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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
... Bunnyhop, whose mission is to provide free food to people through mutual-aid programming that center the respect and ... has been serving various parts of the city, entirely through volunteer labor, distributing produce and prepared ...

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

Friday, May 7, 2021
... grantmaking process will support community-based nonprofit organizations serving neighborhoods most ... inequities created by systemic racism that many community-based nonprofit organizations have long been challenging,” ... This program is funded by a Community Services Block Grant through CEO. “We believe it is the people doing the work ...

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

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, November 25, 2024
... PA — Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding to 30 women, trans*, and/or gender ... at the intersection of art, culture, and social change. Through our grantmaking and other programs, we promote ... at birth. Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding ...

Reflecting Forward: Philadelphia-Based Black Leaders’ Recommendations For Regional Funders

Report: Reflecting Forward: Philadephia-based Black Nonprofit Leaders’ Recommendations for Regional Funders
Monday, June 13, 2022
... in a report entitled, “Reflecting Forward: Philadelphia-based Black Leaders’ Recommendations for Regional Funders.” The report is based on semi-structured interviews with a diverse group of ... will be publicly released on Monday, June 13th at an event to be held from 3:00 – 4:30 PM at the Public, ...

Eagles Announce Additional $275,000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits Through Eagles Social Justice Fund

Thursday, December 20, 2018
... to the Eagles Social Justice Fund. The Fund is built through one-to-one matching donations from players and the ... prevention of youth entering the criminal justice system through education and mentorship, continues with reform to ... Announce Additional $275,000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits Through Eagles Social Justice Fund ...
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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
... philanthropic funding goes to Black-led organizations based in these regions? How are institutional philanthropic ...

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

Published: 
03/2017

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for Black-led organizations. The 18-page document was issued by the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN), an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon Foundation.

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
... Without assets, families are unable to remain secure through financial disruptions as is currently being witnessed ... in our region and in our nation. They confront inequities based on gender and race. Recommendations for ... Invest in gender transformative grantmaking to build the capacity of organizations to challenge and dismantle rigid ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... – GreenLight Fund, with support from over 25 families, corporate, and philanthropic investors and supporters, today ... Fund II. “COVID laid bare the profound race and gender-based inequities facing Black, Latinx, and Asian communities. ... innovate and provide enhanced support to our residents.” Through 2023, Fund III will make three additional investments ...

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

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... stations and radio projects. IPMF invested $511,000 toward increasing digital equity in the region, in addition to ... officer, Nuala Cabral. “These grants, along with our capacity building initiatives, further the foundation’s ... - is an initiative that provides intersectional, consent-based, shame-free sexuality education to all people using ...

Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... Fund will provide selected nonprofits with operational and capacity-building support to enable strong leadership, ... greater infrastructure to weather unexpected adversity. “Through this focused effort, we want to raise awareness of ... to receive a grant from Facebook as a part of its broad-based commitment to support Black businesses, creators and ...

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

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
... Communities Bridge Fund to support local, community-based organizations in accessing the federally-funded ... for community-based organizations poised to expand their capacity,” said Elizabeth Lankenau, Director of the Office ... Initiative (GHHI). The TCGM funding is fully obligated through a signed grant agreement with GHHI, but should any ...
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City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... by Kensington residents and nonprofit, civic, and faith-based leaders: Public Safety Youth Development Workforce ... input group for the last two grantmaking rounds and through this experience I've seen many youths getting more ... sharing, and alignment of services.  To expand the capacity of participants – both organizations and ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... for centuries, I’m working to create equitable work through Love Now Media, a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts the voices of those ... As an equitable practice, I believe in cultivating skills in my team members as opposed to just hiring folks ...

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

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
... BIPOC and women led small businesses and community-based organizations that are rooted in community and have firsthand experience of health injustice.” “Through our Healthier Together Initiative , CHOP is committed ...

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

Monday, January 11, 2021
... capital to enhance critical organizational and system capacity and think differently. These grants allow us to do ... a model to establish a pipeline of trained interns and volunteers for local community organizations. The ... from the justice system into specialized, evidence-based therapy. Montgomery County Community College Foundation ...

Native Voices Rising Announces $3.5 Million to Native-Led Advocacy

Native Voices Rising Grants
Thursday, November 10, 2022
... The national network of Native-led organizations funded through this program also keep our organization accountable ... hands of Native leaders and advocates. Through a community-based process, each organization funded through NVR has been ... In addition to grant dollars, Native Voices Rising leads a capacity-building program, Supportive Assistance, focused on ...

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

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... & Response Fund will employ a rapid response, trust-based philanthropy model, prioritizing communities hardest ... support in Philadelphia’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. Through its Vaccine Information Champions and Neighborhood ... work is a clear value statement and an important step in increasing equitable distribution of the vaccine,” said ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... projects such as RadioCATA ($50,000), a New Jersey-based farmworker-run radio station by Comite de Apoyo a los ... Filmmaker Lab. The Lab supports artists (or collectives) through a production lab fellowship that makes equipment, ... with strengthening the news ecosystem in Delaware and increasing voices and coverage of underrepresented ...

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

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... with the Foundation on the topic of the guidebook at an event next month. This year’s iteration of the SPARX ... Dozier will be releasing a book, Whole Philanthropy, based on Chicago Beyond’s  holistic philosophy of impact ...

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