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Putting Values into Action: Building Mission & Impact-Aligned Operations

Putting Your Foundation's Values into Action
Monday, March 17, 2025
... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) we are committed to centering racial equity in our operations, governance, and ... extractive. We have implemented many tenets of trust-based philanthropy to redistribute power to the communities we ... liberatory perspective, shifting away from the traditional philanthropy model. We recognize how the existence of ...
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GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale solutions to systemic challenges identified by ... composed of leaders from government, business, and philanthropy, to facilitate cross-sector alignment and ... founding Executive Director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of ...

$3.5 Million in COVID-19 Relief Awarded to Help Chester County Nonprofits Recover with Resiliency & Innovation

CCCF Grant
Thursday, December 10, 2020
... 2020):  Chester County’s Commissioners have stepped up to help local nonprofits recover from the impact of COVID-19. ... people who care with causes that matter so their legacy philanthropy makes a difference now and forever.  The ... for Women and Girls leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...

City Launches “Kensington Community Resilience Fund”

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
... members, the City of Philadelphia, and regional funders to explicitly address the community impacts of the opioid ... this happen, particularly the funders -- and I hope their philanthropy will encourage others to join in this vital ... will do its part to make great grants and I think philanthropy needs to follow. I challenge others to make ...

Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $6 Million from William Penn Foundation for Workforce Development and Pandemic Recovery Efforts

William Penn Foundation
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... today announced 44 grants totaling more than $6 million to support workforce development and job training ... HUNE, Inc.   Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center  Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia/ Greater ... foster creativity that enhances civic life, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. In 2022, the ...

The Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations Introduce $13M Funding Collaborative

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations joined together to more deeply understand the needs of organizations ... spaces and arts and culture experiences, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. For more information ... Collaborative works with artists, cultural leaders, philanthropy, and other sectors who are interested in ...

The New FAQ: What Do Our Nonprofit Partners REALLY want from the Funder/Grantee Relationship?

VNA Foundation Grant Partners
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
... narrow geographic focus, and we spend a lot of time trying to build, maintain and strengthen relationships with our ... funders in general.  Like many of you, we are members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia because we are ... and limitations for partnering” “Trust-based philanthropy is the bomb!” Areas Where Funders Could ...

The Sarah Ralston Foundation Welcomes Heather Finnegan as New Executive Director

Heather Finnegan
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
... The Sarah Ralston Foundation (SRF) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Heather Finnegan as its new ... history. Heather joins SRF with extensive experience in philanthropy, capacity building, and strategic leadership, ... and the launch of initiatives centered on trust-based philanthropy and participatory grantmaking. These ...
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Growing the Mission-Aligned Investing Ecosystem: Reflections from September 16

Mission-Aligned Investing
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
On September 16 th , Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, ImpactPHL and ... Exchange convened foundations, advisors, and partners to explore how mission-aligned investing can take deeper root ... dollars—toward mission. What emerged was a picture of philanthropy evolving: moving from a narrow focus on annual ...
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Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... Foundation  Philadelphia, PA — Leaders from Honolulu to Providence, R.I. — working across a range of fields, ... public health and government — have been selected to participate in the Culture of Health Leaders program. ... serves on the boards of  The Kynett Foundation ,  Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia  and Bridging the ...

William Penn Foundation awards $2.6M to support River Alive! Project

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... a $2.6 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to open River Alive! – a landmark exhibition focusing on ... system whose health and sustainability is vital to our lives.  “The River Alive! exhibit has been years in ... foster creativity that enhances civic life, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. In partnership with ...
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Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Announces Partnership with Small But Mighty Arts

Tuesday, March 20, 2018
... of $500 Each Distributed by Small But Mighty Arts to Local Teaching Artists Philadelphia, PA—The Stockton ... Mighty Arts of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia (SBMA) to award ten $500 micro-grants to Philadelphia-based teaching ... at the intersection of arts, education, community and philanthropy, grounded in our belief that deeply meaningful ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $219,000 in Grants

Monday, June 18, 2018
... for Women and Girls (CCFWG) has awarded $219,000 in grants to 24 non-profit organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls in Chester County. ... CCFWG continues to lead and unite the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...

The Foundation for Delaware County Awards Over $1.1 Million to Local Nonprofits

Foundation for Delawre County
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
... today announced $1,165,000 in awards through 46 grants to 42 area non-profits. Grants were awarded in the areas of ... the message that collaboration and partnerships are key to moving Delaware County forward. It's largest grant - ... in 2016, The Foundation for Delaware County is the largest philanthropy serving Delaware County. Operating as the ...

William Penn Foundation Announces $3 Million for PHL COVID-19 Fund

Thursday, March 19, 2020
... city, region, and nation by how we come together to help one another. At the William Penn Foundation, we have ... many of you, the City of Philadelphia, and other funders to understand and begin to address the most urgent needs of ... million in commitments from local government, business and philanthropy. We are grateful to United Way, the Philadelphia ...
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Provides $50 Million to Support Those Facing Greatest Strain Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
... will provide $50 million in immediate short-term relief to several national and community organizations to help some of the families and communities feeling the ... hard by the virus.  As the nation’s largest health philanthropy, RWJF is focused on ensuring that everyone in ...

The Presser Foundation Announces Nearly $2 Million in New Capital Support Grants

Monday, April 19, 2021
... - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - In a continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating impact on the ... Presser Foundation announces new Capital Support grants to thirty-five musicorganizations. These grants, totaling ... States dedicated solely to music education and music philanthropy. The Presser Foundation considers proposals for ...
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COVID-19Leadership, Culture and Community

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... and Opportunity (CEO) and Bread & Roses Community Fund to support grassroots neighborhood nonprofit organizations ... of its kind for CEO, advances equity by returning control to the community so that people affected by the issues work ... This kind of inclusiveness is both rare for government and philanthropy, but critical to an equitable recovery.” ...

Kimberly Kirn joins Impact100 as first Executive Director

Kimberly Kirn
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... a grant-making organization that engages women to collectively fund large grants and community awards, is pleased to announce that it has hired Kimberly Kirn as its first ... Library of Philadelphia and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy. Prior to consulting, she spent thirteen years ...
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