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Future Think: Philanthropy, COVID-19, and the ‘Next’ Normal

Map with pins
Thursday, January 28, 2021
MapWithPins.png By Sidney Hargro Originally published in Independence Blue Cross Foundation's Journal of Change, ... Funder-nonprofit meetings inevitably involve the power dynamics between the “one who has” and the “one ... support them for the full cost of doing their work. 3 | COMMUNITY ARTS AS NECESSITY, NOT LUXURY Artists have played a ...

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

CCCF Grant
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Press Release via the Chester County Community Foundation For further information, contact: Beth ... Resiliency Fund , the Commissioners obtained $3.5 million in federal CARES Act funding. The Nonprofit Innovation & ... works to improve people's lives by mobilizing the caring power and resources of our community; to provide local ...

On the Table Philly returns for 2018

Thursday, September 20, 2018
... residents and inspire solutions to strengthen communities in the Greater Philadelphia region by hosting open dialogues ... experiences. The Philadelphia Foundation is one of 10 community foundations across the U.S. participating in On the ... of The Philadelphia Foundation. “Every one of us has the power to make our communities great. At the end of the day, ...

43 organizations receive Barra Awards

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... and continually looking for ways to be more effective in strengthening the communities they serve.   This year, ... to problems. To identify Awardees, Barra turns to the community. A new slate of nominators, selected each grant ... trust in previous grantees shifts the balance of power to nonprofits, which is rare, but it makes a lot of ...
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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Philly Counts announce first-round of the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund grant recipients

Friday, May 21, 2021
... of grants from the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund , a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions to urgent needs related to ... convenes, and leads the region’s funders to amplify the power of philanthropy as a catalyst for collective action, ...

Applications open Sept. 13th for third round of COVID-19 funding

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Monday, September 13, 2021
... PA – Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, in collaboration with funders across the region, is launching ... third round of the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund, a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based ... convenes, and leads the region’s funders to amplify the power of philanthropy as a catalyst for collective action, ...

Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Announces Partnership with Small But Mighty Arts

Tuesday, March 20, 2018
... they need to advance or complete a creative project in the community. “By partnering with Small But Mighty Arts, the ... and directly support individual artists who are working in communities,” said Beth Feldman Brandt, Executive ...
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Chesco Residents Gather to Reflect on Lessons Learned and Strategies for Sustaining a Female-Led Cultural Movement

Friday, February 2, 2018
... County Fund for Women and Girls hosted a panel discussion in our WomenTalk series on the cultural and political shifts ... – to find common ground. The group also reflected on the power of female mentorship, knowing one’s worth and being ... elect more women.” CCFWG continues to lead and unite the community on the issues facing women and girls by providing ...
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Beyond the Check: Building Bridges in Arts and Trauma-Informed Practice through Philanthropy

Bartol staff and teaching artists
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
... and Lauren Scharf What happens when foundations share power, listen, experiment, and break down silos? This is ... and the Arts held at the University of Pennsylvania. In their talk, Beth and Joe addressed common perceptions of ... For instance… What if we started by acknowledging our power and then found productive ways to share it? What if, ...
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National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... Branan Jacobs, 941-893-1818   Grade-Level Reading Week in Philadelphia to focus on community solutions to help children succeed in school and ... resistance by a relentless physician who spoke truth to power. Academy Award-nominated producer/director Roger ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $485,000 in Support of 24 Local Films

Friday, November 4, 2022
... Media Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $485,000 in support of independent filmmakers and film projects in the ... Philadelphia region. IPMF took a new direction with its community-led grantmaking process this year by hiring local ... equity, and creative expression, as a pathway for building power with communities. Through grant-making and other ...
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City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Launch PHL COVID-19 Fund

PHL COVID-19 Fund Partners
Thursday, March 19, 2020
... on our city and region, particularly on already strained community organizations that help our most vulnerable ... the muscle and means that reside throughout our region in response to the national emergency that is ferociously ... to getting resources in good and expert hands who have the power to help. Equally important, it is emblematic of the ...
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Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Hundreds of Thousands in Funds Awarded in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation 2017 Grant Cycle   ... broadened their scope of support for the legal aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to ...

Bank of America Commits Support to Help Philadelphia Students Start Remote-Learning Classes by Mid-April

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
... have the equipment they need to begin participating in remote learning. This gift from Bank of America will ... School District of Philadelphia is integral to our community and all of our city’s children deserve the ... purpose to help make financial lives better, through the power of every connection. We’re delivering on this through ...
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Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... the Knight Foundation $1M investment will help Brigades in Miami, Charlotte, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Jose, St. ... that support their civic technology missions in each community, as well as implementing practices that help with ... and management for the volunteer technologists who power the organization.  The five-year commitment brings ...

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
... and social-service non-profits to become Member Tenants in a first-of-its-kind collaboration known as the ... Equal Justice Center (EJC ). Construction will begin in 2019 and the EJC will open its doors in 2022. The Equal ... and purpose-built location for the city’s legal aid community to call home. The EJC will increase access to ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $2.68M to 339 Arts Organizations Across the City

Friday, March 29, 2019
... the Cultural Fund supports the largest and broadest community of arts and cultural organizations in Philadelphia. This year’s grantee list is the largest in ... art-related work product, or services offered. “The power of the arts to bring people together is something ...
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Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
... with a demonstrated passion for curating and resourcing community-based arts and artists. She has brought this ... cities around the country, including several years working in Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. Most recently, ... heart and mind that will ensure Leeway's ongoing prowess in supporting opportunities for women and trans artists and ...
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Twelve Greater Philadelphia Foundations Pursue a More Equitable Future

Equit Cohort Kick-Off Meeting
Thursday, June 20, 2019
... inequity?” There are no perfect paths to progress, but in philanthropy the pursuit of equity starts with examining how power and privilege influence and shape our policies and practices internally, and manifest in our approach to social impact externally. In other words, ...
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