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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
... Girls (CCFWG) hosted its fourth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, in a virtual format. ... Nora Alvarez | Rose Ann Scanlon | Julie Uebler | Community Volunteers in Medicine | Anne Sheppard. Click here to watch a ... our website. ***   CCFWG leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and ...

The Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Fredda Maddox and WSFS Bank at Sixth Annual Champions of Change Event

Fredda Maddox
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
... and Girls will host its sixth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, from 7:30-8:45am at The ... degree at Widener University. She then combined her legal skills and desire to protect abused women and children by ... local organizations that help sex trafficking survivors. Through all of her work in the community, Fredda advocates ...
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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
... and Girls hosted its fifth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at The Farmhouse Bistro ... MacElree Harvey partner Ashley Stitzer accepted the Corporate Champion of Change Award on behalf of the firm and ... Change in Chester County leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls’ Community-Based Grants Allocation Committee Awards $239,680 in Grants

The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Advisory Board
Thursday, June 23, 2022
... Chester County. Nearly 70 community members, grantee partners, and Fund Board and committee members gathered at ... local nonprofit partners. Additional funding was awarded through ‘Moving Her Forward’ Impact Grants, a grantmaking ... . The Fund for Women and Girls’ Community-Based Grants Allocation Committee Awards $239,680 in Grants ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls Launches Highly Anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report at Community Event

The Fund for Women and Girls Blueprint speakers
Thursday, October 6, 2022
... in Chester County. Over 120 community members, grantee partners, and stakeholders gathered to dig into the Report ... to address pressing needs in Chester County.    The event kicked off with a welcome from The Fund’s new ... statewide policies addressing the disparities uncovered through the 2022 Blueprint Report: “The Fund will work with ...
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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
... from the William Penn Foundation and Spring Point Partners to support the activities of the Philly Joy Bank. ... of the Philly Joy Bank. The core principles the pilot is based on, including program design and leadership by directly impacted people, the power of unrestricted cash through guaranteed income programs, and an explicit focus on ...
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The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia Awards Grants Designed to Increase Projects in STEM and Inspire Black, Latinx and Female Students

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... in the field. The grants, up to $2,500 per project through June 2022, are funded by GSK , a global healthcare ... Hydroponic Growing System to teach environmental science through STEM for grades 4 through 8. Eleanor C. Emlen School ... combining technology, design, computational and coding skills into activities in a "maker space." Samuel Fels High ...

New Century Trust Adopts Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... New Century Trust is transitioning to a “trust-based” approach to philanthropy. By doing so, NCT has ... addressing the political and/or economic gender gap through community organizing and policy advocacy. The funding ... in the $8,000-$15,000 range depending on the number of partners. Those interested in partnering with NCT are invited ...

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
... the need to talk to someone, please reach out to community partners like The Crime Victims' Center of Chester County ... Fund for Women and Girls leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and ...
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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 report is an in-depth baseline needs assessment of women in Montgomery County, PA and explores eight major areas affecting the lives of women: employment and earnings; work and family; poverty and opportunity; health and well-being; reproductive rights and infant health; violence and safety; political participation; and women veterans.

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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
... 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 ...

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

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
... Black youth aged 13-24, have been served by their school-based and community-based programs since July 2023. By ... financial stability, develop, and strengthen their job skills on a path to full-time permanent employment. While ... it as easy as possible for donations to be dropped off, volunteers to contribute time and for teachers’ orders to ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $219,000 in Grants

Monday, June 18, 2018
... Denise Mahal, Vice President of Development of Community Volunteers in Medicine (CVIM) , shared a heartwarming story ... organization, received $10,000 for its work to build the capacity of local non-profit organizations to address gender-based violence and promote healthy masculinity. “As CCFWG ...

A Working Mom on Back-to-School Life in COVID

Sanchez family
Thursday, September 3, 2020
... Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) , hosted the virtual event “Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in PA” with our partner, PathWays PA. The event explored the  Self-Sufficiency Standard for ... the tenuous juggling act of the working mom, gender-based violence, racial justice, and access to healthcare — ...

The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
... caregivers put them on the front lines of this crisis, increasing their risk of infection. Even more, because women ... and less in their savings to weather this storm. Gender-based violence For the more vulnerable women and girls in our ... critical services during emergencies like COVID-19. Through these tough times, CCFWG pledges to take our mission ...

The Fund for Women and Girls‘ Inaugural Champions of Change Summit Inspires Local Business Community to Embrace Inclusive Leadership and Elevate Women in the Workplace

Presentation by Dr. Katrina Sawyer
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... virtual format. Inspired by the annual Champions of Change Event recognizing an individual and company for their ... All Voices to the Table united previous honorees of the Corporate Champion of Change Award and Gladys Black 'Woman of ... Fund for Women and Girls leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and ...
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Cheryl Brubaker named Executive Director for The Fund for Women and Girls

Cheryl Brubaker
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
... in Chester County dedicated to empowering women and girls through grantmaking and advocacy, is thrilled to announce the ... I am excited to work with The Fund and its nonprofit, corporate, and governmental partners to address such challenges at a systems level. ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $217,000 in Grants

CCFWG 2019 Grants Celebration
Monday, July 8, 2019
... Chester County. Nearly 100 community members, grantee partners, and CCFWG Board and committee members gathered at ... YoungMoms and The Clinic. Additional funding was awarded through ‘Moving Her Forward’ Impact Grants, a grantmaking ... Legaspi Sánchez, Executive Director, in response to the event’s theme of “Be Brave.” To date, CCFWG has ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Philanthropy Program Awards Grants

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... needs in their communities and equip themselves with the skills needed to address them.  Over 18 years, GAB youth ... to agencies that target the needs of women and girls through innovative services to tackle issues like poverty, ... this grant, DVCCC will be able to purchase an evidenced-based program to support children. The Clinic received a ...

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

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
... Farmhouse Bistro at People’s Light in Malvern, PA. The event honored Patricia B. Miller and Fox Rothschild LLP for ... Deviney, a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, accepted the Corporate Champion of Change Award on behalf of the firm’s ... “I do what I do so that young women don’t have to go through what many women my age went through years ago. I am ...
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