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Leeway Foundation announces spring 2020 Art and Change grants

Leeway Foundation 2020 Art & Change Grants
Friday, May 22, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – Today, the Leeway Foundation announced $42,500 in funding for 17 individual ... Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues.  The spring cycle of grantees highlights a trend in cultural preservation and ...

Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
Leewaylogo.jpg (Ocotber 7, 2019) - Today, the Leeway Foundation announced $55,000 in funding for 31 individual ... Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 cycle of grantees highlights a trend in cultural preservation from ...

Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation

Leeway Foundation
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
In a time of global unrest and uncertainty, Leeway Foundation continues to be led by our community and grantees to reimagine our world and reclaim spaces of power through their socially engaged artistic and cultural ...

Leeway Foundation Introduces Immediate Relief Funds for Individual Artists in the Launch of the 2021 Community Care Fund

Leeway Foundation Community Care Fund
Thursday, February 4, 2021
... impacts on the arts and culture community, Leeway Foundation is launching the WOO Community Care Fund in 2021. ... with $100,000 in funding thanks to the generous support of the Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , the Samuel S. ...

NBC10, Telemundo62 and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Award $227,000 in Unrestricted Grants to Eight Local Nonprofits

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
... support to Philadelphia-area communities in the categories of youth education and empowerment, next-generation ... Local Impact Grant program,” said Ric Harris, President and General Manager of NBC10, Telemundo62 and NBC ... information. NBC10, Telemundo62 and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Award $227,000 in Unrestricted Grants to Eight ...
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Health Department Announces Significant Contributions to the Philly Joy Bank from the William Penn Foundation and Spring Point Partners

Monday, March 20, 2023
PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is pleased to announce generous contributions from the William Penn Foundation and Spring Point Partners to support the activities of the Philly Joy Bank. The Philly Joy Bank is a pilot ...
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The Status of Women in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: 2018 Report

The Status of Women in Montgomery County, PA
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04/2019
The Montgomery County Foundation Inc. commissioned this study, conducted by the ... and organizations interested in improving the well-being of women in Montgomery County. The report is an in-depth baseline needs assessment of women in the County, and explores eight major areas ...
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02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
In June of 2022, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ... boards of the Abortion Liberation Fund and the Valentine Foundation, as well as Bread & Roses Community Fund. Ms. ... is the co-founder of the SEXx Interactive Collective, an appointed member of the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ ...

Chester County Women’s Commission and Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Partner on County-wide Survey of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Thursday, November 15, 2018
... WEST CHESTER, PA (November 14, 2018) As the number of workplace sexual harassment claims continue to rise on a ... environments in Chester County,” says Wendy Leeper, President of the Women’s Commission and Executive Director ... to promote the survey in their workplaces. Please contact President of the Women’s Commission, Wendy Leeper, at ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity announces the Judy Spangler Memorial Scholarship

Judy Spangler
Monday, May 8, 2023
... Spangler Memorial Scholarship was established by three of her former colleagues to honor the legacy of Judy Dunson ... and as Chief Program Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region from 2001-2018. During her time at The ... with both The Alliance for Health Equity and the Newlin Foundation as we remember the distinguished life of Judy ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $217,000 in Grants

CCFWG 2019 Grants Celebration
Monday, July 8, 2019
... in grants to 27 non-profit organizations serving the needs of women and girls throughout Chester County. Nearly 100 ... of this year’s grantees. Christine Zaccarelli, CEO of The Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Inc., ... Michele Roberson of the Bianca Nikol Merge with Mercy Foundation and Christine Zaccarelli of The Crime Victims’ ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Susan Elko with Kitchen Table Award

Thursday, January 25, 2018
... through service and/or philanthropy to improve the lives of women and girls through her own time, talent or resources. ... women faced with homelessness – to her role as Board President of The Barn at Spring Brook Farm, a nonprofit ... Officer of Advancing Adolescent Girls' Rights at the NoVo Foundation. Tynesha has over a decade of experience ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Hosts "Yes, All Women!" Dialogue

Yes, All Women!
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
... on Tuesday, October 17, at the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester to discuss how women from all generations can ... ads on body image and racial tension in America; the President’s war of words with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin ... Fund for Women and Girls is a grantmaking and education foundation dedicated to addressing the needs of women and ...
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Cheryl Brubaker named Executive Director for The Fund for Women and Girls

Cheryl Brubaker
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
... and advocacy, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Cheryl Brubaker as its new Executive Director, effective ... position, Cheryl Brubaker served as Executive Director of the Women's Resource Center. She brings a wealth of experience and a deep commitment to advancing gender ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $219,000 in Grants

Monday, June 18, 2018
... 24 non-profit organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls in Chester County. Nearly 100 community ... dedication of this year’s grantees. Denise Mahal, Vice President of Development of Community Volunteers in Medicine ... Fund for Women and Girls is a grantmaking and education foundation dedicated to addressing the needs of women and ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Hosts Inaugural Champions of Change Breakfast

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
CCFWG’s Inaugural Champions of Change Breakfast Leaves Chester County Business Community ... practice for at least three years.   Patricia B. Miller, President of Nobel Learning Communities, accepted the Gladys ... at a young age that girls could do anything. That solid foundation inspired her to continue to achieve throughout her ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls’ Fifth Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Local Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

The Fund for Women and Girls
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
... Fund for Women and Girls hosted its fifth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at The ... JoAnne Reifsnyder, Phd, MSN, MBA, FAAN, the Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations, and Chief Nursing Officer at ... and Tim Bell | M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust | WSFS Cares Foundation | Connie and Tom Fogarty | Denise Wine and Neil ...
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CCFWG’S 4th Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Chester County Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

2020 COC Collage
Thursday, November 12, 2020
... Women and Girls (CCFWG) hosted its fourth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, in a virtual ... ceiling for professional women; (Bottom Left) Senior Vice President at SEI, Sandy Ewing, accepted the Corporate ... tuned in to honor Charmaine Spence Rochester , Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Penn Medicine ...

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

Stop Asian Hate
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
By Patricia Eng of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and Eric Stegman of Native Americans in Philanthropy Published in the ... - An #ArtistResource Conversation Seeking to Soar: Foundation Funding for Asian American and Pacific Islander ...

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