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The Sarah Ralston Foundation Announces Successful Inaugural Year Funding Nonprofits that Serve Philadelphia’s Aging Population

The Sarah Ralston Foundation logo
Monday, January 29, 2024
... Foundation is the first and only charitable foundation in Philadelphia that is solely dedicated to funding ... are also more likely to ignore symptoms that need to be addressed by a healthcare provider,” said Killen. ... of peers who are socially isolated. One such member, Charity, is part of a group that meets by phone every Monday ...
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Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation is now The Foundation for Delaware County

The Foundation for Delaware County
Friday, March 2, 2018
... Inc. , a move that required that any nonprofit assets be reformed into an independent charity. When this new foundation was created, it took on the ... from the health system don’t necessarily overlap. ... Not surprisingly, FDC announced on Thursday that its ...

Philly groups offer $9 million in funding for nonprofits celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
... groups are offering area nonprofits a total of $9 million in funding to help celebrate. That funding comes in the form of the Philadelphia Funder Collaborative for the ... online at www.phila2026fund.org , and they will be reviewed by the contributing philanthropic organizations. ...

Highlights from the 36th Annual Members Meeting

Friday, March 29, 2024
... Philadelphia as the "safest, cleanest, greenest big city" in the U.S. and gave numerous examples of ... Philly, A United City." Mayor Parker - 1 Philly.png Next, Philanthropy Network Vice Chair Leon Andrews engaged in a ... value, our role in working with members to advance equity across the region, and how we can strengthen our ...
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NBC10, Telemundo62 and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Award $227,000 in Unrestricted Grants to Eight Local Nonprofits

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
... the grant program. The competitive grant challenge, now in its seventh year, provides unrestricted funding to ... the community to donate new and like-new goods that can be re-purposed by local teachers and students. The ... Since their inception in 2010, food access and food justice have been core aspects of their work. Serving North ...
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The Sarah Ralston Foundation Welcomes Heather Finnegan as New Executive Director

Heather Finnegan
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
... history. Heather joins SRF with extensive experience in philanthropy, capacity building, and strategic leadership, ... “We felt it was important for our Executive Director to not only understand the needs of Philadelphia’s elderly ... her approach to tackling complex problems and issues would be holistic and consider a broad spectrum of approaches,” ...
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An Open Letter to Arts Funders: Create a Pooled Loan Fund

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
... ends to which we will go to stay connected to it. We do not know when people will be able to gather in groups again, but arts and cultural has ... funds are being allocated to those nonprofits—as they should be.   Arts and cultural organizations will and ...

CCFWG Unites Women and Girls in Chester County for Virtual Conveings to Raise Awareness About Impacts of COVID-19 on Local Women and Girls

CCFWG 2020 Making a Difference Luncheon
Friday, May 8, 2020
... pm . This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CCFWG will be hosting a virtual Summit. Inspired by CCFWG’s ... keynote speaker Dr. Janet Dewart Bell , a social justice advocate, renowned speaker and author of Lighting the ... have made substantive contributions through service and/or philanthropy through their own time, talent or resources. Pat ...
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COVID-19Leadership, Culture and Community

OPINION | Instead of blaming government for Philly’s poverty problems, we must band together

Monday, October 1, 2018
... Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey I know I am not alone in sharing my deep disappointment in  the U.S. ... shared. In each peer city I studied, leaders from philanthropy, government, the private sector, and citizen ...

Pat Yoder to receive 2020 Kitchen Table Award from CCFWG

Patricia Yoder
Friday, February 7, 2020
... has made substantive contributions through service and/or philanthropy to improve the lives of women and girls through ... around kitchen, board and coffee tables about what could be done to address the needs of women and girls of the ... speaker Dr. Janet Dewart Bell , renowned speaker, social justice activist, and author of Lighting the Fires of ...
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A Working Mom on Back-to-School Life in COVID

Sanchez family
Thursday, September 3, 2020
... and fatigued as I am, I know that most working moms are not as fortunate. Too many do not have paid leave when they ... act of the working mom, gender-based violence, racial justice, and access to healthcare — are the same community ... County Fund for Women and Girls and a board member of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia. A Working Mom on ...

$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 PARTICIPANTS OF ON THE TABLE PHILLY 2018 ... positive change in their communities.” Additional ideas not selected for funding will be promoted and shared with the philanthropic community for ...
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New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... noted: “Philadelphia is facing many issues that need to be addressed—from gun violence to the opioid epidemic—and ... focus on new and innovative solutions that enhance life in Philadelphia—from new ideas that improve the way City ... the provision of mental health therapy services Why Not Prosper, Inc., $15,000 to support a pilot program to ...

Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Helping Coatesville Residents in Time of Need

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... nothing additional for administrative costs. Donations In Solidarity with Greater Coatesville Thanks to the generous ... that “the Brandywine Health Foundation will continue to be flexible in its daily work to improve the lives of the ...
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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
... release  The Presser Foundation will award $1,445,500 in grants to 148 music organizations throughout the Greater ... and offering free concerts and events. Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility initiatives were also ... States dedicated solely to music education and music philanthropy. The Presser Foundation supports music ...
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GSK Announces $10M Program to Advance Black People, Latinx People, Women in STEM

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
... pledge to get more Philly Black, Latinx people, women in STEM careers by Kristen A. Graham for the Philadelphia ... students overcome obstacles to their pursuit of careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The announcement of the creation of the Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective was made during a virtual news conference ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Reaches $10M in Funds Deployed, Continuing to Amplify Regional Community Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, May 7, 2020
... New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), has secured $15.8 million in gifts and pledges and granted more than $10 million to ... move quickly to safeguard our patients, because they are not in an optimal position to defend themselves against this ... phone for her son's symptoms and determined that it would be possible to do the visit using telehealth technology.  ...

New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... Ellis weighs some bananas at the Island Avenue Shoprite in Southwest Philadelphia while shopping with her ... (Philadelphia) -- If you're grocery shopping in Philadelphia over the next year you might run into a ... doesn't have to look like formal education right away to be meaningful," said Jenny Bogoni, executive director of ...
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CCFWG’S 4th Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Chester County Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

2020 COC Collage
Thursday, November 12, 2020
... and resources in our lives that serve as our lighthouse. Not everybody has that… I know that I am not alone in ... that come our way to make life better for others – to be a lighthouse.” Charmaine also gave a nod to the women ... ***   CCFWG leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...

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