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Phoenixville Community Health Foundation CEO Louis J. Beccaria To Retire In 2019

Lou Beccaria
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
... (Phoenixville, PA) – The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation’s Board of Directors announces President & CEO ... plan to retire in 2019 after 21 years of serving as chief executive. During his tenure as President & CEO, the ... limited capacity through a transition period until the new CEO has fully acclimated to the Foundation’s business ...
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Independence Foundation Mourns the Loss of Judge Phyllis W. Beck

Hon. Phyllis W. Beck
Thursday, March 6, 2025
New Beck Headshot (002).jpg It is with profound sorrow that the Independence Foundation announces the passing of its long-time Board ... led her to realize the crucial role that nurses could play as health care professionals and leaders. This insight ...
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John Templeton Foundation to Invest $325 Million in Strategic Priorities

JTF Strategic Priorities
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Over the next five years, the John Templeton Foundation will devote a total of approximately $325 million ... in the  Science & the Big Questions  funding area. As its largest grantmaking area, Science & the Big Questions ... made by the Foundation, others represent exciting new directions in our funding,” said Foundation Vice ...
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What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
...  | by  Julie Zeglen In the past year and a half, the foundation has employed two new investing strategies. Here's what it's learned so far. ... mission investing , and Wahl wasn’t the only one. As the  Patricia Kind Family Foundation’s  former ...

Foundations, City of Philadelphia and key Arts & Culture organizations join together to launch $3.45M fund to meet the growing emergency need in this sector

PHL COVID-19 Arts Aid Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Related coverage: New fund sparked by William Penn Foundation will dole out millions to arts groups and artists ... COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL will support individual artists as well as small arts and culture organizations (Annual ... from the Doris Duke  Charitable Foundation as well as Connelly, Independence, Lenfest and Victory Foundations. The ...

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 ... reflect on what we’ve learned in our first three years as an organization, and hone our vision for media making that ... podcasting projects such as RadioCATA ($50,000), a New Jersey-based farmworker-run radio station by Comite de ...

New Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard analyzes more than $40M in giving from 13 shared funds in Greater Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
... Philadelphia region, whose giving is measured by the new Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard .  Developed by the ... were prioritized in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as inform future grantmaking as it relates to the ... Director of Evaluation and Learning at the William Penn Foundation . “With this new collective data, we have a ...

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 ... and expertise to capacity-building projects in areas such as marketing, communications, human resources, and other ... “The GPCVC is very excited to embark on this new journey with the Philadelphia Foundation. We expect this ...
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Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... from across the country by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  Philadelphia, PA — Leaders from Honolulu to ... a diversity of pressing issues in health and equity, such as addressing the legacy of structural violence and denial of ... motorists, pedestrians and cyclists; and spearheading a new community garden that teaches kids about culture, race, ...

GreenLight Fund is bringing a new model of financial empowerment to Philadelphia

Friday, July 27, 2018
... Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program , per a press release. As the Philly site’s ED,  Omar Woodard , put it ... $600,000. Its funders are Josh Kopelman, Burke Family Foundation, Santander Bank, Lenfest Foundation, Marc and Leah ... of America. READ MORE GreenLight Fund is bringing a new model of financial empowerment to Philadelphia ...
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CEO BenePhilly and Clarifi Announce New Partnership to Address Benefits Access

Clarifi and BenePhilly
Monday, March 10, 2025
... nonprofit in Philadelphia, announced this week a new service aimed at connecting Philadelphians to the ... transferring them to one of five BenePhilly Centers. This new service streamlines the intake and referral process to ... their loved ones,” said Jill Roberts, Clarifi’s Vice President of Advocacy. “Through the BenePhilly Helpline at ...

A New Giving Circle That is Exclusively Funding Black-led, Black-Serving Nonprofits

Wednesday, December 26, 2018
... shortfall in support—or what one critic has described as “a clear philanthropic redlining of African-American ... Williams, the executive director of the Hill-Snowdon Foundation, told us last year: “It has often been easier ... scale social change in our region. Continue reading... A New Giving Circle That is Exclusively Funding Black-led, ...

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
... employed,” said Wes Somerville, director of the Lenfest Foundation . That was the message given during the first ... to a variety of pre-existing factors. CONTINUE READING >> New Lenfest initiative aims to connect more North ...
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Union Benevolent Association Announces New Grantmaking Strategy Focused on Strengthening Communities

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Thursday, July 18, 2024
... Monique Curry-Mims, Executive Director of UBA. “This new approach allows us to deepen our impact by building ... through advocacy, community capacity and mobilization. The new funding model: The community place-based strategy has a ... The Union Benevolent Association (UBA) is a private foundation dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable and ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces Gabriela Sanchez as its new Executive Director

Gabriela Sanchez
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
... (“PCF”) is pleased to announce Gabriela Serena Sanchez as the organization’s new executive director, effective April 3, 2023. Sanchez will ... GALAEI David Acosta Revolutionary Award (2017), Knight Foundation Emerging City Champions Fellowship (2018) and ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant from Philadelphia Foundation

BHF Cohort
Monday, June 15, 2020
(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) The Brandywine Health Foundation (BHF) is pleased to announce that they are the ... Foundation and their donors,” said Vanessa B. Briggs, President & CEO of Brandywine Health Foundation. “Their ... Voice Compendium that will capture community stories as told by community residents, in addition to faith and ...
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Foundation’s Someone You Know public health awareness campaign highlights the stigma of addiction

IBX Foundation with Governor Wolf
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Foundation’s Someone You Know public health awareness ... Blue Cross Foundation will join Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf in the State Capitol Rotunda to discuss the opioid ... Innovation: Supporting pilot projects that pursue new approaches to existing health-focused challenges in the ...

Dr. L. Joy Gates Black named to the Board of Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation

Dr. L. Joy Gates Black
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
(Media, PA) – The Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation is pleased to announce the election of Dr. L. Joy ... Community Foundation Board,” says Frances Sheehan, president. “Her depth of experience as a strong leader in the field of higher education, her ...
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