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Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
News release from the Knight Foundation $1M investment will help Brigades in Miami, ... that support their civic technology missions in each community, as well as implementing practices that help with ... $10 million since 2010. Code for America’s mission is to build a network of cities, citizens, community groups ...

John Templeton Foundation to Invest $325 Million in Strategic Priorities

JTF Strategic Priorities
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Over the next five years, the John Templeton Foundation will devote a total of approximately $325 million ... in philanthropic funding to 12 Strategic Priorities, the Foundation announced March 12. “With the launch of these ... Foundation’s investment in these priorities will account for 80 percent of its grantmaking in the  Science & the Big ...
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Celebrating a Life of Purpose: Dr. Jane Goodall, Winner of the 2021 Templeton Prize

Dr. Jane Goodall
Thursday, May 20, 2021
... legendary scientist, conservationist, and activist, is the winner of the 2021 Templeton Prize.  Dr. Goodall is ... she has received for that work, the Templeton Prize is now proud to honor Dr. Goodall’s lifelong scientific and ... Heather Templeton Dill, president of the John Templeton Foundation. “Her discoveries have profoundly altered the ...

GSK Announces $10M Program to Advance Black People, Latinx People, Women in STEM

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
... employers, local government, and the philanthropic community using a collective impact approach to identify and ... “The mission of the Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective is to overcome those challenges to benefit the children of ... and engineering occupations. And in Philadelphia, the 2019 Keystone exam results show that city’s students are behind ...

City of Philadelphia Launches “PHLConnectED”

Thursday, August 6, 2020
... will also provide digital skills training and tech support for families, is an urgent response to schools moving to virtual learning ... Prep Charter Comcast Corporation and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Lenfest Foundation Neubauer Family Foundation ...

Comcast RISE Investment Fund to Provide Additional $1 Million In Grants To Support Philadelphia Small Businesses

Monday, May 16, 2022
... be announced and awarded in July 2022. The Investment Fund is an extension of Comcast RISE , the multiyear, multifaceted ... Alliance The Enterprise Center Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations In addition, Comcast RISE ...
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Weekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #6

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
10:15am - 11:15am
Video Conference
... the COVID-19 global pandemic and the effect the outbreak is having in our own region, we hope you are all taking the ... region. These calls will provide an opportunity for funders to update each other on the rapidly developing ... region, share what you're hearing about the needs in the community and steps you are taking to respond, and explore ...

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
PHILADELPHIA, PA—(June 17, 2021)— The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia has announced 16 ... Philadelphia). A full list of funded projects and schools is below. "For students from backgrounds that are ... to their share of the adult population. And while women now earn a majority of all undergraduate and advanced ...