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More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of citizenship question from 2020 census

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... across 38 states and District of Columbia join in unanimous opposition; more than 30 philanthropy-serving ... and chief executives, trustees and others speaking for their organizations said the question would ... Philanthropy-Serving Organizations’ Letter . More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey announces $1 million challenge to boost regional Census Outreach Efforts

Philly Counts
Thursday, October 24, 2019
... |  adouglas@uwgpsnj.org , 856-583-1855 Irene Contreras - City of Philadelphia |  irene.contreras.reyes@phila.gov , ... counties, is part of a national network of more than 1,300 locally governed organizations that work to create ... United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey announces $1 million challenge to boost regional Census ...

Philanthropy Network partners to launch the Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund

Thursday, August 1, 2019
Related coverage: Philly seeks money for 2020 Census by Michaelle Bond for the Philadelphia ... our ongoing efforts to encourage philanthropic engagement in the 2020 Census, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia ... and grantees.  Suggested funding levels range from $10,000 to $100,000, with the goal of raising a total of $1 ...
13Feb2025

Navigating Immigration Policy Shifts: Impacts, Challenges, and Community Responses

Thursday, February 13, 2025
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Webinar
Join us on February 13 from 2:00 - 3:30 PM for an engaging discussion with experts on recent changes to ... will include: A broad overview of recent developments in immigration Understanding the concept and implications of ... , former Executive Director, Office of Immigrant Affairs, City of Philadelphia Elhadji Ndiaye , Neighborhood Program ...
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Chesco Women’s Commission & Fund for Women and Girls releases findings of survey on sexual harassment in the workplace

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
WEST CHESTER, PA_ Results of the #ChescoKnows Workplace Sexual Harassment survey, ... County Women’s Commission (CCWC) and Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG), reveal that one in four people (26 percent) in Chester County have witnessed ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, Grantmakers of Western PA, and Northeastern Pennsylvania Grantmakers ... reliant on local property values, which has resulted in deep inequality and inequity that disproportionately ... deep inequality in PA public schools. The suit is asking for a court order that will force the legislature to comply ...
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 ... to redesign the Coordinated Entry “front door” system for housing and homeless services to be more culturally ...
07Nov2018

Pennsylvania Foundation Convening: Promoting Community Health

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 to Thursday, November 8, 2018
The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center
As a community of foundations across Pennsylvania, we are stronger together. ... across funders’ priorities, explore opportunities for collaborative grantmaking, leverage expertise and ... greater impact, spread best practices, build intersections in philanthropy and policy, and create a statewide voice to ...

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

Thursday, February 9, 2017
... steps down  Friday after 12 years as commissioner of the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual ... fatalities, driven by the opioid epidemic, is the highest in the state and increasing. External threats to the city’s ... funding for the most vulnerable Philadelphians (e.g. block grants favored by some Republicans in Washington), as well as ...

Philadelphia Selected For New Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Friday, March 23, 2018
... is announcing that Philadelphia has been selected for the first cohort of the All-In Cities Anti-Displacement Policy Network . With support ... so that we can spread success across the nation.” Each city has created teams of up to six local leaders, including ...

A Working Mom on Back-to-School Life in COVID

Sanchez family
Thursday, September 3, 2020
... The Sanchez family at home, at work, and at school — all in the same room.   By Michelle Legaspi Sanchez ... have imagined. My “third shift” job has been preparing for the start of this school year and worrying about how to ... children living in Chester County needs to make over $80,000 annually to be self-sufficient, a figure higher than any ...
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 ... such a momentous decision could have on our communities for generations to come. Poverty, education, child welfare, ... provides racially concordant care to members of the Black community Me and White Supremacy Workbook - by Layla F. Saad ...

How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Source: Grantmakers in Health By Ann Marie Healy, Executive Director, First ... critical expenditures—at both the individual/family and city/state/federal levels. Improving health and decreasing ... for years. None of us have infinite dollars and unless our grants strengthen the ability of organizations to expand and ...

In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... government coverage. Last week, three news organizations in Oregon announced  the Oregon Capital Bureau . In 2014, a Pew report found  a 35 percent drop  in the number of newspaper statehouse reporters. In Pennsylvania that year, ... goal of $2 million dollars from The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, The Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation, The ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... alleviate poverty is nearly a century old, with its roots in the post-Depression era and the Civil Rights and Black ... income was part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for fighting poverty.  Today, that concept is experiencing a ... a leader in these initiatives through work by both the City and the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the ...
25Jan2022

Investing in Change: How and Why Funders Can Participate in Public Policy

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
9:30am - 10:45am
Video Conference
2022 Bolder Advocacy Workshop Series As we enter the third year of the pandemic, it is more important than ever for foundations to understand how they and their grantees can engage in the policymaking process. Whether your philanthropic ...
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Bipartisan Policy Center and United Philanthropy Forum Create Partnership to Tackle Critical Policy Issues

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
... will focus on raising public and policymaker awareness of the urgency to improve maternal health outcomes, safeguard ... and security, and strengthen and modernize the Farm Bill for the benefit of all Americans. This partnership brings ... Forum and BPC strive to: Reinforce the idea that advocacy, in addition to grantmaking, is critical to achieving ...
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13May2025

Advocacy Rules! What Philanthropy Can Do to Influence Public Policy

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Webinar
... they serve—to go beyond grantmaking and engage directly in public policy. Yet for many philanthropies, advocacy feels unfamiliar, ... Series  with partners  Morgen Cheshire and DJ Stoeberl of Cheshire Law Group  for a timely and empowering ...
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