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The Collective Is Active: A Dispatch from the Mission-Aligned Investing (MAI) Program

Mission-Aligned Investing
Thursday, May 22, 2025
... which responds directly to member interests. We began with three groups—Financial Literacy, Strategic ... Series The Financial Literacy group has partnered with Zenith Wealth Partners to organize a three-part series ... investments can support place-based impact.  Session 3 (June 9): Along the Road to 100% Mission Alignment    ...
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Chester County Community Foundation: Event Cancellation and Rapid Recovery Fund Announcement

Wednesday, March 18, 2020
... of a recovery fund to help organizations that work with the most vulnerable people in Chester County. In ... the fund, please visit chescocf.org/covidgrant/ . General questions & inquiries about the Fund can be directed to ... over $70 million in trust and annually awards more than $3.5 million in grants and scholarships.
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County Commissioners Approve $3.5M in COVID-19 Grants for Resilient, Innovative Chester County Nonprofits

CCCF Grant
Friday, October 9, 2020
... Chester County Commissioners approved the allocation of $3.5 million to help Chester County nonprofits recover from ... administered by the Chester County Community Foundation, with input from regional funders, United Ways, and Chester ... . Email questions and applications to grants@chescocf.org .   County ...
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Centering Community Voice with Data: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder

Trellis for Tomorrow students building a compost station
Friday, October 27, 2023
... Perspective: Trellis for Tomorrow First, Listen4Good spoke with Grace Hardy , Program Operations Manager, and Jennifer ... particularly streamlined, and tended to include too many questions. What Trellis learned from youth and families ... was able to consolidate their surveys, and identify which questions were truly most important. They also learned to ...
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Learning Together: How to Create a Regional Coordinated Capacity Building System

blue-orange building blocks
Thursday, December 12, 2024
... In response, area funders sought a conversation with nonprofit leaders about how best to support them in ... County.  ImpactED also offered data from its ongoing work with grantees of the William Penn Foundation. The primary ... support capacity building in a coordinated way; and (3) an action plan for implementing steps developed during ...
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In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... year, the report found a total of 41 statehouse reporters, with just 24 in the job full time. The Inquirer in Philly, ... according to a press release. The newsrooms will also work with students at Temple University’s Klein College of Media ... in-person into what subjects to cover. We are soliciting questions our stories need to answer. We will be hosting ...

The Philadelphia Foundation Announces 2019 Grantmaking Programs

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
... Foundation's commitment to supporting healthy nonprofits with effective programs as well as fostering diverse ... resources. These grants will be open to nonprofits with budgets under $10 million, and the amount of the award ... site .
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William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
... communities; they are places in which we spend time with family, friends, and neighbors. They can also promote ... for a new Hunting Park community arts center was developed with input from residents, business owners and community ... conjunction with future Rail Park expansion.  If you have questions about the Great Public Spaces portfolio, please ...

HAFI awards grants to support permanent housing for Philadelphia residents experiencing homelessness

Friday, July 12, 2019
... , to support housing security so that young adults with chronic illnesses can engage in vital medical and ... HAFI funds make it possible for us to provide each family with resources to purchase the furniture or appliances they ... furniture like a bed or a dining room table. Partnering with our grantees, HAFI removes these barriers so that our ...
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Douty Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary, releases new funding guidelines

Thursday, August 1, 2019
... Douty is releasing updated funding guidelines with a focus on increased investment to support the critical ... of financial support, now more than ever.” Beginning with its 2019 annual application deadline, Douty’s grant ... can be found here  or contact Jennifer Leith with questions:  Jennifer@doutyfoundation.org   or ...

Philanthropy Network partners to launch the Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund

Thursday, August 1, 2019
... Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia has partnered with Philly Counts 2020 to launch the Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund . Developed in conjunction with the Corporate and Philanthropy Subcommittee of Mayor Jim ... Counts 2020 Action Fund  or contact Shira Hodges with questions or for additional information. Philanthropy Network ...

Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

$250,000 from William Penn Foundation will support a plan for an ongoing, city-wide survey of historic and cultural assets.

William Penn Foundation Announces Another $11.6 Million for COVID Emergency Action

Monday, March 30, 2020
... Fund for Early Education Today we are pleased to join with Vanguard and Reinvestment Fund to announce a ... enormously beneficial, especially for organizations faced with making difficult staffing decisions on a daily basis. ... in mind, please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions. Regards, Janet Haas, M.D. Board Chair Shawn ...

VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn announces first round North Penn Unity Grants

VNA Foundation
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
... the COVID-19 pandemic.  To help our partners better cope with the pandemic’s effects on their organizational ... we designed the North Penn Unity Grants program with the following features in mind:  Rolling application ... 2020. Eligible organizations can apply here . If you have questions about eligibility for a North Penn Unity Grant, ...
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Independence Blue Cross Foundation convenes Recovery Ready Summit to engage stakeholders in mission to support recovery on college campuses

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
... 12 to November 10. Colleges and universities can direct questions to ibxfoundationgrants@ibx.com .  Approximately ... to collegiate recovery programs in collaboration with the Association of Recovery in Higher Education. As a ... by visiting our website:  ibxfoundation.org . Connect with the Independence Blue Cross Foundation on LinkedIn . ...
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Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... raise money from residents,” and recreational centers “with politically savvy advisory councils might agitate ... the first round of Rebuild sites, Next City partnered with urban designer at Gehl to survey users at two ... used and explore how investment might help. They asked six questions: how often they visit, how they travel there, whom ...

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