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Connelly Foundation Elects Tom Riley as new President

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
... Planning at the foundation since 2012. Mr. Riley has had a long career in philanthropy and public policy. He was ... programs. He writes and speaks frequently about charitable giving, as a contributing editor of Philanthropy magazine, a ... Society of Pennsylvania. Mr. Riley lives in Radnor, PA, with his wife Barbara and their five children. “I am ...
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Horizon Commits $2.5 Million for Masks, Face Shields, Food, and Social Services

Thursday, April 2, 2020
... to the State for distribution beginning next week with additional deliveries planned throughout April. The ... facing extraordinary challenges and Horizon is responding with our most significant donation ever to support New ... and health care professionals. We are working closely with the many community organizations we support across the ...
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Foundations Community Partnership Seeks Applicants for General Operating Support Grant Cycle and Summer Youth Corps Program

Foundations Community Partnership
Friday, December 1, 2023
... (SYC) is accepting applications from college students for a paid internship experience with a non-profit organization serving Bucks County. FCP’s GOS ...
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Via Generocity: In culminating session, forum asks ‘Where do we go from here?

ECS Forum Panel
Thursday, November 5, 2020
... convened by Episcopal Community Services concluded with back-to-back panel discussions for participants to share ... immediate aftermath of the death of Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old man fatally shot by police last week in West ... of our behavioral health system. Now, more than ever is a time to act.” Pyle reflected on the next steps leaders ...

Glenmede appoints Nina Cohen director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nina Cohen
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... Pennsylvania – January 4, 2022  – Glenmede, a privately held and independently owned investment and ... Chief Executive Officer Gordon B. Fowler and is appointed a member of the company’s Management Committee.   In her ... Philanthropy, both nationally recognized organizations with a strong focus on promoting DEI practices in ...

GSK Announces $10M Program to Advance Black People, Latinx People, Women in STEM

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
RELATED COVERAGE: A $10 million pledge to get more Philly Black, Latinx people, ... Jimenez, President and CEO of the Philadelphia Education Fund (PEF); Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney; Philadelphia ... Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective will work hand-in-hand with schools, out-of-school time providers, universities and ...

The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts

Monday, May 17, 2021
... The GIANT Company today announced that together with its customers, more than $3.3 million was raised to ... the help of The School District of Philadelphia School and Fund, who received more than $414,000 from the effort . ... to the nearest dollar or convert their CHOICE points into a donation for their local public schools’ food programs. ...

Applications Open for $1.2 Million in Recovery Grants for the Humanities in Pennsylvania

PA SHARP
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
... $1.2 million in pandemic recovery grants for organizations with a humanities-based mission and organizations conducting ... PHC will partner with grantees on the development of a statewide support network that fosters resource sharing, ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how our ... the changing needs of communities across the region. After a comprehensive process that strongly centered stakeholder ... more details about the specific areas of focus, along with funding opportunities that are available. We’re ...

BMe founder Trabian Shorters: The philanthropic sector is thinking about equity all wrong

Trabian Shorters
Thursday, October 25, 2018
... Zeglen Asset framing : the shift to narratives that define a people by their aspirations and assets rather than their challenges and deficits. It’s a concept originated by DEI expert Trabian Shorters, the ... equity, you have to remind those who are really concerned with these questions that all of us are striving to do the ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change wor k.  PHILADELPHIA ... December 2023, Leeway Foundation awarded 12 artists with the Transformation Award, moving $180,000 of ... futures, and more. 2023 awardees are committed to building a vision for a more just world, particularly for BIPOC ...

$50,000 in Grants To Be Awarded Through On the Table Philly

Wednesday, October 17, 2018
... the Greater Philadelphia Region. On the Table Philly   is a day dedicated to elevating civic conversations, fostering ... and communities of diverse perspectives and backgrounds in a series of mealtime discussions. Throughout November 8 th , ... invites all Greater Philadelphia residents along with their families, neighbors, colleagues and friends, old ...
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The Case for General Operating Support

Thursday, August 23, 2018
... Jordan, and Mailee Walker, Claneil Foundation Recently, a grantee sent us an email to request an early disbursement ... mission at any given time. Instead of having conversations with grantees about how they can make their next proposal the ... for a moment what could be possible in the communities we fund if this trend was reversed. We believe that our success ...
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Philadelphia City Council to Invest Over $3 Million in Local Arts Community

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
... CityHall.jpg Philadelphia City Council has announced a $3.25 Million investment in the local arts and culture ... (through OACCE) $1,000,000 to the Philadelphia Cultural Fund $450,000 for Mural Arts Philadelphia $150,000 for the ... the Mann Center and Greater Philadelphia Film Office. “With enormous thanks to Councilwoman Katherine Gilmore ...
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The Rider-Pool Foundation Announces Grant Awards for Lehigh Valley Programs

The Rider-Pool Foundation
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
... on-going support for programs throughout the Lehigh Valley with a focus on addressing and improving quality of life for ... Foundation awarded six proactive awards in this cycle. A $105,000 grant was awarded to Ripple Community Inc. to ...

The Presser Foundation announces more than $71,000 in new special project grants to music organizations

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
... Projects Committee , commented on these grants: “In a year with a limited budget, the Special Projects Committee is ... Musica Tevere The LOTUS Project of Trenton The Primavera Fund The Rhythm Mission Inc. *Denotes multi-year grant About ...
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Sidney Hargro is Philanthropy Network’s new executive director

Sidney R. Hargro
Friday, June 16, 2017
... current Community Foundation of South Jersey ED envisions a local philanthropic landscape made up of cross-sector ... former head  Maari Porter  left back in November for a job as the city’s  director of policy and strategic ... the seven years of his tenure, would rather call himself a “community builder” than a fundraiser, as he said ...
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