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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces Over $10.2 Million in Pandemic Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Organizations and Fellowships for Artists

Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Thursday, September 9, 2021
... reshape business and revenue models, and develop new approaches to programming and public engagement ... equity, accessibility, and inclusion initiatives to guide staff and organizational structures, programming, and ... earned revenue potential. Thom Collins , The Barnes Foundation’s Neubauer Family executive director and ...

The Lenfest Institute announces $1.3 million in grants to support The Philadelphia Inquirer’s community-focused journalism

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Thursday, May 20, 2021
... Institute for Journalism today announced $1.3 million in new grants to The Philadelphia Inquirer to support ... connect with communities. The team will be led by a  Senior Communities & Engagement Editor , who will manage ... Investigative Team, or I-Team, to more than double its staff in recent years. It is now among the largest sources of ...

Area funders call on Governor Wolf and Secretary Miller to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC)

Friday, November 9, 2018
... documented instances of abuse and neglect by the staff and administration further endanger the physical and ... Sincerely, Jennifer Leith , Executive Director, The Douty Foundation , Philadelphia, PA Carey Morgan , Executive Director, New Century Trust , Philadelphia, PA Diane Cornman-Levy , ...

PA is Ready! grants expand support for Immigrant communities across Pennsylvania

PA is Ready!
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
... Immigration and Citizenship Coalition. The Philadelphia Foundation hosts the pooled fund and provides technical ... Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, and Philadelphia counties New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia–Philadelphia County ... and national institutional donors:  Alfred and Mary Douty Foundation , S. Albert Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation , ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Announces Union Community Care Selected as Core Provider of Healthcare Services at Coatesville's Brandywine Center

The Brandywine Center
Thursday, January 16, 2025
... and supported. We’re committed to building on AHE’s foundation of health equity by understanding what folks and ... to ensure a seamless transition for Coatesville patients, staff, and community members. Union’s dedicated Care Teams ...

All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... and early reading in schools, along with the William Penn Foundation , today announced a four-year partnership that ... students with 49,554 books in 10 schools.  The new investment from the William Penn Foundation will help ... families, committed teachers, principals, and school staff, proven administrators, and compassionate supporters ...
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The Case for General Operating Support

Thursday, August 23, 2018
... Bretting, Michael Jordan, and Mailee Walker, Claneil Foundation Recently, a grantee sent us an email to request an ... and equity when they don’t feel the pressure to create a new, compelling proposal. Our grantees and trustees alike are ... director of the Claneil Foundation. Andrea Bretting is senior program officer of the Claneil Foundation. Michael ...
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Leading Philadelphia Civil Legal Aid and Social-Service Agencies Sign On to Become Founding Member Tenants in the First Collaborative Center of its Kind

Friday, March 8, 2019
... PA – (March 3, 2019) – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many of the city’s ... Equal Justice Center, the master development will include senior affordable housing, market rate housing, a community ... by the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, is setting a new national standard for inter‐agency collaboration, ...
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U.S. Giving Tops the $400 Billion Mark for the First Time

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
... report of its kind in America, is published by Giving USA Foundation, a public service initiative of The Giving ... Aggie Sweeney, CFRE, chair of Giving USA Foundation and senior counsel at Campbell & Company. “Contributions went ... gifts as they draw on the increasing availability of new data, new technology and new ideas,” said Rachel ...
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Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... in 2017 from Laura Kind Mckenna, Patricia Kind Family Foundation , and Elizabeth Killough, and the Untours ... and get practical advice.  Also having Board members and staff together “in the room” is critical.  The Executive ... determined. Our hope is that this group not only discovers new ways to support their mission, but identifies ...

Philly dominates Knight Cities Challenge … again

Monday, June 12, 2017
Via Philly.com  | by  William Bender , Staff Writer   @wbender99  |   benderw@phillynews.com ... grants that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation  offers annually  to 26 cities. The foundation ... took the largest chunk of funding – again. “We ask for new ideas and I think that spirit of innovation is very ...
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Growing the Mission-Aligned Investing Ecosystem: Reflections from September 16

Mission-Aligned Investing
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
... region. Ty Thiele (CEO of Andorra), leaned on data and foundation stories to provide an overview of the collective ... region.   13 of the 17 participating foundations made new, formal commitments to mission-aligned investing and the ... mission-aligned investing work requires boards and staff to evolve together, building trust, transparency, and ...
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$100,000 Grant Kicks off Campaign for Chromebooks for Pottstown School District

Tuesday, May 5, 2020
... matching grant, The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation and the Foundation for Pottstown Education are providing a way for ... their education effectively. To meet the urgent need, the Foundation for Pottstown education is leading the effort to ...

GSK names 23rd annual IMPACT Award Winners

GSK IMPACT Award winner Coded by Kids
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... County Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey   Homeless Advocacy Project Housing Partnership ... winners were selected by a panel led by Philadelphia Foundation and consisting of GSK employees as well as local ... Awards are presented in partnership with Philadelphia Foundation. “Philadelphia Foundation is proud to again ...

The Collective Is Active: A Dispatch from the Mission-Aligned Investing (MAI) Program

Mission-Aligned Investing
Thursday, May 22, 2025
... Rochelle Witharana, CFO/CIO of the California Wellness Foundation, sharing their mission-aligned journey. These ... sessions are open and have been attended by board and staff of Collective members as well as non-Collective ... than just the next phase of the Cohort—it’s setting a new standard for mission-aligned investing in our region. ...
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$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

Coronavirus Testing by Tim Tai - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... pandemic.  Created by The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF), The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, the ... the Knight-Lenfest Fund in September 2019 that enabled new product development at The Philadelphia Inquirer ... The Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund welcomes additional contributions. If you or your ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Deploys Funds to Aid Pandemic Recovery Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, June 25, 2020
... Fund, launched on March 19 and led by the Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) was established in an effort to rapidly ... Child Care $  35,000 Mission First $  7,000 Morrisville Senior Servicenter LLC $  5,000 NO MO Inc. $  27,000 ...
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Coming Together for Immigrant Rights in Pennsylvania

Monday, August 11, 2025
... life. We also confronted the urgent need to welcome new neighbors and recognized that  immigrant justice is a ... Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, Scattergood Foundation, Gender Justice Fund, and the Pennsylvania ... Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, Scattergood Foundation, Gender Justice Fund, and the Pennsylvania ...
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Build up Nepal Wins $250,000 Lipman Family Prize

Barry & Marie Lipman presenting the 2023 Lipman Family Grand Prize award to Björn Söderberg, Co-Founder & CEO of Build up Nepal (Photo: Rebecca Barger)
Friday, April 21, 2023
... pro-bono consultation from University faculty and staff, peer learning events, as well as expert- and ... solutions by inspiring people to think together in new ways. Administered by the Wharton School on behalf of the ... and connecting change-makers to bring innovative ideas to new places and problems around the world. Previous winners ...
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H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest | 1930-2018

Monday, August 6, 2018
... the sale of their cable business in 2000, and were among a new breed of donors whose mission was to give away the vast ... Museum of Art, Curtis Institute of Music, The Barnes Foundation, and the Museum of the American Revolution. His ... philanthropist H.F. ‘Gerry’ Lenfest dies at 88 by WHYY Staff Billy Penn | 8 Philadelphia institutions that ...
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