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Philadelphia Foundation Announces Winners of Key to Community Grants

Key to Community Grants
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Related coverage: OPINION|  Philadelphia Foundation’s special $1 million initiative benefited from public support by Pedro Ramos   PHILADELPHIA, July 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Philadelphia ... Youth Basketball , to expand its Middle School Partnership program which offers young people opportunities ...

Philadelphia's Lenfests receive Carnegie Medal for their extraordinary philanthropy

Thursday, October 5, 2017
... YORK — As patrons and major supporters of the arts in Philadelphia, Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest are ... and Gates families, and Michael Bloomberg, along with Philadelphia’s Annenberg, Pew, and Haas families. This ... and other charitable causes. Major recipients include the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of the American ...
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New report assesses the financial health of Philadelphia nonprofits

Friday, October 27, 2017
... looked at broadly or in aggregate, the nonprofit sector in Philadelphia actually isn’t doing too bad financially, ... health of local nonprofits. The report, funded by  The  Philadelphia Foundation  and produced by management ...  the full report, titled “ The Financial Health of Philadelphia Area Nonprofits .” New report assesses the ...

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

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... across the country by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  Philadelphia, PA — Leaders from Honolulu to Providence, ... The Kynett Foundation ,  Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia  and Bridging the Gaps Community Health ... Internship Program, and is an appointed member of the Philadelphia Food Policy Advocacy Council and the Mayor’s ...

Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... power, equity and insularity. Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is working hard to amplify the local movement, ... we established the Mission-Aligned Investing Cohort in partnership with Andorra and Common Future . Mission-Aligned ... investment strategies A shared vision and plan to activate Philadelphia’s community capital ecosystem In total, 10 ...

National Study Reports Foundations Maintained or Increased Spending in 2020; Long-Term Investment Returns Held Steady

2020 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations® (CCSF)
Monday, August 23, 2021

The annual Council on Foundations-Commonfund study found that private foundations reported an average 13.1 percent return on their investment assets last year, and that 33 percent of foundations to increased their giving over 2019.

Future-focused takeaways from the 2017 Philanthropy Network conference

Friday, November 3, 2017
... The 2017 conference took place yesterday at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel with a more alliterative title, “ ...

Your board isn’t diverse enough

Wednesday, September 13, 2017
... about the issue of board and leadership diversity within Philadelphia nonprofits and foundations, partially because ... 30 boards in her lifetime. She also co-chairs the  Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum (PAALF) , ... to have to keep evolving.” ### Community College of Philadelphia Foundation (CCPF)  Executive Director  ...

Where Does Your Cash Sleep at Night?

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... great onramp to local investing in a loan fund managed by Philadelphia’s  Reinvestment Fund , an Aeris-rated CDFI. ( ... with three full-time staff, that invests in the Greater Philadelphia region. At  Aeris , we offer information to ... inspire change that strengthens communities in the Greater Philadelphia region. Paige Chapel is president & CEO of  ...

Douty Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary, releases new funding guidelines

Thursday, August 1, 2019
Philadelphia, PA (August 1, 2019) – Since 1968, The Douty ... has awarded grants to small grassroots organizations in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties that are creating social ... focused on increasing education equity and opportunity in Philadelphia: CollegeTogether Mighty Writers ...

Chesco Women’s Commission & Fund for Women and Girls releases findings of survey on sexual harassment in the workplace

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Results of the #ChescoKnows Workplace Sexual Harassment survey, conducted between November 2018 and January 2019, reveals a range of experiences and insights from current Chester County workplaces.