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Native Voices Rising Announces $3.5 Million to Native-Led Advocacy

Native Voices Rising Grants
Thursday, November 10, 2022
... incarceration in Native communities, to name a few.   Established in 2013, Native Voices Rising is a ... and institutions to learn from and build relationships with Native grassroots leaders and support Native-led ... be found at  NativeVoicesRising.org . Please support and fund these outstanding and remarkable organizations.  Native ...

Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 cycle of grantees highlights a trend in cultural preservation from South Philadelphia to ... a powerful, intergenerational cross-section of artists, with grantees ranging from early-20s to mid-70s. Leeway’s ...

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, October 16, 2020
... we adapt art and community-based practices in the time of a global pandemic. This cohort is reimagining how we engage with performance, film and visual art while experiences such ... Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women and trans* ...
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Pew Awards $5.41 Million to Five Philadelphia Nonprofits to Address Human, Economic Impacts of COVID-19

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Friday, April 9, 2021
... Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded a total of $5.41 million in grants to five Philadelphia ... Benefits Data Trust (BDT) has been awarded the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services’ first-ever growth grant ... capacity to connect low-income Philadelphia-area residents with public benefit programs. As Philadelphians grapple with ...

Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... This spirit of “we are all in this together” taps into a collective sense of hope and strength.   While the virus ... insurance, or a guarantee of health care. As we step-up with compassion and increased funding, let’s ensure that we ... The Alfred and Mary Douty Foundation Samuel S. Fels Fund Independence Foundation The Merchants Fund Nonprofit ...
07Jun2022

Responding to Extremism -- New Thinking about Norms and Trust

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Co-sponsored with Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island, Maine Philanthropy ... and other philanthropy-serving organizations. A Conversation with Dr. David Frey, Founding Director of the ... China, how should funders respond? Can philanthropy play a role in addressing the personal, cultural, and structural ...
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Anti-ViolenceRacial EquitySocial Justice

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

Reinvestment Fund Food Justice Initiative
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative (PFJI) , Reinvestment Fund has joined the Philadelphia Department of Public Health ... justice.” Twelve projects received PFJI grants to create a more just food system in Philadelphia. Six of the grantees ... and People of Color, immigrants and people living with disabilities, and those with lived experience with ...
21Apr2021

COVID-19 Funder Briefing #23

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... funder briefing. These sessions provide regional funders with an opportunity to update each other on efforts ...

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 all generations ... offered throughout the year, or schedule an appointment with a staff member for one-on-one support. ABOUT LEEWAY: ...

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
... preparation for the Institute, each organization completes a readiness assessment to determine its stage in equitable ... County funders: Chester County Community Foundation, The Fund for Women and Girls, Nelson Foundation, Phoenixville ... .  Keep up to date with this important work and the outcomes by following The ...

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

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... Philadelphia's SPARX Conference, taking place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 31 at the Hilton ... most violent and underperforming high schools. Charged with turning the school around, Dozier and her team employed ... Sparx Conference , taking place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 31 at the Hilton ...

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
... halted, even as cities and whole states are on lockdown. A majority of those jobs are held by women. In fact, one in ... by women has been designated as essential according to a  New York Times  analysis  of census data crossed with the federal government’s essential worker guidelines. ...

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

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... activists throughout the Greater Philadelphia region with $125,000 in funding to five inaugural Leeway x IPMF ... throughout the year or schedule an appointment with a staff member for one-on-one support. Press inquiries and ... grantees, and events, visit leeway.org . *Leeway is a trans-affirming organization committed to gender ...
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 ... PM – 4:00 PM CDT (4:00-5:00 PM EDT) Sign up for a 1:1 with Abundance staff to learn more Join the Abundance Action ... Jasmine led the West Contra Costa Public Education Fund and successfully mobilized millions of dollars to ...
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Talent Justice Toolkit

Published: 
06/2019
... nonprofit career lifecycle. In addition to this toolkit, Fund The People has also released a report that offers important findings on the challenges and ...

How African-American-Led Organizations Differ from White-Led Organizations: Research Report on African American Nonprofit Organizations in Philadelphia

PAALF Report (2016)
Published: 
04/2016
... Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum (PAALF), with funding from the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey, commissioned a study of African American-led nonprofits in Philadelphia. ... nonprofits. In 2014-2015, Branch Associates, Inc., a Philadelphia-based research and evaluation firm, conducted ...
29Jun2023

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

Thursday, June 29, 2023
10:00am - 11:15am
Virtual via Zoom
... entities that are NOT fully supported by tax dollars. With public libraries serving not only an educational ... do to support these critical institutions as they cope with unprecedented threats? In this session you’ll hear ... Penn about why that foundation funds public libraries as a component of their community health and inclusion strategy, ...

Funders and Grantees celebrate PA is Ready!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
On October 10,  The Philadelphia Foundation  hosted a  Funder/Grantee Reception  to celebrate the ... accomplishments of  PA is Ready!  over the last year and a half. Click  here  to see photos from the event and  ... Patricia Kind Family Foundation, Samuel S. Fels Fund, The Alfred and Mary Douty Foundation, The Philadelphia ...

Leeway Foundation announces spring 2020 Art and Change grants

Leeway Foundation 2020 Art & Change Grants
Friday, May 22, 2020
... in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues.  The spring cycle of ... a trend in cultural preservation and disability justice with grantees from Philadelphia, Bucks and Delaware County. ... Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women and trans* ...

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