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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
... PHL COVID-19 Fund announced it will grant over $400,000 in its 8th round of funding to aid area nonprofits working ... nonprofits serving on the frontlines of the coronavirus. In total, the Fund has awarded over 575 grants totaling $17.9 million.  As the region moves towards restoring community life, this round of grants focuses on safety net ...
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Deepen, Connect, and Recharge – Thoughts on Philanthropy Network's 2018 Equity Symposium

Equity Symposium 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018
... for attendees to deepen their knowledge of equity in philanthropy, connect with like-minded colleagues in the sector, and recharge the energy needed to do this ... watched a clip from the PBS documentary “ Race, the Power of an Illusion .” The film highlighted that after ...
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Building on Arthur Evans' Legacy: Next Steps For Behavioral Health In Philadelphia

Thursday, February 9, 2017
... fatalities, driven by the opioid epidemic, is the highest in the state and increasing. External threats to the city’s ... a total economic impact  of  nearly $4 billion  in the city, and supports 25,400 jobs. Evans brought a ... build collaborations with a broad array of partners and community leaders to address   social determinants of ...

How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Source: Grantmakers in Health By Ann Marie Healy, Executive Director, First ... anxiety, fear. With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk ... as a relatively small local foundation (with $45 million in assets), how can we most effectively target our resources ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Expands Board of Trustees

Tuesday, June 19, 2018
... Trustees. Gittelman and Lefton will share their expertise in banking and commercial litigation, respectively, as the ... to justice and develops the Equal Justice Center project in Philadelphia. Lefton is a member of Eckert Seamans Cherin ... to promoting access to justice for all people in the community, particularly those struggling with poverty, abuse, ...
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Philanthropy Network President Jennifer Pedroni to Join FMA

Jennifer Pedroni
Friday, November 2, 2018
... and philanthropic organizations whose goal is to build a community of individuals with the confidence and financial ... Network Greater Philadelphia's Board of Directors in April 2018. Prior to joining HealthSpark (formerly the North Penn Community Health Foundation) in 2003, Pedroni spent 13 years at the Annenberg Foundation. ...
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Philly Counts, Philanthropy Network Launch Fund to Support 2020 Census

Thursday, August 8, 2019
... efforts to ensure a complete count of all residents in the upcoming census. PHILADELPHIA – Philly Counts 2020 ... Fund was created to support Philadelphia organizations in raising awareness about the importance of the census. The Action Fund will provide grants to nonprofit community-based organizations that agree to advance the work ...
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Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council Partners with Philadelphia Foundation

Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council
Friday, November 22, 2019
... that energize employees and improve the quality of life in our communities. It is dedicated to increasing the ... volunteers to provide sustained support to our nonprofit community. The GPCVC’s focus on employee volunteerism will ... Foundation’s Key Skills Hub , an online portal in which corporate volunteers bring their professional ...
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The Foundation for Delaware County awards over $30K to local nonprofits promoting a complete count in the 2020 Census

Delco Counts
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
DelcoCounts.png MEDIA, PA (January 30, 2020) — In the first of three rounds of grantmaking to encourage enrollment in the 2020 Census, The Foundation for Delaware County today ... The largest grants of $10,000 each went to Multicultural Community Family Services and the Urban League, to ...
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Five Local Organizations Receive $125k Grants from TD Bank to Develop Local Affordable Housing

Monday, March 9, 2020
... of TD Charitable Foundation and Office of Charitable and Community Giving. "This year's Housing for Everyone grant ... Housing for Everyone program support local non-profits in creating affordable rental housing for individuals and families, ultimately leading to improvements in their ability to plan for the future and participate more ...

Philly foundations launch $6.5M COVID-19 emergency fund for local nonprofits

Friday, March 20, 2020
... emergency fund for the city and surrounding counties in response to the growing coronavirus pandemic. The City of ... on our city and region, particularly on already strained community organizations that help our most vulnerable ... grants will allow the organizations to continue providing community safety nets such as food pantries and health ...
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$100,000 Grant Kicks off Campaign for Chromebooks for Pottstown School District

Tuesday, May 5, 2020
... for Pottstown Education are providing a way for the community to help students in the borough continue their education during the ... pandemic. Online instruction is already underway in the Pottstown School District, and approximately 25 ...

Patricia Kind Family Foundation announces Black-led Organization grant award winners

Patricia Kind Family Foundation
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
... a new grant cycle specifically for Black-led organizations in Philadelphia. The Foundation made a concerted effort to ... that may not have previously known of PKFF, nor applied in the past, to apply for one-year grants and participate in ...

Impact100 Philadelphia Plans to Award $435,000 In Eight Grants and Awards

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
... Impact100 Philadelphia has announced the award of $435,000 in unrestricted funds to eight nonprofit organizations in the region. Representing the collective giving of 454 ... Picture Alliance Education: Stone Garage dba The Garage Community & Youth Center Environment: Philadelphia Orchard ...
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College Students Spend Their Summer Helping Local Nonprofits

FCP 2024 Summer Youth Corps
Thursday, September 19, 2024
... PA (September 19, 2024) – Since 2008, Foundations Community Partnership’s Summer Youth Corps (SYC) offers college students the opportunity to participate in a 10-week, paid internship experience at a nonprofit ... gained practical experience, made a positive impact in the community, and earned college credit through a ...
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Wells Fargo Helps LISC Expand Financial Opportunity

Thursday, March 15, 2018
... Support Corporation (LISC) to help underemployed workers in 15 metro areas increase their incomes and raise their ... focus on the helping build the skills needed to advance in key local industries such as information technology and ... American families,” said Mike Rizer, head of Wells Fargo Community Relations. “We take our responsibility to the ...
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The Foundation for Delaware County Awards Over $1.1 Million to Local Nonprofits

Foundation for Delawre County
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
MEDIA, PA (Oct. 30, 2018) -In its first major round of grantmaking, The Foundation for Delaware County, the largest public charity in Delaware County today announced $1,165,000 in awards ... hospice and home care, and strengthening the non-profit community. In this first formal grant cycle since the ...

New report outlines the scale and scope of employer-driven philanthropy and volunteerism in Philadelphia

Report Cover - How Employers Give
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Coverage of the report in Generocity: Philanthropy Network and Chamber of Commerce ... Employers Give: A Look at Philanthropy and Volunteerism in Philadelphia .” The report provides a snapshot of how the business community of Philadelphia engages in philanthropy and the ...

Foundation’s Someone You Know public health awareness campaign highlights the stigma of addiction

IBX Foundation with Governor Wolf
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
... Philadelphia, PA — September 25, 2019  —  In recognition of National Recovery Month, the Independence ... Cross Foundation will join Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf in the State Capitol Rotunda to discuss the opioid crisis and ... “It has permeated Pennsylvania – every corner, every community. And we have reached a point where there can no ...

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