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Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... four themes that proved critical in the past year.   1. Impact Investors Respond to Climate Change as Potential ... who were people of color  has not changed  significantly over the past five years. The  fatal shootings by police ... in May sparked widespread outrage, prompting  between 15 million and 26 million people  across the United States to ...
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Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation launches COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund

Wednesday, June 3, 2020
... and Recovery Fund for Social Service and Micro Business at PAHWF . Taken together with recent community contributions, ... of community-led efforts including a $100,000 matching grant to the Foundation for Pottstown Education’s campaign ... of our community’s generous residents will be vital in the months ahead,” said Foundation president Dave ...

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle is ready to fund its first Black-led, Black-centered nonprofits

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
... pooled funds to Black-led, Black-serving nonprofits in the region. PBGC was inspired in part by a 2016 ... fiscal sponsors — with operating budgets of less than $1 million that are at least two years old. PBGC isn’t ...
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Philanthropy's Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Philanthropy's Response to Coronavirus
Monday, March 2, 2020
... for Generocity (05.19.21) Pa. families set to receive $1 billion in relief due to missed school meals during virtual ... with Philanthropy Network, the dashboard analyzes $40 million in grants from 13   COVID-19 philanthropic response ... to Urgent Community Needs: More than $12 million pledged, over $2 million awarded to 44 regional nonprofits in first ...
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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
... event hosted on Friday, June 5 th , 2020, from 12:30-1:45pm. Click here to register . The virtual Luncheon program ... and girls have resources and opportunities to thrive. For over 20 years, CCFWG has raised awareness about the critical ... needs of women and girls, and has awarded over $3.3 million to 75 local non-profit organizations. To learn more ...
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CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six, and from $2,000 to $3,600 for children ... 75,000 Philadelphians move out of poverty, so we invested $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan funding towards outreach ... Agency (CAA) for the City of Philadelphia. As a CAA, CEO awards Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds to more ...

Kimberly Kirn joins Impact100 as first Executive Director

Kimberly Kirn
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... women to collectively fund large grants and community awards, is pleased to announce that it has hired Kimberly ... Broach, Impact100 Philadelphia has awarded more than $4 million to smaller nonprofit organizations in the Greater ... grant cycle, a woman must be 21 years or older and donate $1,150 to Impact100 Philadelphia by November 15 (by ...
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City of Philadelphia and PIDC Open Applications to Philadelphia COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund

Philadelphia COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund
Monday, March 23, 2020
... the COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund, a more-than-$9 million grant and loan program designed to support ... and preserve jobs impacted by the spread of the virus. In addition to the $9 million commitment of City and PIDC ... will be given to businesses that demonstrate a loss of over 50 percent of average revenue, a plan for recovery, and ...
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Union Benevolent Assoication announces change to funding priorities

Union Benevolent Association
Friday, August 17, 2018
... on alleviating the burden of poverty. Beginning with its fall 2018 grant cycle, the organization will target its ... is below half of the federal poverty level.  Roughly one in five Philadelphians suffer from food insecurity and the ... living on the streets is rising, increasing 10 percent over last year, according to the results of the city’s ...

City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Launch PHL COVID-19 Fund

PHL COVID-19 Fund Partners
Thursday, March 19, 2020
... foundation, the Philadelphia Foundation manages more than 1,000 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, visit philafound.org . About ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation Responds to Public Health Crisis

Thursday, March 19, 2020
(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - In response to the varied, immediate and long-term challenges ... the last thirty years have been economically left behind. Over forty-two percent are renters and the median household ... first match commitment of $50,000. This first round of funds will allow us to deploy a total of $100,000 of ...

Bloomberg-Funded Efforts to Stem Pennsylvania Opioid Crisis Announced

Friday, July 12, 2019
... 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,  ... and take steps to prevent overdose deaths. The first round of funding for Pennsylvania will support efforts to ...
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Leeway Foundation announces 2019 Transformation Awardees

Leeway Transformation Awards
Friday, December 27, 2019
The Leeway Foundation announced $150,000 in funding for 10 individual women, trans* and gender ... the Transformation Award, Leeway offers the Art and Change Grant two times per year. These project-based grants of up to ... The 2020 Art and Change Grant deadlines are March 1 and August 1. Both applications will be available on the ...

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

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Monday, January 29, 2024
Elders sixty and over represent 20% of Philadelphia’s population – a total ... Foundation is the first and only charitable foundation in Philadelphia that is solely dedicated to funding ... fall grant cycle funded twenty nonprofits with a total of $1.25M for their innovative projects. “The funding we ...
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Douty Foundation announces plans to sunset

The Douty Foundation
Monday, August 3, 2020
... the Douty Foundation   Sparked by our 50 th anniversary, over the past two years, our leadership team has reflected on ... our conversation has been: Should the foundation continue in perpetuity as a private foundation or can our modest ... for additional information about Douty Foundation's 2020 Fall Request for Proposals. About the Douty Foundation On ...

Union Benevolent Association’s unrestricted response bolsters Philadelphia nonprofits amidst COVID-19

Thursday, March 4, 2021
... serve their respective communities. With this realization, in addition to Union Benevolent Association ’s (UBA) spring and fall grant cycles, UBA chose to award its annual grant--typically one (1) $20,000 award, to four (4) community-based nonprofit ...

Opinion: Philadelphia’s recovery from COVID-19 must put housing first

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
... and the philanthropic community have helped slow the curve in Philadelphia by raising an estimated $30 million for shuttered small businesses, arts and human ... and preserve affordable housing. The time for talk is over. The time for action is now. Opinion: Philadelphia’s ...

The Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Fredda Maddox and WSFS Bank at Sixth Annual Champions of Change Event

Fredda Maddox
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
... will honor Fredda Maddox for her ability to break barriers in the law enforcement field while supporting and uplifting ... who represent the communities it serves. For instance, over 30% of the Board of Directors is comprised of women. In ... Over the past 25 years, The Fund has awarded over $4 million to 86 local non-profit organizations serving women ...
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