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Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... seven-year, $500 million initiative  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 ... capital investment to “revitalize neighborhood parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across the ... groups have made dazzling examples of Philadelphia’s Center City public spaces.” However, in outlying ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... news and developments with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The ... Oversight Board held its inaugural meeting at Kingsessing Recreation Center.  The Oversight Board, which is made up of a diverse ...

Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness invests $215,000 to promote culturally-centered strategies to promote mental health

Fund for Immigrant Wellness
Thursday, December 12, 2019
... communities, is pleased to announce a $215,000 investment in three implementation grantees for its second grant cycle. ... Wellness Program , a partnership of Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians and African Family Health ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... funders, and the Scattergood Foundation. The grants were awarded to grassroots organizations that are focused on ... Klean Kensington (Fiscal sponsor by Impact Services) PB&J (Fiscally sponsored by Impact Services) Poetry at the Park ... Rock to the Future Sisters of Saint Joseph Welcome Center Small Things Inc. Taller Puertorriqueño The Free ...

Giving Circle Spotlight: Q&A with the Asian Mosaic Fund

Giving Circles Roundtable Chat at SPARX 2019
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
GivingCircles_SPARX.jpg Peter T. Van Do (Đỗ Tiến Sĩ) (center), member of the Executive Committee of the Asian ... (AAPI) communities.  Following their participation in a roundtable chat on giving circles at the 2019 SPARX ... (i.e., how is it different from more "traditional" funding models)? A. From a donor’s perspective, we offer ...
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City Announces $360,000 in Grants to Improve Quality of Life in Kensington through Fourth Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

KCR Fund
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... the City of Philadelphia announced $360,000 in grants awarded in the fourth cycle of the Kensington Community ... for resident-led programs like Philly Bridge & Jawn (PB&J).  “We started as an idea without any staff or funding ... Jawn Philly Unknown Photography Without Borders Providence Center RAWtools Philly Rock to the Future Servant Partners ...

Compass and the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund Create Partnership to Support Nonprofits Considering Sustained Collaboration

Compass | Repositioning Fund
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Compass.jpg NRF-4C_RGB.jpg Philadelphia, March 4, 2021 – Compass, a leader in providing strategic ... Compass will connect interested nonprofits to a pro bono project team through its  On Demand  program. Compass will ... and improve program and service delivery across the 5-County Greater Philadelphia region. The Repositioning Fund ...

New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Read this release in: Chinese   | Russian | Spanish | Vietnamese COVID-19 ... The pooled fund seeks to raise a total of $3.45 million to be distributed on a rolling basis over the next 18 ... Minnie McNeil , WC Atkinson Memorial Community Services Center (Coatesville) Sonya Carroll , Bebashi Transition to ...
29Jun2021

Funder Briefing: The COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... & Response Fund,  a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions to urgent needs related to ... vaccine access, health resources, and outreach activities in priority communities in Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware ... you will hear about how this trust-based, participatory funding model has been implemented, learn more about the ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Philly Counts announce first-round of the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund grant recipients

Friday, May 21, 2021
... & Response Fund , a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions to urgent needs related to COVID-19.  The Fund awarded its first round of grants totaling $365,150 to 49 ... came to a halt due to Covid-19.  With the support and funding from PNAF, we are able to kickstart the reopening of ...

Donor Collaboration: How NPT Philanthropists are Working Together to Increase Impact

Donor Collaboration
Monday, October 21, 2019
... innovative public-private partnerships facilitated by NPT: Rebuild Philadelphia: Investing in the city’s youth and ... By renovating and transforming public parks, libraries and recreation centers, Philadelphia’s “Rebuilding Community ... which has made a commitment of up to $100 million for the project. Donors who wish to participate can make ...

Opinion | As Philly’s historical organizations struggle, partnerships are key by Nadya K. Shmavonian

Historical Society photo by Heather Khalifa
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Via the Philadelphia Inquirer In February,  the Philadelphia History Museum announced its ... have less than one month of cash on hand. To get in front of this potential tidal wave, the Greater ... seeking to enhance sustainable community impact. Each project we’ve supported represents a courageous willingness ...

Funders Must Walk the Talk of Collaboration

Working together
Friday, February 26, 2021
... By Nadya K. Shmavonian & Russell Johnson In 2015, Philanthropy Network and the Philadelphia Foundation ... have made over 71 grants or small awards totaling over $1.5 million to support nonprofits pursuing sustained ...

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

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
RELATED COVERAGE: A $10 million pledge to get more Philly Black, Latinx people, women in STEM careers by Kristen A. Graham for the Philadelphia ... support for the Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective by funding dedicated management staff at the Philadelphia ...
23Jul2020

Chester County Funders Meeting

Thursday, July 23, 2020
8:30am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... a facilitated discussion to explore a Chester County funding collaborative, funder collaboration on capacity ... funding initiatives. Advanced registration required. Dial-in information will be made available to registrants within ... hours of the meeting. RESOURCE: Survey Results: Nonprofits in Chesco COVID-19 Recovery (as of 6.26.20)   Chester County ...
25May2017

NCFP Webinar- Spark Session: Serving Families Who Use Multiple Philanthropic Tools

Thursday, May 25, 2017
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar
... portfolio, establishing a family foundation and a 501(C)(4) nonprofit or Political Action Committee, and giving ... peers on aspects of their family philanthropy engagement.
28Feb2017

Out of School (OST) Community Collaborations for Collective Impact and Positive Youth Development

Tuesday, February 28, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
Philadelphia, PA
In recent years, the importance of the out-of-school time programming for children and youth has grown in response to the needs of working families.
14Feb2019

Family Philanthropy Webinar Series: Balancing Power Dynamics

Thursday, February 14, 2019
12:00pm - 1:30pm
... relationships, while also supporting other funders in building more authentic relationships with their grantees? ... your grantees, with one another, and with other partners in your work. Speakers TBD. For more information and ... live and recorded) through our subscription to National Center for Family Philanthropy's Family Philanthropy (FP) ...