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Take-Aways from the 2022 Member Pulse Survey

2022 Member Pulse Survey
Monday, May 16, 2022
... downturn and the ongoing impact of systemic racism.  New in this year’s survey were questions relating to ... practices vary significantly between part- and full- time staff, with few reporting having a formal compensation policy ... Remote Work (29%), Compensation (24%) or Diversity (14%) *new in 2022   Outlook: Priorities for 2022 At 27%, ...
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Pew Awards $5.41 Million to Five Philadelphia Nonprofits to Address Human, Economic Impacts of COVID-19

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Friday, April 9, 2021
... are intended to help Philadelphia recover by advancing new or expanded strategies to meet changing community needs ... vitality of our region,” said Frazierita Klasen , senior vice president leading Pew’s work in Philadelphia. ... support its critical role in the region’s recovery, and new venture grants to Boys & Girls Clubs and Puentes de Salud ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Launches Highly Anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report at Community Event

The Fund for Women and Girls Blueprint speakers
Thursday, October 6, 2022
...    The event kicked off with a welcome from The Fund’s new Executive Director Kim Andrews , followed by remarks from ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls Announces Leadership Transition

Michelle Legaspi Sánchez
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
... Fund for the future, and we are thrilled for Michelle’s new opportunity,” says Judi Bell, Past Chair of the Board ... includes the creation of a search committee to identify a new Executive Director for The Fund by the end of 2021. An ... stay tuned for that announcement. Building on its strong foundation, The Fund is committed more than ever to igniting ...
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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia names Daria Torres as its first Executive in Residence

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... the 12-month, immersive program, she will be supporting foundation leaders across the region as they use the Equity ... organizations build clarity, consensus, and commitment to new directional paths. Philanthropy Network president Sidney ... and connections to bear as she engages with dynamic foundation leaders. When it comes to her hopes for the cohort ...

The Alliance for Health Equity announces the Judy Spangler Memorial Scholarship

Judy Spangler
Monday, May 8, 2023
... - The Alliance for Health Equity is honored to announce a new scholarship opportunity, the Judy Spangler Memorial ... with both The Alliance for Health Equity and the Newlin Foundation as we remember the distinguished life of Judy ... her legacy in this way”. In partnership with The Newlin Foundation, The Judy Spangler Memorial scholarship will ...

City Launches Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
... Philadelphia and the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation announced the launch of the  Overdose Prevention ... recommendations in the spring of 2023.  The Scattergood Foundation is partnering with the City to operate the fund, ... it made perfect sense to partner with the Scattergood Foundation to facilitate the grantmaking process and support ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... job insecurity. CCATE recently purchased and moved into a new space, and is creating an edible garden and food ... distribution center. They are also looking to turn the new outdoor space into a point for community engagement by ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
Via Generocity | By  Albert Hong  / STAFF   Rebuild is a $500 million citywide initiative ... Council Janet Haas , board chair of the  William Penn Foundation Stacy Holland , educational consultant Floyd ...

Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength

215 People's Alliance
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... Philanthropy Network members Independence Public Media Foundation, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, and Douty Foundation, we were able to launch the fund with $350,000. ... being nimble in the face of lean resources, are creating new ways to share space, break isolation, and nurture ...

Can one business improve schools with a single donation? It's happened before | Donna Frisby-Greenwood

Thursday, April 5, 2018
... the time was right to give back to what executives and staff believe is the right cause – public education. Ripple’s spokesperson said in a recent  New York Times interview  that the company was “surrounded ... to something special for its students – like more books, new computers, art supplies, class trips, or gym equipment. ...
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Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County Awards $75,000 Grant

Members of the Along the Way team accept the $75,000 IMPACT Bucks Grant from a coalition of local funders
Monday, July 15, 2024
... – Local grant makers BLBB Charitable , Bucks County Foundation (BCF) , and Foundations Community Partnership ... for single mother households. The grant is the result of a new initiative, the Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County ... Michael Vanelli, as well as Mandy Mundy, Bucks County Foundation’s Executive Director.   While Bucks County is ...

2019 A Look Ahead – From Building to Relevant Action

Monday, January 14, 2019
By Sidney Hargro Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a peaceful and fun holiday ... a month and see how it’s going). For reading, I explored New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas’, “ Winners ... “build year,” understanding that we would try several new ways of working and use the yearend results as a baseline ...
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PHLCares Presents $500,000 in Grants to Four Philadelphia Homeless Service Organizations

Friday, February 25, 2022
PHILADELPHIA - PHL Cares fund of Philadelphia Foundation, a business-led initiative investing in solutions ... made these grants possible,” said Dave Simonetti, Senior Director of Store Operations, Wawa and PHLCares Fund ... can be made by: Mailing checks to: The Philadelphia Foundation, P.O. Box 826728, Philadelphia, PA 19182. Please ...
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Philanthropy Network Launches "Philanthropy 101" Series

Betsaleel "Bets" Charmelus
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Philanthropy Network is thrilled to launch our new five-part “Philanthropy 101” series as a part of ... Language Friday, November 14 | 10 AM - 12 PM Session 2: Foundation Governance Friday, December 5 | 10 AM - 12 PM ... of ArtistYear and Board Chair of the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, Bets' leadership has spanned grassroots advocacy, ...
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Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... Services; Fairmount Park Conservancy; Free Library Foundation; Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia; HACE; Impact Services Corporation; Mt. Airy USA; New Kensington CDC; Nicetown CDC; Pennsylvania Horticultural ... demonstrated capability to manage government or foundation grant funds of at least $1 million successfully ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... to businesses. With the support of the William Penn Foundation , Philanthropy Network has hosted a ... , a donor-advised fund established by the William Penn Foundation at the  National Philanthropic Trust, is now ... Rebuild and, with a 1:2 match from the William Penn Foundation , will further leverage philanthropic and public ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $217,000 in Grants

CCFWG 2019 Grants Celebration
Monday, July 8, 2019
... Square community has embraced their efforts to establish new programming aimed at helping girls in need write with ... Michele Roberson of the Bianca Nikol Merge with Mercy Foundation and Christine Zaccarelli of The Crime Victims’ ... Grants were awarded to the Bianca Nikol Merge with Mercy Foundation, which received $4,500 to launch a local grief ...
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The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
... for many of us, this family’s now public moment is our new normal.  This new reality spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic has been more of ... children, according to a  study from the Kaiser Family Foundation . The closure of schools, childcare centers, small ...

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