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Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... coronavirus hit Philadelphia, the impact on our region’s economy and welfare was immediate. Businesses and schools ... were left out? With these questions in mind, the Lenfest Foundation and William Penn Foundation funded Philanthropy ... payroll and rent expenses, Education ($11.9M), and Health ($11.4M, including $5.1M for agriculture, food and ...

What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
...  | by  Julie Zeglen In the past year and a half, the foundation has employed two new investing strategies. Here's what it's learned so far. Nearly two years ago, Barra ... education, grocery stores, commercial enterprises and health centers that benefit low-income communities. “That ...

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

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
... to benefit the children of Philadelphia, where GSK’s legacy spans nearly two centuries.” The efforts are being ... Philadelphia Education Fund, which coordinates the city’s 400- plus-member Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem. GSK will ... most notably our 34-year-old GSK Science in the SummerTM program, which brings hands-on, free science camps into ...

Connecting Regional Funders to Respond to COVID-19

COVID-19
Friday, March 20, 2020
... Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia Foundation (Details for the PHL COVID-19 Fund were announced ... ; and the Relief Impact Fund for Greater Coatesville at Brandywine Community Health Foundation. Also sharing updates about their immediate ...
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How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Source: Grantmakers in Health By Ann Marie Healy, Executive Director, First Hospital Foundation (now Philadelphia Health Partnership) Uncertainty, ... fear. With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk over the last ...

Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
... the Fund appears to be well ensconced within the region’s nonprofit infrastructure. We have deeply appreciated the ... collaboration work in partnership with the Lodestar Foundation, and they engage in a range of other activities ... study funded by The Philadelphia Foundation: The Financial Health of Philadelphia-Area Nonprofits. I want to take this ...
29Jun2021

Funder Briefing: The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia invites you to join ... pooled fund has employed a rapid response, trust-based philanthropy model through two rounds of grants to support COVID-19 education, vaccine access, health resources, and outreach activities in priority ...
19Jul2023

Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic capital with equitable intentions

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
Reparations Finance Lab, in partnership with Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, invites you to ... wealth, but what does it actually look like? From foundation sunsetting to mission-aligned investing, and ...
24May2017

Education Funders Roundtable: School Funding

Wednesday, May 24, 2017
8:30am - 10:30am
Philadelphia, PA
... Executive Director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) , who will explain how public education funding ...
09Jun2025

Along the Road to 100% Mission Alignment

Monday, June 9, 2025 2:00pm
Video Conference
Join us to hear Rochelle Witharana's journey to move the $1 billion endowment of the California Wellness Foundation into mission alignment. She first moved a $50 ... session partners The Merchants Fund , Patricia Kind Family Foundation , Untours Foundation , and Valentine Foundation to ...