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First Round of South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund Grants Awarded

CFSJ COVID Response Fund Round 1 Grants
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
... of grantees since launching the COVID-19 Response Fund in late March. The grants total $100,000 for nonprofits serving: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, ... off key staff and bleeding resources – a one-two punch that threatens the organizations and the people they ...
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Salem Health and Wellness Foundation names new leader

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, September 22, 2022
... DiLorenzo.  Paul will follow Brenda Goins who has served in this role for the past 15 years. During that time, the foundation has grown and supported many ... conducted by The Burd Group, from which we received nearly 100 resumes, Paul’s career defining leadership and ...
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Alliance for Health Equity launches Community-Designed Solutions Challenge for Greater Coatesville

Jeff Hunt, Haven Behavioral Hospital LLC discussing Coatesville’s behavioral health recovery.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
... Challenge. This is a five-part series developed to invest in Coatesville’s community voice and capacity-building ... by government, nonprofits, and grassroots efforts. In November – December 2022, over 100 members of the Greater Coatesville community convened and ...

Chester County Community Foundation Honors Denise M. Antonelli of Gawthrop Greenwood, PC with Door Opener Award

Denise Antonelli
Friday, October 18, 2024
... The Chester County Community Foundation proudly announces that attorney Denise M. Antonelli is the recipient of the ... and encourage legacy philanthropy, playing a pivotal role in expanding the Chester County Community Foundation’s ... now and forever. The Community Foundation holds nearly $100 million in trust and annually awards $6+ million in ...
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HealthSpark Foundation Announces New Leader

Emma Hertz
Friday, November 4, 2022
... pleased to announce Emma Hertz as the foundation’s new CEO and President, effective December 5, 2022. Emma was one of more than one hundred people who participated in the national executive search process.  Numerous highly ... to create a more equitable, inclusive, and connected social safety net for Montgomery County residents. Her recent ...
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Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein to Retire

Ron Bernstein
Friday, November 1, 2019
... 2020. Following the sale of Foundations Behavioral Health in 2007, Ron established FCP to improve the lives of special ... of more than $5 million in grants and scholarships that support Bucks County nonprofit organizations and ... Foundations Community Partnership, Ron was President and CEO of Foundations Behavioral Health, a non-profit ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Announces Union Community Care Selected as Core Provider of Healthcare Services at Coatesville's Brandywine Center

The Brandywine Center
Thursday, January 16, 2025
... - The Alliance for Health Equity (AHE) announced today that Union Community Care has been selected as the Federally ... integrated health strategy. As the core provider in this model, Union Community Care (Union) will deliver ... folks as they need it,” said Kevin Ressler, President & CEO of AHE. “Union’s innovative approach and expertise in ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407 to 282 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
... for a broad and diverse spectrum of arts organizations that serve all corners of the city. Due to COVID-19, the ... allocation to PCF was reduced by over 20%, to $2.5M, but in December of 2021 City Council recognized the dire ... and the Mayor, promotes arts and culture as engines of social, educational and economic development and has played a ...
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What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Via Generocity  | by  Julie Zeglen In the past year and a half, the foundation has employed two ... are traditionally conservative with their corpus , or that  five percent  of their endowments they’re legally ... — it’s a challenge for the organization to prove its self-sufficiency. If it can indeed prove itself, it becomes ...

William Penn Foundation Announces Hilary Rhodes as New Director of Evaluation and Learning

Hilary Rhodes
Monday, January 29, 2018
... Foundation’s leadership team from a national foundation in recent months. Rhodes previously worked for The Wallace ... of evaluation and research as critical tools for promoting social change,” said Rhodes. Prior to joining The Wallace ... of life in the Greater Philadelphia region through efforts that increase educational opportunities for children from ...
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To Whom the Economic Justice Baton Is Passed

I Am A Man Mural
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
... a shot rang out toward the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, cutting short the life but igniting ... Poor: Who they are, Where they live, and How that has changed, Philadelphia has the highest poverty among ... as people, as a City, as a Nation, and as grantmakers and social investors who seek solutions to the greatest ...
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Deepen, Connect, and Recharge – Thoughts on Philanthropy Network's 2018 Equity Symposium

Equity Symposium 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018
... for attendees to deepen their knowledge of equity in philanthropy, connect with like-minded colleagues in the ... of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) , explained that one session will not make a person fully competent in ... and energy to become more aware of issues of equity in the social sector. A participant pointed out that most people in ...
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Comcast RISE Investment Fund to Provide Additional $1 Million In Grants To Support Philadelphia Small Businesses

Monday, May 16, 2022
... RISE Investment Fund, bringing the total to $16 million in grants across the country since the program’s inception ... for a $10,000 grant at www.ComcastRISE.com . A total of 100 grants per city, or 500 grants overall, will be announced ...

City launches $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 12, 2024
... uplift Philadelphia’s creative sector, particularly in Philadelphia’s Black and Brown communities, and those that do not have access to most traditional sources of arts ... arts organizations with 2023 operating budgets of $100,000 or less can apply for grants ranging from ...
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Philly Counts releases Final Report on 2020 Census Operation

Philly Counts
Friday, January 29, 2021
... field plan, designed and executed by Philly Counts, that addressed individual and community outreach on the ... materials and PPE. Philly Counts partnered with over 100 organizations and distributed approximately 9,000 masks, ... households completed the 2020 Census . In 2010, the self-response rate was 62.4 percent. While the overall goal ...

The Rider-Pool Foundation Announces Grant Awards for Lehigh Valley Programs

The Rider-Pool Foundation
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
... Foundation of Allentown recently awarded $376,000 in funding. This total represents major proactive investments ... support, childcare, and employment training. A grant of $100,000 was awarded to Promise Neighborhood of the Lehigh ... for students in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction that will open in August of 2019. The grant serves as ...

Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Philadelphia-Area Cultural Groups and Artists

BalletX company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow’s Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of BalletX.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
... Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced today that it has awarded  $10.2 million to 39 Philadelphia-area ... the future of several of the most prominent institutions in the city and $1 million in unrestricted fellowships to 12 ... use their exceptional creativity to spark important social conversations—and produce accessible works of art ...
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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
... and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) and Comcast NBCUniversal in partnership with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) announced ... “Nonprofits are central to driving economic and social recovery,” said Kristine Alvarez, Director, NFF. ... recovery efforts and this program aims to help ensure that organizations can continue to serve the pressing needs ...

Giving USA: U.S. charitable giving totaled $557.16 billion in 2023

Giving USA 2024 report cover
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
... Philanthropy for the Year 2023 , released today, report that individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations gave an estimated $557.16 billion to U.S. charities in 2023. Total giving grew 1.9% in current dollars, reaching ... said Josh Birkholz, Chair of Giving USA Foundation and CEO of  BWF . “We’re not yet back to the highs of ...
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