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The Foundation for Delaware County announces retirement of president Frances M. Sheehan

Frances M. Sheehan
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
... - The Foundation for Delaware County today announced that its President, Frances M. Sheehan, will retire in the fall of ... County The Foundation for Delaware County is the largest grantmaking philanthropy in Delaware County, PA. One of 900 ... donors to worthy causes through efficient charitable giving vehicles like donor-advised and scholarship funds. On ...
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$2,500 Grants Distributed to The Alliance for Health Equity’s Grant Partners to Support the Health and Wellness of the Staff

The Alliance for Health Equity
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
... of 2021, The Alliance for Health Equity held meetings with its grant partners to hear first-hand of the assets, as well ... Service of Chester County, Good Works, Inc., Greater Philadelphia Search and Rescue, Hope Beyond Borders, Human ... Department, Maternal and Child Health Consortium, Mitzvah Circle, Modena Fire Co No 1, The Parkesburg POINT, ...

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

Putting Your Foundation's Values into Action
Monday, March 17, 2025
... a national organization that maintains a large presence in Philadelphia. While the daily operations ran smoothly, any ... found all this with United Bank of Philadelphia, the only Black-owned bank operating in town . We moved all deposits in ... Bank of Philadelphia, explaining how the bank approaches its work and customer service. She is our banker and my main ...
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The Sarah Ralston Foundation Welcomes Heather Finnegan as New Executive Director

Heather Finnegan
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
... to announce the appointment of Heather Finnegan as its new Executive Director, marking an exciting new chapter ... to meet the needs of vulnerable older adults across Philadelphia. We are deeply grateful for Lynette’s ... as it continues its evolution from a service provider to a grantmaking entity. Heather joins SRF following a ...
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Fels Fund Awards Arts & Culture Grants

Samuel S. Fels Fund
Friday, June 29, 2018
... year. Grant recipients are: African American Museum in Philadelphia Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture ArtWell Collaborative, Inc. Asian Arts Initiative Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra Girls Rock Philly Intercultural ... groups were awarded grants for a one-year cycle: Education Law Center POWER Youth United for Change For ...

Mayor Jim Kenney Announces Neubauer Family Foundation as 2022 Mayor’s Magis Award Recipient

Thursday, June 30, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2022) –  Mayor Jim Kenney today ... side of Independence Hall) and feature performances by The Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra and 2022 Miss America, Emma ... concert starting at 7 p.m. on July 4th, which will make its return to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. About the Office ...
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SPARX 2019: Liz Dozier on Making an Impact

Liz Dozier keynote
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... inside the Chicago School District and leading one of its worst-performing schools have lifted the veil for Dozier. ... from those who are wary of the non-traditional grant-giving model. The Lawndale Christian Legal Center, a ... impact its long-term mission. Chicago Beyond held a peace circle about equity that recognized the center’s concerns ...
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IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, November 21, 2024—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund grant recipients, with ... the grant recipients. Go behind-the-scenes of this grant cycle Get an exclusive look at this year’s Community ...

Sidney Hargro is Philanthropy Network’s new executive director

Sidney R. Hargro
Friday, June 16, 2017
... philanthropy in the past." Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia announced yesterday it had appointed Sidney Hargro as its new executive director. The  current  Community ... a part of cross-sector discussions about solving Greater Philadelphia’s toughest problems. “The reality is, ...
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Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
PHILADELPHIA—(April 24, 2019)— The Fund for the School ... forth ideas to take schoolwide literacy progress among its youngest students to the next level using school data, ... said Elliot Weinbaum of The William Penn Foundation. “By giving individual schools the resources to implement the ...
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John Templeton Foundation to Invest $325 Million in Strategic Priorities

JTF Strategic Priorities
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
... launch of these strategic priorities we are focusing our giving in hopes of achieving greater impact, which means ... in these priorities will account for 80 percent of its grantmaking in the  Science & the Big Questions  funding ...
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AmerisourceBergen Foundation Donates Nearly 1 Million Drug Deactivation Resources and Provides Funding to 20+ Organizations to Help Combat the Opioid Epidemic

AmerisourceBergen Foundation
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
... - Today, the AmerisourceBergen Foundation announced its collaboration with more than 20 not-for-profit ... nearly one million drug deactivation resources through its  Safe Disposal Support Program  to 44 states and 140 ... Foundation is an independent not-for-profit charitable giving organization established by AmerisourceBergen ...
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Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... Respond to Climate Change as Potential Milestones Approach Giving extra urgency to climate change mitigation efforts, a ... of California , which sold $1 billion in assets to clear its portfolio of fossil fuel producers and invested the same ... to Impact Investors’ Pursuit of Social Equity In 2020, Black people made up 13% of the US population but  28% of ...
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Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... power, equity and insularity. Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is working hard to amplify the local movement, ... equitable support.  Mission-aligned investing goes beyond grantmaking to align an organization’s assets with its institutional values and mission. Aligning assets with ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $217,000 in Grants

CCFWG 2019 Grants Celebration
Monday, July 8, 2019
... awarded through ‘Moving Her Forward’ Impact Grants, a grantmaking program established last year to focus on swift ... for family members of victims lost to acts of violence; Black Women of Chester County in Action (BWCCA) received ... and recruitment, as well as promote self-care through its already established AYA Health Project; Chester County ...
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Foundations Community Partnership Joins Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

The Nonprofit Repositioning Fund’s Director Lindsay T. Kijewski (right) with Dr. Tobi Bruhn, CEO of Foundations Community Partnership.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
... and financial sustainability of nonprofits in the Greater Philadelphia area. “While FCP already offers professional ... organizational development funding opportunities through its Nonprofit Growth Grant cycle, joining the Fund will expand our ability to help our ...
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Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness announces first grantee cohort

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
... grant more than $200,000 to ten organizations in Greater Philadelphia. (Philadelphia, PA) – The Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness announces its first ever grantee cohort. With a pooled fund of ... designed to alter the traditional process of philanthropic giving. In this innovative approach, a group of nine ...
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City Announces Awardees of $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

2024 Illuminate the Arts Grants
Friday, November 8, 2024
2024 Illuminate the Arts Grants.png PHILADELPHIA – Creative Philadelphia (formerly the Office of Arts, Culture and the ... creative sector, particularly in Philadelphia’s Black and Brown communities, and those that do not have ...

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