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Philadelphia Foundation’s YOUTHadelphia grants help Philly youth initiatives

Monday, May 28, 2018
Via The Philadelphia Tribune | By Eric Moody   Six local non-profit ... organizations received grants totaling $50,000 from The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children’s ... resources to improve the quality of life for the city as a whole. YOUTHadelphia launched in 2004 and serves as the ...

Pew Awards $3.25M to Philadelphia Nonprofits to Support Students and Address Food Insecurity

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... Sharing Excess, which addresses food insecurity in the Greater Philadelphia region. Details on the grants are as follows: Heights Philadelphia  was awarded a Pew Fund for ...

Philadelphia Health Partnership Designates Funds to Support the Launch of Two New Early Childhood Programs

Thursday, September 8, 2022
Philadelphia, PA (September 8, 2022) – Philadelphia Health Partnership (PHP) announces its support ... $248,281 grant to PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to help fund local implementation of ...

City of Philadelphia, in Partnership with the MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge, Announces Second Round of Microgrants for Criminal Justice Reform

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia announced a second round of microgrants for ... Foundation and a $2.275 million grant awarded to the City as part of their Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) in ...
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Philadelphia Black Giving Circle is ready to fund its first Black-led, Black-centered nonprofits

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Via Generocity | By Julie Zeglen Philadelphia Black Giving Circle (PBGC) is now accepting ... a group of local civic and philanthropy professionals such as The Food Trust Director of External Affairs Dwayne Wharton ... of the Rail Park ED Kevin Dow and  Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Director of Learning and Knowledge ...
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Carrolle Perry Devonish, former director of the Philadelphia Foundation and celebrated philanthropy expert, has died at 85

Carrolle Perry Devonish
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Obituary via The Philadelphia Inquirer by Gary Miles   Carrolle_family ... of the family   Carrolle Perry Devonish, 85, formerly of Philadelphia, the first female and Black director of the ... minorities, women, and underrepresented people. Her tenure as director of the Philadelphia Foundation, from 1991 to ...

Pew Awards More Than $800K to Support Philadelphia-Area Domestic Violence Survivors and Older Adults

Wednesday, September 23, 2020
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded more than $800,000 in grants to 14 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving two groups of residents ... director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia (Pew Fund). “With these grants, Pew will help ...

Animal Grantmakers 2023 Conference in Philadelphia: Advancing Social Change Through an Animal Protection Lens

Animal Grantmakers
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Animal Grantmakers.png Philanthropy Network President Christine Robinson to Participate as Workshop Facilitator Animal Grantmakers , the nation’s ... October 22 to Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at the Sofitel Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square. Held exclusively for ...
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Pew Awards $8M to Address Maternal and Infant Health, LGBTQ+ Youth Wellness and Stability, and Teacher Shortage in Philadelphia

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Friday, March 22, 2024
... well-being, and $750K to address educator workforce need s PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... 40% higher than the nation’s, with Black infants twice as likely as White infants to die in their first year of ... early learning specialists who are a linguistic and cultural match with families visit parents and their ...
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The Sarah Ralston Foundation Announces Successful Inaugural Year Funding Nonprofits that Serve Philadelphia’s Aging Population

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Monday, January 29, 2024
Elders sixty and over represent 20% of Philadelphia’s population – a total of 316,478 aging men ... care, housing, food support, programming, and advocacy for Philadelphia's elders, allowing them to age safely and with ... stages of dementia, enjoyed disassembling things such as unraveling knitted yarn. The activity had meaning for him ...
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Leading Philadelphia Civil Legal Aid and Social-Service Agencies Sign On to Become Founding Member Tenants in the First Collaborative Center of its Kind

Friday, March 8, 2019
Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA – (March 3, 2019) – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many ... Member Tenants in a first-of-its-kind collaboration known as the Philadelphia Equal Justice Center (EJC ). Construction ...
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Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $8 Million from William Penn Foundation for Continued Relief Efforts Supporting Philadelphia Families

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Thursday, June 17, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (June 17, 2021) – The William Penn Foundation ... on families’ basic needs and children’s education as Philadelphians continue to be impacted by the Covid-19 ... development. “Through this process, we sought to place greater emphasis on organizations that reflect and engage the ...

VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn announces first round North Penn Unity Grants

VNA Foundation
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
News Release VNA Foundation.jpg The VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn proudly distributed $135,000 in general ... Center | $15,000 Manna on Main Street | $15,000 Greater Harleysville and North Penn Senior Centers | $10,000 ... at  ddoherty@npvnafoundation.org .    VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn announces first round North Penn Unity ...
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New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Via the Philadelphia City Fund Philadelphia, PA July 26, 2023 –It’s a little-known fact ... and City Hall’s most impactful projects. The Fund serves as a fiscal sponsor for City initiatives, a grantmaker, and a ...

Pew Report Examines Philadelphia’s Foreign-Born Population

Thursday, June 7, 2018
... of workers, and added to the already high share of poor PHILADELPHIA—A new analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts finds that the number of foreign-born residents of Philadelphia increased 69 percent since 2000 and represented ... Philadelphians about certain aspects of city life, such as public schools. Most U.S.-born Philadelphians, for their ...

Wawa Donates 3,000 Appreciation Kits to the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to Distribute to The School District of Philadelphia Essential Employees

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Monday, March 15, 2021
SDP_WawaDonations.jpg PHILADELPHIA—(March 12, 2021)--To mark the one-year ... pandemic, Wawa and The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia (The Fund) recognized over 3,000 essential ... past year under extraordinarily difficult conditions.  As a company dedicated to serving the community with ...
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PHL COVID-19 Fund Deploys Additional Aid as Region Continues Its Recovery Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Friday, September 25, 2020
Related Coverage: PHL COVID-19 Fund awards $400,000 to Philadelphia-area nonprofits by Marc Narducci for the ... and led by the Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), was ... that received funding in this round are: African Cultural Alliance of North America $25,000 Agape African ...
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Pew Announces $6.8M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region's Vulnerable Adults

Monday, May 4, 2020
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... will provide $6.8 million over the next three years to 38 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving some of the region’s ... helping adults with multiple and complex needs—such as those experiencing homelessness, survivors of domestic ...

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