's Vulnerable Adults

Monday, May 4, 2020
... years to 38 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving some of the region’s most vulnerable adults, including those ... such as food and shelter,” said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia, which has ...

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