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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
... are intended to help Philadelphia recover by advancing new or expanded strategies to meet changing community needs as well as the operational challenges brought ... Fund for Health and Human Services’ first-ever growth grant , totaling $4 million over five years, to help the ...

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

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... more than a dozen charitable funds to support the community. Within weeks, tens of millions of philanthropic ... pandemic among funders. The dashboard integrates both grant-level data from foundations with government statistics ... with some exceptions. For example, Cumberland County in New Jersey had the lowest grant awards per capita ($0.62) but ...

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

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... The inquiry resulted in the formation of The Culture and Community Power Fund developed throughout 2022 with project ... economic development of people of the African diaspora in New Orleans.    Asian Arts Initiative  in Philadelphia ... to launch new experiments or build on existing work.

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, October 16, 2020
... the true heart of our programming and the work of our community relies on in person connections. The realities of ... of focus for this round.    Leeway’s Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social ... and activist Tailinh Agoyo.  Applications are made available on the Leeway website and may also be obtained by ...
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Native Voices Rising Announces $3.5 Million to Native-Led Advocacy

Native Voices Rising Grants
Thursday, November 10, 2022
... Native-led advocacy and organizing groups. This year’s grant awardees work on an array of critical issues, ... we live our values as Native people, working with our own community leaders across the country to lead our own ... network of Native-led organizations funded through this program also keep our organization accountable to our ...

"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding

Published: 
12/2017
By Mike Scutari for Inside Philanthropy |  This article from Inside ... 11 years working for the  Heinz Endowments  as senior program officer for arts & culture, served on the board of ... for the benefit of black people." Hillombo partners with community development organizations that are "building power ...
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Arts & CultureDiversitySocial Justice
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Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength

215 People's Alliance
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... and interconnected. It’s the weekly convening of our community grantmaking committee for our Solidarity Fund for ... reviews applications received that week and makes grant decisions. The fund has two priorities: funding ... being nimble in the face of lean resources, are creating new ways to share space, break isolation, and nurture ...

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 purpose-built location for the city’s legal aid community to call home. The EJC will increase access to ... Special Advocates of Philadelphia, Good Shepherd Mediation Program, Pennsylvania American Civil Liberties Union, ... by the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, is setting a new national standard for inter‐agency collaboration, ...
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Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + Activist Residency

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... Executive Director Denise Brown. “We are grateful for the support for this residency from our partners at the ... and media artist, M. Asli Dukan. Applications are made available on the Leeway website and may also be obtained by ... and social justice. For more information about Leeway, its grant programs, grantees, and events, visit leeway.org . ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... How Should Funders Respond? The Turnaway Study - Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) Backgrounder on ... provides racially concordant care to members of the Black community Me and White Supremacy Workbook - by Layla F. Saad ... Equity Through Abortion Access - NCRP News and Opinion Grant Makers and Donors Call for Focus on Grassroots Giving ...

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

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... Chicago Beyond’s partner organizations that received a grant to serve 200 young people, but because of ... the power dynamics between funders, researchers and community organizations, and according to Dozier, has been ... suited to it. Chicago Beyond recently opened a new space in the West Loop of Chicago, home to historical ...
29Jun2021

Funder Briefing: The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Network 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 ... has been implemented, learn more about the first round of grant recipients and their work, and get a sneak peek at the ...
28Sep2022

What if philanthropy celebrated Black Abundance?

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... Abundance staff to learn more Join the Abundance Action Community in the new year – watch for more information on the Abundance ... Fund, establishing the foundation for a guaranteed income program in Richmond, CA. Jasmine joins Abundance with deep ...
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19May2021

Setting the Table with Dana Kawaoka-Chen & Erik Stegman

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar on Zoom
... conversation to be inspired and challenged along with a community of peers. Recording Related Materials Upcoming ...

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 ... to filming it - and NOT as a journalist but as part of the community. One of my very first community stories, in 2004, ... elder woman. For me, documenting the story revealed a new kind of power. In a community where so many news stories ...

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
Coatesville, Pennsylvania -  On January 24th, The Alliance for Health Equity launched its second cohort of the Nonprofit ... to further transform their organizational culture.  These organizations are: 2 Fish & 5 Loaves Chester County History ... rooted inequities experienced by its most marginalized community members, including those experienced by the Black ...

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 ... rooted inequities experienced by its most marginalized community members, including those experienced by the Black ... Designed as a learning cohort, eight participating organizations will spend six months advancing their ...

HealthSpark Foundation announces the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
... the historical exclusion of Black leaders and Black community-serving organizations from tackling the challenges and opportunities ... in Black communities to advance justice and liberation for all County residents. HealthSpark Foundation has ...

As Violence Against Asian Americans Intensifies, the Moment for Philanthropy to Act Is Now

Stop Asian Hate
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
... and Native Americans in Philanthropy  issued a call for philanthropy to take action to stop this violence and ... ways that you can take a stand and stop Asian hate in your community today (via the City of Philadelphia's Office of ... Month by Seema Agnani for Nonprofit Quarterly (05.25.21) New Asian American Foundation Aims to Shift Narratives, Curb ...

Funders and Grantees celebrate PA is Ready!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
... Click  here  to see photos from the event and  here  for slides highlighting  PA is Ready! funders and member organizations.   PA is Ready!  is  a coalition of ... communities the information and support they need to apply for immigration assistance. In 2016, The Philadelphia ...

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