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PHL COVID-19 Fund Responds to Urgent Community Needs, More than $12 Million Pledged to Date

PHL COVID-19 Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... PHL COVID-19 Fund earmarks more than $2 million in first round of grants to nonprofits By Mike Narducci for the ... distribution of funds totaling more than $2 million in its first round of grants to 44 non-profit organizations ... of more than 2,000 online donors alongside partners from philanthropy, business and government. “In these difficult ...

After federal cuts, Philly funders are stepping up for this refugee service nonprofit

Generocity
Thursday, January 11, 2018
... per year, has been open and vocal with the public about its recent struggles. At the end of last year, Executive Director Margaret O’Sullivan and Board Chair Alicia Karr ... The largest donor agreed to extend the appeal through the first two weeks of 2018 to aim for the $150,000 goal. Because ...
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BMe founder Trabian Shorters: The philanthropic sector is thinking about equity all wrong

Trabian Shorters
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Via Generocity - Media Partner for Philanthropy Network's 2018 Fall Conference, ONRAMPS to ... Shorters will be the lunchtime keynote speaker of  Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia’s  fall ... Nike, for instance, doesn’t shame would-be athletes in its ads. Instead, it pushes the idea that exercise helps you ...
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Equity and Social Justice

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
... The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) hosted its fourth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, ... Chester County Hospital | Denise Wine and Neil Kinch | First Resource Bank | West Chester University | Judi and Tim ... ***   CCFWG leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...

AmerisourceBergen Foundation Supports Youth by Addressing Opioid Epidemic Through Education, Advocacy & Community-Building

Thursday, August 29, 2019
... as: Hampton Roads Community Action Program, Inc. Youth First, Inc. of Indiana Parents Resource Institute for Drug ... Foundation aims to improve the health and well-being of its patient populations – both human and animal – by investing in its communities. Through strategic partnerships and community ...

Forman Arts Initiative and Philadelphia Foundation Launch Art Works, A New Grant Program to Support Arts and Culture in Greater Philadelphia

Forman Art Works
Friday, March 26, 2021
... Philadelphia’s civic identity and have deep roots in its communities. “We’re looking to create long-term ... of the Forman Arts Initiative. “Through FAI’s first initiative, developed in partnership with the ... manages more than 1,000 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards ...
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Youth Philanthropists Award $15K to Prevent Rising Teen Suicide in ChesCo

Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) Awards Ceremony
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
... Brandywine Health Foundation’s Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) recently held their Grants Award ... of 14 -18, met during the fall and winter to learn how philanthropy works, and researched and discussed a myriad of ... program and strategically and thoughtfully selecting its 2019 grant recipients.” Congratulations to the ...
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Mental Health & Crisis Intervention

The Community Foundation of South Jersey launches Transform South Jersey Initiative

Transform South Jersey
Monday, August 26, 2019
... that helps South Jersey residents harness the power of philanthropy to transform their communities and the issues ... community decisions,” said Andy Fraizer, executive director of the Community Foundation of South Jersey. Each of ...
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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
... about the pandemic’s impacts on local women and girls. First, CCFWG invites all high school girls in grades 9-12 to attend its second annual Girls in Action Summit on Monday, May 18, ... 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

Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
... Nonprofits. I want to take this opportunity to thank Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia for incubating and hosting the Fund since 2015.  Without its support, we would not have been able to launch and ... Round II – we could not receive or make grants without its ongoing partnership and support. We look forward to ...

Pew Awards $3.25M to Philadelphia Nonprofits to Support Students and Address Food Insecurity

Heights Philadelphia | Photo Credit Paola Nogueras
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... grant  totaling $3 million over five years to expand its capacity to provide low-income students—with an emphasis on Black, Latino, and first-generation students—with programming and support for ... need in the Greater Philadelphia region. Pew Fund program director Kristin Romens said, “Pew is thrilled to support ...

Lenfest Institute for Journalism Announces Local News Sustainability Grants

The Lenfest Institute
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
... Institute for Journalism today announced 13 winners of its latest grant programs, aimed at fulfilling its mission of supporting sustainable models for local ... Model Challenge. The grant builds on the Institute’s first year of innovation grantmaking in 2018 to focus on the ...
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New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... funding decisions. The community-driven process, the first of its kind for CEO, advances equity by returning control to the ... This kind of inclusiveness is both rare for government and philanthropy, but critical to an equitable recovery.” ...

More Than $1 Million in Fellowships Awarded to 12 BIPOC Artists Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Program

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
... cultural landscape,” said Paula Marincola, executive director of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. “We are ... on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty ... spaces and arts and culture experiences, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. ...
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Bartol Foundation Awards 18 Grants to Philadelphia Arts & Cultural Organizations

Danse4Nia
Thursday, July 25, 2019
... Centro Nueva Creación for their Bomba dance program. Four first-time grantees bring new perspectives and audiences to the roster of grantees:  Danse4Nia for its multicultural, contemporary modern dance company; ... budget of $35,000,” added Beth Feldman Brandt, Executive Director of the Foundation. “These organizations often ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls Launches Highly Anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report at Community Event

The Fund for Women and Girls Blueprint speakers
Thursday, October 6, 2022
... 6, 2022) – The Fund for Women and Girls launched its highly anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report: Lighting a Path ... Published every five years, the Blueprint Report is the first and only comprehensive needs assessment of women and ... for Women and Girls leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls Announces Leadership Transition

Michelle Legaspi Sánchez
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
... Finance Fund and will be leaving her role as Executive Director at The Fund. Her last day will be September 17, ... Guided by Michelle’s leadership, The Fund has increased its impact in Chester County in several ways, including: ... in Chester County leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...
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The City of Philadelphia Announces the 5th Cohort for the Targeted Community Investment Grant Program

Thursday, July 14, 2022
... for Targeted Community Investment Grants, the City updated its payment process. Funding for grantees is conducted in the ... ways:  Funding is split into three payments, with the first payment distributed at the beginning of the cohort. ...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation names new CEO

Tuesday, February 14, 2017
... Princeton, N.J. —Richard Besser, MD, former acting director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... 14 years. During her tenure, the Foundation has focused its programmatic efforts on broad and important topics such ... Besser came to ABC News from the CDC where he served as director of the Coordinating Office for Terrorism ...
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Community Foundation of South Jersey Announces Five Transform South Jersey Grant Recipients

Transform South Jersey Heart & Soul
Friday, February 21, 2020
... Community Heart & Soul,” said Andy Fraizer, executive director of the Community Foundation of South Jersey, ... interests and using the investment earnings on each of its endowed funds, CFSJ makes grants and builds leadership ... assets of $22 million in donor-advised funds. Along with its fund-holders, CFSJ has issued more than $9 million in ...

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