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

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
... programming,” said Chellie Cameron, president and chief executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater ... will continue to grow and thrive at Business on Board’s new home at La Salle’s Nonprofit Center.”  While The ... Council Programming,” said Nonprofit Center Executive Director Kara Wentworth. “Standing up the phenomenal ...
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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
... via United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey UW_NPOaccelerator.png   PHILADELPHIA, PA (March ... communities and staff,” said Kate Houstoun, Managing Director of Capacity Building of UWGPSNJ. “As relief from ... Nonprofit Finance Fund, said Dalila Wilson-Scott, Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at ...

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
... Foundation , The Scattergood Foundation and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey , released a new report today at Philanthropy ... of the data provided by the Nonprofit Repositioning Fund Director Nadya Shmavonian. This new tool can support efforts ...

The New FAQ: What Do Our Nonprofit Partners REALLY want from the Funder/Grantee Relationship?

VNA Foundation Grant Partners
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
... to providing funding AND ongoing partnership to support new and existing programs” “Long-term support from ... DLD-headshot-Nov-2018 v2.jpg Diana Loukedis Doherty is the Executive Director of the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn , a ...

New report assesses the financial health of Philadelphia nonprofits

Friday, October 27, 2017
... a recently published report examining the financial health of local nonprofits. The report, funded by  The  ... $16 billion in local revenue with an 11 percent margin of net income. Nonprofits also have an average of 10 weeks of ... The Financial Health of Philadelphia Area Nonprofits .” New report assesses the financial health of Philadelphia ...

William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
... to be able to match the funding provided to PCF by the City of Philadelphia to support the small arts organizations ... of grantees,” explained Philadelphia Cultural Fund Executive Director Gabriela Sanchez. “With our shared commitment to ...
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08Nov2023

Chester County Funders Community of Practice: Responding to Workforce Challenges in Chester County

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
8:30am - 10:30am
Phoenixville Community Health Foundation
... and the impact on local organizations.  Wendy McKeon , Executive Director from  Mom’s House Phoenixville , and  ... Burnout, Chaos, and the Grinding Hunt for Staff and New Revenue , Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 4, 2023. ... to get Nonprofits Paid On Time , Report from New York City Joint Task Force to get Nonprofits paid on time Chester ...

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
... Trusts (Pew), Philadelphia will become the tenth LFI city, following the program’s successful implementation in ... LFI, is a two-year consulting program that helps nonprofit executive teams pursue strategic opportunities and build ... in eight U.S. cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., ...

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

Tuesday, March 13, 2018
... Philadelphia Foundation has offered," said Linda Wolfson, Executive Director of Vita Education Services. Vita's projects through ... needs to donors more effectively. It also developed a new communications plan. "Philadelphia is fortunate to have ...
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Centering Community Voice with Data: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder

Trellis for Tomorrow students building a compost station
Friday, October 27, 2023
... , Program Operations Manager, and Jennifer Anderson , the Executive Director of Trellis for Tomorrow about their feedback program ... their learning. Here are some of the highlights of those new feedback muscles: Stronger survey development . The team ...
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Compass and the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund Create Partnership to Support Nonprofits Considering Sustained Collaboration

Compass | Repositioning Fund
Thursday, March 4, 2021
... considering sustained alliances. Through the strengths of both organizations, this partnership will have ... stands to gain exponentially,” says Beth Dahle , Executive Director of Compass Philadelphia. Nadya K. Shmavonian , ...

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
Tobi and Lindsay.jpg The Nonprofit Repositioning Fund’s Director Lindsay T. Kijewski (right) with Dr. Tobi Bruhn, CEO of Foundations Community Partnership. Press release ... welcome FCP to the group and look forward to growing this new partnership to best serve the nonprofit community in ...
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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 Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald, Executive Director for Grantmaking , to give us some insights about how ...

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

Foundations Community Partnership
Thursday, May 25, 2023
... from self-centered to donor centered. He is the Director of Donor Impact for Independence Mission Schools and has 24 ... development, the FCP’s Board of Directors looked for new strategies to meet the demand in budget friendly ways. ...
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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
... Philadelphia Foundation today announced the latest cohort of grant recipients from its Black Community Leaders Fund, ... Black Community Leaders Fund, contact Philip Fitzgerald, Executive Director of Grantmaking, at  pfitzgerald@philafound.org . ...

Funders Must Walk the Talk of Collaboration

Working together
Friday, February 26, 2021
... as our supporters as we move into our next three years of activity – these funders are, if you will, walking the ...   The Fund recently released a new report – The Financial Health of Greater Philadelphia ... Shot Final low res 2016 10_0.jpg Nadya K. Shmavonian is Director, Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund, ...
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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 million carveout of the endowment, and now she's moving the rest! Jason Ray of Zenith Wealth Partners will interview Rochelle. We invite ...

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

Historical Society photo by Heather Khalifa
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
...  And last week, we learned  the Historical Society of Pennsylvania has laid off 30 percent of its staff  as it searches for a viable strategic ... represents a courageous willingness among boards and executive leaders to look beyond their individual ...

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