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The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action

Published: 
12/2019
... and Black communities. In late 2015, BSCFN was birthed from a partnership between ABFE and the Hill-Snowdon ... Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action ...

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
... The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many of the city’s leading civil legal aid agencies ... task of finding free or low-cost legal services for all members of the community regardless of an individual or a ...
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Legal AidSocial Justice

Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) welcomes seven new members to its board of directors. The new board members bring a wide range of skills and expertise including ... to share power with communities typically excluded from philanthropy. Over 60 applications were received, and ...
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Media/JournalismSocial Justice
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Leadership, Culture and Community

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

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... — Reflecting an unprecedented consensus in philanthropy from local foundations to national grantmaking organizations, ... Trump administration to withdraw a citizenship question from the 2020 census. In a public comment letter submitted to ... organizations added that the thousands of philanthropic members and constituents it represents “are supporting ...

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
... African American Leadership Forum (PAALF), with funding from the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern ... nonprofits in Philadelphia differed in important ways from white-led nonprofits. In 2014-2015, Branch Associates, ... Executive Directors and local funders. The findings from this research are presented in this report. How ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... priorities of residents to ensure that the solutions come from the ground-up and not the other way around. This kind of ... to the pandemic are encouraged to apply. They must have annual operating expenses under $3 million and be physically ... at Bread & Roses on where the money goes are made by members of the community. We’re proud to bring our ...

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, October 16, 2020
... immediate needs of artists in Greater Philadelphia, while meeting them where they are in terms of adaptation of work. ... or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth.   The Leeway ...
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Arts & CultureSocial JusticeWomen and Girls

Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength

215 People's Alliance
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... all day in meetings. As I track the spread of COVID-19 from the confines of my South Philly rowhome, I’ve also ... how things used to be. But each Friday afternoon, I have a meeting on my schedule that leaves me feeling reenergized, ... to the generous support of our fellow Philanthropy Network members Independence Public Media Foundation, the Samuel S. ...

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
... the escalating health care needs of their family members. According to the GDP and the Federal Reserve, none ... with children in Pennsylvania are at greater risk of not meeting their basic needs, accounting for more than half of ... with Black and Brown women leaders, listen and learn from them, and invest in their efforts to promote racial ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... Samíl Jimenez-Magdaleno. This year, nine community members with deep relationships and expertise in the fund’s ... panel’s decisions are always final, without influence from IPMF staff and board. This community-led approach aligns ... to share power with communities traditionally excluded from philanthropy while also being impacted by harmful and ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Media-Making and Digital Equity Grants to 33 Projects and Organizations

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... and filmmaking, with an emphasis on supporting artists from, and films about, underrepresented communities. In this ... that amplify the voices of the communities they serve. Highlights of these grants include: A two-year grant to ... a Community Wire Service—a network of hyperlocal bureaus meeting neighborhood information needs and serving as a ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... and justice,” said IPMF President Molly de Aguiar. Highlights of the grants include: Narrative Shift: Policing, ... organize journalists, researchers, newsrooms and community members in an effort to reshape narratives around policing, ... and education for the Latino immigrant community. Highlights of grants for digital equity, film, and journalism ...

Leeway Foundation announces spring 2020 Art and Change grants

Leeway Foundation 2020 Art & Change Grants
Friday, May 22, 2020
... of social change issues.  The spring cycle of grantees highlights a trend in cultural preservation and disability justice with grantees from Philadelphia, Bucks and Delaware County. In the wake of ... or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth.   Leeway Foundation ...
19Jul2023

Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic capital with equitable intentions

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
... intentions" - a  virtual workshop on Wednesday July 19th from 10am- 12pm. We have been introduced to the concept of ... decolonizing wealth, but what does it actually look like? From foundation sunsetting to mission-aligned investing, and ... and reparation models there are many ways to move from extractive to regenerative practices that lead to ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... about a young lady named Tikel Johnson who returned home from a tour in the Army. On her first day home, the ... and the way that I tell it will be significantly different from the way a white male journalist would tell the story. ... practice, I believe in cultivating skills in my team members as opposed to just hiring folks with certain skill ...

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

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
...   “The Fund’s work builds upon and draws inspiration from the efforts of many others working to advance racial ... “By sharing broadly what we are learning with and from those closest to the ground, we hope to add to this ...

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... of social change issues. The fall 2019 cycle of grantees highlights a trend in cultural preservation from South Philadelphia to Norristown, Overbook to Port ... cross-section of artists, with grantees ranging from early-20s to mid-70s. Leeway’s Art and Change Grant ...

Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, November 25, 2024
... visual arts, and multidisciplinary forms. Chosen from over 100 applications, this year’s grantees are ... a musical-visual project intertwining folk songs from Haitian and Black American traditions; fashion events ... or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth. Leeway Foundation ...

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