Back to top

Site Search

Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

Third annual Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia honors 50 most community-minded companies in the region

Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Civic 50 PF Logo.png Philadelphia, PA – June 22, 2023 – The Civic 50 Greater ... in the Philadelphia region who have been selected based on four dimensions of their community engagement program: Investment of resources ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... include $1 million for the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation to undertake a comprehensive planning and ... of the collection’s artifacts and, importantly, fund a new community lending program that will bring hundreds ...

Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
PRESS RELEASE via the City of Philadelphia Department of Planning and Development ... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the project. To ensure that preservation will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
The  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity ... Block Builds, which will extend the hospital’s evidence-based  Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus (CAPP+)  to make ...

Philadelphia City Council to Invest Over $3 Million in Local Arts Community

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Via Philadelphia City Council CityHall.jpg Philadelphia City ... a $3.25 Million investment in the local arts and culture community. This funding is a combination of an allocation ... (through OACCE) $1,000,000 to the Philadelphia Cultural Fund $450,000 for Mural Arts Philadelphia $150,000 for the ...
Find More By
News type 
Regional Interest
Funding Area 
Arts & Culture
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

Carrolle Perry Devonish, former director of the Philadelphia Foundation and celebrated philanthropy expert, has died at 85

Carrolle Perry Devonish
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Obituary via The Philadelphia Inquirer by Gary Miles   Carrolle_family ... the first female and Black director of the Philadelphia Foundation, retired executive director of the Anguilla ... local development director for the United Negro College Fund, celebrated consultant on community philanthropy, and ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia names Daria Torres as its first Executive in Residence

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... President sidney@philanthropynetwork.org 215-790-9700 x4 (Philadelphia, PA, April 9, 2019) Philanthropy Network Greater ... the 12-month, immersive program, she will be supporting foundation leaders across the region as they use the Equity ... Virginia IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Fund, and is a founding member of the Philadelphia Black ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Provides Rapid Response to Community: $7.3M Distributed to Nearly 200 Nonprofits in Three Weeks

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, April 23, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – The PHL COVID-19 Fund today announced its third round of grants, totaling more ... Fund, launched on March 19 and led by the Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Disaster ReliefHuman Services
Areas of Focus 
COVID-19

Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... information: Jennifer Leith, Executive Director, The Douty Foundation 215-620-1869  jennifer@doutyfoundation.org Philadelphia, PA (April 6, 2020) – Since 1968, The Douty ... with $500,000.00 each are the Philadelphia Worker Relief Fund and the PA Immigrant Relief Fund. About the Douty ...

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 ... David Gould , 267-240-2010 PHILADELPHIA – Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild) – the City of ... of a $125,000 grant from The Patricia Kind Family Foundation . The grant will support the community engagement ...
Find More By
News type 
Regional Interest
Areas of Focus 
Rebuild Initiative

Beech stands in the gap during funding crisis

Derrick Thomas and Ken Scott
Friday, February 7, 2025
Press release PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7, 2025 – Eighteen non-profits in ... $25,000 in small program grants through its Alston-Beech Foundation . The grants are especially helpful during the ... and over 300 college scholarships through its scholarship fund . During the pandemic, the foundation provided $1,000 ...

City Announces $360,000 in Grants to Improve Quality of Life in Kensington through Fourth Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

KCR Fund
Thursday, July 11, 2024
KCRFund logo.png PHILADELPHIA (July 11, 2024) — Today, the City of ... in the fourth cycle of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund). The KCR Fund was launched in 2021 as a ... community members, City government, and the Scattergood Foundation to address the harms caused by the opioid and ...

Chester County Community Foundation: Event Cancellation and Rapid Recovery Fund Announcement

Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Protecting the community amid growing concerns over COVID-19 (West Chester, ... these unprecedented times, the Chester County Community Foundation is extremely thankful for the charitable ... of a cherished event, and the creation of a recovery fund to help organizations that work with the most vulnerable ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Disaster Relief
Areas of Focus 
COVID-19

Reinvestment Fund and Health Department Announce $500,000 in Funding for Food Justice

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
PHILADELPHIA – Reinvestment Fund joins the Philadelphia Department of Public Health in ... launch in 2019.   PFJI provides funding to innovative, community-led projects that strengthen Philadelphia’s food ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation announces new funding to help Black families access world-class addiction services

IBX Foundation
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Press Release Philadelphia, PA — December 2, 2020 — The  Independence Blue Cross Foundation  (Foundation) announced that it will award new ... Caron has committed $500,000 of its annual scholarship fund to help Black families access care. At this time, five ...

Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation

Leeway Foundation
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
In a time of global unrest and uncertainty, Leeway Foundation continues to be led by our community and grantees ... Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women and trans* artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia.

The Community Foundation of South Jersey launches Transform South Jersey Initiative

Transform South Jersey
Monday, August 26, 2019
Press Release Community Foundation of South Jersey Invites Local ... building their own locally controlled community endowed fund to be responsive to the priorities developed through ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Audience 
Community Foundation
Areas of Focus 
Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Brandywine Health Foundation Receives Grant in Support of Coatesville Food Truck Project

Coatesville Food Truck
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Press release from Brandywine Health Foundation   Coatesville Food Truck.jpg (Coatesville, ... has made food insecurity a priority within the region and supports inspiring positive community change. Partnering with the Brandywine Health ...

City Announces Final Round of Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program Awardees

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Via the City of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia today ... announced the fourth and final round of the Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program awardees. The final round ... major shift in how City government fights gun violence and fund community groups dealing with the issue for years to ...
Find More By
News type 
Regional Interest
Funding Area 
Anti-Violence
Areas of Focus 
Public Policy and Civic Engagement

Pages