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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grants to Media Making Organizations

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, June 3, 2021
... announces another major investment in Philadelphia’s media making community. Thirteen grants totaling $2 million ... Cabral, IPMF program officer. ►Read Nuala’s essay on what the IPMF board and staff prioritized during this grants ... Fund and Digital Equity Fund open call. The foundation’s next round of grants will be announced in August. CLICK HERE ...
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Media/JournalismRacial EquitySocial Justice
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Equity and Social Justice

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
... are still struggling to connect with the region’s philanthropic community.   This was one of the key ... change have reached a fever pitch. How can allies know what action to take without recommendations from Black ... will be publicly released on Monday, June 13th at an event to be held from 3:00 – 4:30 PM at the Public, ...
19May2021

Setting the Table with Dana Kawaoka-Chen & Erik Stegman

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar on Zoom
... a community of peers. Recording Related Materials Upcoming event: Thursday, June 3, 2021 | 1:30 PM ET Giving Shuumi: Philanthropy’s Role in Redistributing Wealth and Supporting the Return of ...

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

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... coronavirus hit Philadelphia, the impact on our region’s economy and welfare was immediate. Businesses and schools ... was critical, but also raised basic questions about what the flow of support looked like: Which organizations ... ability to increase the community’s resilience when the next disaster comes. For example, we can develop a template ...
29Jun2023

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

Thursday, June 29, 2023
10:00am - 11:15am
Virtual via Zoom
... also an important human service role in our communities, what can private funders do to support these critical ... strategy, and how your foundation could get involved. This event is open to Philanthropy Network members. Resources ... The Indian Valley Public Library [article] Philanthropy's history of funding libraries -via Inside Philanthropy ...

The Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations Introduce $13M Funding Collaborative

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... Northend Christian CDC  preserves and improves Detroit’s North End Historic Community by providing opportunities for ... and claim decision making authority.”    Over the next two years, the Fund will partner with the aforementioned ... Fund’s Co-Director Erik Takeshita.

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... latest Fund enables GreenLight to invest in Philadelphia’s post-COVID recovery with greater clarity and purpose,” ... Director of GreenLight Philadelphia. Fund III fuels the next phase of GreenLight’s work in Philadelphia: partnering ... models: Year Up Greater Philadelphia, Single Stop, Center for Employment Opportunities, ParentChild+, and Compass ...

Reinvestment Fund and Health Department Announce $500,000 in Funding for Food Justice

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
... community-led projects that strengthen Philadelphia’s food assets and opportunities for individual and collective action to further food justice. ... Director at Reinvestment Fund. “We are proud to continue our longtime commitment to local and national funding ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... a highly-anticipated decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization . A leaked draft of the the decision ... the official decision, philanthropy needs to consider what impact such a momentous decision could have on our ... decision might mean for Pennsylvania. This free virtual event is co-hosted by the Gender Justice Fund and ...

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

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... Pennsylvania) - On February 1st  2022, The Alliance for Health Equity (The AHE) launched the Nonprofit Justice ... and Equity Institute on February 1st, 2022.   Over the next six months, eight nonprofit organizations across Chester ... the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute, please visit our website at alliancehealthequity.org. Keep up to date with ...

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, October 16, 2020
At the Leeway Foundation the true heart of our programming and the work of our community relies on in ... and feminism were highlighted as trending areas of focus for this round.    Leeway’s Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Media-Making and Digital Equity Grants to 33 Projects and Organizations

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... (IPMF) announces $2.6 million in its final round of grants for 2021. The grants focused support for community-centered ... $9.4 million in grants in 2021 to advance the foundation’s mission to build and strengthen networks of people who are ... grants in this round to support research and policy: Next Century Cities was awarded a two-year $300,000 to ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for community-centered, BIPOC-led media organizations and ... “These grants represent the majority of IPMF’s grantmaking for the year, while the foundation takes some time to reflect on what we’ve learned in our first three years as an ...

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 nonconforming ... their communities and art for social change. This year’s cohort includes artists continuing five generations of ... singer, media-maker, and organizer, Ahya Simone.  The next Leeway Transformation Award deadline is May 15, 2020. In ...
19Jul2023

Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic capital with equitable intentions

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
... been introduced to the concept of decolonizing wealth, but what does it actually look like? From foundation sunsetting ... how to build the case with language, evidence, and data. Our featured speakers are: Edgar Villanueva , Founder and ... Finance Lab - Reparations strategy - an approach for the capital markets. And all capital allocators - public, ...

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

Monday, January 11, 2021
... 2-year grant to continue advocacy efforts through the Here for Us Advocacy Coalition, a research and planning grant to ... is a partnership between the Foundation and the county’s nonprofit, government, faith and community leaders to ... education through a two-year, $300,000 grant. Over the next two years, PHAN will continue to build out the ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... and other leading institutions have been stuck wondering what they can do to help curb the issue. In response, the ... Danielle Outlaw have expressed their appreciation for the coalition, welcoming the support in efforts to end Philadelphia’s gun violence epidemic. >>CONTINUE READING New coalition to ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... and inclusion initiatives increase along with demands for newsrooms to dismantle and repair long standing racist ... by other newsrooms. And when philanthropists are deciding what stories and organizations they strategically support, I ... they all worked together to paint and renovate the woman’s apartment. As a short documentary, none of us had ever seen ...

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

Friday, December 21, 2018
... that impacts a larger audience or community. This year’s recipients work in an array of disciplines, including folk ... filmmaker and photographer Roni Nicole Henderson. The next Leeway Transformation Award deadline is May 15, 2019. In ... the year, or schedule an appointment with a staff member for one-on-one support. ABOUT LEEWAY: Leeway Foundation ...

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