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Douty Foundation announces plans to sunset

The Douty Foundation
Monday, August 3, 2020
Announcement from the Douty Foundation   Sparked by our 50 th anniversary, over the past ... as a private foundation at the end of calendar year 2021 is the right one . What does this mean? Throughout 2020, we ... aligned bank of resources to further movement and community building in the Philadelphia region. While we are ...

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 ... through this initiative. Philanthropy Network - What is the purpose of the Black Community Leaders Fund, and how ...

Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
PhilaFound_header.jpg Press release from Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (5/12/2021) – Philadelphia ... Foundation today announced the creation of the Black Community Leaders Fund (BCL) to fortify Black-led nonprofit ... play in Black Communities and how important it is to invest in their resilience and leadership,” said ...

ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators

ComNet19
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
... communications lead at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As the first person to have this role, Karel felt ... and advance their work at ComNet19 in Austin, TX.  ComNet is the annual gathering of the Communications Network , the ... take a step deeper into the experience by signing on as a Community Ambassador. As one of 49 Ambassadors, I was ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... August 11, 2021 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF), announces grants totaling $4 million to community media-makers, journalism, film and digital equity ... in the Philly region.  What unites our three foundations is the belief that communities should lead the fact-finding ...

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
... rooted inequities experienced by its most marginalized community members, including those experienced by the Black ... The goal of the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute is to build the local nonprofit sectors’ capacity to embed ... by these Chester County funders: Chester County Community Foundation, The Fund for Women and Girls, Nelson Foundation, ...

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

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... rooted inequities experienced by its most marginalized community members, including those experienced by the Black ... The goal of the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute is to build the local nonprofit sectors’ capacity to embed ... County Social Justice, Phoenixville Community Health Foundation, The 25th Century Foundation, The Alliance for ...

With $16 million gift, gay causes get a big boost

Friday, October 20, 2017
... and that the object of his generosity would be the gay community. Successful he was, and now, about to turn 82, the Center City real estate investor is converting 26 of his Center City residential properties ... announced that he has gifted them to the Philadelphia Foundation , which will in turn sell them and place the ...
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Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... I’m working to create equitable work through Love Now Media, a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts ... and organizations they strategically support, I think it is important for them to understand and consider the ... to filming it - and NOT as a journalist but as part of the community. One of my very first community stories, in 2004, ...

Your board isn’t diverse enough

Wednesday, September 13, 2017
... make leadership reflect the people you're serving. Seybert Foundation Board of Directors When BoardSource’s most ... at some of the research, a part of this [disparity] is certainly historic,” she said — meaning, the nonprofit ... not over and it’s going to have to keep evolving.” ### Community College of Philadelphia Foundation (CCPF) ...

Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... from across the country by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  Philadelphia, PA — Leaders from Honolulu to ... working across a range of fields, including social policy, community development, public health and government — have ... efforts, local and national partnerships, and more. Dwayne is a former Peace Corps volunteer, serves on the boards of  ...

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

Friday, May 21, 2021
Contact: For the City of Philadelphia: Imani Stewart-Jackson ... of grants from the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund , a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based ... vaccine. “We at Philly Counts team know how important it is to compliment community organizing with low barrier ...

Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
... include $1 million for the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation to undertake a comprehensive planning and community engagement process to improve the Free Library’s ... years of life in the region. “The Pew Charitable Trusts is pleased to support two of our city’s most important ...

Glenmede appoints Nina Cohen director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nina Cohen
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... reports to Chief Executive Officer Gordon B. Fowler and is appointed a member of the company’s Management ... 2021 Glenmede participated in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Expanding Equity program, a cohort-based ... to better serve clients, employees and the broader community.” Prior to joining Glenmede in 2005, Ms. Cohen ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia names Daria Torres as its first Executive in Residence

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... April 9, 2019) Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce Daria Torres, Managing Partner of the ... the 12-month, immersive program, she will be supporting foundation leaders across the region as they use the Equity ... collaboration. The Network brings funders together with community partners and leaders to spark solutions that foster ...

FAQ: Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort with a Racial Equity Lens

2022 Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... Series for Philanthropy Network and PNY Members only is specifically designed to bring together trust-based ... power. For example, a program officer at a larger foundation who has a great deal of influence over the grant ... in learning from peers and a desire to be part of a community. Please also note that this program is not intended ...

City Council and Mayor Kenney play nice as rec center ‘rebuild’ advances

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North Philadelphia community hub will begin to receive renovations with $8 ... million Rebuild initiative. “As you can see, this site is a perfect candidate for Rebuild. You all have dealt with a failing roof, flooding ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
    Here is a round-up of recent news and developments with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The Rebuild Oversight Board ... made up of a diverse coalition of city officials, community leaders and subject matter experts, is charged ...