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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 ... fewer cash reserves and are more dependent on government grants than white-led organizations. These factors can make ... helped seed the fund.  We wanted to make the most of this investment and knew we could have the most credible impact if ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... Foundation today announced the creation of the Black Community Leaders Fund (BCL) to fortify Black-led nonprofit ... fewer cash reserves and are more dependent on government grants than white-led organizations. These factors can make ... Philadelphia Foundation grows effective philanthropic investment, connects individuals and institutions across ...

ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators

ComNet19
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
... take a step deeper into the experience by signing on as a Community Ambassador. As one of 49 Ambassadors, I was ... connections. My task was essentially to create a smaller community within the larger one of ComNet. Making connection, ... it simple – and commit.   Race_Karen.jpg Karen Race is Grants & Communications Manager at Claneil Foundation in ...

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

Friday, May 21, 2021
... announced the recipients of the first round of grants from the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund , a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based ... to smaller organizations and informal groups, Community Investment Advisors established the Fund's priorities, ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF), announces grants totaling $4 million to community media-makers, journalism, film and digital equity ... Fund to award $2.3 million to 47 organizations through its Community Voices Fund open call. The foundation also awarded ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... made up of a diverse coalition of city officials, community leaders and subject matter experts, is charged ... centers and libraries proposed to City Council for Rebuild investment.  Rebuild also released data about Philadelphia ... an interactive map (check it out here - you can explore sites in your neighborhood!), and a detailed Project ...

Glenmede appoints Nina Cohen director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nina Cohen
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
...  – Glenmede, a privately held and independently owned investment and wealth management firm, announced the ... to better serve clients, employees and the broader community.” Prior to joining Glenmede in 2005, Ms. Cohen ...

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 ... plan focused on helping them work to solve complex community issues with an equity lens that seeks to produce ... sector is made possible because of the understanding and investment by these Chester County funders: CCCF Grantmaking ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... to filming it - and NOT as a journalist but as part of the community. One of my very first community stories, in 2004, was about a young lady named ... documenting the story revealed a new kind of power. In a community where so many news stories only highlighted ...

Your board isn’t diverse enough

Wednesday, September 13, 2017
... Seybert Foundation , which gives general operating grants to nonprofits working with Philly children and youth, ... not over and it’s going to have to keep evolving.” ### Community College of Philadelphia Foundation (CCPF) ... program this spring because CCPF’s goals in positive community-building through education matched those of the ...

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 ... that need work,” Kenney told an audience of more than 50 community members, many of them children eating pretzels and ... courts — meaning that only a handful of those 60-plus sites can expect upgrades in the interim. The administration ...

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 ... donor-advised fund at the Philadelphia Foundation, and investment income earned on the money each year will go ... up, which at 82 is easy to do.” Others in the LGBT community are also feeling emotional. “This massive ...
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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
... Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded two grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to ... Foundation to undertake a comprehensive planning and community engagement process to improve the Free Library’s ... thousands of pieces of our region’s history to schools, community centers, and library branches to engage ...

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 ... and economic factors; and (4) accountability to the community. The final component of the learning sessions ... sector is made possible because of the understanding and investment by these Chester County funders: Chester County ...

Douty Foundation announces plans to sunset

The Douty Foundation
Monday, August 3, 2020
... aligned bank of resources to further movement and community building in the Philadelphia region. While we are ... liberation philanthropy . We are still going to make grants in the short term..... We will continue to honor the ... as a small foundation to fund and fuel grassroots, community-driven opportunities and aspirations for social ...

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

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... working across a range of fields, including social policy, community development, public health and government — have ... pedestrians and cyclists; and spearheading a new community garden that teaches kids about culture, race, and ... applying new knowledge and leadership in his workplace and community. "We're excited to welcome the second cohort of ...