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Philly foundations launch $6.5M COVID-19 emergency fund for local nonprofits

Friday, March 20, 2020
By Peter Crimmins for WHYY Philadelphia officials announced on Thursday a $6.5M ... fund for the city and surrounding counties in response to the growing coronavirus pandemic. The City of Philadelphia ... unified response.” Housed at the Philadelphia Foundation, the fund is intended for nonprofit organizations ...
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Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... Temple’s Morgan Hall, a 24-story residence hall for students with a food court on the first floor. Now, ... & CEO. “We are very proud that we’ve leveraged over $2.3 billion in community programs and projects, ... to the COVID pandemic. “We’ve come full circle as a foundation,” Scott said. “I am proud to be a part of it, ...

Five Local Organizations Receive $125k Grants from TD Bank to Develop Local Affordable Housing

Monday, March 9, 2020
The Housing for Everyone grants will fund projects supporting the ... HILL, N.J., March, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's ... (New York, NY) Avesta Housing (Portland, ME) Bergen County United Way (Paramus, NJ) Camillus House (Miami, FL) ...

COVID-19 Nonprofit Continuity Grants available for Berks County nonprofits

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
  READING, PA (April 1, 2020) – Berks County Community Foundation has launched an emergency grant ... that the government has put into place. Applications for COVID-19 Nonprofit Continuity Grants will be accepted ...
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William Penn Foundation awards $2.6M to support River Alive! Project

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to open River Alive! – a landmark exhibition focusing on the Delaware River and its watershed as a living, ever-changing ... has been years in the making and is a real game changer for the Seaport Museum,” said John Brady, President and CEO ...
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Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation has awarded Southern New Jersey Perinatal ... a $25,000 planning grant as part of its Salem Smart Start for Parents and Children initiative, with a possibility of a ... and reconfigured use of existing and new resources. Salem County has had among the lowest health and wellbeing outcomes ...

Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County Awards $75,000 Grant

Members of the Along the Way team accept the $75,000 IMPACT Bucks Grant from a coalition of local funders
Monday, July 15, 2024
... 15, 2024) – Local grant makers BLBB Charitable , Bucks County Foundation (BCF) , and Foundations Community Partnership ... development, childcare, and family support program for single mother households. The grant is the result of a ...

Brandywine Health Foundation announces community service award winners

Sam Brown and Sandra Simmons
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
... The recipients of the 2021 Brandywine Health Foundation’s prestigious Eastburn Community Service Award ... who provided the support and inspiration necessary for members of our community to thrive and succeed.  Samuel ... creating and delivering self-care packages to the Chester County Youth Center and developing a virtual program to ...
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IBX Foundation supports nearly 60 Nonprofit Health Centers

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
... In 2024, the  Independence Blue Cross (IBX) Foundation  will fund nearly 60 health centers providing ... living in medically underserved areas across Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgomery, Chester and Bucks counties. Today, 25% ... We’re grateful to the Independence Blue Cross Foundation for being such a great partner in our success.” IBX ...

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 ... on similar efforts by Philadelphia’s  Scattergood Foundation   and the  Edna McConnell Clark Foundation , of ... of individual consulting to as many as 50 organizations over three years. The consultants are from  the Consultation ...
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HealthSpark Foundation Awards Ten Innovation Lab Grants

Wednesday, March 6, 2019
HealthSpark Foundation awarded over $316,000 in 10  Innovation Lab ...  grants this year. Grants range from $10,000 to $50,000 for short-term (12-15 months) pilot or proof of concept ... projects to test ideas to strengthen Montgomery County's safety net system.
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Susan Elko with Kitchen Table Award

Thursday, January 25, 2018
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls will honor Susan Elko, a ... of service and philanthropy in Chester County. With over 30 years of experience in special education, educational ... Officer of Advancing Adolescent Girls' Rights at the NoVo Foundation. Tynesha has over a decade of experience ...
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CCFWG Unites Women and Girls in Chester County for Virtual Conveings to Raise Awareness About Impacts of COVID-19 on Local Women and Girls

CCFWG 2020 Making a Difference Luncheon
Friday, May 8, 2020
WEST CHESTER, PA (May 8, 2020) – The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) has responded to ... and girls have resources and opportunities to thrive. For over 20 years, CCFWG has raised awareness about the critical ...
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Knight Foundation gives $4M for citywide conversation about park over I-95

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
... to give all Philadelphians a chance to shape plans for a new waterfront park over I-95 at Penn's Landing, ... by a $4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced on  Sunday , the public engagement ... closest to the waterfront. The grant will go to the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation, the entity leading the ...

Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $8 Million from William Penn Foundation for Continued Relief Efforts Supporting Philadelphia Families

William Penn Foundation
Thursday, June 17, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (June 17, 2021) – The William Penn Foundation today announced 90 grants totaling more than $8 million to support nonprofit organizations focused on ... of organizations providing access to healthy food, support for families to stay in their homes, and enhanced K-12 ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Invests $225,000 over two years in Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. at Chester County (OIC) for the Coatesville Homelessness and Unemployment Collective

The Alliance for Health Equity
Friday, December 17, 2021
(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - The Alliance for Health Equity (AHE) is pleased to announce a two-year ... the Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. at Chester County (OIC) for the Coatesville Homelessness and ... in Coatesville by 2026.  “Collective Impact lays the foundation for iterative and aligned responses to the needs ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s Youth-In-Philanthropy Program Awards $72,000 In Grants to Philadelphia Nonprofits

Youthadelphia
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Press Release via Philadelphia Foundation Youthadelphia.jpg PHILADELPHIA, PA – ... seven Philadelphia nonprofits addressing pressing issues for young adults. YOUTHadelphia, a group comprised of ... youth leadership as focus areas for this year’s grant awards. Overseen by the leadership of Philadelphia ...
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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
... BalletX.  PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 24, 2024)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced today that it has ... New this year, the Center’s “Evolving Futures” awards represent an investment toward a thriving future for ... projects is available at  pewcenterarts.org/2024grants . Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen ...
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Community Nonprofits Awarded $13.8 million To Renovate Cecil B. Moore and Heitzman Recreation Centers

Cecil B. Moore's karate students perform at the Rebuild launch celebration.
Friday, March 15, 2019
... Harrowgate-based nonprofit IMPACT Services will deliver a $1.8 million improvement project at the Heitzman Recreation ... projects. Rebuild is currently finalizing similar grant awards to pre-qualified nonprofit organizations for three additional projects at the Olney Recreation Center, ...
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