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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 ...
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Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
News release from the Knight Foundation $1M investment will help Brigades in Miami, Charlotte, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Jose, St. Paul and Boulder build ... that support their civic technology missions in each community, as well as implementing practices that help with ...

The Case for General Operating Support

Thursday, August 23, 2018
... Bretting, Michael Jordan, and Mailee Walker, Claneil Foundation Recently, a grantee sent us an email to request an ... Social Innovation Review for its impact in the community. Given all of its success, how could the ... for a moment what could be possible in the communities we fund if this trend was reversed. We believe that our success ...
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PHL COVID-19 Fund Deploys Funds to Aid Pandemic Recovery Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, June 25, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The PHL COVID-19 Fund announced awardees of its Community Reopening Grants. In its seventh round of funding, ... Fund, launched on March 19 and led by the Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater ...
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Leading Philadelphia Civil Legal Aid and Social-Service Agencies Sign On to Become Founding Member Tenants in the First Collaborative Center of its Kind

Friday, March 8, 2019
Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA – (March 3, 2019) – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many of the city’s ... and purpose-built location for the city’s legal aid community to call home. The EJC will increase access to ...
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The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle (PBGC) Launches its Inaugural Grantmaking Cycle

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Philadelphia, PA – October 31, 2018. On Thursday, November ... of charitable giving and philanthropy within the Black community. Recognizing that small nonprofits play a major ... the auspices of a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(c)(3). Based in the City of Philadelphia Operating for at least 2 ...
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Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... from across the country by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  Philadelphia, PA — Leaders from Honolulu to Providence, ... access to affordable, nutritious food. In this role, he supports the organization’s health equity, policy and ...

WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant to Advance the Financial Health of Women in the Philadelphia Region

WOMEN'S WAY Gender Wealth Institute
Thursday, April 13, 2023
... of women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals. Philadelphia, PA (April 13, 2023) – WOMEN’S WAY is ... health of women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals in the Greater Philadelphia region. The initiative brings together the ...

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announces 2018 grants for Philadelphia artists & organizations

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
... for Arts & Heritage has announced their newest grants in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists. ... to continue to support the region’s vibrant cultural community through our annual grant-making. This year’s ...
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Releases Economic & Social Impact Study

Arts Culture and Economic Prosperity
Friday, May 3, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (April 30, 2024) –  The Greater Philadelphia ... have a combined economic impact of $3.3 Billion annually, based on data from the Americans for the Arts and Economic ... “lead, strengthen and amplify the voices of a cultural community that ignites creativity, inspires people and 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 District of Philadelphia has awarded ... $20,000 to nearly $75,000, are funded by the William Penn Foundation. The grants totaled $535,826. The Good to Great ...
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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia announces Mariah Casias as Vice President, Learning & Evaluation

Mariah Casias
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Casias_Headshot (002).JPEG Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce Mariah Casias as our new ... of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP), which supports emerging leaders who strive for excellence and ... Justice Giving Project with Bread & Roses Community Fund and has volunteered for a range of community programs in ...
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Animal Grantmakers 2023 Conference in Philadelphia: Advancing Social Change Through an Animal Protection Lens

Animal Grantmakers
Thursday, October 12, 2023
... October 22 to Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at the Sofitel Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square. Held exclusively for ... 14. Sponsored by PetSmart Charities ®, Kirkpatrick Foundation , Summerlee Foundation , Michelson Found Animals Foundation , Hewlett Foundation , Maddie’s Fund® , Morris Animal Foundation , Tigers in America® , The ...
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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 ... nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia. The $15,000 per awardee is in affirmation of ... Textiles How can organizations work towards a method that supports artists’ basic needs, making way for innovation ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards COVID-19 Fund grants

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... June 30, 2020 —The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded 34 grants totaling $71,950 through the COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Fund. The fund supports social services in the Foundation’s service area ...

As city waits on soda tax ruling, private sector pours on support for Rebuild

Tuesday, November 21, 2017
... as a public-private partnership, with the William Penn Foundation ’s  $100 million commitment  leading the way. ... to be using the sites,” says Patrick Morgan, Knight’s Philadelphia programs director. More than piggy-packing on Rebuild, Morgan ...
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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
... Pa., Nov. 13 /CSRwire/ - Today, the AmerisourceBergen Foundation announced its collaboration with more than 20 ... comprised of key stakeholders, partnered with a variety of community-based organizations devoted to creating action-oriented ...
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Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
...  them. As Program Officer at  Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , which supports community media in the ... In our recent grant cycle, the Community Voices Fund, we sought out projects and organizations that are ... both, by exploring stories of sex workers of color in Philadelphia as they navigate COVID-19. This project, which ...

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