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The Philadelphia Foundation Announces On The Table Philly “Activate” Mini-Grants

Tuesday, January 15, 2019
... 43 projects selected for $1,000 “Activate” mini-grants to help transform ideas generated during last year’s   On ... energized people’s thinking around important community issues,” said Philadelphia Foundation President & ... applications were awarded based on input from a panel of community judges who considered criteria including whether ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... producers in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 ... a trend in cultural preservation from South Philadelphia to Norristown, Overbook to Port Richmond, and neighborhoods ... propose a project that impacts a larger group, audience or community; have financial need; and live in the Greater ...

What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
... was coming in the funding world — but was hesitant to jump in herself. We’re talking  mission investing , and ... McKenna , shared with us around the same time,  private foundations are traditionally conservative with their corpus ... rehabbing them and renting them out as artist and community spaces. ( Generocity  profiled New Day cofounder ...

William Penn Foundation Announces Another $11.6 Million for COVID Emergency Action

Monday, March 30, 2020
To our grantees and partners, As the impact of the Coronavirus crisis on our community continues to grow, on Friday the William Penn ... basis and will welcome additional contributions from foundations, corporations and individuals. To learn more, ...

William Penn Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce more than $8 million in Covid-19 Relief and Recovery Grants

Philadelphia Orchestra by Jeff Fusco
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
To continue to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... Lily, Inc./BlackStar Film Festival* Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation Center for Art in Wood, ... Q (fiscally sponsored by CultureWorks)* Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation Taller Puertorriqueño, ...

City Announces Final Round of Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program Awardees

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
... announced the fourth and final round of the Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program awardees. The final round ... bringing the total amount distributed through this program to the total $13.5 million allocated for the Community ... the Community; Men Who Care of Germantown; Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia; Guns Down, Gloves Up -  ...
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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
... launching the new COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund, a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions related to COVID-19 ... disproportionately affected by COVID-19 are serving as Community Investment Advisors (complete list of names ...

$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

Coronavirus Testing by Tim Tai - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Related coverage: Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund will help Philadelphia news ... group of media funders, news enterprises, and community information providers on Wednesday announced the ... million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to ensure that communities in the Philadelphia area have ...

Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... disproportionate impact and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent senseless murders of ... accountability, and resources. In recent years, foundations across the country have slowly become comfortable ... local media organizations that offer a platform for community voices from communities of color to embrace their ...

City Announces Second Round of Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program Awardees

Wednesday, October 27, 2021
... today announced the second round of the Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program awardees. This second round ... bringing the total amount distributed through this program to more than $4.8 million. The second round of awardees are: ... a $22 million investment in Anti-Violence Community Partnership Grants. This is a major piece of the historic ...
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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
... with a deep dive on conditions in Chester County. Over 120 community members, grantee partners, and stakeholders gathered to dig into the Report data, understand the challenges facing ... to the data discussed in the Report, Fund Board Member and founder of Black Women of Chester County in Action (BWCCA) ...
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The Lenfest Institute announces $1.3 million in grants to support The Philadelphia Inquirer’s community-focused journalism

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Thursday, May 20, 2021
... for Journalism today announced $1.3 million in new grants to The Philadelphia Inquirer to support initiatives that will ... Institute, The Inquirer is launching or expanding:  A  Community News Desk , a new team of journalists focused on ... A new Entrepreneurial Support Initiative, created in partnership with the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Comcast Launch Nonprofit Finance Accelerator to Strengthen Nonprofit Community

Nonprofit Finance Accelerator
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
... Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) and Comcast NBCUniversal in partnership with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) announced the ... nonprofits. This inaugural program will provide up to 200 poverty-fighting nonprofits with access to financial ... at Comcast. “The health and wellbeing of our nonprofit community is critical to our region’s recovery efforts and ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Continues Urgent Response to Community Amid Growing Needs

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, April 16, 2020
... its second round of grants totaling more than $2.5 million to 79 non-profit organizations serving on the frontlines of ... bases, who are delivering these critical services to the community. Part of the funding it will receive will be used ... online donors and dozens of other individuals, families, foundations, businesses, and institutions. Individuals and ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls’ Fifth Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Local Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

The Fund for Women and Girls
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
... of local women and girls. Nearly 75 business leaders, community supporters and elected officials gathered to honor Dr. JoAnne Reifsnyder, Phd, MSN, MBA, FAAN, the ... giving her remarks, Dr. Reifsnyder’s impact in her community was showcased in a heartfelt video detailing her ...
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The Presser Foundation announces more than $71,000 in new special project grants to music organizations

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Press release The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce new Special Project single year and multi-year grants totaling $71,500 to 12 music organizations. This year, music organizations ... of the late Theodore Presser. It is one of the few private foundations in the United States dedicated solely to music ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grants to Media Making Organizations

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, June 3, 2021
... another major investment in Philadelphia’s media making community. Thirteen grants totaling $2 million were awarded to a range of film, journalism, storytelling, and youth media ... awarded $75,000 to increase accessibility to, and support community engagement with, their Digital Broadcast Studio, a ...
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Knight Foundation invests $2.2 million in projects to advance Philadelphia’s public spaces and digital engagement

Photo courtesy Smith Memorial Playground
Friday, April 9, 2021
... support will bolster local programs that advance equitable community development and digital innovation in city ... In Philadelphia, Knight support will advance work to address these issues while also including residents in the ... that come from development.”  Knight Foundation’s community investments will build on the organization’s ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... announces a major investment in the local filmmaking community with grants totaling $1.3 million to filmmakers, festivals, and film organizations, with an ... so much beautiful and transformative work from the film community come to fruition in the coming year,” said Nuala ...
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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
... a grant award through its Institute for Health Equity to the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and ... of the healthcare workforce is lagging in comparison to the changing demographics of populations. This lack of ... School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and founder and faculty advisor for AMP. “Through this new AMP ...
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