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Reflecting Forward: Philadelphia-Based Black Leaders’ Recommendations For Regional Funders

Report: Reflecting Forward: Philadephia-based Black Nonprofit Leaders’ Recommendations for Regional Funders
Monday, June 13, 2022
... PA, June 13, 2022– Despite the heightened awareness that was amplified during the racial unrest that exploded during the pandemic, Black-led nonprofits in Philadelphia are still struggling to connect with the ... according to Sharmain Matlock-Turner, President and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC) and one of the ...

Justice, not charity: Liz Dozier thinks philanthropy should be rooted in equity and solidarity

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... and the school’s state graduation rate. Now, as CEO of the impact investment organization focused on youth ... which is really grounded and rooted in the idea that if we really want to get to the answers and support ... videos on the criminal justice system, have trauma trained 100 frontline workers, and have become an active community ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off Cohort Two of The Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Cohort Two Funders
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
... Institute will assist nine local nonprofit institutions in their commitment to further transform their organizational ... why race and justice matter; (3) the intersectionality of social, health, and economic factors; and (4) accountability ... Justice and Equity blueprint (i.e., Accountability Plan) that will help each organization address internal and ...

Leeway Foundation announces 2019 Transformation Awardees

Leeway Transformation Awards
Friday, December 27, 2019
The Leeway Foundation announced $150,000 in funding for 10 individual women, trans* and gender ... & Textiles How can organizations work towards a method that supports artists’ basic needs, making way for ... is a trans-affirming organization committed to gender self-determination, and we use the term “trans” in its ...

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards

Food Equity
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
... part of the Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative (PFJI). In total, the initiative has provided over $620,000 in grants ... as part of healthy food work.” Of the 12 projects that have received PFJI grants since 2019, 10 are Black, ... art, and education as tools to nurture resilience and self-determination in North Philadelphia since 2010. Urban ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... learning sessions designed to support the nonprofit sector in its commitment to recognize and mitigate the deeply rooted ... work to solve complex community issues with an equity lens that seeks to produce sustainable solutions. The Nonprofit ... to build the local nonprofit sectors’ capacity to embed social justice and racial equity throughout its ...

Leeway Foundation Awards Nine Philadelphia Artists with $15,000 Transformation Award

Friday, December 21, 2018
... – Today, Leeway Foundation announced $135,000 in grants to nine women and trans* artists and cultural ... acknowledging their commitment to art and social justice that impacts a larger audience or community. This year’s ... is a trans-affirming organization committed to gender self-determination, and we use the term “trans” in its ...
07Oct2020

Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
... Network Greater Philadelphia and Marcus Walton , CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations . Taking place ... justice. Inspired by Sidney and Marcus’s conversation in July on white supremacy , this space is intentionally ... constructs, work to unpack them and reimagine a system that centers and promotes racial equity. We hope you can pull ...

Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... grants to small grassroots organizations and movements in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties that activate social change within their communities. In response to the ...

The Douty Foundation announces final, ‘Legacy’ grants totaling $2.2 million as its sunset plan is complete

The Douty Foundation
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
... supporting grassroots organizations and movements in making social change, announced that its sunset plan has been approved by the Orphan’s ... the foundation determined that now is the time to put 100% of its resources into the hands of the communities that ...

Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... Businesses and schools closed, basic essentials were in short supply, and thousands began losing income and ... served? And perhaps most importantly, given the well-known social and economic disparities: are there communities that were left out? With these questions in mind, the Lenfest ...

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards to Increase Health Food Access in Philadelphia

Reinvestment Fund Food Justice Initiative
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Since its launch in 2019, the initiative has awarded $1.25 million in grants ... collective movement to heal society and remove barriers that prevent individual and community well-being. “Where ... volunteer-run group, we envision community fridges to be a self-sustaining avenue to continue food access work in the ...
19Jul2023

Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic capital with equitable intentions

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
Reparations Finance Lab, in partnership with Philanthropy Network Greater ... ways to move from extractive to regenerative practices that lead to rematriation and reparations. Many in the philanthropic sector are poised to go deeper, moving from DEI statements to ...
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 ... Organization . A leaked draft of the the decision suggests that the Court will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, almost 50 ... Gonzales Elicia Gonzales is a queer Latinx, Licensed Social Worker with a Masters in Human Sexuality Education. ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s YOUTHadelphia grants help Philly youth initiatives

Monday, May 28, 2018
... provides grants to low-income non-profit organizations in Philadelphia to help build philanthropic resources to ... YOUTHadelphia is a example of programs in Philadelphia that focus on supporting the youth and their initiatives by ... for us,” said Joshua Glenn Co-founder of the Youth Art & Self Empowerment Project. This program started in 2006 with ...

New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... PA July 26, 2023 –It’s a little-known fact that a portion of the entrance fees for the Philadelphia ... to the grantees listed below, with awards ranging from $14,100 to $25,000. The Fund has taken a strategic approach to ... focus on new and innovative solutions that enhance life in Philadelphia—from new ideas that improve the way City ...

Funders and Grantees celebrate PA is Ready!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
... PA is Ready!  is  a coalition of organizations that provide Pennsylvania immigrant communities the ... and support they need to apply for immigration assistance. In 2016, The Philadelphia Foundation and a cohort of local ... Association, and William Penn Foundation.    The Social Innovations Journal recently published an article ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Awards $15,600 to Create Change

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... – The Fund for Women and Girls recently awarded $15,600 in grants to two local organizations – Cheyney University ... and Mighty Writers El Futuro Kennett – for projects that advance women and girls in Chester County. Two earlier ... Kennett:  Food and Hygiene Product Distribution ($8,100): Mighty Writers El Futuro is in Kennett Consolidated ...
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New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... stuck wondering what they can do to help curb the issue. In response, the Philadelphia Foundation and the William Penn Foundation, in partnership with Urban Affairs Coalition, Greater ... similar pace this year,” said Pedro Ramos, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Foundation. “The future of ...

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