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CEO BenePhilly and Clarifi Announce New Partnership to Address Benefits Access

Clarifi and BenePhilly
Monday, March 10, 2025
... them afford food, housing, and healthcare—but applying for them can be an overwhelming and time-consuming process. ... Centers, where they will receive assistance with over 20 public benefits, including SNAP, LIHEAP, Medical ... and other wealth preservation services to thousands of Delaware Valley families each year. For more information, ...

Where Does Your Cash Sleep at Night?

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... L. Wahl and Paige Chapel Local giving is a priority for the vast majority of Exponent Philanthropy members. This ... schools, to health clinics, to arts venues. The Barra Foundation discovered a great onramp to local investing in a ... Investors can participate in the fund for as little as $1,000. The paperwork is simple to complete, but investors do ...

Wells Fargo Helps LISC Expand Financial Opportunity

Thursday, March 15, 2018
... have worked together on a wide range of opportunities over the last 30 years, with the bank providing nearly $1.2 billion to support LISC’s work to expand affordable ... we help people develop the skills they need to compete for living-wage jobs, we are creating opportunities to ...
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Sidney Hargro is Philanthropy Network’s new executive director

Sidney R. Hargro
Friday, June 16, 2017
... Generocity | By Julie Zeglen, Editor The current Community Foundation of South Jersey ED envisions a local philanthropic ... Foundation of South Jersey  (CFSJ) ED  will take over on July 24. Director of Communications  Amy Seasholtz ...  after former head  Maari Porter  left back in November for a job as the city’s  director of policy and strategic ...
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GSK Announces $10M Program to Advance Black People, Latinx People, Women in STEM

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
... Latinx people, women in STEM careers by Kristen A. Graham for the Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA | Global ... company GSK today announced a commitment of $10 million over 10 years to help Black, Latinx and female Philadelphia ... and community efforts through annual grants of $1 million a year for 10 years to local nonprofits. An initial ...

City announces first round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund grant recipients

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
... and Fairhill neighborhoods. The KCR Fund is a game changer for empowering civic groups and residents by providing them ... give grantees of all sizes the ability to work sustainably over the one-year grant period.  "As part of this first ... of generous support from the following funders: The Douty Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, K10 Kids Foundation, ...

Comcast NBCUniversal makes additional $1M donation to hurricane relief efforts

Monday, September 18, 2017
... today announced it’s making an additional donation of $1 million in cash to support relief efforts. This brings the ... and funds raised through local NBCUniversal telethons for both hurricanes Irma and Harvey, raise Comcast ... service announcements about relief efforts and has raised over $5 million for the American Red Cross from contributions ...
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PHL COVID-19 Fund Reaches $10M in Funds Deployed, Continuing to Amplify Regional Community Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, May 7, 2020
... Fund, launched on March 19 and led by the Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater ... populations. Those populations, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), are at a disproportionate risk to ... Center $      100,000 Family and Community Service of Delaware County $        15,000 Family Service $       ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... residents in the affected communities are responsible for evaluating applicants, determining funding priorities, ... Agency (CAA) for the City of Philadelphia. As a CAA, CEO awards Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds to more ... housing security, and other priorities that may emerge over time. Learn more at phila.gov/CEO . About Bread & Roses ...

All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... and early reading in schools, along with the William Penn Foundation , today announced a four-year partnership that ... help expand the Book Trust program in Philadelphia schools over the next four years.  In the coming year, Book Trust ... communities in the United States, there is just one book for every 300 children, compared to middle-income families ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity announces the Judy Spangler Memorial Scholarship

Judy Spangler
Monday, May 8, 2023
Press release Alliance for Health Equity.png   Coatesville, Pennsylvania - The ... with both The Alliance for Health Equity and the Newlin Foundation as we remember the distinguished life of Judy ... and as a colleague in the non-profit community in Chester County.  This scholarship pays tribute to a wonderful role ...

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... hundred-million-dollar grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the City of Philadelphia launched a high-profile, ... told, the project aims to upgrade more than half of the over 400 facilities citywide. In some ways, Philadelphia is ... associations known as advisory councils “raise funds for programming, and increasingly for basics like air ...

H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest | 1930-2018

Monday, August 6, 2018
... certainly have a profound impact on the fabric of our city for decades to come. The Lenfests became wealthy from the ... In less than 20 years, the couple‘s giving has exceeded $1.3 billion. While the Lenfest’s philanthropy touched on a ... Museum of Art, Curtis Institute of Music, The Barnes Foundation, and the Museum of the American Revolution. His ...
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Bloomberg-Funded Efforts to Stem Pennsylvania Opioid Crisis Announced

Friday, July 12, 2019
... Trusts ,  Johns Hopkins University , and the  CDC Foundation  to help up to ten states with high rates of ... to prevent overdose deaths. The first round of funding for Pennsylvania will support efforts to expand access to ... to assess treatment delivery and capacity within local county jails and identify opportunities for expanding the ...
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CC250 to Host Planning Summit at Thornbury Farm

Chester County 250
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
... nation’s 250th anniversary fast approaching, it’s time for Chester County organizations, neighborhoods, and individuals to get ... County Government in partnership with the Community Foundation. CC250’s mission is to inspire and engage all of ...

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... four themes that proved critical in the past year.   1. Impact Investors Respond to Climate Change as Potential ... who were people of color  has not changed  significantly over the past five years. The  fatal shootings by police ... the United States to protest racial injustice and call for police reform. The Black Lives Matter movement  won new ...
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of America to launch the Block ... Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus (CAPP+)  to make over 100 homes in West Philadelphia healthier, directly ...

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