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Delaware County forms 2020 Census Complete Count Committee

Delaware County Census 2020
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Delco-Census2020.jpg COUNTY OF DELAWARE GOVERNMENT CENTER BUILDING 201 W. FRONT STREET MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA   (Media, ... YMCA of Eastern Delaware County was tasked with forming a committee that will develop, make recommendations and ... census. The Delaware County Complete Count Committee met on Oct. 29 to discuss a 2020 Census awareness campaign based ...
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The Philadelphia Foundation Announces 2019 Grantmaking Programs

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
... performance, leadership at the board and staff levels and a clear history of effective programs that serve vulnerable ... and Leadership grants . All funding will be available on a competitive basis and will support organizations and ...
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Economically disadvantaged populations

The Alliance for Health Equity Invests $225,000 over two years in Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. at Chester County (OIC) for the Coatesville Homelessness and Unemployment Collective

The Alliance for Health Equity
Friday, December 17, 2021
... Alliance for Health Equity (AHE) is pleased to announce a two-year grant award in the amount of $225,000 to the ... to solving complex social and environmental issues on a large scale.  Collective Impact (CI) includes five ... goal and theory of change.   Implementation will focus on building capacity and setting strategic direction for ...

Vanessa B. Briggs, President & CEO, Departs The Alliance for Health Equity After Five Years of Stellar Leadership

Vanessa B. Briggs
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
... ventures starting in September.   Woods Services is a population health management organization that, through its ... because of her holistic approaches and strategies on health and more importantly her ability to effect much ... needed change for all residents.  She was instrumental in building authentic relationships and partnerships across ...
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Reinvestment Fund and Health Department Announce $500,000 in Funding for Food Justice

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
... awards to nine local Philadelphia organizations to create a more just food system. In total, the Initiative has ... launch in 2019.   PFJI provides funding to innovative, community-led projects that strengthen Philadelphia’s food ... for its neighbors staffed by teens and young adults, on site in West Philadelphia and by delivery. Also awarded is ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $485,000 in Support of 24 Local Films

Friday, November 4, 2022
... and film projects in the Philadelphia region. IPMF took a new direction with its community-led grantmaking process ... consideration given to the projects' lasting impact on our communities.” The nominators selected a total of ... support to IPMF-funded filmmakers such as capacity-building workshops, skill-sharing and networking. "Through ...
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Regional Foundation Announces $1.95 Million in Grant Awards

Thursday, July 13, 2023
... Humanity of Greater Newark will receive $300,000 to build on the last 5 years of implementation in Newark’s West and ... health and their cornerstone priorities are neighborhood building, healthy homes, community wellness, economic ... the community’s Resource Hub, coordinated by staff and a local resident, to support connections to programs and ...
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Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
... New Jersey. Specifically, AtlantiCare will focus its work on “clean and safe” streets through a creative placemaking project that will empower residents ... justice, wellness and social services, and community building.  Public safety and creative placemaking are ...

Rebuild Awards $15.4M for work at Vare Rec Center and Glavin Playground

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
... Made possible by the Philadelphia Beverage Tax and a signature initiative of Mayor Jim Kenney’s, Rebuild is ... which was threatened for closure due to concerns about the building’s structural integrity. The center is currently ...

Ruch Family Foundation Awards Richard R. Ruch Scholarship to Deserving College Student

Chester County Community Foundation
Thursday, June 25, 2020
... Foundation. In memory of Randy Ruch’s late son, Richard, a $5000 scholarship per year for up to 4 years will now be ... in business management and marketing with an emphasis on finance. Not only is Bethany’s father the district ... Headquartered in West Chester’s Historic Lincoln Building, the Chester County Community Foundation connects ...
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Bloomberg-Funded Efforts to Stem Pennsylvania Opioid Crisis Announced

Friday, July 12, 2019
Vital Strategies , a public health organization that helps governments ... practices, develop innovative strategies of care, share lessons learned, and hone expertise in supporting patients ... provide guidance and education to law enforcement officers on substance-use disorders and harm-reduction strategies ...
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5 Ways Impact Investors and Philanthropists can Innovate to Solve Philly’s Biggest Problem

Friday, March 16, 2018
... woes be …  capitalism ? We’ve written extensively on the region’s  impact investing  scene, which employs ... needs, as discussed at ImpactPHL’s and SOCAP’s “ Building a Successful Investor Ecosystem for 21st Century ... Fund Here were some of our favorite lessons from the discussion. Tl;dr — more capital will come ...
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Philadelphia Selected For New Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Friday, March 23, 2018
... of ten cities will work together over the next year on strategies to fight displacement and build inclusive, ... Development Corporations The city teams will advance a range of strategies, including renter protections, ... initiative provides policy research, data, and capacity-building and implementation support to city governments and ...

Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength

215 People's Alliance
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... seeing our friends, family, and coworkers mostly through a computer screen. Personally, I’ve experienced waves of ... used to be. But each Friday afternoon, I have a meeting on my schedule that leaves me feeling reenergized, hopeful, ... every single place on earth, there are people fighting, building, trying, meeting, resisting, working to shift the ...

Forman Arts Initiative and Philadelphia Foundation Launch Art Works, A New Grant Program to Support Arts and Culture in Greater Philadelphia

Forman Art Works
Friday, March 26, 2021
... and Philadelphia Foundation are launching Art Works, a new $3 million grant program for community-based organizations and emerging artists. Art ... and community-focused. Art Works will place a premium on work that is designed to connect, build and transform ...
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Hale Street Explosion Committee to Connect Residents with Resources

Thursday, June 9, 2022
  POTTSTOWN, June 8, 2022—A committee of community stakeholders has formed to help ... Mayor Stephanie Henrick and State Rep. Joe Ciresi are also on the committee, which is led by Josh Park, of Branch Life ... the fund committee is grateful for community support in building a resource to meet the evolving needs presented by ...
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Homeless Assistance Fund Inc. announces over $400k in grants

Thursday, August 8, 2024
... $420,000 in support over two years. For more information on HAFI, contact Executive Director Janet Kroll ( ... emergency housing, community and other supports with a focus on transgender women of color experiencing ... this grant. HAFI will also provide support for capacity building for Ark of Safety, with a focus on organizational ...
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Beech stands in the gap during funding crisis

Derrick Thomas and Ken Scott
Friday, February 7, 2025
... 7, 2025 – Eighteen non-profits in Philadelphia received a boost when The Beech Companies, Inc. recently awarded ... the foundation has awarded over 500 grants to non-profit, community-based organizations and over 300 college ... Services and the Alston Beech Foundation. Located on Cecil B. Moore Avenue in the heart of North Philadelphia, ...

Bartol Foundation names 2018 George Bartol Award Winner

Sister Cities Girlchoir
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
... 2001 to recognize outstanding arts education programs by a non-profit cultural organization. Each year, a grant of ... about The George Bartol Award. “Sister Cities is built on the premise that artists are vital to communities and that ... Girlchoir Sister Cities Girlchoir (SCG) empowers girls by building resilience, leadership, mastery and connection ...
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