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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 ... Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program for vulnerable first-time low-income mothers and a Title V home visiting ... Award in the health category. In the words of retired Director of the Chester County Health Department and ...
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William Penn Foundation awards $2.6M to support River Alive! Project

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... a landmark exhibition focusing on the Delaware River and its watershed as a living, ever-changing system whose health ... role in our well-being,” said Shawn McCaney, Executive Director of the William Penn Foundation. “For too long, ... foster creativity that enhances civic life, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. In partnership with ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... Fund to award $2.3 million to 47 organizations through its Community Voices Fund open call. The foundation also ... leaders from communities traditionally underrepresented in philanthropy, with a special emphasis on LGBTQ+, AAPI and ... so justice is possible," said Roxann Stafford, managing director of the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation ...

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Focus on Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Arts and History Organizations in 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
... Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) has announced that its 2021 grant making will focus on assisting arts and ... impacts” says Paula Marincola, the Center’s executive director. “Our goal for the Center’s 2021 recovery grants ... has provided support to area artists and organizations, first in May of 2020 with over $535,000 in additional ...

GSK awards Greater Philadelphia nonprofits making a powerful IMPACT on health outcomes now more than ever

GSK 2020 Impact Awards
Thursday, November 19, 2020
... face so much uncertainty,” said Andy Kucer, Executive Director, Students Run Philly Style.  “Our students and ... manages more than 1,000 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Susan Elko with Kitchen Table Award

Thursday, January 25, 2018
... advocate for social change in Chester County, with its annual Kitchen Table Award at the CCFWG Making a ... has made substantive contributions through service and/or philanthropy to improve the lives of women and girls through ... Coalition, and was a former committee member of the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester and WCU’s ...
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TD Charitable Foundation Awards $7 million in Grants to 37 Non-Profits Supporting Housing for Marginalized Communities

TD Housing for Everyone
Friday, May 17, 2024
... affordability crisis. On Tuesday, April 30, TD hosted its first TD Housing Summit, a groundbreaking event aimed at ... the TD Ready Commitment, TD aspires to link its business, philanthropy and human capital to help people feel more ...
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Pew Awards $5.41 Million to Five Philadelphia Nonprofits to Address Human, Economic Impacts of COVID-19

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Friday, April 9, 2021
... been awarded the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services’ first-ever growth grant , totaling $4 million over five years, to help the organization significantly expand its capacity to connect low-income Philadelphia-area ... and move toward recovery.” Kristin Romens , project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services, added ...

Aid for Ukraine

Aid for Ukraine
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
... in the longer-term. Listed below is information about how philanthropy is and can respond to the unfolding crisis to ... for Ukraine: An Incomplete Response by Rachel Thomas, director of research initiatives at Human Rights Funders ... children and families, donating $10,000 each to: CARE for its Ukraine Crisis Fund ; Nova Ukraine ; Tikva Odessa ; The ...

YOUTHadelphia 2019 Announces $60,000 In Grants

Thursday, May 16, 2019
...  YOUTHadelphia, the Philadelphia Foundation ’s Youth-in-Philanthropy Committee, today announced grants totaling ... Bartram’s Garden , which received $10,000 in support of its summer internship program that employs 25 students from ... Project (YASP), which received $10,000 in support of its youth-led work to end the practice of trying and ...
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A Peek Inside the CCFWG’s Girls Advisory Board

CCFWG Girls Advisory Board
Friday, January 31, 2020
... in the spring of 2019, and I was unaware of the power of philanthropy, and the need for it in my own backyard. One ... could ever have imagined. A major part of grantmaking and philanthropy in a program like GAB involves learning how to work together as a group to gain consensus. CCFWG selects girls with a variety of backgrounds and ...
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The Mayor’s Fund For Philadelphia is now The Philadelphia City Fund

Philadelphia City Fund
Thursday, February 9, 2023
... PHILADELPHIA, PA February 9, 2023 – With the launch of its new website,   www.philacityfund.org, the Mayor’s Fund ... was time to change our name as well,” said PCF Executive Director Jody Greenblatt. “Our new name better reflects ... ways.” A Track Record of Service and Change Over its 44-year history, The Fund has frequently changed its name ...
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Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... A decade later, more than 20,000 people have walked though its doors. On Wednesday night, 60-plus donors, stakeholders, ... The Brandywine Health and Housing Center, which opened its doors in April 2008, was the first major construction project in the City of Coatesville ...

Compass and the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund Create Partnership to Support Nonprofits Considering Sustained Collaboration

Compass | Repositioning Fund
Thursday, March 4, 2021
... to gain exponentially,” says Beth Dahle , Executive Director of Compass Philadelphia. Nadya K. Shmavonian , ... with technical assistance providers in the region in our first five years of operation, but our partnership with Compass and its pro bono network allows us to extend our reach, ...

Connecting Regional Funders to Respond to COVID-19

COVID-19
Friday, March 20, 2020
... adjust and respond to the fast-moving COVID-19 pandemic, Philanthropy Network members and other regional funders are ... were: Lincoln Financial Foundation , who is increasing its current round of health and human service grants by 25 ... rebuild moving forward. Posted  by Amy Seasholtz, Senior Director, Marketing and Communications at Philanthropy ...
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Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... gender equality. That’s true for Laura LaRosa, the Director of Client Development at Glenmede. “When I think ... financial benefits of gender-lens investing is crucial to its continued success. “There’s still a tremendous amount ... a gender-focused strategy, she recommends that they first try dedicating a small fraction of their portfolio to ...
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Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project Awarded $4.5 Million in State Funding

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project
Thursday, April 28, 2022
... athletics courts and a soccer mini pitch as part of the first phase of the project.     The grant awarded by the ... Recreation Center,” said Kira Strong, Rebuild Executive Director.  “We are overjoyed at the opportunity to grow ... advances the prosperity of the city and the progress of its people through stewardship of nearly 10,200 acres of ...

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