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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 ... ago, Barra Foundation President Tina Wahl knew the tide of change was coming in the funding world — but was ... rehabbing them and renting them out as artist and community spaces. ( Generocity  profiled New Day cofounder ...

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

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... more than a dozen charitable funds to support the community. Within weeks, tens of millions of philanthropic dollars were distributed for ... were left out? With these questions in mind, the Lenfest Foundation and William Penn Foundation funded Philanthropy ...

Connecting Regional Funders to Respond to COVID-19

COVID-19
Friday, March 20, 2020
... We are convening our network regularly (and virtually, of course) so they can communicate what they’re hearing ... Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia Foundation (Details for the PHL COVID-19 Fund were announced ... them:  the Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund ; the Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund for ...
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Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
... appreciated the interaction we have had with the nonprofit community, including our 25 grants to support exploration and implementation of collaborative transactions among nonprofits in the ... collaboration work in partnership with the Lodestar Foundation, and they engage in a range of other activities ...
19Jul2023

Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic capital with equitable intentions

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
... from 10am- 12pm. We have been introduced to the concept of decolonizing wealth, but what does it actually look like? From foundation sunsetting to mission-aligned investing, and community controlled decision-making models, to giving ...
29Jun2021

Funder Briefing: The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... an update on the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund,  a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based ... trust-based philanthropy model through two rounds of grants to support COVID-19 education, vaccine access, ... Round 1 grant recipients Grantee website |  Unity in the Community - Anton Moore, Soul Food CDC Funder Briefing: The ...

How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
... By Ann Marie Healy, Executive Director, First Hospital Foundation (now Philadelphia Health Partnership) Uncertainty, ... anxiety, fear. With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk ... years. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of underserved Philadelphians by supporting access to quality ...

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

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
... Global healthcare company GSK today announced a commitment of $10 million over 10 years to help Black, Latinx and female ... employers, local government, and the philanthropic community using a collective impact approach to identify and ... In addition, GSK will support in- school programming and community efforts through annual grants of $1 million a year ...
17Oct2017

Rebuild Site Visit

Tuesday, October 17, 2017
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Philadelphia, PA
... Philanthropy Network members and the City’s Commissioner of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Kathryn Ott Lovell on ... sites that could receive investments through Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild), Mayor Jim Kenny’s seven ... local communities across Philadelphia. We will hear from community leaders about the critical role of community ...
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09Jun2025

Along the Road to 100% Mission Alignment

Monday, June 9, 2025 2:00pm
Video Conference
... 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 ...