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

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
... Fellowship Church; 100 Black Men Philly (in partnership with Father’s Day Rally Committee); Black Muslim Men United for a Better Philadelphia; Nicetown CDC; Mercy Neighborhood ... major shift in how City government fights gun violence and fund community groups dealing with the issue for years to ...
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Regional Interest
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Anti-Violence
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Public Policy and Civic Engagement

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation East Auxiliary Volunteers Raise $20K to Promote Health & Wellness

Monday, January 22, 2018
... Ellen Dice, President of the East Auxiliary, presented a $20,000 check to representatives of the Pottstown Area ... personalized and preventative care to aging residents with developmental disabilities and struggles with ... family advocacy and forensic interviews. Mission Kids is a collaborative effort to stop the cycle of abuse and improve ...
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Health Care

Big Picture Alliance Named 2020 Bartol Award Winner

Monday, July 27, 2020
... the past few months, we have seen how video can mobilize a movement by showing stories that are often left unseen,” ... Bartol Arts Education Award tells the young people we work with that their stories matter, “added Aleks Martray, Executive Director of Big Picture Alliance. “In a world where digital media is so pervasive, we teach ...
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Arts & CultureYouth Development
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Leadership, Culture and Community

ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators

ComNet19
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
... As the first person to have this role, Karel felt a bit lost. He knew public relations, but he did not know the ... community.  Each Community Ambassador then got in touch with their group prior to the conference to begin a ... I cannot imagine it.) By clearly defining its values and giving attendees the opportunity to exemplify those values in ...

City Announces $1 Million Investment in Organizations Developing Innovative Workforce Solutions

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce—in partnership with Philadelphia's economic and workforce development partners—today announced a renewed strategic commitment to address workforce ... for and connect to sustainable career pathways that pay a living wage. The Workforce Solutions Grant is one piece of ...

$3.5 Million in COVID-19 Relief Awarded to Help Chester County Nonprofits Recover with Resiliency & Innovation

CCCF Grant
Thursday, December 10, 2020
... Restore Chester County Nonprofit Innovation & Resiliency Fund , the Commissioners obtained $3.5 million in federal ... administered by the Chester County Community Foundation with input from regional funders, United Ways, and Chester ... to nonprofits in central Chester County; and approximately a half-million each to nonprofits located in northern, ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Rebuild projects are fully in motion, with work already begun on 24 of the 64 sites approved by ... single investment Rebuild has announced to date.  A $14 million grant to Make the World Better will enable the ... .   The Rebuild Collaborative Fund , a donor-advised fund established by the William Penn ...

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

Monday, September 18, 2017
... Irma, which has impacted Florida and nearby areas with such devastation, Comcast NBCUniversal today announced ... total contributions to almost $20 million. The giving includes a previous cash donation of $1.5 million to the American Red ...
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Douty Foundation announces plans to sunset

The Douty Foundation
Monday, August 3, 2020
... has been: Should the foundation continue in perpetuity as a private foundation or can our modest assets join with others to help amplify and accelerate aligned areas of ... Douty Foundation was established as a small foundation to fund and fuel grassroots, community-driven opportunities and ...

FCP Board Awards $70,000 in General Operating Support Grants to Local Nonprofits

FCP Spring 2023 Grants
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
... art services to any Bucks County resident who is a victim of a serious crime to help them heal and move forward in life. ... education programs provide children and caregivers with the knowledge and skills to prevent or stop violence. ...

With $16 million gift, gay causes get a big boost

Friday, October 20, 2017
... When he was in his mid-20s, Mel Heifetz made a pledge to himself that if he ever became successful, he ... will join Heifetz’s existing $4 million donor-advised fund at the Philadelphia Foundation, and investment income ... philanthropy in the gay community generally. READ MORE> With $16 million gift, gay causes get a big boost ...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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LGBTQ
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Equity and Social Justice

Native Voices Rising Announces $3.5 Million to Native-Led Advocacy

Native Voices Rising Grants
Thursday, November 10, 2022
... incarceration in Native communities, to name a few.   Established in 2013, Native Voices Rising is a ... and institutions to learn from and build relationships with Native grassroots leaders and support Native-led ... be found at  NativeVoicesRising.org . Please support and fund these outstanding and remarkable organizations.  Native ...

Chester County Community Foundation Honors Denise M. Antonelli of Gawthrop Greenwood, PC with Door Opener Award

Denise Antonelli
Friday, October 18, 2024
... advocate for and encourage legacy philanthropy, playing a pivotal role in expanding the Chester County Community ... significant impact as an attorney who has assisted clients with estate planning, estate administration and trust ... 25 years, reflects her deep understanding of charitable giving and her commitment to ensuring that philanthropy ...
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5 Ways Impact Investors and Philanthropists can Innovate to Solve Philly’s Biggest Problem

Friday, March 16, 2018
... needs more cash. Admidst  crippling poverty  and a  proliferation of struggling nonprofits , the city  ranks ...  of the United States’ 50 biggest cities in charitable giving, with residents donating an average of only  2.5 percent of ...
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Pottstown Area Schools Awarded Over $13,000 through Checklist Challenge

Face Mask Challenge
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
... The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation announced a total of $13,152 awarded to Pottstown area schools as part ... 21,000 area students.  The money awarded to schools help fund the schools’ wellness committees to continue to fund ... a 10-mile radius of Pottstown. The Foundation partners with non-profits, local government, and schools to ensure ...

Philadelphia Foundation launches $1 million Key to Community Grants Program

Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... launched its $1 million Key to Community Grant Program with a request for grant proposals from Greater Philadelphia ... members of the public into the grantmaking process by giving them the opportunity to select nine winners. The ...
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Philly Counts releases Final Report on 2020 Census Operation

Philly Counts
Friday, January 29, 2021
... December 2018 through October 2020. The report provides a thorough understanding of the multifaceted field plan, ... supporters.  “The Philly Counts team, along with the Complete Count Committee members and their ... partners across the city ran with it, resulting in a tremendous and effective campaign,” said Mayor Jim ...

Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life

Photo credit Warren Wong on Unsplash
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Reposted with permission. Systems Transformation Blog_09.20.20.jpg ... Warren Wong on   Unsplash By Joe Pyle “A system cannot fail those it was never meant to ... -W.E.B. Du Bois Last week we saw yet another killing of a Black man rise to the nation’s consciousness. Daniel ...

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