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

Friday, May 7, 2021
... organizations that serve communities of color and those with low incomes, which have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 ... said Mitchell Little, executive director of CEO. “As CEO supports our communities during the recovery, we must center ... our expertise in community-driven grantmaking to this new partnership with CEO.” The deadline to apply for this ...

New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... address the health of formerly incarcerated women, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and ... Many  of PCF’s charitable initiatives focus on new and innovative solutions that enhance life in ... with intellectual and developmental disabilities Students Run Philly Style, $16,354 to support access to ...

City Launches Fund to Support Philadelphia Organizations Pursuing Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
... City’s Office of Sustainability (OOS), in partnership with the Philadelphia City Fund, is launching the ... the federally-funded Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program awards. The Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program ... connect CBO awardees to technical assistance and program supports to aid in their project implementation.   The ...
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EnvironmentSocial Justice

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

Monday, January 11, 2021
... to our community partners for identifying projects with true potential to create a more just and sustainable ... be more culturally responsive, antiracist and to identify new tools to eliminate known disparities in access and that ... for a proof-of-concept project to implement a visiting medical “street medicine” program in Pottstown for ...

New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia in collaboration with funders across the region is launching the new COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund, a community-led ... grant dollars, Philanthropy Network has also partnered with the City of Philadelphia’s Philly Counts office, which ...

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards

Food Equity
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
... Injury Prevention and the Reinvestment Fund announced nine new awards as part of the Philadelphia Food Justice ... Fund. “We are delighted to be able to partner with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to support ... still have fewer fresh food choices. The PFJI supports projects that increase access to healthy foods in ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
Omar_6ABC.jpg Philadelphia, PA – GreenLight Fund, with support from over 25 families, corporate, and ... Since last October, participation in the Compass program rose almost 70 percent, and residents’ credit ... With seven years of impact, GreenLight welcomes six new investors to Fund III: Firstrust Bank, Hamilton Family ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
... Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) welcomes seven new members to its board of directors. The new board members ... community members to apply and join its board. This aligns with the foundation’s ongoing commitment to share power ... director of People's Tech Project Lauren Stebbins , program officer with The Barra Foundation Meaghan F. ...
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Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards to Increase Health Food Access in Philadelphia

Reinvestment Fund Food Justice Initiative
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... $1.25 million in grants since its launch in 2019. PFJI supports community-driven solutions in areas where access to ... just food system in Philadelphia. Six of the grantees are new recipients, while the other six received continuation ... and People of Color, immigrants and people living with disabilities, and those with lived experience with ...

Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... warned me about.  This is the America that I discuss with my children and now the one they discuss on their ... This America is one that philanthropy must confront with vigorous focus, intentionality, accountability, and ... seeks justice in his book From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth . ( 3 ) In Philadelphia, Philanthropy ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... Foundation and the William Penn Foundation, in partnership with Urban Affairs Coalition, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of ... Philadelphia’s gun violence epidemic. >>CONTINUE READING New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence ...

Douty Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary, releases new funding guidelines

Thursday, August 1, 2019
... Douty is releasing updated funding guidelines with a focus on increased investment to support the critical ... of financial support, now more than ever.” Beginning with its 2019 annual application deadline, Douty’s grant ... September 16 th deadline.  Additional information on the new guidelines can be found here  or contact Jennifer Leith ...
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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 ... individuals, communities and organizations as they chart new paths forward. About the Speaker: Dr. David Frey is ... Dr. Frey oversees a comprehensive atrocity studies program and has spearheaded efforts to increase Defense ...
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Anti-ViolenceRacial EquitySocial Justice

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, October 16, 2020
... global pandemic. This cohort is reimagining how we engage with performance, film and visual art while experiences such ... offered throughout the year or schedule an appointment with a staff member for one-on-one support.   ABOUT LEEWAY    The Leeway Foundation supports women, trans* and gender nonconforming artists and ...
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Arts & CultureSocial JusticeWomen and Girls

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

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03/2017
... Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for ... nation’s largest foundations over the next five years, with emphasis on strengthening the infrastructure for ...

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
... States and U.S. Territories describe their interactions with institutional philanthropy. The research had two ... and trustees to change the ways they think and act with Black-led organizations (BLOs) and Black communities. In ... Social Change — its first case statement. In accordance with its primary goal — to help vitalize and strengthen the ...

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

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... the immediate and emergent needs of the organizations it supports and also to the needs of those workers and ... rent stabilization work and academic support for local students - because they are the trusted entity in their ... relief funds that The Douty Foundation is supporting with $500,000.00 each are the Philadelphia Worker Relief Fund ...

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

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... changes and leverage impact through collaborative funding with other foundations/donors, focusing on the needs ... across campus that will provide free period products to students, staff, and visitors as needed. This project will ... Kennett Consolidated School District in Chester County and supports and uplifts Latino culture and families. They offer ...
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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
... capacity to connect low-income Philadelphia-area residents with public benefit programs. As Philadelphians grapple with ... full-day academic support and enrichment to public school students in under-resourced neighborhoods while they ... coronavirus and resulting economic downturn. The funding supports the increased use of telehealth technologies, ...

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