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Philly Counts launches COVID-19 Community Response Captain Program

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
PHILADELPHIA –  Philly Counts, the City’s effort to support the next United States Census, today launched the COVID-19 ... of COVID-19 in Philadelphia, how they can stay safe, and what resources are available. The program aims to reduce the ...

New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... City Fund Philadelphia, PA July 26, 2023 –It’s a little-known fact that a portion of the entrance fees for ... our fiscal management of the Marathon ensure a successful event that allow us to award grants that are timely and ... Community Fund grants once annually and will announce its next cycle in early 2024. For more information on the ...

ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators

ComNet19
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
... but he did not know the philanthropic sector. So, he did what any good communicator would do: he picked up the phone. ... membership organization that sprouted from Frank Karel’s lunch meeting. It is currently made up of over 1,600 ... at every level When attending a big conference or event, the phrase “alone, together” sometimes crosses my ...

Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts Unveil “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
... Foundation and Mural Arts today dedicated the foundation’s Centennial Legacy Mural “Strength in our Bonds” at its ... into how individuals conceptualized their neighborhoods, what aspirations they held for their communities in the future, and to give residents a ...

Lenfest Institute Announces Inaugural Lenfest Next Generation Fund Winners

Tuesday, May 7, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (May. 7, 2019) — The​ Lenfest Institute for Journalism today announced the first-ever recipients of The Lenfest Next Generation Fund Award. The 21 NextGen award winners are ... of the communities they serve. The Institute’s aspirational goal is that 50 percent or more of working ...

What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
... foundation has employed two new investing strategies. Here's what it's learned so far. Nearly two years ago, Barra ... grant or invest out. Kind McKenna, the outspoken advocate for innovative funding models that she is, was frustrated by ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... and reimagine and create a new normal that is better for the world, one where equality and justice are the norm. ... media in the Philly region, I’ve been reflecting on what it means for a philanthropic institution to respond to ...  are creating storytelling projects that document COVID’s impact and/or address structural inequality, particularly ...

Giving USA 2021: In a year of unprecedented events and challenges, charitable giving reached a record $471.44 billion in 2020

Giving USA 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
... Giving USA 2021: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2020 , released today, reports that individuals, ... and corporations gave an estimated $471.44 billion to U.S. charities in 2020. Total charitable giving grew 5.1% ... greater capacity to give charitably than households and communities that were disproportionately affected and ...

Philadelphia Foundation Announces Winners of Key to Community Grants

Key to Community Grants
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Related coverage: OPINION|  Philadelphia Foundation’s special $1 million initiative benefited from public support ... made their voices heard by casting nearly 200,000 votes for 15 deserving nonprofit finalists selected from 200 ... to make our region stronger, and we can’t wait to see what else they will accomplish. Our thanks to the public who ...

Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein to Retire

Ron Bernstein
Friday, November 1, 2019
... Bucks County nonprofit organizations and residents. FCP’s grant programs provide funding to a wide variety of ... from museums, schools, and nature preserves, to facilities for medically fragile children and victims of domestic ... Bucks County Commissioner. “His work is a testament to what we can accomplish on a local level to improve the lives ...

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
... Coatesville, PA – January 16, 2025 - The Alliance for Health Equity (AHE) announced today that Union Community ... Qualified Health Center (FQHC) to operate at AHE’s Brandywine Center located at 744 East Lincoln Highway, ... on AHE’s foundation of health equity by understanding what folks and families value most in their healthcare and ...

Foundations Community Partnership Supports Local Nonprofits That Will Serve More Than 4,600 Bucks County Residents

Foundations Community Partnership
Thursday, October 17, 2024
... since 2007,” said Tracy Pasternak Willis, Chair of FCP’s Board of Directors. “Eleven of the 14 grant recipients are partnering with us for the first time, and we are grateful to all the nonprofits ... dignity and hope in newly admitted individuals. The Next Step Program ($3,500) – to provide a year-round, ...

New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... to mount. Grassroots community leaders are telling us what they need to address the ongoing impact of the pandemic ... , which is a lead donor to the fund, said, “Philadelphia's public health infrastructure has largely left low-income, ... million to be distributed on a rolling basis over the next 18 to 24 months. “It is important to support ...

Foundations Community Partnership Board Approves 21 Grant Awards Totaling $165,000 to Benefit Bucks Non-Profits

Monday, January 14, 2019
... has been awarded by  Foundations Community Partnership 's (FCP) Board of Directors to benefit 21 Bucks County ... developing innovative ideas to improve the quality of life for children, youth, and families in Bucks County. Capital ...

Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... fallen short of addressing systems of racial injustice. What philanthropy needs is not a new framework, but a new ... in ways that serve the greater good. Or, maybe it’s their belief that funding programs and supporting ... objectives, and work of the foundation over the next 3-5-10 years. Therefore, decisions that are made have a ...

Alliance for Health Equity launches Community-Designed Solutions Challenge for Greater Coatesville

Jeff Hunt, Haven Behavioral Hospital LLC discussing Coatesville’s behavioral health recovery.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
... Equity is excited to announce the launch of the Let’s Talk Allyship: Community-Designed Solutions Challenge. This ... Alliance will select ten (10) ideas and solutions for each event date in the Let’s Talk Allyship series on February ...

Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
... that can help uplift and improve the quality of life for families, individuals and communities in the Philadelphia ... pandemic crisis and this unique time in our nation’s history,” said Beech CEO/President Dr. Keneth Scott. ... three branches of government. “Most people don’t know what the three branches of government are and what they do, ...

Tamela Luce Named CEO for Phoenixville Community Health Foundation

Tamela Luce
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
... PA) – The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation’s Board of Directors has named Tamela Luce the new President ... spent more than seven years as the Senior Program Officer for HealthSpark Foundation, a private foundation that works ...
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Black Community Leaders Fund: Q&A with Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald

Philadelphia Foundation
Friday, May 21, 2021
... Leaders Fund on May 13th, we asked Philadelphia Foundation's Phil Fitzgerald, Executive Director for Grantmaking , to give us some insights about how and why the fund was created and what the foundation hopes to achieve through this initiative. ...

Centering Community Voice with Data: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder

Trellis for Tomorrow students building a compost station
Friday, October 27, 2023
... Mindy Aldridge Listen4Good (L4G) recently invited Trellis for Tomorrow and The Nelson Foundation , an L4G participant ... about their feedback program experience. One nonprofit’s experience with feedback: Trellis for Tomorrow Based in ... streamlined, and tended to include too many questions. What Trellis learned from youth and families Through ...
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