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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
... community.   This was one of the key findings in a report entitled, “Reflecting Forward: Philadelphia-based ... for Regional Funders.” The report is based on semi-structured interviews with a diverse group of sixteen ... funders and were hopeful that intentional relationship building, networking opportunities, and shared agenda setting ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $5.5 Million in Grant Renewals

Large puppet with sign "Our Community Is Not For Sale"
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
... — $240,000 grant, three-year grant Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas (CATA Radio) — $50,000 ... — $350,000, three-year grant Presenting Our Perspective on Philly Youth News (POPPYN) — $250,000, three-year grant ... Collaborative — $75,000   Narrative Shift for Movement Building Amistad Law Project — $75,000 Just Media — ...

GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... today announced  GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale solutions to systemic challenges ... two of the nation’s best early literacy and asset-building models, ParentChild+ and Compass Working Capital, ... and a vote of confidence in GreenLight’s long-term focus on community need, evidence, and local fit,” said Kat ...

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact
Published: 
11/2021
This session provided a follow up to the June 2021 program, Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA . Along with updates on the status of the Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit, speakers will ...

Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + Activist Residency

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... and culture, in this case media, are an integral part of building movements for justice. And I believe that we all ... this way." IPMF Coordinator, Rachael Moton, who worked one-on-one to steward artists and organizations through the ... throughout the year or schedule an appointment with a staff member for one-on-one support. Press inquiries and ...
28Sep2022

What if philanthropy celebrated Black Abundance?

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... is complicit in anti-Blackness. Seeing anti-Blackness as a defining element of institutional philanthropic culture ... you can be a part of the movement. Learning Goals Reflect on current unjust practices, policies and outcomes in ... access to opportunity in education, employment, and wealth building. Jasmine believes that through empathy, public ...
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Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... students - because they are the trusted entity in their community.” said Jennifer Leith, Executive Director of The ... support these organizations' financial needs as they take on new approaches to their general operations.”  In ... in the short-term through these two relief funds, there is a long-term opportunity for leadership and action in all ...

Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
WWpost_JoshHowardphoto.jpg Photo by  Josh Howard  on  Unsplash By Diane Cornman-Levy Thousands of businesses ... of Homeland Security are dominated by men such as the building trades. Essential jobs are those that are too vital ... halted, even as cities and whole states are on lockdown. A majority of those jobs are held by women. In fact, one in ...

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 Black Women of Chester County in Action ($3,000 for a Bakers Dozen Listening Tour) and the Alliance for Health ... Impact Grants , a grantmaking program established to focus on swift responses to pressing needs in the community, distributing over $130,000 in that time to 22 ...
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Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly shifted the fundamentals of our daily lives. The challenges we face are unprecedented ... This spirit of “we are all in this together” taps into a collective sense of hope and strength.   While the virus ... most by COVID-19. As philanthropy continues to respond to community needs, we must be intentional in our embrace of ...

Leading Philadelphia Civil Legal Aid and Social-Service Agencies Sign On to Become Founding Member Tenants in the First Collaborative Center of its Kind

Friday, March 8, 2019
... and social-service non-profits to become Member Tenants in a first-of-its-kind collaboration known as the Philadelphia ... and purpose-built location for the city’s legal aid community to call home. The EJC will increase access to ... the EJC to life.” Pennrose, LLC is the lead developer on the overall master development and has selected two ...
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Leeway Foundation announces 2019 Transformation Awardees

Leeway Transformation Awards
Friday, December 27, 2019
... millennials who have used their work and representation on a global level, and a poet laureate who continues to inspire ... was facilitated by Philadelphia based cooperative and community organizer Mo Manklang. Panelists included ...

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

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... organizations, 304 philanthropic leaders have called on the Trump administration to withdraw a citizenship question from the 2020 census. In a public ... by increasing the hesitancy of nonprofits and trusted community leaders to encourage participation in the ...

The Leeway Foundation Announces $48,950 in Support to 22 Individual Artists and Cultural Producers

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Friday, October 16, 2020
... the true heart of our programming and the work of our community relies on in person connections. The realities of COVID have forced ... we adapt art and community-based practices in the time of a global pandemic. This cohort is reimagining how we engage ...
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29Jun2021

Funder Briefing: The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Greater Philadelphia invites you to join us for an update on the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund,  a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based ...
29Jun2023

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

Thursday, June 29, 2023
10:00am - 11:15am
Virtual via Zoom
... their collections are relevant to the growing diversity of the public they serve, there are emerging forces ... Penn about why that foundation funds public libraries as a component of their community health and inclusion strategy, and how your ...

Eagles Announce Additional $275,000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits Through Eagles Social Justice Fund

Thursday, December 20, 2018
... Eagles Following  an initial $190,000 in grants  and a  $20,000 donation to MenzFit earlier in the week , the ... barriers to equal opportunity, with a specific focus on education, community and police relations, improving the criminal ...
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Leeway Foundation Awards Nine Philadelphia Artists with $15,000 Transformation Award

Friday, December 21, 2018
... their commitment to art and social justice that impacts a larger audience or community. This year’s recipients work in an array of ... March 1 and August 1. Both applications will be available on the Leeway website, and may also be obtained by calling ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... are creating the Civic Coalition to Save Lives — a coalition consisting of 70 groups representing a cross-section of community and faith-based organizations, nonprofits and the ... — 506 people — were lost to gun violence. We are on a similar pace this year,” said Pedro Ramos, president ...

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