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New Lenfest initiative aims to connect more North Philadelphians to employment

Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
... get some people employed,” said Wes Somerville, director of the Lenfest Foundation . That was the message ... more than 275,000 residents — approximately 18% of the city’s total population — with an overall employment rate ... to a variety of pre-existing factors. CONTINUE READING >> New Lenfest initiative aims to connect more North ...
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Phoenixville Community Health Foundation Hires New Program Officer

Viviann Schorle
Thursday, December 10, 2020
... the nonprofit sector. Most recently, Ms. Schorle was the director of Project HOPE at Family Services of Montgomery ... an Ascending Leadership Certificate from the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute at Bryn Mawr College. The ... Phoenixville Community Health Foundation Hires New Program Officer ...
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A New Giving Circle That is Exclusively Funding Black-led, Black-Serving Nonprofits

Wednesday, December 26, 2018
... we’ve discussed in the past. As Nat Chioke Williams, the executive director of the Hill-Snowdon Foundation, told us last year: ... scale social change in our region. Continue reading... A New Giving Circle That is Exclusively Funding Black-led, ...

United Philanthropy Forum announces Deborah Aubert Thomas as new President and CEO

Deborah Aubert Thomas
Monday, May 6, 2024
... is thrilled to announce Deborah Aubert Thomas as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 24, 2024.  After a ... President of Programs & Learning at Philanthropy Ohio and Director of Grants & Programs at Princeton Area Community ...

City's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Shares Plans for 2021

OACCE
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Press release   OACCElogo.png PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) today shared its plans for new and returning programs to support Philadelphia's diverse ...
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City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
Kensington residents work with City to select 36 grassroots organizations and community ... groups to receive $360,000 to address the community impact of the overdose crisis. PHILADELPHIA – The City of ... House Inc. Firm Hope Baptist Church (Fiscal sponsor by New Kensington Community Development Corporation) ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia names Daria Torres as its first Executive in Residence

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... is pleased to announce Daria Torres, Managing Partner of the Walls Torres Group, as its first Executive in Residence. Daria will be joining Philanthropy ... organizations build clarity, consensus, and commitment to new directional paths. Philanthropy Network president Sidney ...

PECO Announces New Powering the Arts Grant for Community-Based Organizations in Southeastern PA

Friday, July 1, 2022
PECO has introduced a new competitive grants program that will help community-based ... the Arts grant program offers one-year or two-year grants of up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of $20,000 over two ... recover from the pandemic,” said Romona Riscoe Benson, Director, Corporate and Community Impact, PECO. “This new ...
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Knight Foundation taps news media trailblazer Maribel Perez Wadsworth as new president and CEO

Maribel Perez Wadsworth
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
... and James L. Knight Foundation announced the appointment of Maribel Perez Wadsworth as president and CEO. As the ... our core values. We are thrilled to welcome her as the new president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight ... taps news media trailblazer Maribel Perez Wadsworth as new president and CEO ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council announces new grant program for cultural organizations affected by COVID-19

Monday, April 6, 2020
... today announced Pop-Up Grants for Cultural Producers , a new grant program supporting efforts to sustain public ... sector is particularly vulnerable,” said Laurie Zierer, executive director of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. “Whether ...

Arts + Business Council programming, including Business on Board, finds new home within The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
... programming,” said Chellie Cameron, president and chief executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater ... will continue to grow and thrive at Business on Board’s new home at La Salle’s Nonprofit Center.”  While The ... Council Programming,” said Nonprofit Center Executive Director Kara Wentworth. “Standing up the phenomenal ...
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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
... via United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey UW_NPOaccelerator.png   PHILADELPHIA, PA (March ... communities and staff,” said Kate Houstoun, Managing Director of Capacity Building of UWGPSNJ. “As relief from ... Nonprofit Finance Fund, said Dalila Wilson-Scott, Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... As gun violence and crime continues to plague the city of Philadelphia, businesses, nonprofits, faith-based ... Philadelphia’s gun violence epidemic. >>CONTINUE READING New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence ...

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

Reinvestment Fund Food Justice Initiative
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... just food system in Philadelphia. Six of the grantees are new recipients, while the other six received continuation ... COVID-19 pandemic,” said Molly Hartman, Senior Program Director at Reinvestment Fund. “We are proud to join the ... April 2020, Bunnyhop has been serving various parts of the city, entirely through volunteer labor, distributing produce ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation announces new funding to support recovery and sobriety for college students

IBX Foundation
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
... Blue Cross Foundation  (Foundation) announced new funding for addiction resources in higher education ... and stress for many students,” said Tim Rabolt, Executive Director of ARHE, the only association in the U.S. that ...

New Report on Nonprofit Financial Health Pre-Pandemic Serves as a Wake-Up Call

The Financial Heath of Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
... Foundation , The Scattergood Foundation and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey , released a new report today at Philanthropy ... of the data provided by the Nonprofit Repositioning Fund Director Nadya Shmavonian. This new tool can support efforts ...

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