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Kevin Ressler Appointed Incoming President and CEO of The Alliance for Health Equity

Kevin Ressler
Monday, May 22, 2023
... for Health Equity is delighted to welcome Kevin Ressler as its next Chief Executive Officer.  He brings a deep ...   The Alliance conducted a national search for its President and CEO to ensure new leadership is strategically aligned with its mission and vision in health, equity, and resilience for ...
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New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... some bananas at the Island Avenue Shoprite in Southwest Philadelphia while shopping with her grandchildren, Kalanni ... Via WITF | Written by Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY (Philadelphia) -- If you're grocery shopping in Philadelphia ... ShopRite, A.J. asks kids to pick a nearby product, guess its weight, and then use the scale below the sign to check ...
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Independence Foundation Mourns the Loss of Judge Phyllis W. Beck

Hon. Phyllis W. Beck
Thursday, March 6, 2025
... that the Independence Foundation announces the passing of its long-time Board Chair, the Honorable Phyllis W. Beck, who died on March 3, 2025, at the age of 97, in Philadelphia. Judge Beck was a remarkable leader whose ... While she is perhaps best known for her work in the Philadelphia legal and judicial community, her legacy also ...
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Putting Art to Work

Color me Back mural. Photo by Steve Weinik
Monday, August 5, 2019
BY  PATRICK BILOW   for The Philadelphia Citizen In the southeast concourse at SEPTA’s ... installation in a 28 week pilot program by Mural Arts Philadelphia called Color Me Back, a same day work and pay program that pays economically insecure people in Philadelphia $50 cash for three hours of public art making. ...

City Announces Additional $30 Million in Funding for Rental Assistance and Small Business Relief

Thursday, November 12, 2020
city-of-philadelphia-logo.png PRESS RELEASE PHILADELPHIA – The Kenney Administration and Philadelphia City Council today announced a new commitment of ...

The AmerisourceBergen Foundation Commits $1M to Aid Communities, Individuals and Associates Impacted by COVID-19

Tuesday, March 31, 2020
... AmerisourceBergen Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable giving organization focused on supporting health-related ... and psychosocial support topics to be disseminated across its network of 4,000 health centers and other health ... Foundation is an independent not-for-profit charitable giving organization established by AmerisourceBergen ...

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 & ... here. ) The grantees are: African American Museum of Philadelphia, $300,000 Digital Literacy Alliance, $500,000 ... that reflected the diversity of communities across the Philadelphia region. In 2017, IPM decided to relinquish its ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
News release PHILADELPHIA, February 4, 2025 – The Independence Public ... Media Foundation (IPMF) welcomes seven new members to its board of directors. The new board members bring a wide ... , deputy communications director for the office of Philadelphia City Council President Kenyatta Johnson Zainab ...
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Funders and Grantees celebrate PA is Ready!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
On October 10,  The Philadelphia Foundation  hosted a  Funder/Grantee ... need to apply for immigration assistance. In 2016, The Philadelphia Foundation and a cohort of local and national ... S. Fels Fund, The Alfred and Mary Douty Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, Union Benevolent Association, and ...

GSK names 23rd annual IMPACT Award Winners

GSK IMPACT Award winner Coded by Kids
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... aid and more GSK2019_Coded By Kids(2).jpg [Nov 20, 2019, Philadelphia, PA] GSK today honored 10 local nonprofits that ... and other critical services that help foster a healthier Philadelphia region. The 10 winners of the GSK IMPACT Awards ... manages more than 900 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards ...

On the Table Philly returns for 2018

Thursday, September 20, 2018
The Philadelphia Foundation with support from the John S. and ... inspire solutions to strengthen communities in the Greater Philadelphia region by hosting open dialogues on issues that ... Knight Foundation program director for Philadelphia. “In its second year we look forward to seeing its impact grow, so ...

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project Awarded $4.5 Million in State Funding

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Rebuild_FrancisMyers.jpg PHILADELPHIA (April 28, 2022) - Pennsylvania House ... at the Francis J. Myers Recreation Center in Southwest Philadelphia.   Francis J. Myers Recreation Center is ... advances the prosperity of the city and the progress of its people through stewardship of nearly 10,200 acres of ...

Foundations Community Partnership Supports Local Nonprofits That Will Serve More Than 4,600 Bucks County Residents

Foundations Community Partnership
Thursday, October 17, 2024
... Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) recently awarded its fall Partnership in Youth Services (PYS) Grant to 14 ... ideas and impactful programs has been at the core of our grantmaking since 2007,” said Tracy Pasternak Willis, Chair ... non-profits: Avery’s Hope ($2,500) – to expand its BrAvery Award Program for the pediatric gastrointestinal ...

An emergency COVID-19 fund in Delco fights to feed the newly needy in the ’burbs

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Via the Philadelphia Inquirer By Maria Panaritis  |  @panaritism ... yard. But coronavirus economic carnage is piling up beyond Philadelphia proper. Now would be a good time to ditch the ... faces they’ve never before seen. The county itself, with its relatively meager commercial tax base, had to  furlough ...

Are Philly-area nonprofits really making a difference? Foundations put up $3 million to find out

Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Via The Philadelphia Inquirer By Harold Brubaker | @InqBrubaker  |  ... accelerate a shift away from that old model by training Philadelphia-area nonprofits to improve their ability to ... organizes chess, debate, drama, and Scrabble clubs for Philadelphia youths. The move to measure impact is critical ...
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October 2018 Rebuild Update

Friday, October 19, 2018
... Philanthropy ’s National Conference that was held in Philadelphia in September.  The session, “Harnessing the ... Speakers were Michael DiBerardinis of the City of Philadelphia , David Gould of Rebuild , Sidney Hargro of ... processes and work collectively toward shared goals by giving through a fund established at National Philanthropic ...

Pennsylvania establishes blueprint for successful collegiate recovery programs

Thursday, September 22, 2022
Philadelphia — September 22, 2022 — The Association of ... for students in recovery — not just in the Greater Philadelphia region, but across Pennsylvania,” said ...

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