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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia announces Mariah Casias as Vice President, Learning & Evaluation

Mariah Casias
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
... She also recently contributed to research on guidance for giving and grantmaking during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ... Response Dashboard, developed by CHIP in partnership with Philanthropy Network. Previously Mariah served as ... with Bread & Roses Community Fund and has volunteered for a range of community programs in the Philadelphia region. She ...
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Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Generocity's Sabrina Vourvoulias caught up with Molly de Aguiar, the president of Independence Public ... after the foundation announced its first set of grants and a new partnership with Bread & Roses Community Fund. The ... Scribe Video Center, $1,110,000 SEAMAAC (Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Coalition), $250,000 ...
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Kimberly Kirn joins Impact100 as first Executive Director

Kimberly Kirn
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... PA (June 29, 2021) – Impact100 Philadelphia, a grant-making organization that engages women to ... excited that Kim will join Impact and work collaboratively with our Board of Directors, members, applicants and grantees ... as we seek to engage even more women in collective giving and increase our funding to the nonprofit ...
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Bank of America Commits Support to Help Philadelphia Students Start Remote-Learning Classes by Mid-April

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
... District of Philadelphia announced today it has received a $100,000 contribution from Bank of America to give laptops ... coronavirus.” The new laptops will be distributed along with the laptops already in school buildings to students and ... home,” said Superintendent William R. Hite, Jr. ,Ed.D. " Giving students the resources, tools, and confidence they ...
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BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 Emergency Grants to Area Cultural Institutions

BLBB Charitable
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... PA, August 5, 2020: BLBB Charitable , the charitable giving arm of BLB&B Advisors, LLC, announced grants this week ... County cultural institutions that continue to struggle with closures or reduced revenue due to the COVID-19 ... board recognizes that these institutions are vital to a thriving community and their needs cannot be forgotten ...
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The Foundation for Delaware County announces retirement of president Frances M. Sheehan

Frances M. Sheehan
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
... is today. Under her leadership, the Foundation has become a recognized force for philanthropic stewardship, impact, and ... that have transformed lives throughout Delaware County. With a strong reputation and a committed leadership team in ... donors to worthy causes through efficient charitable giving vehicles like donor-advised and scholarship funds. On ...
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Community Foundation of South Jersey Announces Five Transform South Jersey Grant Recipients

Transform South Jersey Heart & Soul
Friday, February 21, 2020
... assets, and exercise collaborative leadership to create a more equitable region, today announced the Transform South ... and 21 municipalities completed applications. Along with the skills and knowledge gained from the Community Heart ... of South Jersey will establish a separate endowed fund for each of the selected communities. Local convening ...

A Working Mom on Back-to-School Life in COVID

Sanchez family
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Reposted from Medium with permission. sanchez family.JPG The Sanchez family at ... shopping lists and “First Day of School” photos look a bit unusual these days. Face masks and Chromebooks never ... and self-care with your partner, kids, and those in your circle. Connect with other moms or parents on social media. ...

WCU Students Demonstrate Benjamin Franklin’s Philanthropic Legacy through Annual Grant

CCCF Grant Students
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
... legacy philanthropy by engaging students in the power of giving back.  The Community Foundation recently partnered with the Honors Stewardship and Civics Engagement Class at ... and core values. At the end of their class, a student group presents their recommendation for the grant ...
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Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... and philanthropy responded by establishing more than a dozen charitable funds to support the community. Within ... disparities: are there communities that were left out? With these questions in mind, the Lenfest Foundation and ... fourth highest COVID-19 death rate across the 10 counties. Giving in counties outside of Philadelphia was mostly aligned ...

100+ gather for Philanthropy Network's 35th Annual Members' Meeting

Mailee Walker and Christine Robinson
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
... Grantmakers (precursor to Philanthropy Network) to offer a memorial tribute to the organization’s founding executive ... Equal Measure John Barber III, M.B.A., Senior Regional Giving Manager / PA & NJ, Office of Charitable and Community ... Director of the Claneil Foundation, who facilitated a Q&A session with members. In response to a question about ...
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Philadelphia's Lenfests receive Carnegie Medal for their extraordinary philanthropy

Thursday, October 5, 2017
... Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest are used to giving ovations. Tuesday afternoon they received one at a tony luncheon at the New York Public Library as they and ... table, Lenfest quietly admitted that he doesn’t love the spotlight. “It’s difficult for us,” he said. ...
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Help for Haiti and Afghanistan

Help for Haiti and Afghanistan
Thursday, August 19, 2021
... Disaster Philanthropy's Disaster Philanthropy Playbook is a comprehensive resource of promising practices and ... unfolding in Afghanistan and Haiti, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) is urging philanthropy ... seekers, including the Welcome with Dignity campaign. Fund advocacy and related efforts for a pathway to ...
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Mayor Kenney Signs Executive Order Establishing Philly Counts 2020

City of Philadelphia
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
... officially kicked off the City’s efforts to ensure a complete and accurate census in 2020. Every ten years, the ... is essential to our democracy. I look forward to working with the Complete Count Committee, our Federal partners at ... are: Aging African American African & Caribbean Asian American Census Jobs Civic Engagement Corporations and ...
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In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... work together to cover the state capital. The project, Spotlight PA , is the second recent collaboration aimed at ... in Oregon announced  the Oregon Capital Bureau . In 2014, a Pew report found  a 35 percent drop  in the number of ... year, the report found a total of 41 statehouse reporters, with just 24 in the job full time. The Inquirer in Philly, ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s YOUTHadelphia grants help Philly youth initiatives

Monday, May 28, 2018
... totaling $50,000 from The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children’s YOUTHadelphia program. The Philadelphia ... resources to improve the quality of life for the city as a whole. YOUTHadelphia launched in 2004 and serves as the ... from a big organization like YOUTHadelphia that connects with the youth is a dream for us,” said Joshua Glenn ...

National Philanthropic Trust Donor-recommended Grants to Charities Increase 18% to $5.49 Billion in Fiscal Year 2024

Narional Philanthropic Trust
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
... “Inflation and higher interest rates continued to play a role in all sectors of the U.S. economy, including the ... remained reliable philanthropists at home and abroad, with the value of international grantmaking growing 22%.” ... funding. NPT annually publishes the  Donor-Advised Fund Report , the sector’s authority on the state of DAF ...
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