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

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, 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 ... dispensers across campus that will provide free period products to students, staff, and visitors as needed. This ...
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Racial EquitySocial JusticeWomen and Girls

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 ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
... They will join IPMF’s seven other board members in support of the foundation’s mission to move resources ... policies, and decisions that promote equity and justice in our communities,” said Jamila Medley, IPMF board chair. ...
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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
... today that it has awarded a total of $5.41 million in grants to five Philadelphia nonprofits to address ... pandemic-related challenges, the demand for assistance in obtaining food, tax and rent rebates, home energy ... develop a strategy to double enrollments of Philadelphians in benefit programs so that more people are able to put food ...

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 ...

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

Thursday, December 20, 2018
Via the Philadelphia Eagles Following  an initial $190,000 in grants  and a  $20,000 donation to MenzFit earlier in the week , the Philadelphia Eagles announced that the ... organizations: United Way (Supporting Read by 4th in Philadelphia): $45,000 Camden Alternative Education ...
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Equity and Social Justice

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards

Food Equity
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
... part of the Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative (PFJI). In total, the initiative has provided over $620,000 in grants over two rounds since its launch in 2019. “PFJI ... the community, offering fresh produce and other essential products.    “This PFJI grant is building our capacity so ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... BIPOC-led media organizations and projects in the Philadelphia region. In total, the foundation awarded 71 grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of community media-making ($3.2 million), ...