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New Administration's Policies Create Extraordinary Challenges for Nonprofits, New Study Finds

Challenging Times: How U.S. Nonprofit Leaders Are Experiencing the Political Context
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Press release via the Center for Effective Philanthropy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 5 – ... they are experiencing a negative impact from the current U.S. political climate.   Since late January, the new ... organizations are using large, unrestricted gifts and what the impact of those gifts has been. She is a leading ...
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Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Helping Coatesville Residents in Time of Need

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... the health and economic well-being of the nation’s most vulnerable, Brandywine Health Foundation took quick ... address the urgent needs of the Coatesville community and our nonprofit partners. To double the impact of each donation ... to the new fund, the Foundation committed to match, dollar for dollar each contribution, withholding nothing additional ...
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The Rider-Pool Foundation Announces Grant Awards for Lehigh Valley Programs

The Rider-Pool Foundation
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
... major proactive investments as well as on-going support for programs throughout the Lehigh Valley with a focus on ... The new name reflects the intent of Leonard Parker Pool’s will. Mr. Pool bequeathed his 72-acre Emmaus estate to the ... MPH, Executive Director of The Rider-Pool Foundation.  “Our support, then, can offer the stability and grounding to ...

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards

Food Equity
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
... to historic food injustice. The Health Department’s Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention and the ... communities,” shared Amanda Wagner, Program Manager for Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Health Department, ... essential products.    “This PFJI grant is building our capacity so we can meet the urgent needs of our community ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... begun on 24 of the 64 sites approved by City Council for Rebuild funding. Rebuild is Philadelphia’s historic investment in the city’s parks, recreation ... sites. Conversations with residents will help determine what upgrades and improvements will be made to each park, ...

John Churchill appointed Knight Foundation’s Philadelphia program director

John Churchill
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
... among residents. “We are thrilled to welcome John as our new Philadelphia program director,” said Kelly Jin, ... National Initiatives at Knight Foundation. “His passion for our mission, combined with his business acumen and ... new role, Churchill will work toward enhancing the city’s public spaces, amplifying Philadelphia’s economy, and ...
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Comcast RISE to Award $5 Million in Grants to BIPOC-Owned, Small Businesses

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... Chicago, Detroit, Houston and Philadelphia can apply for $10,000 grants.   Additionally, over $2 million has been ... Enterprise Opportunity (AEO), Operation Hope, Ureeka, U.S. Black Chambers, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, ... 700 recipients were  announced  in November, with the next wave of recipients to be announced in March 2021. ...

5 Ways Impact Investors and Philanthropists can Innovate to Solve Philly’s Biggest Problem

Friday, March 16, 2018
... capitalism ? We’ve written extensively on the region’s  impact investing  scene, which employs venture capital ... early-stage  social enterprises, or mission-minded for-profits . But cross-sector funding innovation — ... sectors are discussing ways to tackle such big issues. “What you see up here tonight is an example of that, whereas I ...
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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
PHILADELPHIA, March 30, 2020 —  The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia announced today that the Philadelphia 76ers and the NBA team’s Managing Partner Josh Harris and Co-Managing Partner David ... in their homes so they can continue to learn during what is an unprecedented time for all of us," said ...
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The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts

Monday, May 17, 2021
... impact, The GIANT Company. “Thanks to the generosity of our customers, our Feeding School Kids initiative will ... From Jan 4. through Feb. 28, customers at GIANT, MARTIN’S and GIANT Heirloom Market stores were invited to round up ... dollar or convert their CHOICE points into a donation for their local public schools’ food programs. The GIANT ...

Pennsylvania establishes blueprint for successful collegiate recovery programs

Thursday, September 22, 2022
... announced yesterday that Pennsylvania now has the nation’s most and is the fastest growing state for collegiate recovery programs (CRPs), which support ... commitment to collegiate recovery is part of our greater effort to create and promote more inclusive ...

Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Philadelphia-Area Cultural Groups and Artists

BalletX company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow’s Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of BalletX.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
... company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow’s Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy ... BalletX.  PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 24, 2024)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced today that it has ... and a changing climate. “We’re delighted to continue our long-standing support for individual artists and creative ...
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New Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard analyzes more than $40M in giving from 13 shared funds in Greater Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
... COVID-19 Response Dashboard .  Developed by the Center for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP) at the University of ... grants were directed, who the funds were meant to help, what community needs were being addressed, which ... as inform future grantmaking as it relates to the region’s recovery,” said Hilary Rhodes, Director of Evaluation and ...

Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
... multi-year funding is designed to assist the foundation’s grantee partners to start or sustain momentum in their ... “The grants we announced today are an exciting next step in the journey of the Regional Foundation,” ... neighborhood revitalization efforts with stable funding for at least five years. Three of the grants represent new ...

Wells Fargo Appoints New Wells Fargo Regional Foundation Executive Director

Aisha Miller
Monday, January 14, 2019
... Foundation board member Joseph Kirk. “The Foundation’s neighborhood revitalization initiatives play a critical role in our region’s community engagement strategy.  Aishah is a ... neighborhood revitalization.  Recognized nationally for its unique approach to community development, the ...
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The Presser Foundation Announces More Than $332,000 in Special Project Grants for Music Organizations

Friday, October 25, 2024
... This significant investment underscores the Foundation's commitment to fostering creativity, collaboration, and ... distributed to four partnerships General Operating Support for Newer Music Organizations: $80,500 granted to eleven ... community with cultural arts. These projects exemplify our grantees' dedication to reimagining the intersections of ...
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The Douty Foundation announces final, ‘Legacy’ grants totaling $2.2 million as its sunset plan is complete

The Douty Foundation
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
... By sunsetting, the Douty Foundation makes a strong case for limited-life philanthropy via Generocity douty2020.png ... that its sunset plan has been approved by the Orphan’s Court of Delaware County and that it can now spend out its ... the heart of this work. “The organizations selected for our Legacy grants are among the most effective grassroots ...

Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
For more information: Jennifer Leith, Executive Director, The ... Counties that activate social change within their communities. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the ... government, corporate and nonprofit - to reimagine our economic system to affirm the value of all of our ...

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