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The Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Fredda Maddox and WSFS Bank at Sixth Annual Champions of Change Event

Fredda Maddox
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
WEST CHESTER, PA (September 19, 2022) - The Fund for Women and Girls will host its sixth annual Champions of ... leader and supporter of women and girls in Chester County, Gladys left a lasting impact on our community. This ... who represent the communities it serves. For instance, over 30% of the Board of Directors is comprised of women. In ...
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William Penn Foundation, Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds

Thursday, June 27, 2024
By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to giving in the region. The ...

ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators

ComNet19
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
... communications lead at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As the first person to have this role, Karel felt ... colleague at Rockefeller Foundation and asked him to meet for lunch. The result of this lunch conversation was the ... Journal, and she served as correspondent for the News of Delaware County, where she covered local government and the ...

National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... PHILADELPHIA (July 19, 2018) – More than 700 educators, foundation executives and national leaders in early childhood ... will arrive in Philadelphia beginning Tuesday, July 24 for Grade-Level Reading Week (GLR Week in Philadelphia), the ... teacher. She also served as Superintendent of Schools in Delaware County, Pa. “We recognized that by collectively ...
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CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... community leaders, and residents joined the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG), West Chester Public Arts ... Movement because the fight for the right to vote is not over…This mural is an awesome reminder of the tenacity of ...

Claneil Foundation announces 2017 Partnership Fund and Critical Issue Fund Grantees

Claneil Foundation
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
The Claneil Foundation has announced the 2017 grant recipients in their ... ( view list here ) who are initiating significant change to increase their impact.   Click here to view the 2017 ... the prevention, reduction and recovery of wasted food. The Foundation identifies an emerging, critical issue to support ...
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The Council on Foundations opens 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey

2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey
Friday, March 8, 2024
... survey yields the GSB Report, the most comprehensive guide to compensation information in the philanthropic sector, ... set salary, benefits, and board policies. Both Council on Foundation members and non-member grantmakers are welcome and ... size, grants, geographic location, and grantmaker type. For additional information and a GSB FAQ, visit ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
Leewaylogo.jpg (Ocotber 7, 2019) - Today, the Leeway Foundation announced $55,000 in funding for 31 individual women, trans* and gender nonconforming ... producers in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 ...

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
WEST CHESTER, PA (October 6, 2022) – The Fund for Women and Girls launched its highly anticipated 2022 ... needs assessment of women and girls in Chester County. This fourth edition of the Report highlights pressing ... levels, with a deep dive on conditions in Chester County. Over 120 community members, grantee partners, and ...
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As city waits on soda tax ruling, private sector pours on support for Rebuild

Tuesday, November 21, 2017
... the news stories that have described Rebuild as a “ $500 million initiative ,” you might have assumed that,  at ... largely true, there still are a few unknown variables for financing for Rebuild, Mayor Jim Kenney’s massive ... as a public-private partnership, with the William Penn Foundation ’s  $100 million commitment  leading the way. ...
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New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... Each Community Investment Advisor will receive a stipend for his/her/their time, and make key decisions on how dollars ... Funding will prioritize specific communities in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties whose ... be up to $25,000. Joe Pyle, president of the Scattergood Foundation , which is a lead donor to the fund, said, ...

Pennsylvania Humanities Council Announces $780,500 in Emergency Relief Grants

PHC Cares
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
... The applicants to PHC CARES reported losses totaling $44.6 million, highlighting the deep and persistent impact of the ... which became law on March 27, 2020. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) received funding allocated to the 56 ... provided to Pennsylvania by the NEH. The 140 PHC CARES awards will help organizations continue to serve their ...

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 ... Director of Evaluation and Learning at the William Penn Foundation . “With this new collective data, we have a ... well aligned for two reasons. First, Philadelphia is a county with high need. Of the 10 counties, Philadelphia is ...

Philanthropy's Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Philanthropy's Response to Coronavirus
Monday, March 2, 2020
... agencies. We have assembled some resources below for funders and partners interested in learning more about ... Will They Come? Speakers: Sachi Yoshii, East Bay Community Foundation; Dr. Faith Polkey, Beaufort Jasper Hampton ... relief for communities in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania and Southern ...
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Philanthropy Network launching new Equity Cohort with major support from Scattergood Foundation

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
... self-reflection, self-assessment, and institutional change to embrace a full commitment to equity. Scattergood Foundation has made a $30,000 leadership grant to support the ... funders will build a universal understanding and language for this work and evolve their internal and external ...

Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
... March 7, 2018 – From diversifying arts board leadership to commissioning 25 Asian-American artists to create ... will receive $923,600 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The groups are large and small, ranging from the ... board leadership in the arts by providing scholarships for minority leaders to attend the Arts + Business Council's ...
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Pew Announces $4.5M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region’s Frail Elderly

Wednesday, March 28, 2018
... poverty line, representing an income of up to $24,000 for an individual, with many facing health issues and social ... Elderly  Clarifi (Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley) Community Legal Services  of Philadelphia ... County Intercommunity Action Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation Supportive Older Women’s Network Goal 3: To ...

Hamilton Family Charitable Trust appoints President Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend

Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
For immediate release Contact: Dana Henzler Email: ... of the Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, Hamilton Family Foundation, and the Hamilton Family Aquidneck Island Fund. ... her presidency 135,000 job opportunities were extended to Delaware Valley youth. Her work has transformed the ...
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Funders Must Walk the Talk of Collaboration

Working together
Friday, February 26, 2021
... Johnson In 2015, Philanthropy Network and the Philadelphia Foundation incubated The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit ... more evident that collaboration will be a vital strategy for both nonprofits and funders to consider if the nonprofit ... of sustained collaborations by nonprofits in our five-county region.  Looking ahead, the region’s funders can ...

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