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Kimberly Kirn joins Impact100 as first Executive Director

Kimberly Kirn
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Kirn_Impact100.jpg Philadelphia, PA (June 29, 2021) – Impact100 Philadelphia, ... is pleased to announce that it has hired Kimberly Kirn as its first Executive Director. Founded in 2008 by Beth ... than $4 million to smaller nonprofit organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region. For its just-concluded 2020-21 ...
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Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation Awards $1.25M in Grants

Tuesday, July 30, 2019
... awarded according to the priority areas of grant funding as categorized below. To invest in (Priority Area #1a) ... Foundation for Pottstown Education: Operating Salaries Greater Pottstown Tennis and Learning Association: Game, Set, ...

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

Wednesday, October 17, 2018
THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION TO AWARD $50,000 IN GRANTS TO ... Dialogue Sessions Seek Ideas On Issues That Matter To Greater Philadelphia Region   Philadelphia, PA (Oct. 12, ... a chair, share a meal and discuss the ways in which we – as individuals and collectively – can work to make our ...
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Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength

215 People's Alliance
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Photo courtesy 215 People's Alliance   By Casey Cook In the last two months, we’ve all ... organizers are responding to this crisis right here in the Philadelphia region, I am filled with lasting faith in our ... Community Fund, and a board member of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia. casey@breadrosesfund.org Finding ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Press Release   Rebuild Hancock Playground.png PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Kenney alongside Council President ... libraries. Proposed in Mayor Jim Kenney’s first budget as a part of his vision for a more equitable Philadelphia, ... of safe, stimulating recreation, environmental and cultural centers. PPR promotes the well-being and growth of ...

William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
... totaling almost $15 million, to support education in Philadelphia. Engaged Families grants were awarded to: ... Communities Program, totaling $1.6 million. City Parks Alliance, Inc. ($250,000 over 24 months)  to sponsor the 2021 Greater & Greener  international conference in Philadelphia, ...

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

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
... people, women in STEM careers by Kristen A. Graham for the Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA | Global healthcare ... news conference that included Maya Martinez-Davis, GSK President of US Pharmaceuticals; Farah Jimenez, President and ... to provide STEM enrichment activities for students, such as field trips or guest speakers, and teachers’ shrinking ...

City Announces Awardees of $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

2024 Illuminate the Arts Grants
Friday, November 8, 2024
2024 Illuminate the Arts Grants.png PHILADELPHIA – Creative Philadelphia (formerly the Office ... lives, and unite our communities,” said Val Gay, Chief Cultural Officer, City of Philadelphia. “The Illuminate the ... Individual artists were prioritized for this grant as there are fewer arts grant opportunities for individuals ...

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Unveils Ambitious Growth Plan To Put National Spotlight On Social Sector, Become Nonprofit

Wednesday, May 4, 2022
... boldly reimagining our mission to both amplify our role as a trusted source of information for social sector ... news outlets and journalists to ensure that Americans have greater access to information about nonprofits in their ... Shorters is a retired tech entrepreneur, former vice president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and ...
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PA Humanities announces Wingspan: $2.25 million to 24 BIPOC and rural organizations

PA Humanities Wingspan
Thursday, December 7, 2023
PAH002_Wingspan.jpg PHILADELPHIA (December 7, 2023) - Today PA Humanities ... navigating the challenges of leadership, and how cultural work can provide spaces for residents to explore and ... confirming that BIPOC and rural organizations need greater access to resources,” said Laurie Zierer, executive ...
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The Presser Foundation Will Give Nearly $1.5 Million in General Operating Support Grants to Music Organizations

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
... in grants to 148 music organizations throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area. This year, the number of applications and ... School of Delaware Choral Arts Philadelphia Christina Cultural Arts Center Community Music School Lehigh Valley ...
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Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Announces Partnership with Small But Mighty Arts

Tuesday, March 20, 2018
... by Small But Mighty Arts to Local Teaching Artists Philadelphia, PA—The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation today ... a partnership with Small But Mighty Arts of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia (SBMA) to award ten $500 micro-grants to ... Bartol Foundation serves as a hub through which cultural organizations, teaching artists, community partners, ...
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City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... of life needs in Kensington, Harrowgate, and Fairhill PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia today announced the ... resilience and improving the quality of life in the greater Kensington community.  The KCR Fund anticipates ... with generous support from the Scattergood Foundation, Patricia Kind Family Foundation, the Nelson Foundation and ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Collaborates with Temple University to Create a Pathway to Nursing for Students of Color

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Philadelphia, PA — October 12, 2021 — Today, the  ... and communities. The goal is to raise awareness of nursing as a career, and to help students meet nursing school ... said Gregory E. Deavens, Independence Blue Cross president and CEO. “Independence is a champion of health ...
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Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
... $5.3 million to 11 organizations. The grantees are varied, as are the dollar amounts granted; several of the grants are ... here. ) The grantees are: African American Museum of Philadelphia, $300,000 Digital Literacy Alliance, $500,000 Doc Society, Inc. (Good Pitch Local ...
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Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Via The Philadelphia Tribune | Stephen Williams, Staff Writer Three ... and commercial buildings and apartment buildings, such as the Beech International House and a headquarters for ... service in the community,” said Kenneth Scott, Beech President & CEO. “We are very proud that we’ve leveraged ...

William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
... of collaboration to build on the strengths of your work in Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. The Foundation ... of the natural environment, and offer platforms for cultural expression. Grants were awarded to: Nueva Esperanza ... an art gallery, which will be free and open to the public, as well as support for a conference center and programming of ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation collaborates with Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic, NeuroFlow to Support Mental Wellness of Nurses

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, PA —  August 25, 2021— Nurses and other ... The program will provide access to on-demand tools as well as care coordination for more than 1,800 nurses and ... Fitzgerald Hospital, and St. Mary Medical Center in the Greater Philadelphia region. As registrations increase and ...
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