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Reinvestment Fund and Health Department Announce $500,000 in Funding for Food Justice

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
PHILADELPHIA – Reinvestment Fund joins the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in announcing $556,280 in  Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative (PFJI) grant awards ...

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

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... Businesses and schools closed, basic essentials were in short supply, and thousands began losing income and ... dollars were distributed for emergency COVID-19 relief in this region. The rapid infusion of funding was critical, ... there communities that were left out? With these questions in mind, the Lenfest Foundation and William Penn Foundation ...

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
... learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their ... well-being of existing Black social change infrastructure in this country. The second was to use this information to ... with Black-led organizations (BLOs) and Black communities. In late 2015, BSCFN was birthed from a partnership between ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... communities. This latest Fund enables GreenLight to invest in Philadelphia’s post-COVID recovery with greater clarity ... to identify systemic barriers to economic success and investing in proven models and local partnerships to ... GreenLight’s strategy to work with communities to scale innovation in systems to solve big issues in our city.” ...

New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... focus on new and innovative solutions that enhance life in Philadelphia—from new ideas that improve the way City ... as its fiscal agent is in itself a great example of innovation in city programming,” comments Greenblatt. ... our fiscal management of the Marathon ensure a successful event that allow us to award grants that are timely and ...

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

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Read this release in: Chinese   | Russian | Spanish | Vietnamese COVID-19 ... this health crisis, it  is imperative to start off investing in the most vulnerable communities, and I am glad ... advance our region’s legacy as a hub for invention and innovation. New community-led pooled fund will support ...

Douty Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary, releases new funding guidelines

Thursday, August 1, 2019
... has awarded grants to small grassroots organizations in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties that are creating social change in their communities. In honor of its 50th anniversary, Douty is releasing ...

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

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
... the creation of the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund. The Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund addresses ... 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 ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... receive support from the Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund), a public-private-community partnership ... are focused on improving the quality of life for residents in the communities that have been impacted by the overdose crisis. In this round, a total of $360,000 has been awarded to 36 ...

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

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
... – Today, the City’s Office of Sustainability (OOS), in partnership with the Philadelphia City Fund, is launching the Philadelphia Thriving Communities ... Fund to support local, community-based organizations in accessing the federally-funded Thriving Communities ...
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Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... announced the creation of the Black Community Leaders Fund (BCL) to fortify Black-led nonprofit organizations serving Black communities in Greater Philadelphia. The Fund includes an initial $1 ... selected Philadelphia Foundation as its regional partner in the company’s $20 million “Supporting Black ...
29Jun2021

Funder Briefing: The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... us for an update on the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund,  a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions to urgent needs related to ... vaccine access, health resources, and outreach activities in priority communities in Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware ...

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

Published: 
03/2017
... targeted to the Black community. Calling investment in Black-led social change a “moral imperative,” they recommend at least a 25 percent increase in giving by the nation’s largest foundations over the next ... sustained, long-term investments to build infrastructure in seven key areas: Civic Engagement & Political Power ...

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

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Press release via William Penn Foundation In 2021, the Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations ... intersectional societal challenges. The inquiry resulted in the formation of The Culture and Community Power Fund developed throughout 2022 with project Co-Directors ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund grant recipients, with $800,000 awarded to 33 ... community members with deep relationships and expertise in the fund’s focus areas reviewed all the proposals and ... women and transgender and gender nonconforming people in Philadelphia jails to share their stories and build power ...

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, November 25, 2024
... PHILADELPHIA, PA — Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding to 30 women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia with the 2024 Art and Change Grant ... and Change Grant (ACG) provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women, trans*, and/or ...

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

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... grants to small grassroots organizations and movements in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties that activate social change within their communities. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Foundation is ... with $500,000.00 each are the Philadelphia Worker Relief Fund and the PA Immigrant Relief Fund. About the Douty ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s Black Community Leaders Fund Makes $800,000 in Grants to 24 Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Monday, November 8, 2021
... of grant recipients from its Black Community Leaders Fund, which supports Black-led nonprofits that serve Black communities in Greater Philadelphia. A total of $800,000 in grants will ... them for sharing our perspective on the importance of investing in the resilience and leadership of organizations ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... reliant on local property values, which has resulted in deep inequality and inequity that disproportionately ... of color. Black and Latino students are concentrated in the least wealthy districts, with 50 percent of Black ... Frequently Asked Questions  - Education Law Center Fund Our Schools PA Pa. schools need an additional $4.6 ...

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

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
West Chester, PA (July 26, 2023) – The Fund for Women and Girls recently awarded $15,600 in grants to two local organizations – Cheyney University ... Kennett – for projects that advance women and girls in Chester County. Two earlier recipients in this grant cycle ...
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