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Comcast RISE Investment Fund to Provide Additional $1 Million In Grants To Support Philadelphia Small Businesses

Monday, May 16, 2022
... – May 12, 2022 – Comcast announced today a new round of cities will receive grants from the Comcast RISE ... drive long-term impact and change,” said Dennis Mathew, Senior Vice President, Comcast’s Freedom Region. “Comcast ... with business coaching to help build skills in company foundation, growing customers and financial stability. ...

City of Philadelphia and PIDC Open Applications to Philadelphia COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund

Philadelphia COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund
Monday, March 23, 2020
... has been donated by the Daniel B. and Florence E. Green Foundation. The Philadelphia COVID-19 Small Business Relief ... to the ongoing global pandemic. The fund offers a mix of new grants and zero-interest loans for businesses that make ... and can do so  here . The Daniel B. and Florence E. Green Foundation (“Green Family Foundation”) and Firstrust Bank ...
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Funders and Grantees celebrate PA is Ready!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
On October 10,  The Philadelphia Foundation  hosted a  Funder/Grantee Reception  to ... for immigration assistance. In 2016, The Philadelphia Foundation and a cohort of local and national funders ... who have provided support for  PA is Ready! :   Claneil Foundation, Patricia Kind Family Foundation, Samuel S. Fels ...

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... sectors. She served as Executive Director of The Leeway Foundation, a private foundation that invests in women and trans artists who are ... to Leeway, Barbara served on the board of the Valentine Foundation and worked for several Philadelphia arts ...
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CCFWG’s Girls Advisory Board Awards $19k to Local Nonprofits Serving Women & Girls

CCFWG Girls Advisory Board
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
... GAB,” said a member of this year’s class and current senior at Great Valley High School. Over the past 17 years, ... Racial Equity Training program, aiding the DVCCC’s staff to better understand how racial inequality affects ...

Wawa Donates 3,000 Appreciation Kits to the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to Distribute to The School District of Philadelphia Essential Employees

Wawa and The Fund for the SDP
Monday, March 15, 2021
... to find a way to acknowledge the work done by support staff over the past year under extraordinarily difficult ... families throughout the pandemic,” said David Simonetti, Senior Director of Store Operations, Wawa. “It gives us ...
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Applications open Sept. 13th for third round of COVID-19 funding

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Monday, September 13, 2021
... & Response Fund is supported by: Independence Public Media Foundation, Green Family Foundation, The Barra Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, The ... Foundation, United Way Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, Brandywine Health Foundation, Comcast ...

In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... Lenfest Institute for Journalism, The Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, Poor Richard’s Charitable Trust and The Wyncote ... a press release. Spotlight PA will also work with another new project announced Tuesday:  PA Post. That project is a ...

How a corporate partner is helping YouthBuild Philly students become ‘green leaders’ in construction

YouthBuild Philly students
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Via Generocity  | by  Albert Hong , Staff Writer Building materials company Saint-Gobain has been ... local YouthBuild school, they got to use and learn some new skills to improve their own classroom. Through a ... contractor  Eureka Metal & Glass Services  to install a new glass technology called  SageGlass  into their ...
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76ers Donate Funds to Purchase 10,000 Chromebooks for School District of Philadelphia Students

The Fund for the SDP
Monday, March 30, 2020
... true MVPs. I know I speak for our students, families and staff when I thank them for their generosity.” According to ... week to authorize up to $11 million for the purchase of new computers. Support from outside sources to cover the costs of buying new computers will decrease the total amount needed from the ...
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Rebuild Receives Grant to Support Needed Improvements to Vare

Thursday, July 12, 2018
... of a $125,000 grant from The Patricia Kind Family Foundation . The grant will support the community engagement ... release $62,500 in matching funds from the William Penn Foundation as part of its historic commitment of up to $100 ... for the generosity and vision of The Patricia Kind Family Foundation and its trustees,” said Nicole Westerman, the ...
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Beyond the Check: Building Bridges in Arts and Trauma-Informed Practice through Philanthropy

Bartol staff and teaching artists
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
... the question that Beth Feldman Brandt of the Bartol Foundation and Joe Pyle of the Scattergood Foundation attempted to answer when they delivered a joint ... is a critical outlet for people to share, heal, and build new strength.” –Joe Pyle, Scattergood Foundation It was ...
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Accelerating Job Growth and Business Formation Among BIPOC Community Should be a Priority for Philadelphia’s Next Mayor

Vision Philadelphia - Economic Development: Access to Capital for Philadelphia’s Diverse Business Owners
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
... to the city’s diverse small business community and set a new trajectory for economic growth and wealth-building. ... the city. ” said Kristina Wahl, President of The Barra Foundation . “The next mayor has an important opportunity ... Vision Philadelphia is supported in part by the Barra Foundation, Neubauer Family Foundation, The Pew Charitable ...

Is Your Organization Prepared for a Major Market Shift?

Glenmede Post 2019
Monday, November 4, 2019
... nonprofit organizations, change can affect everyone from staff, Board and committee members, to beneficiaries and ... period of transition influences all areas of an endowment, foundation or nonprofit organization. Along with leadership ... Nina Cohen is Managing Director, Director of Endowment and Foundation Advisory, at Glenmede. Independent and privately ...

Cheryl Brubaker named Executive Director for The Fund for Women and Girls

Cheryl Brubaker
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
... to announce the appointment of Cheryl Brubaker as its new Executive Director, effective July 15, 2024. Prior to ... She will also work closely with the Board of Directors and staff to further The Fund for Women and Girls’ mission to ... The Fund for Women and Girls is excited about this new chapter and remains committed to its core values of ...
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