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

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... 2019) Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce Daria Torres, Managing Partner of the Walls ... Network Greater Philadelphia convenes and connects the funders as catalysts for positive action, innovation, and ... forum for learning and collaboration. The Network brings funders together with community partners and leaders to spark ...

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

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation
Friday, August 20, 2021
... Area Health & Wellness Foundation awarded $1,451,405 to 33 nonprofits, schools, and municipalities during the ... Pottstown Education—General Operating Support Holy Cross Regional Catholic School—Buddy Benches for Holy Cross ... physical and emotional health. Creative Health Services—COVID Relief & Recovery Fund Maternal and Child Health ...

The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Launch $1 Million Illuminate the Arts Grant

OACCE
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
... organizations, and small creative enterprises are invited to apply.   PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia Office ... culture community, which has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of $1 million will be distributed ... promotion of arts, culture and the creative industries; connecting Philadelphians to enriching, arts-infused ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407 to 282 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
... Art & Culture Grants. A total of $3,267,407 was awarded to 282 Philadelphia-based art and culture organizations. The ... organizations that serve all corners of the city. Due to COVID-19, the City’s 2022 allocation to PCF was reduced by over ...
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The Presser Foundation Announces Over $1.3 Million in a Special Round of Grants to Music Organizations

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
... 29, 2020 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating impact on the greater ... Settlement Music School Singing City State Theatre Regional Arts Center At New Brunswick Inc Susquehanna Chorale ...
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Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
... grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to help Philadelphia-area organizations recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and to preserve and highlight the region’s unique ...

Hospital Closures: Community Leaders Partner to Minimize Disruption of Healthcare Services

Monday, January 31, 2022
... 20 local and county organizations, will develop strategies to minimize disruption of healthcare services and rebuild a ... Equity. “Our goals in bringing together this group are to minimize the disruption of healthcare services, to provide ... overtaxed emergency management system, and educating and connecting consumers to medical homes and providers due to ...

Compass and the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund Create Partnership to Support Nonprofits Considering Sustained Collaboration

Compass | Repositioning Fund
Thursday, March 4, 2021
... – Compass, a leader in providing strategic guidance to strengthen nonprofits, and the Greater Philadelphia ... Repositioning Fund (“the Repositioning Fund”), a regional effort that encourages and supports collaboration ... Philadelphia region’s nonprofits, a consortium of funders launched the Repositioning Fund  in October 2015. ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... filmmaking community with grants totaling $1.3 million to filmmakers, festivals, and film organizations, with an ... a nonprofit dedicated to improving local journalism by connecting and building trust between local newsrooms and the ... in multiple languages for the public, in response to COVID-19. “Community media making and creative expression ...
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Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... parks and libraries, two neighborhoods offer a road map to getting this overhaul right. Even as Lawncrest, the ... store. An aging library sits at one end of the strip, next to the rec center and a dusty double-wide trailer that serves ... neutral. Surveyed park users between the ages of 15 and 19 — a target demographic for the city’s parks and rec ...

Census 2020: Your Family Foundation Needs to Engage

Monday, January 28, 2019
... post by  Perla Ni  that encouraged family foundations to do five actions in support of a fair and accurate census ... network (The Forum). The Forum has partnered with the Funders Census Initiative of the Funders Committee for Civic ... More than anything, I encourage you to ask your regional philanthropy serving organization to see if they are ...
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Vanessa B. Briggs, President & CEO, Departs The Alliance for Health Equity After Five Years of Stellar Leadership

Vanessa B. Briggs
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
... the role.  Her last day with The Alliance will be August 19, 2022.   Ms. Briggs is the new Vice President for Health ... in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, provides life cycle care to meet the lifelong needs of children and adults with ... helping to ensure The Alliance’s vitality and ability to respond to community needs in innovative ways,” commented ...
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The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Announce Awards from the $1.5 Million 2022 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 8, 2022
... the Arts and Culture Task Force (Task Force) are pleased to announce that 934 of Philadelphia’s individual artists, ... community from the impact and loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant seeks to financially uplift ... promotion of arts, culture and the creative industries; connecting Philadelphians to enriching, arts-infused ...

Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $6 Million from William Penn Foundation for Workforce Development and Pandemic Recovery Efforts

William Penn Foundation
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... today announced 44 grants totaling more than $6 million to support workforce development and job training ... Penn Foundation. “The programs are experienced in connecting people to the jobs and careers that will help ... made to the following organizations match the support of funders in the region:   African Family Health Organization ...

2019 Lipman Family Prize Honorees Named

Lipman Family Prize
Friday, March 1, 2019
... business models and the dedicated leadership needed to transform and inspire real change in the social impact ... Lipman said, “With each passing year, we look forward to welcoming new organizations into our growing honoree ... of Pennsylvania, the Prize is committed to resourcing and connecting change-makers to bring innovative ideas to new ...
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Early Learnings on Building Foundation Openness

Friday, December 21, 2018
... Assessing a foundation’s performance is critical to its learning and improvement if it wants to be as ... have learned. During the study we worked with a group of regional philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs) in our ... on openness aimed at broad-based participation among funders (as well as nonprofits for some of the programs); and ...
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The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia School announces $5M gift for laptops to get students online

The Fund for the SDP
Friday, March 27, 2020
...   The Roberts Family Donates $5 Million For Laptops to Help Philadelphia Students Start Online Classes by ... at home.  “We’re living in an unprecedented time and COVID-19 is presenting our society with new challenges every ...

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards

Food Equity
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
... and the Reinvestment Fund have awarded more than $443,500 to fund several innovative initiatives to create more healthy ... we can meet the urgent needs of our community during this Covid-19 crisis, while also doing the much deeper work of long-term ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $914,517 to 205 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
... Art & Culture Grants. A total of $914,517 will be awarded to 205 Philadelphia-based art and culture organizations. The ... organizations that serve all corners of the city. Due to COVID-19, the City’s 2021 allocation to PCF was reduced by 68%, ...
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The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts

Monday, May 17, 2021
... with its customers, more than $3.3 million was raised to address the issue of childhood hunger throughout local ... School District of Philadelphia. “Even before COVID-19, we understood the role we play in providing a much-needed ...

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