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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
... approached our grantees with patience and flexibility ? At first glance, it might seem that the two foundations have ... . Beth Feldman Brandt is Executive Director and Lauren Scharf is Social Media Coordinator at the ... Bridges in Arts and Trauma-Informed Practice through Philanthropy ...
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100+ gather for Philanthropy Network's 35th Annual Members' Meeting

Mailee Walker and Christine Robinson
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
... for Architecture & Design in Center City Philadelphia for Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia’s 35th Annual ... Chair Ashley Del Bianco , who welcomed members to our first in-person annual meeting since 2019 and subsequent ... for the Network, which is that:  Philanthropy realizes its extraordinary potential as a catalytic collective to ...
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United Philanthropy Forum announces Deborah Aubert Thomas as new President and CEO

Deborah Aubert Thomas
Monday, May 6, 2024
Deborah Aubert Thomas.jpg United Philanthropy Forum (the Forum) is thrilled to announce Deborah Aubert Thomas as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June ... work in this network,” said Deborah. “It was at my first Forum conference in Baltimore in 2015 that I knew I had ...

The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts

Monday, May 17, 2021
CARLISLE, Pa., May 14, 2021 – Through its new Feeding School Kids initiative, The GIANT Company today announced that together with its customers, more than $3.3 million was raised to address ... schools’ food programs. The GIANT Company matched the first $1.5 million donated by customers. Through the Feeding ...

FAQ: Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort with a Racial Equity Lens

2022 Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort
Thursday, January 27, 2022
By Mariah Casias, VP of Learning and Evaluation, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Yi-Ching Lin, ... themes have been explored in past programs, this is the first cohort to provide a dedicated space to dive deep with an intersectional lens. At its core, trust-based philanthropy begins with understanding ...

Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... sectors sprang into action. The need was great, and philanthropy responded by establishing more than a dozen ... government statistics about community needs; this is the first effort we know of where grants data from multiple ... resources in response to the continuing COVID crisis and its aftermath. The dashboard is now publicly available at ...

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

Map with pins
Thursday, January 28, 2021
... Volume 10, Issue 1 In January 2020, we recorded the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States, just ... It was abundantly clear that unprecedented measures by philanthropy, both private and public sectors, and individual ... practices, policies, and systems that got us here in the first place, much of which is rooted in systemic racism and ...

William Penn Foundation Welcomes Stuart Clarke as New Program Director of Watershed Protection

Stuart A. Clarke
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
... of Stuart A. Clarke as the organization’s new Program Director of Watershed Protection. Clarke will oversee a $30 ... healthy watershed,” said Shawn McCaney, Executive Director of the William Penn Foundation. “He will be a ... foster creativity that enhances civic life, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. In 2021, the ...
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Largest Study on Narratives in Philanthropy Shows Sector’s Messaging Creates Confusion, But Better Stories Can Build Trust

Report - Philanthropy's New Voice
Thursday, April 4, 2024
... Interest Communications  today announced the release of  Philanthropy’s New Voice , the largest study ever of ... the reason Americans don’t understand philanthropy, or its impact on their lives, is the sector’s own messaging. ... The Center for Public Interest Communications, the first of its kind in the nation, is designed to study, test, ...
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Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... disperse those advocating for change. This is America and Philanthropy Operates in It This is America in 2020. This is ... and intentional steps to dismantle white supremacy in all its forms and embrace a new endgame of liberation. For ... and prioritizing liberation as a philanthropic goal. First, philanthropy must acknowledge the white supremacist ...

The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Philanthropy Program Awards Grants

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... using The Fund’s 2022 Blueprint Report: Lighting a Path, its fourth comprehensive research report on the state of ... domestic violence and women’s health. Through its inclusive and community-driven process, The Fund continues to lead and unite the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...

Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
... Public Media, last week — after the foundation announced its first set of grants and a new partnership with Bread & Roses ... its grantsmaking processes, and about what she believes philanthropy can do better. Generocity: Independence Public ...
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Justice, not charity: Liz Dozier thinks philanthropy should be rooted in equity and solidarity

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... Dozier will be the keynote speaker at Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia's SPARX Conference, ... This year’s iteration of the SPARX Conference has as its theme “Igniting the Power in Community“, and ... gave rise to Chicago’s labor movement and some of the first protests against police brutality took place in 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 release ... The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia are pleased to release “ How Employers Give: A Look at Philanthropy and Volunteerism in Philadelphia .” The report ...

Stoneleigh Foundation names Marie Williams Deputy Director

Marie Williams
Thursday, June 17, 2021
... that Marie N. Williams, Esq. has been named as Deputy Director, effective June 2021. In this role, she will lead ... Fellowship program in partnership with the Executive Director, build and maintain strong relationships with key ... the Stoneleigh Foundation, Williams served as Executive Director at the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ), where ...
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Philadelphia Foundation’s Youth-In-Philanthropy Program Awards $72,000 In Grants to Philadelphia Nonprofits

Youthadelphia
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
... PA – Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce its Youth-in-Philanthropy program, “YOUTHadelphia,” has awarded ... areas of need for all young adults of our city.” In its 16th year of grantmaking, the YOUTHadelphia program has ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia Celebrates its 15th Grant-Making Year

Impact100 Philadelphia 15 Years
Friday, September 30, 2022
...   Philadelphia, PA (Sept 30, 2022) — Opening its 15th grants cycle, Impact100 Philadelphia celebrated ... Impact100 Philadelphia seeks to broaden and deepen its impact in the community through another successful ... inquiries, email  us . Impact100 Philadelphia Celebrates its 15th Grant-Making Year ...
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More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... for the next decade,” said Gary D. Bass , executive director of the Bauman Foundation and chair of a national ... is a nonpartisan plea to the Administration to fulfill its constitutional requirement to count every person in ... supports funders in their get out the count efforts. “Philanthropy has raised its voice at this critical moment ...

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