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Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
[ Philadelphia, PA ] – Today, the Regional Foundation announced $4,750,000 in Implementation Grants to ... Implementation Grants program supports comprehensive community development plans that target specific ... announced today are an exciting next step in the journey of the Regional Foundation,” stated Kevin Dow, Executive ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... August 2, 2022—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for community-centered, BIPOC-led media organizations and ... grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of community media-making ($3.2 million), narrative shift ...

The Foundation for Delaware County announces retirement of president Frances M. Sheehan

Frances M. Sheehan
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
... Frances 2025.png MEDIA, PA. [February 26, 2025] - The Foundation for Delaware County today announced that its President, Frances M. Sheehan, will retire in the fall of this year after eight years of transformational ... System to Prospect Medical Holdings into the thriving community foundation it is today. Under her leadership, the ...
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William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... Release PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2020)  – William Penn Foundation (WPF) today announced $2.6 million in additional ... for efforts that address the impacts on Philadelphians of COVID-19 and the economic shutdown. In its fifth special ... 5 years will receive twice weekly Zoom “visits” from a community-based early learning expert, as well as ...

The Sarah Ralston Foundation Welcomes Heather Finnegan as New Executive Director

Heather Finnegan
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Press release via The Sarah Ralston Foundation Heather Finnegan.jpg The Sarah Ralston Foundation (SRF) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Heather Finnegan as its new Executive Director, marking an ... stood out as a compelling candidate. Her tenure at The Community’s Foundation demonstrated her knowledge and ...
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Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council Partners with Philadelphia Foundation

Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council
Friday, November 22, 2019
... Council (GPCVC) is now partnering with the Philadelphia Foundation to help strategically guide corporate volunteerism ... that energize employees and improve the quality of life in our communities. It is dedicated to increasing the ... volunteers to provide sustained support to our nonprofit community. The GPCVC’s focus on employee volunteerism will ...
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The Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations Introduce $13M Funding Collaborative

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Press release via William Penn Foundation In 2021, the Barr, Kresge, and William Penn ... joined together to more deeply understand the needs of organizations utilizing art and culture to address ... The inquiry resulted in the formation of The Culture and Community Power Fund developed throughout 2022 with project ...

PA is Ready! grants expand support for Immigrant communities

PA is Ready!
Monday, November 23, 2020
... across Pennsylvania. PA is Ready!  is an innovative, community-led network and participatory grantmaking fund ... communities across Pennsylvania. The overarching goal of the  PA is Ready!  network is to ensure that immigrant ... Immigration and Citizenship Coalition. The Philadelphia Foundation hosts the pooled fund and provides technical ...

ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators

ComNet19
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
... communications lead at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As the first person to have this role, Karel felt ... Foundation and asked him to meet for lunch. The result of this lunch conversation was the recognition that there ... take a step deeper into the experience by signing on as a Community Ambassador. As one of 49 Ambassadors, I was ...

Salem Health and Wellness Foundation names new leader

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Salem.jpg The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Executive Director, Paul DiLorenzo.  Paul will ... and Wellness Foundation has a distinguished history in the community, specifically its commitment to reducing health ...
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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
... Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News “Let’s ... employed,” said Wes Somerville, director of the Lenfest Foundation . That was the message given during the first ...
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Igniting the Power in Community

Igniting the Power in Community
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
SPARX 2019_blog2.png Igniting the Power in Community What does ‘community’ mean to you? Is it a specific place or neighborhood? Or a group of people with whom you interact, or share a common belief or ... Manager of Learning and Community Impact, Scattergood Foundation ML | Meg Long, President, Equal Measure 1. What ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $1.75 Million in Grants for COVID-19 Community Storytelling and Information Projects

Thursday, July 30, 2020
... July 30, 2020 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its Community Voices Fund grants, totaling $1.75 million to 43 ... the incredible creativity and thoughtfulness in the flood of proposals we received that we increased the fund from ...
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Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
PhilaFound_header.jpg Press release from Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (5/12/2021) – Philadelphia Foundation today announced the creation of the Black Community Leaders Fund (BCL) to fortify Black-led nonprofit ...

AmerisourceBergen Foundation Supports Youth by Addressing Opioid Epidemic Through Education, Advocacy & Community-Building

Thursday, August 29, 2019
...   VALLEY FORGE, Pa. – Today, the AmerisourceBergen Foundation (the Foundation), an independent not-for-profit ... organizations to help prevent and curb the harmful effects of prescription drug misuse, especially among youth. Through ... initiatives focused on education, youth advocacy, and community-building.  “Adolescence can often be a critical ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards over $1.4 million to community organizations

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation
Friday, August 20, 2021
... Aug. 20, 2021—The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awarded $1,451,405 to 33 nonprofits, schools, and ... $45,400 was awarded to fund two projects with the aim of improving parks, programming, and the built environment to ... Latinoamericana de Montgomery County (ACLAMO)—Pottstown Community Health Connections Program Boyertown Area ...

Foundations Community Partnership Board Approves 21 Grant Awards Totaling $165,000 to Benefit Bucks Non-Profits

Monday, January 14, 2019
... in grant funding has been awarded by  Foundations Community Partnership 's (FCP) Board of Directors to benefit 21 Bucks County non-profit ... Community Partnership is a philanthropic grant-making foundation supporting the behavioral health and human service ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Responds to Urgent Community Needs, More than $12 Million Pledged to Date

PHL COVID-19 Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... COVID-19 Fund earmarks more than $2 million in first round of grants to nonprofits By Mike Narducci for the Philadelphia ... established between the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and ... Greater Philadelphia Region. Grants will be made weekly to community-based organizations that support residents in three ...

Foundations Community Partnerships Announces Grants at 19th Annual Partnership in Youth Services Luncheon

Monday, November 13, 2017
Doylestown, PA (October 25, 2017) – Over 200 community service leaders, non-profit organizations, and ... in Bucks County that are making a difference in the lives of local children and their families with monetary grants of ... participate in the program. Type One Parent Project (TOPP Foundation) Camp Scholarship Program, based in Furlong, ...

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