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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $485,000 in Support of 24 Local Films

Friday, November 4, 2022
... and film projects in the Philadelphia region. IPMF took a new direction with its community-led grantmaking process ... local filmmakers and advocates. “It was a humbling full-circle experience to facilitate the IPMF nomination process ... the experiences of other Black and Brown immigrant women giving birth away from home. The topics discussed in the ...
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Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... In the months ahead, impact investors can continue to make a difference by addressing four themes that proved critical ... Respond to Climate Change as Potential Milestones Approach Giving extra urgency to climate change mitigation efforts, a ... housing continues to dwindle . The events of 2020 put a spotlight on the issue of urban displacement—economic ...
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Chester County Community Foundation Honors Legacy Philanthropy at 30th Annual Meeting

Tuesday, September 10, 2024
... Chester . Each year the Community Foundation recognizes a door opener who stewards legacy philanthropy. This year, the Community Foundation spotlight s Denise M. Antonelli Esq. of Gawthrop Greenwood with the Door Opener Award . When it comes to charitable gift ...
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Chester County Community Foundation announces capacity building grant opportunity

Chester County Community Foundation
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
... Chester County’s premier vehicle for local philanthropic giving.  The Foundation’s mission is to connect people who care with causes that matter, so their philanthropy makes a difference now & forever. The Community Foundation ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $5.5 Million in Grant Renewals

Large puppet with sign "Our Community Is Not For Sale"
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
... ongoing support to organizations and projects aligned with the Foundation’s program areas, as listed below: ... — $240,000 grant, three-year grant Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas (CATA Radio) — $50,000 ... Center for Gun Violence Reporting — $100,000 Spiral Q — $200,000, three-year grant IPMF looks forward to ...

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2019 Grants for Philadelphia Artists, Organizations

Philadelphia Orchestra
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... for Philadelphia-based artists, for the first time a Pew Fellows-in-Residence program will bring two artists ... artist who blends historical forms of European porcelain with contemporary iconography. Imani Perry, a nonfiction ... and WXPN’s series of radio programs and concerts that spotlight Haiti’s cultural traditions and their influence ...
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$9 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Supports 28 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Pew Fellow Pepón Osorio, My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente, 2023, installation view at the New Museum, New York. Photo by Liz Ligon.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
... will fund artists and public events that connect art with healing, explore cultural identity, and tell diverse and ... “From contemplating experiences of living through a pandemic to interpreting multifaceted cultural identities, ... translate memories and histories of local Black, Latino, Asian, and neurodiverse communities into a 12-movement suite ...
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$2,500 Grants Distributed to The Alliance for Health Equity’s Grant Partners to Support the Health and Wellness of the Staff

The Alliance for Health Equity
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
... of 2021, The Alliance for Health Equity held meetings with its grant partners to hear first-hand of the assets, as ... these organizations was behavioral health.  COVID-19 put a significant burden on nonprofits and community members ... Department, Maternal and Child Health Consortium, Mitzvah Circle, Modena Fire Co No 1, The Parkesburg POINT, ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... corridor was little more than boarded-up storefronts with a few mom-and-pop shops sprinkled here and there, ... planned due to the COVID pandemic. “We’ve come full circle as a foundation,” Scott said. “I am proud to be a ...

Regional Foundation LLC Takes Next Step In Evolution With New Leadership

Kevin Dow
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
... of Kevin Dow as its first executive director. Dow is a long-term resident of the Philadelphia region, with ... He is also a founding member of the Philadelphia Black Giving Circle. He earned a Bachelors' degree in Finance ...

Centering Community Voice with Data: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder

Trellis for Tomorrow students building a compost station
Friday, October 27, 2023
... Based in Greater Philadelphia, Trellis for Tomorrow is a non-profit whose mission is to deliver experiential ... in feedback work and capacity building We know that giving grant money isn’t enough. Our general operating ... incorporate that feedback into your work, you complete the circle. To learn more about how Listen4Good supports ...
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Foundation Awards $1.2 Million in Pottstown Area Grants

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... opportunities for all community members to embrace a healthier lifestyle, are divided between the Foundation’s ... Values Through Youth Ice Hockey Project Purpose: Mentoring with a Purpose: After School Homework Help In the area of ... Pottstown Community Health Connections Program Mitzvah Circle Foundation: Critical Needs for Healthy Families, ...

PHLCares Presents $500,000 in Grants to Four Philadelphia Homeless Service Organizations

Friday, February 25, 2022
PHILADELPHIA - PHL Cares fund of Philadelphia Foundation, a business-led initiative ... support of providing individuals experiencing homelessness with the housing and services they need. The fund was created ...
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Future Think: Philanthropy, COVID-19, and the ‘Next’ Normal

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Thursday, January 28, 2021
... up are needed to imagine the “next” normal and rebuild a more resilient and just region. Here are four things ... foundations and philanthropists must become partners with nonprofits, share power and trust through flexible ... political, economic, and social systems, artists place a spotlight on our challenges while simultaneously helping us ...

The Community Foundation of South Jersey launches Transform South Jersey Initiative

Transform South Jersey
Monday, August 26, 2019
... 15, 2019 - The Community Foundation of South Jersey, a nonprofit organization that helps South Jersey residents ... which opens late September, is available to municipalities with a population of less than 50,000 residents from ... building their own locally controlled community endowed fund to be responsive to the priorities developed through ...
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New directors elected to serve on Philanthropy Network's Board of Directors

2023 New Board Members
Monday, April 10, 2023
... meeting on March 28, 2023, members in attendance elected a slate of 11 candidates to serve on the organization's Board ... President M&T Bank Peter Gonzales , Trustee, The Merchants Fund Nominated for a three-year term from 2023-2026 were: ... Equal Measure John Barber III , M.B.A., Senior Regional Giving Manager / PA & NJ, Office of Charitable and Community ...
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Atlanta-based First Step Staffing Expands into Philadelphia

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
ATLANTA (January 10, 2018) —  First Step Staffing , a nonprofit social enterprise based in Atlanta, today ... including veterans, re-entering citizens, and others with significant barriers to employment. In the first 12 ...

AmerisourceBergen Foundation Supports Youth by Addressing Opioid Epidemic Through Education, Advocacy & Community-Building

Thursday, August 29, 2019
... (the Foundation), an independent not-for-profit charitable giving organization dedicated to supporting health-related causes, announced it has partnered with more than 20 organizations to help prevent and curb the ... and community-building.  “Adolescence can often be a critical at-risk period for substance misuse. The ...

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