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Regional Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grant Awards

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
... – Today the Regional Foundation announced $2,000,000 in Neighborhood Planning and Implementation Grants to 11 ... returned to investing in neighborhood revitalization that centers a resident-led planning process. Structured ... Mantua neighborhood. MVMCDC is focused on resident self-determination activities and will coordinate a planning ...

United Way Receives More Than $1 Million from Lincoln Financial Group Employees for Sixth Straight Year

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
... )--Lincoln Financial Group (NYSE:  LNC ) announced today that its employees have raised approximately $1.1 million for ... during its annual month-long campaign, which took place in October 2018. Lincoln Financial’s employees have a rich ... for Women in 2018 and received a perfect score of 100 percent in 2018 on both the Corporate Equality Index and ...
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$9 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Supports 28 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Pew Fellow Pepón Osorio, My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente, 2023, installation view at the New Museum, New York. Photo by Liz Ligon.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
40 new grants will fund artists and public events that connect art with healing, explore cultural identity, and ... has awarded 40 grants and fellowships totaling $9 million in support of Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and ... This year’s grants to cultural institutions range from $100,000 to $300,000, plus an additional 20% in general ...
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Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
By Nadya Shmavonian After a little over two years in business, the Fund appears to be well ensconced within the ... five-county region.  We are pleased and excited to share that our funders have re-committed for Round II of the Fund, ... that puts us in close touch with the external forces that social purpose agencies are facing.  Through their own ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Hundreds of Thousands in Funds Awarded in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation 2017 ... support for legal services agencies in Philadelphia that provide access to free or low-cost legal services via ... for legal aid agencies. In 2017, Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity (PLSE), was added to their grant recipient ...

A Philanthropic Response to White Supremacy from the Birthplace of Freedom

Octavius Catto Statue
Monday, August 14, 2017
... “blood and soil,” and gave the Nazi salute.  At that moment, a mere protest in favor of saving a statue, an exercise protected under the ... in philanthropy.  We will not fully realize the social impact we wish to achieve without actively addressing ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council announces new grant program for cultural organizations affected by COVID-19

Monday, April 6, 2020
... public engagement during the COVID-19 crisis.  Due to social distancing requirements, cultural organizations have canceled in-person programs, festivals, and other major events that bring people together to build community and uplift ...

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards to Increase Health Food Access in Philadelphia

Reinvestment Fund Food Justice Initiative
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Since its launch in 2019, the initiative has awarded $1.25 million in grants ... collective movement to heal society and remove barriers that prevent individual and community well-being. “Where ... volunteer-run group, we envision community fridges to be a self-sustaining avenue to continue food access work in the ...

Philanthropy Network welcomes new team members

Friday, September 15, 2023
... Network Greater Philadelphia is delighted to announce that a new cohort of colleagues joined our staff on September ... agenda for our organization centered on equity and in sync with members' needs and the region's unique ... to their selection as a fellow, Jay supported several social justice movements, including the fight for affordable ...
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Giving Circle Spotlight: Q&A with the Asian Mosaic Fund

Giving Circles Roundtable Chat at SPARX 2019
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
... (AAPI) communities.  Following their participation in a roundtable chat on giving circles at the 2019 SPARX ... $50 donation, the donor earns another vote; so a $100 donor will have two votes, $150 for three votes, and with ... grants and programming. We have four executive co-chairs that act as an advisory board for our three subcommittees - ...
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City Announces Final Round of Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program Awardees

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
... round of awardees includes 18 additional organizations that will collectively receive more than $7 million in funding, bringing the total amount distributed through ... Guns Down, Gloves Up -  Epiphany Fellowship Church; 100 Black Men Philly (in partnership with Father’s Day ...
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Regional Foundation Announces $1.95 Million in Grant Awards

Thursday, July 13, 2023
Today the Regional Foundation announced $1,950,000 in Implementation Grants to three organizations throughout ... program supports comprehensive community development plans that target specific neighborhoods, are resident-driven, and ... completed in 2021, following an initial investment of $100,000 from the foundation. The resident-led and ...
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Chester County Community Foundation Honors Legacy Philanthropy at 30th Annual Meeting

Tuesday, September 10, 2024
... October 28 at Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center in West Chester . Each year the Community Foundation ... explained, “My client wishes to remain anonymous. That wish is honored by the Community Foundation, too, by ... The Community Foundation is entrusted with nearly $100 million in community assets, and annually awards $6 ...
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$50,000 in Grants To Be Awarded Through On the Table Philly

Wednesday, October 17, 2018
THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION TO AWARD $50,000 IN GRANTS TO PARTICIPANTS OF ON THE TABLE PHILLY 2018 ... 8 th  Open Dialogue Sessions Seek Ideas On Issues That Matter To Greater Philadelphia Region   Philadelphia, ... issues,” said Philadelphia Foundation President & CEO Pedro A. Ramos. “This year, we’re going one step ...
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A Farewell Message from President Sidney Hargro: A Time for Change

Time for Change
Friday, July 16, 2021
... Network Greater Philadelphia.  My last virtual day in the office will be August 13.  My tenure at Philanthropy ... This event would set the stage for a leadership agenda that encouraged philanthropy to lead with racial equity and ... my favorite message from James Baldwin, which reads, “Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without ...
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A Call for Unprecedented Unity in Unprecedented Times

All in This Together
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
... By Sidney R. Hargro Last week, it became abundantly clear that the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) would ... Philanthropy Network has experienced an exponential surge in calls, emails, and texts alerting us of the growing impact ... Network’s efforts to unify and strengthen the social impact ecosystem in our region. Let’s do this - ...

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... more than half of the over 400 facilities citywide. In some ways, Philadelphia is playing catch-up. According ... year, only a little more than one fourth of the $232.59 that Minneapolis (which leads the rankings) spends. Jen ... have been surveyed, Sturgis and Lawncrest both reinforce social networks in a positive way.” However, maintenance ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards over $1M in fall 2017 grant round

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
... Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded $1,048,204 in grant requests during the fall grant round of fiscal year ... environment to increase access to physical activity ($ 100,000). Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust- ... area residents, providing education, funding and programs that motivate people to adopt healthy lifestyles. Visit ...

Pat Yoder to receive 2020 Kitchen Table Award from CCFWG

Patricia Yoder
Friday, February 7, 2020
... Yoder – a passionate advocate for women and children in Chester County – with our Kitchen Table Award at the 15 ... low-income mothers and a Title V home visiting program that provides essential public health services to women, ... Media Center. In this Centennial anniversary year, or the 100 th anniversary of the passage of the 19 th Amendment that ...
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