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Applications Open for $1.2 Million in Recovery Grants for the Humanities in Pennsylvania

PA SHARP
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
... today announced it is now accepting applications statewide for $1.2 million in pandemic recovery grants for ... possibilities of the humanities through core support of our historic sites, public libraries, and museums and ... the local level.” Funding for PA SHARP comes from PHC’s federal partner, the National Endowment for the Humanities ...

Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... service to the Foundation. The Independence Foundation’s Board has initiated a comprehensive process to select a new ... to help develop the strategy that has been the core of our grantmaking—general operating, multi-year support.” ... as well as providing multi- year operating grants for organizations serving vulnerable populations.” Prior to ...
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City Announces $1 Million Investment in Organizations Developing Innovative Workforce Solutions

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... awarded $1 million from Workforce Solutions Grant for innovative solutions to support un- and under-employed ... of poverty. PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce—in partnership with Philadelphia's ... the pandemic, unemployment crisis, and civil unrest from our country’s racial reckoning have affected all residents, ...

The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Launch $1 Million Illuminate the Arts Grant

OACCE
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Philadelphia’s individual artists, small and mid-size nonprofit arts ... Isaiah Thomas and Katherine Gilmore Richardson, the funds for the Illuminate the Arts Grants came from City Council’s ... by OACCE with support from the ACTF.   "Supporting our arts and culture community is crucial to our recovery ...

Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... Focus Area Finalist: Theatre Horizon Theatre Horizon’s mission is to use the transformative power of storytelling ... to foster empathy and to create an inclusive home for artists, audiences, and students. They provide theater ... of the African and Caribbean immigrant and refugee communities in Greater Philadelphia who experience ...

Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
...  of census data crossed with the federal government’s essential worker guidelines. More than half of these jobs ... benefits — more than 30 million Americans  have applied for unemployment benefits — the care workforce at home will ... little money left over to make ends meet and likely leaves next to nothing left over to save or invest. Without assets, ...

Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
... on Us provides Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust credit and debit cardholders free general admission ... cultural institutions across 123 cities in 35 states. “Our Museums on Us program aims to make a direct impact by ... across the United States to offer free general admission for cardholders – including art, history and children’s ...
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Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity grant expands Penn Medicine and CHOP’s Alliance of Minority Physicians

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
... Foundation announced a grant award through its Institute for Health Equity to the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Alliance of Minority ... to engage Philadelphia’s medical students in envisioning what their career can look like. We are looking forward to ...
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Foundations, City of Philadelphia and key Arts & Culture organizations join together to launch $3.45M fund to meet the growing emergency need in this sector

PHL COVID-19 Arts Aid Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... artists in ‘severe financial straits’ By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer   April 8, 2020 (PHILADELPHIA, PA) – The City of Philade lphia’ s Office of Arts, Culture and the Cre ative Economy ... and arts organizations represent the cultural fabric of our communities and are vital to our city’s economy, ...

The Foundation for Delaware County Awards Over $1.1 Million to Local Nonprofits

Foundation for Delawre County
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
... -In its first major round of grantmaking, The Foundation for Delaware County, the largest public charity in Delaware ... non-profits. Grants were awarded in the areas of children's health and nutrition, maternal health services, preventive ... to support so many dedicated non-profit partners serving our county. While we wish we could have funded many more, the ...

Youth Philanthropists Award $15K to Prevent Rising Teen Suicide in ChesCo

Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) Awards Ceremony
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Coatesville, PA – The Brandywine Health Foundation’s Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) ... actual philanthropists.  We look forward to launching our fifth class later this fall, and congratulate the 2018/2019 class for participating in this rigorous program and strategically ...
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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia elects new directors and officers

New Board members 2019
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
... to serve their first term on Philanthropy Network’s board of directors. Beginning terms on April 1 are: Bill ... New Jersey Kristin Romens , Director, The Pew Fund for Health and Human Services, The Pew Charitable Trusts ... Secretary, Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia Profiles of our newly-elected directors are below. Bill Golderer ...
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CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... newly expanded federal Child Tax Credit. President Biden's American Rescue Plan, passed last March, increased the ... Child Tax Credit from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six, and from $2,000 to $3,600 ... are already serving families with low incomes will enhance our outreach by adding trusted messengers who have a track ...

Funder/Nonprofit Happy Hour: Connecting the PEOPLE behind the roles

Happy Hour
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
8.8.19_HappyHOur(2).jpg   By Philanthropy Network's Member Engagement Committee Somehow, despite the fact that ... word philanthropy derives from the Greek meaning “love for humankind,” the funder/nonprofit dynamic can suffer ... from Philanthropy Network, sought partners to bring this event to fruition.  Soon, this became a collaborative effort ...

GSK awards Greater Philadelphia nonprofits making a dynamic IMPACT on health outcomes

GSK
Thursday, November 15, 2018
... the GSK IMPACT Award Winners in a ceremony at GSK’s Navy Yard site. Ten local nonprofits were awarded $40,000 ... Vice President, US Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals, GSK. “Our 2018 GSK IMPACT Award Winners are working with people to ... @philahune Healthy NewsWorks @healthynewswks Institute for the Development of African-American Youth, Inc.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Provides $50 Million to Support Those Facing Greatest Strain Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
RWJFLogo_s_rgb_1c_261U_100_pos.jpg Princeton, N.J. —The Robert Wood ... the COVID-19 health emergency. This includes $5 million for relief efforts in RWJF’s home state of New Jersey, hit ... grave health inequities in America. “Unfortunately, in our society being able to live a healthy life can depend in ...

First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
... is now Philadelphia Health Partnership: a Foundation for Healthy Communities . The Foundation has invested over ... and between practitioners and community members.” PHP’s emphasis on partnership reflects its belief that collective ... Hospital Foundation, is a private independent foundation. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of ...

Vanguard awards $1.63M to childhood learning effort

Friday, April 27, 2018
... Twitter Pictured: Carra Cote-Ackah, director of Vanguard’s Community Stewardship efforts, speaks with children and families at the Drexel Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. The program is funded by ... for young children to learn, grow and thrive in our local communities.” Vanguard’s Strong Start for Kids ...
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Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards to Increase Health Food Access in Philadelphia

Reinvestment Fund Food Justice Initiative
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... not determine your food options, but that is the reality for too many Philadelphians. Food access differences across ... equitable food systems is integral to Reinvestment Fund’s mission, and this work has never been more crucial than in ... financial strength and four stars for impact management. Our asset and risk management systems have also earned us an ...

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