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Rebuild Receives Grant to Support Needed Improvements to Vare

Thursday, July 12, 2018
Press Release CITY OF PHILADELPHIA | MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS For Immediate ... July 12, 2018 Contact: David Gould , 267-240-2010 PHILADELPHIA – Rebuilding Community Infrastructure ... matching funds from the William Penn Foundation as part of its historic commitment of up to $100 million for Rebuild. ...
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Cheryl Brubaker named Executive Director for The Fund for Women and Girls

Cheryl Brubaker
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
... County dedicated to empowering women and girls through grantmaking and advocacy, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Cheryl Brubaker as its new Executive Director, effective July 15, 2024. Prior to ... has held leadership positions with Women Against Abuse in Philadelphia, Norristown’s Victim Services Center, the ...
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The Collective Is Active: A Dispatch from the Mission-Aligned Investing (MAI) Program

Mission-Aligned Investing
Thursday, May 22, 2025
... serve our communities and drive positive change in the Philadelphia region. One of the unique features of the MAI Collective is its working group structure, which responds directly to ... keep building. ~ Andorra and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia The Collective Is Active: A Dispatch from the ...
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The Genuardi Family Foundation Announces New Leadership

Marisa Ferst
Thursday, October 4, 2018
... her knowledge of the communities we serve will make our grantmaking more effective.” Mrs. Ferst has served as the ... new roles. “During the past year, our Board has reviewed its grantmaking approach, and we will announce significant ... The Foundation honors the family’s cherished legacy of giving to others, through its support of nonprofit ...
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William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed

Thursday, June 6, 2019
... $13.5 million toward Creative Communities, 11 grants under its Watershed Protection Program totaling $10.8 million, and ... totaling more than $2.8 million to support education in Philadelphia. As part of the Creative Communities program, ... Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation ($603,066) and Oxford Circle Christian Community Development Association ($695,108) ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... trust of community and commitment. In our recent grant cycle, the Community Voices Fund, we sought out projects and ... both, by exploring stories of sex workers of color in Philadelphia as they navigate COVID-19. This project, which ... creating memorial sites that honor both local and national black history in a moment of robust public discourse around ...

Leeway Foundation announces 2019 Transformation Awardees

Leeway Transformation Awards
Friday, December 27, 2019
... nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia. The $15,000 per awardee is in affirmation of ... As we continue to explore the future of funding and its impact on communities and social justice, the Leeway ... of art, culture, and social change. Through our grantmaking and other programs we promote artistic expression ...

Seybert Foundation Announces Management Transition

Tuesday, January 8, 2019
... as Seybert Foundation, announces the upcoming departure of its Manager, Diana Loukedis Doherty, and the appointment of ... Board of Directors, including representation from Philadelphia youth, and in prioritizing general operating support and multi-year funding in our grantmaking program . Our Board is truly grateful for her ...
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Connelly Foundation Welcomes New Senior Staff

Fran Burns, Tim Durkin
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
... Operating Officer and Tim Durkin as Vice President for Grantmaking. Ms. Burns started her new position on August 20 ... positions.  She most recently served as COO of the Philadelphia School District, was a member of Superintendent ... Officer in Pew’s Philadelphia Program, Director of its Civic Initiatives, and Pew’s representative on the ...
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Chester County Funders Unite to Provide COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... Rapid Response Fund and through the generosity of its 400+ donor advised funds. Local grant panels have been ... which specifically address the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on women and girls.  The Phoenixville Community ... catchment area.   PCHF is currently engaged in a funding cycle to provide longer term support to qualifying ...
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To Whom the Economic Justice Baton Is Passed

I Am A Man Mural
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
... for all, then abruptly passed the baton. Like Memphis, Philadelphia experiences high levels of poverty.  According to the Pew Charitable Trusts’ 2017 Study, Philadelphia’s Poor: Who they are, Where they live, and How that has changed, Philadelphia has the highest poverty among the nation’s 10 ...
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Area funders call on Governor Wolf and Secretary Miller to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC)

Friday, November 9, 2018
... 6, 2018), seven members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia issued a call to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ... in a federal policy of intolerance and is eschewing its own values of liberty. Since 2001, Pennsylvania has been ...

Where Does Your Cash Sleep at Night?

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... blog . By Kristina L. Wahl and Paige Chapel Local giving is a priority for the vast majority of Exponent ... great onramp to local investing in a loan fund managed by Philadelphia’s  Reinvestment Fund , an Aeris-rated CDFI. ( ... Reinvestment Fund provides an annual report that discusses its impact on communities. In addition to loan funds, CDFIs ...

IBX’s Share Your Opioid Story is collecting the tales of Pennsylvanians impacted by addiction

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Friday, November 30, 2018
... said  at this year’s Philanthropy Conference Greater Philadelphia that the org has a mission to fund strategies ... .  About 22 percent of those deaths were recorded in Philadelphia . But “we needed to use more than statistics ...
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NBME Supports Medical Students with New Scholarship Program

Thursday, November 2, 2023
... Selected in Partnership with National Medical Fellowships PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2, 2023 – NBME is partnering with ... With the creation of this scholarship, NBME is evolving its Community Collaborations and Contributions programs with ... University School of Medicine. The first time Walter met a Black physician was when he was 22 years old. “Up until ...
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Hurricane Dorian: How to Help

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... weaken as it approaches the U.S. mainland, the states in its path – including Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and ... and recovery. Below are some resources to help inform your giving. News (9.9.19) The AmerisourceBergen Foundation ... Foundation of North Florida  Disaster Relief Fund Global Giving Hurricane Dorian Relief Fund s and Partners ...

City's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Shares Plans for 2021

OACCE
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Press release   OACCElogo.png PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) today shared its plans for new and returning programs to support ...
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The Board of Directors of the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn Announces Two New Changes for 2019

Diana Doherty and Joanne Kline
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
... established the Foundation’s operational structure and grantmaking program, and she led us through a tremendous ... the Board of Directors of Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia and is the manager of BLBB Charitable. As ... North Penn, as the Foundation announces a change in its status from a public charity to a private foundation in ...
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