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

COVID-19 PR Fund Round 3 Grant Recipents
Thursday, November 4, 2021
... of grants from the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund , a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based ... with the goal to continuously serve the communities that I have fostered strong and long-lasting relationships ... as a catalyst for collective action, effective giving and positive change in Greater Philadelphia, and to ...

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Caralyn Spector
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
... -- The board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces that it has engaged Caralyn Spector to serve as its Interim ... Silzle for her 7 years of service to the Cultural Fund and is committed to a thoughtful transition process that seamlessly continues the ...
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Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness announces first grantee cohort

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
A partnership of funders and community-based, ... designed to alter the traditional process of philanthropic giving. In this innovative approach, a group of nine ... (a Mural Arts program), SEAMAAC, and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians. It is supported by the Scattergood ...
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City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... the  Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund) , a public-private-community partnership between community ... community.  The KCR Fund anticipates $300,000 in new funding will be distributed during the 2023 grant cycle, ... through this learning-funding model. They aren’t giving us fish. They are teaching us how to fish!,” said  ...

Cheryl Brubaker named Executive Director for The Fund for Women and Girls

Cheryl Brubaker
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
... PA (June 26, 2024) – The Fund for Women and Girls, a leading nonprofit organization in Chester County dedicated ... to announce the appointment of Cheryl Brubaker as its new Executive Director, effective July 15, 2024. Prior to ... the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have resources and opportunities to ...
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The Board of Directors of the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn Announces Two New Changes for 2019

Diana Doherty and Joanne Kline
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
... structure and grantmaking program, and she led us through a tremendous period of growth,” notes Kathleen Fitzgerald, ... As Fitzgerald remarks, “The Board is delighted that Diana has agreed to serve as our next Executive ... together to ensure a smooth transition into this exciting new chapter.”  In fact, Joanne has agreed to assist the ...
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Applications open Sept. 13th for third round of COVID-19 funding

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Monday, September 13, 2021
... collaboration with funders across the region, is launching a third round of the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund, a ... Foundation, United Way Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, Brandywine Health Foundation, Comcast ... as a catalyst for collective action, effective giving and positive change in Greater Philadelphia, and to ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants

Thursday, March 26, 2020
... and cultural organizations in Philadelphia. The funding is critical at this time when a great many arts organizations are forced to cancel their ... non-cash award recognizes an arts and culture organization that has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to social and ...
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Foundations Community Partnership Board Awards $166,350 in Grants to Local Nonprofits

FCP grantee Alice Silverman Health Clinic
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
... Silverman Community Health Clinic team, posing in front of a portrait of Ann Silverman, recently received a Capital ... PA (December 27, 2023) – During the season of giving, Foundations Community Partnership’s (FCP) Board of ... program into Joe Hand’s youth boxing classes and recruit new veteran mentors through free boxing classes for local ...
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$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

Coronavirus Testing by Tim Tai - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... Inquirer Via The Lenfest Institute for Journalism A broad-based, collaborative group of media funders, news ... COVID-19 Community Information Fund to ensure that communities in the Philadelphia area have access to ... the Knight-Lenfest Fund in September 2019 that enabled new product development at The Philadelphia Inquirer ...

Foundations Community Partnership Board Approves $240K in Grants to 28 Bucks Nonprofits

Thursday, July 11, 2019
Doylestown, PA (July 11, 2019 ) – Nearly a quarter of a million dollars in grant funding has been ... Improvement Grants. BIIG grants support organizations that are developing innovative ideas to improve the quality ...
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Knight Foundation gives $4M for citywide conversation about park over I-95

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
By Jake Blumgart, Reporter | PLAN PHILLY A newly funded citywide public engagement campaign will be ... to give all Philadelphians a chance to shape plans for a new waterfront park over I-95 at Penn's Landing, project ... public engagement campaign will try to involve residents that don’t typically attend planning meetings and include ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Hosts Inaugural Champions of Change Breakfast

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
... to swing away. Every effort and act – from mentoring a young female professional to hiring a woman in an executive position – creates a crack that brings us closer to making it rain glass," said Cate ... and committed Board member Gladys Black for whom the award is named – and the young women who will come after her – ...
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Chester County Funders Unite to Provide COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... The funders have turned their attention to grant funding that will ensure long term financial sustainability of ... Health Foundation (PCHF) Board of Directors created a COVID-19 Special Grant Fund to assist local Nonprofit ... related support to over $1 million and will be issuing a new, more responsive funding model that will help reimagine a ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, November 25, 2024
... This year’s recipients are no different and highlight a strong focus on cultural preservation as well as ... applications, this year’s grantees are developing work that challenges dominant narratives and gives radical voice ... health, mortality and mourning. This cohort includes, but is not limited to: a portrait series centering ...

William Penn Foundation Welcomes Stuart Clarke as New Program Director of Watershed Protection

Stuart A. Clarke
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
... Penn Foundation announced today the appointment of Stuart A. Clarke as the organization’s new Program Director of Watershed Protection. Clarke will ... planning, fundraising, and communications. Prior to that, Clarke served for 15 years as the Executive Director of ...
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First Round of Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund Grant Recipients Announced

Thursday, September 23, 2021
... recipients for the Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund, a partnership with Bread & Roses Community Fund to support grassroots nonprofit organizations that serve communities of color and those with low incomes, ... pandemic. The Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund is a community-driven grantmaking process in which residents ...

Philly Counts Honors 80+ Action Fund Grantees Taking Census Action

Tuesday, February 25, 2020
... PHILADELPHIA —  The 2020 Census is coming up in just a few weeks. A fair and equitable distribution of political ... , and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (United Way) at the Philly Counts Action Fund ... catalysts for positive action, innovation, and effective giving in our region, providing a unique forum for learning ...
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Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Helping Coatesville Residents in Time of Need

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... (Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - As it became apparent that the COVID-19 virus would threaten the health and ... partners. To double the impact of each donation to the new fund, the Foundation committed to match, dollar for ... during the initial stages of this pandemic. Below are a few of our grant partners.  For a complete list visit ...
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