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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
Contacts:   Abby Douglas - United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey  |  ... the city and region for the next 10 years.”      As a result of this United Way challenge and in consultation ...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation names new CEO

Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Dr. Richard Besser to succeed Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD as head of the $10B foundation Princeton, N.J. —Richard ... current chief health and medical editor, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Robert Wood ... which time Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey will remain President and CEO of the Foundation. The exact date of the handoff is ...
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Leadership, Culture and Community

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

Thursday, February 9, 2017
COMMENTARY By Joe Pyle President, Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation ... Dr. Arthur C. Evans   steps down  Friday after 12 years as commissioner of the city’s Department of Behavioral ... evidence-based practices throughout the agency’s work. Philadelphia will need to work hard to maintain and build ...

Philadelphia Selected For New Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Friday, March 23, 2018
Today, PolicyLink is announcing that Philadelphia has been selected for the first cohort of the ... cities of Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ). “As leaders in their communities, the participants in this ... communities to thrive,” said Angela Glover Blackwell, CEO of PolicyLink . “We hope this network will be an ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... cities, including Chicago , New York, Los Angeles , and Philadelphia piloting forms of guaranteed income programs.  ... Director, Health Systems and CVI Integration, the Health Alliance for Violence Prevention. Resources Philly Joy Bank ... presentation deck PHLHousing+ presentation deck Article | CEO Launches Pilot Program to Provide Extra Income to Work ...
01Mar2018

Keystone Policy Series: CENSUS 2020: What Pennsylvania Funders Need to Know

Thursday, March 1, 2018
2:00pm - 3:00pm
... served as Counsel for the Bolder Advocacy Initiative at Alliance for Justice where she consulted with nonprofit ... Pennsylvania ( www.gwpa.org ) and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia ( www.philanthropynetwork.org ) to inform all ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... by the Gender Justice Fund and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and open to non-members. Speakers Link to ... the Crisis Pregnancy Center Industry in Nine States - The Alliance Funding The Frontlines: A Roadmap To Supporting ...
13May2022

U.S. Farm Bill Reauthorization and the Role of Pennsylvania Funders

Friday, May 13, 2022
9:00am - 10:30am
Video Conference
... about the U.S. Farm Bill, its impact on communities in Greater Philadelphia, and the importance of funder engagement in the ...
13Feb2025

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

Thursday, February 13, 2025
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Webinar
... resources, rights, and services for immigrant populations, as well as the organizations working to support them. Topics ... The Merchants Fund and Board member, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia will be: Kersy Azocar , President and CEO, ...
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Philanthropy Network partners to launch the Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund

Thursday, August 1, 2019
... seeks money for 2020 Census by Michaelle Bond for the Philadelphia Inquirer (7.29.19)   As part of our ongoing efforts to encourage philanthropic ... engagement in the 2020 Census, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia has partnered with Philly Counts 2020 to ...

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

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Via the Poynter Institute   | By Kristen Hare The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and LNP ... PublicSource in Pittsburgh and WHYY in Philadelphia. WITF president and CEO Kathleen Pavelko in the press release that the new ...
10Apr2018

30th Annual Members' Meeting & Policy Symposium

Tuesday, April 10, 2018
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Philadelphia, PA
... the 2018 Members' Meeting on April 10!    Join with us as we celebrate three decades of supporting and strengthening regional philanthropy for the greater good, and look ahead to building an even more ... together to create and sustain social impact in Greater Philadelphia. In addition to our traditional business meeting ...
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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 ... grantmaking, leverage expertise and resources for greater impact, spread best practices, build intersections in ... Health Funders Collaborative, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, and Northeastern Pennsylvania Grantmakers.  ...
26Apr2019

Census 2020 Stakeholder Meeting

Friday, April 26, 2019
11:30am - 1:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
As we heard at the Annual Members’ Meeting , the decennial ... around strategy and resources. Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia invites funders to participate in this meeting ...
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 ... by Abby Levine, Director of the Bolder Advocacy program at Alliance for Justice, that will make the case for why funders ... serves as Director of the Bolder Advocacy program at Alliance for Justice. For more than 17 years, she has worked ...
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Public Policy and Civic Engagement
30Sep2024

Immigration Trends and Economic Impact: New Research from The Pew Charitable Trusts

Monday, September 30, 2024
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Virtual
... Ginsberg and Mari Gonzalez of The Pew Charitable Trusts' Philadelphia Research and Policy Initiative as they share insights from their  latest research on ... and beyond.
20Apr2022

Montgomery County Funders Community of Practice

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Video Conference
... understand how racial inequity plays out in our community. As a follow-up to its 2019 initial findings on racial equity ... (see link below) .  We will discuss how this can serve as a guide toward addressing racial inequities in other ...

How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
... Healy, Executive Director, First Hospital Foundation (now Philadelphia Health Partnership) Uncertainty, confusion, ... found ourselves wondering: is this the new reality? And as a relatively small local foundation (with $45 million in ... Benefits Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA), a well-established nonprofit distributor of ...

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