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Foundations Community Partnership Joins Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

The Nonprofit Repositioning Fund’s Director Lindsay T. Kijewski (right) with Dr. Tobi Bruhn, CEO of Foundations Community Partnership.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
... Kijewski (right) with Dr. Tobi Bruhn, CEO of Foundations Community Partnership. Press release Doylestown, PA (April 8, ... effectiveness, and financial sustainability of nonprofits in the Greater Philadelphia area. “While FCP already offers ... options to strengthen services and deliver upon mission in a rapidly changing external environment. We are thrilled ...
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Chester County Community Foundation announces capacity building grant opportunity

Chester County Community Foundation
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
... – July 5, 2023): For almost 30 years, the Chester County Community Foundation has served as Chester County’s premier ... is given to small and mid-size nonprofits located in and serving Chester County, which strengthen the social, ... We want to help strengthen the nonprofit communities in Chester County through this financial award.” ...
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Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald

Philadelphia Foundation
Friday, May 21, 2021
PhilaFound_header.jpg Following the launch of the Black Community Leaders Fund on May 13th, we asked Philadelphia ... and how did Philadelphia Foundation come to be involved in this initiative? The Black Community Leaders Fund ... nonprofit organizations serving Black communities in Greater Philadelphia. We know from our own work in the ...

Centering Community Voice with Data: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder

Trellis for Tomorrow students building a compost station
Friday, October 27, 2023
... and funder, respectively, to share their journey engaging in feedback programming and building their own muscles for community listening and engagement. L4G is an 18-month ... clients to improve outcomes and impact. L4G was founded in 2016 by Fund for Shared Insight , and has supported over ...
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Philadelphia Foundation’s Black Community Leaders Fund Makes $800,000 in Grants to 24 Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Monday, November 8, 2021
... the latest cohort of grant recipients from its Black Community Leaders Fund, which supports Black-led nonprofits that serve Black communities in Greater Philadelphia. A total of $800,000 in grants will be awarded to 24 nonprofits.   An additional ...

Chester County Community Foundation “Food for Thought” Board Trustee Edition Goes Digital This September

Chester County Community Foundation
Thursday, August 20, 2020
... PA – August 20, 2020) : This fall, the Chester County Community Foundation is proud to invite nonprofit board and ... Board Trustee Edition . The program, formerly held in person and known as the Board Trustee Institute, will take ... Beth Krallis and Jamison Ludgate; “Financial Leadership in the Face of Impossible Choices” on 10/13  led by Bob ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Comcast Launch Nonprofit Finance Accelerator to Strengthen Nonprofit Community

Nonprofit Finance Accelerator
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
... and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) and Comcast NBCUniversal in partnership with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) announced ... impact report, the majority of nonprofit organizations in Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey “are ... at Comcast. “The health and wellbeing of our nonprofit community is critical to our region’s recovery efforts and ...

Foundations Community Partnership Launches #FCPresents Series to Help Strengthen Non-Profit Sector

Foundations Community Partnership
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Doylestown, PA (May 25, 2023) – Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) recently launched the #FCPresents ... series to help strengthen the non-profit sector in Bucks County, Pa. Complementing its FCP Conversations ... effectively. His firm, Productive Fundraising, specializes in teaching the latest research-based fundraising tactics and ...
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Bridgespan Group Announces Launch of Leadership Program to Serve Philadelphia-Area Nonprofits with Support of $4 Million from Harris Philanthropies and The Pew Charitable Trusts

Thursday, August 13, 2020
... city, following the program’s successful implementation in cities such as Boston, Chicago and Detroit. Through these ... and strategic issues and improve their effectiveness in diverse local communities. The funding provided by Harris ... we can drive change and enable a lasting impact on this community.” “The Pew Charitable Trusts is very pleased to ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off Cohort Two of The Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Cohort Two Funders
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
... Institute will assist nine local nonprofit institutions in their commitment to further transform their organizational ... sessions over six months which includes participation in six hours of capacity-building coaching to advance their ... rooted inequities experienced by its most marginalized community members, including those experienced by the Black ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... learning sessions designed to support the nonprofit sector in its commitment to recognize and mitigate the deeply rooted inequities experienced by its most marginalized community members, including those experienced by the Black ... Group), will assist eight local nonprofit institutions in their commitment to further transform their organizational ...

Arts + Business Council programming, including Business on Board, finds new home within The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
... as the equity-focused “Inclusive Onboarding” workshop in 2025. The Nonprofit Center will collaborate with funders ... that form the fabric of our region.”  Founded in 1981, The Nonprofit Center at La Salle was one of the ... the nation.  With a refreshed vision, its 60-plus member community of nonprofit consultants and instructors work ...
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William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
... Among the largest arts and culture grants awarded in the Foundation’s 75+ year history, this initiative is ... Philanthropy Officer Elliot Weinbaum. “PCF has a process in place to reduce those barriers. We are pleased to be able ... that are the lifeblood of Philadelphia's cultural community," said Patricia Wilson Aden, President & CEO of the ...
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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 ... of two or more nonprofits seeking to enhance sustainable community impact. Each project we’ve supported represents a ...

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

Compass | Repositioning Fund
Thursday, March 4, 2021
... Philadelphia, March 4, 2021 – Compass, a leader in providing strategic guidance to strengthen nonprofits, and ... this partnership will have considerable impact in the Philadelphia community. It will: Leverage local talent and extend the ...

New Report on Nonprofit Financial Health Pre-Pandemic Serves as a Wake-Up Call

The Financial Heath of Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
... — (Dec. 8, 2020) — The Nonprofit Repositioning Fund , in partnership with its members from HealthSpark Foundation , ... events of 2020. Today, the risks brought forward in the report’s data have been greatly exacerbated by the ... prepare financial plans to help stabilize the nonprofit community that provides crucial services that advance the ...

The Philadelphia Foundation and Catchafire Announce Partnership to Provide Volunteer Skills to Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits

Tuesday, March 13, 2018
... volunteers. The partnership will provide nonprofits in the Greater Philadelphia area access to free consulting support in fields including marketing and communications, web ... and allow it to better serve the residents of our community," Ramos added. About The Process Nonprofits can ...
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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 ... that is now housed within SeaChange Capital Partners.  In the ensuing five+ years since our inception, we have made ... assessing how best to operate equitably in a more diverse community.  This is challenging and expensive work.  It has ...

Eight Heads Are Better Than One

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
... most funders are the type of people who “played nicely in the sandbox” with other kids.  We tend to be ... of us have more than enough work to do already. But once in a while, we actually pull it off. This is not a story of ... around how to raise individual donations from the community.  Seeing as our foundation funding can be fickle ...