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Putting Values into Action: Building Mission & Impact-Aligned Operations

Putting Your Foundation's Values into Action
Monday, March 17, 2025
... (002).png By Chris Capato At Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) we are committed to centering racial equity ... in their fields? In short, yes, yes and yes. Moving to a New Bank The first vendor we replaced was our depository ... posed cumbersome and time-consuming experiences for IPMF staff. We desired a banking relationship with a smaller ...
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Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the ... include our residents. I’m grateful to the William Penn Foundation for continuing to support our preservation ... Identify means to engage the public Recommend appropriate staff and resource levels Tie together work across City ...

Hamilton Family Charitable Trust appoints President Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend

Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
... FL markets. She will also serve as the organization’s senior executive responsible for strategic planning, ... of the Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, Hamilton Family Foundation, and the Hamilton Family Aquidneck Island Fund. ... Charitable Trust Founded in 1992, the Hamilton Family Foundation was established by Dorrance H and Samuel M V ...
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Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
... that nonprofits will be facing in the coming years.  A new tax code, severe regulatory changes, and a pervasive ... collaboration work in partnership with the Lodestar Foundation, and they engage in a range of other activities ... of the vital recent study funded by The Philadelphia Foundation: The Financial Health of Philadelphia-Area ...

Philanthropy's Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Philanthropy's Response to Coronavirus
Monday, March 2, 2020
... provide an opportunity for funders to update each other on new and existing COVID-19 funding efforts in the five-county ... Will They Come? Speakers: Sachi Yoshii, East Bay Community Foundation; Dr. Faith Polkey, Beaufort Jasper Hampton ... of Nonprofits (April 2021) What nonprofits need to know as staff and volunteers return from remote work to in-person ...
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43 organizations receive Barra Awards

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... the communities they serve.   This year, The Barra Foundation has awarded $2,150,000 to 43 exemplary ... different disciplines and networks helps them discover new ideas and better solutions to problems. To identify ... or enable us to try a new idea." Visit the Barra Foundation's website to view the list of Awardees . Related ...
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$10.6 Million Boost Will Close Key Gaps In Regional Circuit Trails Network

Friday, June 1, 2018
... received a combined $10.6 million from the William Penn Foundation toward their continued work to build multi-use trails throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. With the goal of an 800-mile system of ... where trails are planned for but not yet developed. The Foundation’s funding will accelerate the completion of the ...
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PAHWF Announces Annual Health & Wellness Conference

Monday, June 11, 2018
... – Registration for the Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation’s (PAHWF) annual health and wellness conference, ... for our Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds Institute,” Foundation President Dave Kraybill said. “The Foundation ... strengths, discovering ways to lift your class and staff members when morale starts to sag, creating a solid ...
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Eight Heads Are Better Than One

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
... of our grantees.  The Premise: To have more than one foundation work together to deliver a professional ... individual donations from the community.  Seeing as our foundation funding can be fickle and inflexible, we thought ... Foundation Jennifer Leith, Douty Foundation Carey Morgan, New Century Trust Kristi Poling, Barra Foundation The ...

CCFWG’S 4th Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Chester County Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

2020 COC Collage
Thursday, November 12, 2020
... the glass ceiling for professional women; (Bottom Left) Senior Vice President at SEI, Sandy Ewing, accepted the ... officials tuned in to honor Charmaine Spence Rochester , Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Penn ... “The collective goal of our programs is to create new avenues for women to learn our industry and to advance ...

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

Monday, January 31, 2022
... Equity (The Alliance), formerly the Brandywine Health Foundation, has announced the formation of the Health ... both Jennersville and Brandywine Hospitals would close, staff in Chester County’s Department of Emergency Services ... and Police Chiefs. Chester County’s Human Services staff have been ensuring that behavioral health services are ...

Philadelphia Health Partnership announces 2018 grant awards

Thursday, December 20, 2018
... 17 nonprofit organizations participating in the foundation's strategic initiatives on medical-legal ... sustaining current staffing at both sites, CLS will hire a new habitability attorney based at CHOP’s Karabots ... and services. Through collaboration with health center staff, MLCP team members work in partnership with PDPH to ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council Announces $780,500 in Emergency Relief Grants

PHC Cares
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
... continue to serve their communities by retaining staff, shifting to online formats, and making resources ... to the systemic changes COVID-19 has wrought and find new, creative ways to fulfill our mission.”  ►LINK to ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... November 21, 2024—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund ... decisions are always final, without influence from IPMF staff and board. This community-led approach aligns with the foundation’s commitment to share power with communities ...

Beech commemorates memory of former CEO during COVID-19 pandemic

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
... during the coronavirus emergency through its Alston Beech Foundation. Since March 23, Beech has donated emergency ... families. “We deeply appreciate the Alston Beech Foundation for contributing $1,000 to our Red Shield Family ... The 30 nonprofits that received the Alston Beech Foundation COVID-19 emergency grants are: Achieveability ...

Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
... support local news and  a partnership with the Knight Foundation on digital transformation . Harvard’s Nieman Lab ... Institute again made news by awarding $2 million in new  grants  to support innovation in local journalism. ... Media Network , and (with support from the Knight Foundation) $1 million for Innovation Grants to 12 for-profit ...
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Comcast RISE Awards 100 Small Businesses in Philadelphia With $10,000 grants

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... go directly to Stem Prep Academy’s payroll to pay the staff who have been working so hard in support of our mission ... but to thrive,” said Dennis Mathew, Comcast Regional Senior Vice President. “When we launched Comcast RISE in ...

Philadelphia City Council to Invest Over $3 Million in Local Arts Community

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
... This funding is a combination of an allocation from the New Normal Budget Act and additional advocacy in a recent ... in the recovery of the city and its people.” Through the New Normal Budget Act, City Council set aside $3 million for ...
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