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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 two years, our leadership team has reflected on the foundation’s past, its mission and on its future. Central to our conversation has been: Should the foundation continue in perpetuity as a private foundation or ...

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 ... joins Culture of Health Leaders, a program co-led by the National Collaborative for Health Equity and CommonHealth ... co-director and executive director and co-founder of the National Collaborative for Health Equity. Natalie Burke, ...

Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald

Philadelphia Foundation
Friday, May 21, 2021
... Community Leaders Fund on May 13th, we asked Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald, Executive Director for ... about how and why the fund was created and what the foundation hopes to achieve through this initiative. ... the Black Community Leaders Fund, and how did Philadelphia Foundation come to be involved in this initiative? The Black ...

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 ... contribution from Facebook, which selected Philadelphia Foundation as its regional partner in the company’s $20 ...

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 ... to justice. IPMF collaborated with the HealthSpark Foundation and the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation ... through its Community Voices Fund open call. The foundation also awarded $1 million to 18 organizations ...

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 ... it: Create community at every level When attending a big conference or event, the phrase “alone, together” sometimes crosses my ...

Glenmede appoints Nina Cohen director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nina Cohen
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... 2021 Glenmede participated in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Expanding Equity program, a cohort-based ... Cohen until recently co-led the company’s Endowment and Foundation division and will continue to lead the company’s ...

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

Friday, May 21, 2021

The Fund awarded its first round of grants totaling $365,150 to 49 individuals and nonprofit organizations working to increase COVID-19 education, vaccine access, health resources, and outreach activities in their communities.

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

Friday, October 20, 2017
... announced that he has gifted them to the Philadelphia Foundation , which will in turn sell them and place the ... existing $4 million donor-advised fund at the Philadelphia Foundation, and investment income earned on the money each ... of LGBT and liberal political causes on a local and national level. In 2005, he paid off the mortgage of the ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... County Social Justice, Phoenixville Community Health Foundation, The 25th Century Foundation, The Alliance for Health Equity, The Barra Foundation, The Fund for Women and Girls, and United Way of ...

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 ... look and think like them . ### Doylestown’s  Seybert Foundation , which gives general operating grants to ... own board  for the past six years. Diana Doherty , the foundation’s manager and sole staffer, said the board has ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... week , Kenney announced the latest progress at a press conference held at one of the city’s public facilities in ... eating pretzels and water ice as he spoke at the press conference, held on Tuesday.  “I hope that you can rest a ...

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
... by these Chester County funders: Chester County Community Foundation, The Fund for Women and Girls, Nelson Foundation, Phoenixville Community Health Foundation, United Way of Chester County, and The Alliance ...

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

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... the 12-month, immersive program, she will be supporting foundation leaders across the region as they use the Equity ... and connections to bear as she engages with dynamic foundation leaders. When it comes to her hopes for the cohort ... is supported by a leadership gift from the Scattergood Foundation and is a component of Philanthropy Network’s ...

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 ... With the $1 million grant, the Free Library and the Foundation will seek to address operational challenges and ... city. Once a comprehensive plan is finalized, library and foundation leaders will share key outcomes and tactics with ...