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Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
... Many of these businesses that have been deemed ‘not essential’ by the Department of Homeland Security are ... trades. Essential jobs are those that are too vital to be halted, even as cities and whole states are on lockdown. A ... Asset Funders Network publication entitled,  Strategic Philanthropy: Integrating Investments-A framework for Impact ...

2019 A Look Ahead – From Building to Relevant Action

Monday, January 14, 2019
... The Elite Charade of Changing the World.”  Since the philanthropy sector and a few colleagues that I’ve known ... and social innovation. I realize these are critical (but not easy) themes to integrate into our work.  These projects ... allow for a customized experience. Additional details will be announced in the first quarter.  In the meantime, we will ...
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Homeless Assistance Fund Inc. announces over $400k in grants

Thursday, August 8, 2024
... the Homeless Assistance Fund, Inc. (HAFI) approved grants in support of eight organizations for their work with ... to homes in the community. Through an organizational race equity audit and other efforts including staff and Board ... change; and honors and promotes leadership, dignity and justice for low-income women, their families and communities. ...
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IBX’s Share Your Opioid Story is collecting the tales of Pennsylvanians impacted by addiction

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Friday, November 30, 2018
... “I want to be that person to stand up to say that’s not necessarily the truth,” said Figueroa-Vargas, who is in ... Sterner, the project’s coordinator and a criminal justice professor at Penn State University. The project is ... Lorina Marshall-Blake   said  at this year’s Philanthropy Conference Greater Philadelphia that the org ...
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How Mission-Aligned Investments Helped the Patricia Kind Family Foundation Expand Its Reach

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... perspective on foundation investing is that 5% of assets should be spent on mission-related funding (as mandated by the  ... to maintain spending in perpetuity. These investments are not necessarily tied to the foundation’s mission. According ...
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The Collective Is Active: A Dispatch from the Mission-Aligned Investing (MAI) Program

Mission-Aligned Investing
Thursday, May 22, 2025
... learning and action—our hope is that the Collective not only makes it easier to do mission-aligned investing but ... there are multiple ways to collaborate. The group will be summarizing the key findings and sharing them among their ... upcoming sessions. Let’s keep building.
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HealthSpark Foundation Announces $631,000 in Grants to Support Montgomery County’s Social Safety Net

Monday, January 11, 2021
... HealthSpark Foundation is announcing the award of $631,000 in grant funds to support 14 projects under the Safety Net ... and planning to support the development of a social justice curriculum for safety net system providers working in ... for Us launched in October 2020 and more information can be found online at www.hereforus.org/ . The Here for Us ...

Funders Must Walk the Talk of Collaboration

Working together
Friday, February 26, 2021
... By Nadya K. Shmavonian & Russell Johnson In 2015, Philanthropy Network and the Philadelphia Foundation ... to survive, while being guided by values of social justice and equity.  To do this, and to do this well, ... mortality rates associated with the COVID-19 pandemic will not receive media attention commensurate with that of ...

Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life

Photo credit Warren Wong on Unsplash
Thursday, September 10, 2020
... serious mental illness are overrepresented in the criminal justice system and are more likely to experience violence ... health crisis. Perhaps even more effective, responders should not have even included police at all. Rather, the 911 call ...

First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
... “Philadelphia Health Partnership views its role as not only supporting programs but also investing in the ... can make population-level change working alone. Yet, philanthropy has a unique role to play in bringing diverse ... on a rolling basis. Allocation of resources will be informed by ongoing engagement and analysis to understand ...

Putting Values into Action: Building Mission & Impact-Aligned Operations

Putting Your Foundation's Values into Action
Monday, March 17, 2025
... extractive. We have implemented many tenets of trust-based philanthropy to redistribute power to the communities we serve including but not limited to multi-year unrestricted funding, community-led ... media and internet, and catalyzing movements for justice through narratives that educate, inspire, and ...
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CEO, Scattergood Announce 22 Grant Recipients for Tax Credit Outreach

Friday, January 13, 2023
... of CEO . “While we are disappointed that Congress has not extended the more generous version of the CTC, educating ... from $5,000 to $12,000. A full list of recipients can be found below. “Southwest CDC is excited to be part of the ... a decade, Ardella’s House has been dedicated to helping justice-involved women realize new possibilities for ...
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The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Appoints Patricia Wilson Aden as President & CEO

GPCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
... serves as president and CEO of  The Blues Foundation  in Memphis, TN and will assume this new role in January ... returns home from Memphis, we have no doubt that she will be that same compelling voice – and leader – for the ... effects of the pandemic and the urgent demands for social justice and structural change.  The work that the Cultural ...
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Pew Awards $4M to Support Housing, Legal Services for Older Philadelphians

Pew
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... of homelessness, acute care hospital stays, and criminal justice system involvement among this population have been ... as well as the development of a toolkit that can be used to replicate the model locally and nationally. ... health and well-being of people facing complex challenges rooted in poverty, encouraging a thriving arts and cultural ...

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... of fatal police shootings who were people of color  has not changed  significantly over the past five years. The  ... and individual investors signed the  Racial Justice Investing statement  advocating for investment ... organizations to found Investing for Impact: A Philanthropy California Investment Collaborative. The ...
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Bloomberg-Funded Efforts to Stem Pennsylvania Opioid Crisis Announced

Friday, July 12, 2019
... health systems, has announced the first projects to be funded by  Bloomberg Philanthropies  as part of a $10 million commitment to address the opioid crisis in Pennsylvania. The initiative is part of a three-year,  ... access to treatment; work with PSA and other criminal justice stakeholders to assess treatment delivery and ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls Awards $15,600 to Create Change

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... the Alliance for Health Equity ($7,500 for the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute). For the fifth year in a row, ... will have access to products. Dispensers will also be installed in two bathrooms in the library. Founded in ... The Fund continues to lead and unite the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...
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