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

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... throughout the Greater Philadelphia region with $125,000 in funding to five inaugural Leeway x IPMF Media Artist + ... women, trans*, and gender nonconforming media artists in documenting, reframing, and/or amplifying the issues and ... and social justice. For more information about Leeway, its grant programs, grantees, and events, visit leeway.org . ...
28Sep2022

What if philanthropy celebrated Black Abundance?

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... philanthropy. As many grassroots groups have pointed out over decades, philanthropy, as an institution, is complicit ... 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 ... its inception, Chicago Beyond has invested more than $40 million in ideas, individuals, and organizations that fight ...
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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
... their jobs and access to health benefits — more than 30 million Americans  have applied for unemployment benefits ... the typical woman has only 36 cents of wealth for every $1 of wealth owned by a typical man. Nearly 50 percent of ... and especially single parents, with little money left over to make ends meet and likely leaves next to nothing left ...

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

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent senseless murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna ... four centuries of traumatic white supremacist culture in the lives Black men, women, and families are once again ... a verbal commitment to equity to action, choosing humanity over assets and were intentional about naming and supporting ...

Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength

215 People's Alliance
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Photo courtesy 215 People's Alliance   By Casey Cook In the last two months, we’ve all tried to adjust to seeing ... feeling isolated and disconnected, even as I spend all day in meetings. As I track the spread of COVID-19 from the ... reviews applications received that week and makes grant decisions. The fund has two priorities: funding ...

Funders and Grantees celebrate PA is Ready!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
... to celebrate the accomplishments of  PA is Ready!  over the last year and a half. Click  here  to see photos ... and support they need to apply for immigration assistance. In 2016, The Philadelphia Foundation and a cohort of local ...   The group leveraged $464,000 to continue the work in 2017 and 2018.  Thanks to Philanthropy Network members ...

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

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12/2017
... for arts & culture, served on the board of Grantmakers in the Arts, and was the chair of its Thought Leader Forum on ... and build alternatives to systemic racism and capitalism, in the memory of our ancestors, for the benefit of black ... that are "building power by engaging community in planning and strategy," and works with primarily white-led ...
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Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... sector’s response, both nationally and here in Greater Philadelphia. This spirit of “we are all in this together” taps into a collective sense of hope and ... While the virus doesn’t discriminate, the systems in this country do discriminate. Millions of people in our ...

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
... Institute will assist nine local nonprofit institutions in their commitment to further transform their organizational ... participating organizations will attend seven sessions over six months which includes participation in six hours of ... and Brown communities. Learning session topics focus on: (1) justice and equity leadership; (2) why race and justice ...

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

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
... and opportunities facing Montgomery County residents. In honor of its namesake Dr. Frank E. Boston, a Black medical ... entrepreneur who created a hospital and ambulance corps in Lansdale nearly a century ago,  the Fund invests in ... Foundation has committed an initial investment of $250,000 over two years to the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund, ...

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

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... learning sessions designed to support the nonprofit sector in its commitment to recognize and mitigate the deeply rooted ... Group), will assist eight local nonprofit institutions in their commitment to further transform their organizational ... Justice and Equity Institute on February 1st, 2022.   Over the next six months, eight nonprofit organizations ...
19May2021

Setting the Table with Dana Kawaoka-Chen & Erik Stegman

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar on Zoom
... a system that centers and promotes racial equity. In each conversation, Sidney, Marcus and their guests explore ... and Erik Stegman, Executive Director of Native Americans in Philanthropy .

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

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... rate from 19% to 2% and prompt  double-digit increases in attendance and the school’s state graduation rate. Now, ... philanthropy,’ which is really grounded and rooted in the idea that if we really want to get to the answers and ... Chicago Beyond’s partner organizations that received a grant to serve 200 young people, but because of ...

GALAEI

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Thursday, December 16, 2021
... Location: North Philadelphia Org Focus: QTBIPOC services Grant Funding: COVID education & vaccine clinics Website: ... interview with Ashley Coleman, Executive Director GALAEI 1.png GALAEI was originally centered around HIV care and ... — serving the needs of the most marginalized in our community.   We know that if we are going to be true ...

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