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Area funders call on Governor Wolf and Secretary Miller to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC)

Friday, November 9, 2018
... as young as 2-years-old have been held in detention there for more than a year. This practice violates Pennsylvania ... legitimizes the anti-immigrant discourse plaguing our nation. We, the undersigned, urge the Pennsylvania ... PA Diane Cornman-Levy , Executive Director, WOMEN’S WAY , Philadelphia, PA Mailee Walker , Executive Director, ...

VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn announces first round North Penn Unity Grants

VNA Foundation
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
... program represents a departure from the VNA Foundation’s traditional form of grantmaking, and was inspired by the challenges expressed by our grantee partners during the COVID-19 pandemic.  To help ... effects on their organizational operations and programming for vulnerable communities, we designed the North Penn Unity ...
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The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia Awards Grants Designed to Increase Projects in STEM and Inspire Black, Latinx and Female Students

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... healthcare company with origins in Philadelphia and U.S. headquarters at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Some of the ... inspire them."  If we want women at the forefront of the next generation of STEM leaders, we must show these girls ... STEM for grades 4 through 8. Eleanor C. Emlen School What's the MATTER? $1,500.00 A newly established STEM Lab ...

Philadelphia Health Partnership announces 2018 grant awards

Thursday, December 20, 2018
... nonprofit organizations participating in the foundation's strategic initiatives on medical-legal partnerships, early ... conditions. To learn more, click here . Legal Clinic for the Disabled (LCD) - $60,000 in support of PhilaKids, the ... within Philadelphia’s immigrant and refugee families and communities, with a focus on health access, education, and ...
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Pew Announces $1M to Support Vulnerable Philadelphia-Area Residents Amid Pandemic

Wednesday, July 1, 2020
... residents who are vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts, including those experiencing hunger, adults with ... said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia (Pew Fund). “Pew’s latest grants aim to help our region’s social services agencies respond to the ...

The Presser Foundation Announces Nearly $2 Million in New Capital Support Grants

Monday, April 19, 2021
... its devastating impact on the Greater Philadelphia Area’s rich ecosystem of music performance, education, and ... organizations is below. These grants are designated for capital projects of music presenting, music performing ... needed maintenance and renovation of buildings. We want our music organizations to come roaring back when it is safe ...
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Fund Established to Support Law Student Exchange Program Between Lyon and Philadelphia

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
... this program. This new fund will provide financial support for the exchange program. In addition, the ILC will arrange for the interns returning to Philadelphia to share their ... education on matters in the public interest. Through our various programs, services and partnerships, we remove ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives $232,886 to Support Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Monday, June 11, 2018
... Many of the children are living in the Philadelphia’s most underserved and lowest income communities.  “At every income level, our neighborhoods are filled with the energy of young people ... expenses; these grants provide additional support for programs specifically directed to serve Philadelphia ...
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IBX’s Share Your Opioid Story is collecting the tales of Pennsylvanians impacted by addiction

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Friday, November 30, 2018
... “I want to be that person to stand up to say that’s not necessarily the truth,” said Figueroa-Vargas, who is in long-term recovery and a program manager for the nonprofit Mental Health Partnerships (MHP). ... the “breadth of depth of the opioid epidemic within our region.”  All of Pennsylvania’s counties but two ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia Awards $382,500 in Funding to Five Area Nonprofits

Impact100 Philadelphia 2019 Grant Awards
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
... from five grant finalists and cast their votes for those organizations that received Core Mission Grants and ... 398 women, the 2019 grants raised Impact100 Philadelphia’s total giving to over $3.1 million dollars since its ... system in Philadelphia. They seek to refine and scale our reentry program, which connects youth charged as adults, ...
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HealthSpark Foundation Announces New Leader

Emma Hertz
Friday, November 4, 2022
... 2022.jpg On behalf of HealthSpark Foundation’s Board of Directors, Joel Johnson, Board Chair, is pleased ... philanthropy combined to support the board’s invitation for Emma to advance the future work of HealthSpark ... towards building a culture of justice and belonging in our social safety net.” Emma received her master’s degree ...
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Pew Awards $3.25M to Philadelphia Nonprofits to Support Students and Address Food Insecurity

Heights Philadelphia | Photo Credit Paola Nogueras
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... as follows: Heights Philadelphia  was awarded a Pew Fund for Health and Human Services (Pew Fund)  growth grant ... and support for college and career success. With Pew’s support, Heights Philadelphia will grow to serve 5,000 ... impacting Philadelphia in the future. Additionally, our venture grant to Sharing Excess supports a scalable ...

Are Philly-area nonprofits really making a difference? Foundations put up $3 million to find out

Wednesday, January 16, 2019
...  |  hbrubaker@phillynews.com Foundations are notorious for demanding that nonprofits document how donations and ... nonprofits to improve their ability to evaluate what they do and measure the results by using data — skills ... that are sorely lacking at many small nonprofits. “It’s encouraging that foundations are putting their money where ...
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The Philadelphia Foundation and Catchafire Announce Partnership to Provide Volunteer Skills to Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits

Tuesday, March 13, 2018
... nonprofits benefited from over 5,100 hours from Catchafire's pool of skills-based volunteers. "This has been one of the ... analytics project, graphic design and animation assistance for a podcast collection. "It was great to work with people ... to continue to provide capacity building support in our grantmaking. The Catchafire partnership broadens the ...
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Philanthropy Network launching new Equity Cohort with major support from Scattergood Foundation

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
... funders will build a universal understanding and language for this work and evolve their internal and external ... this cohort model, we can more effectively advance our shared understanding of how philanthropy must change and ... developmental path to institutionalizing an organization’s commitment to equity. The model involves assessing current ...

Largest Study on Narratives in Philanthropy Shows Sector’s Messaging Creates Confusion, But Better Stories Can Build Trust

Report - Philanthropy's New Voice
Thursday, April 4, 2024
WASHINGTON - The Council on Foundations and the  Center for Public Interest Communications  today announced the release of  Philanthropy’s New Voice , the largest study ever of narratives in ... narratives and build trust.” “It’s clear from our research that the American public, members of Congress ...
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City's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Shares Plans for 2021

OACCE
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... OACCElogo.png PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) today shared its plans for new and returning programs to support Philadelphia's diverse arts community in 2021. OACCE’s programs, ...
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Philadelphia Black Giving Circle is ready to fund its first Black-led, Black-centered nonprofits

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
... Black Giving Circle (PBGC) is now accepting applications for its inaugural round of grants.   Led by a group of local ... Black community.” As of February, the giving circle’s goals were to gain 100 member-donors, raise a collective ... 50 members and raised $30,000. “There’s great need in our city and we’re excited to see so many people looking to ...
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