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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, December 16, 2020 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces a major investment in the local ... The Independence Public Media Foundation funds and supports creative, community-centered media and media making ...
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What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
...  | by  Julie Zeglen In the past year and a half, the foundation has employed two new investing strategies. Here's ... March 2016 with a $1 million investment in  Reinvestment Fund’s  core loan fund , which deploys collective capital ... rehabbing them and renting them out as artist and community spaces. ( Generocity  profiled New Day cofounder ...

Beech Provides Non-Profit Funding during the Coronavirus Emergency

Beech Companies 30 Years
Friday, April 17, 2020
... organizations providing urgent services in the City of Philadelphia.  The fifth round of organizations to receive a ... Philadelphia, PA 19150 Tele 215-868-4092 White Rock Community Food Pantry 5240 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA ...
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Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity grant expands Penn Medicine and CHOP’s Alliance of Minority Physicians

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Press release via Independence Blue Cross Foundation The Independence Blue Cross Foundation announced a ... Health System (UPHS) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Alliance of Minority Physicians ... new AMP initiative, we are seeking to utilize evidence-based principles and the groundwork of a decade of experience ...
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Foundation Awards $1.2 Million in Pottstown Area Grants

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... PA (July 20, 2022)—The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded $1,220,000 to 34 projects and programs in the Pottstown area.  The funds, aimed at ensuring equitable opportunities for all community members to embrace a healthier lifestyle, are ...

Knight Foundation gives $4M for citywide conversation about park over I-95

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
... by a $4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced on  Sunday , the public engagement ... with little regard for citizen protests. Knight Foundation officials said that’s the point. “Not to get ... renewal,” said Patrick Morgan , program director for Philadelphia at the foundation. “This is a way to not just ...

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 ... to frequent. I am so grateful for all that they do for our community and am excited for the upgrades that these dollars ... the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania back to Philadelphia to fund additional upgrades to the Francis J. Myers Recreation ...

The Fund for Women and Girls‘ Inaugural Champions of Change Summit Inspires Local Business Community to Embrace Inclusive Leadership and Elevate Women in the Workplace

Presentation by Dr. Katrina Sawyer
Thursday, April 8, 2021
WEST CHESTER, PA (April 8, 2021) - The Fund for Women and Girls hosted its first Champions of Change ... . *** The Fund for Women and Girls leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that ... In response to COVID-19, The Fund has developed innovative programs and initiatives to raise awareness about the ...
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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 ... Frances Sheehan, who as president of the three-year-old Foundation for Delaware County has established a  Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund  to help with immediate food aid in recent weeks. ...

Chester County Community Foundation launches "Food for Thought" conversation series

ChescoCF Foo for Thought Community Conversations
Thursday, January 21, 2021
... Chester, PA – January 20, 2021): The Chester County Community Foundation is pleased to announce a social justice program ... free on Zoom, beginning January 26 th at noon. Subsequent programs will be held the third Tuesday of each month through ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls Awards $15,600 to Create Change

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
West Chester, PA (July 26, 2023) – The Fund for Women and Girls recently awarded $15,600 in grants ... to focus on swift responses to pressing needs in the community, distributing over $130,000 in that time to 22 ... Kennett Consolidated School District in Chester County and supports and uplifts Latino culture and families. They offer ...
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Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Helping Coatesville Residents in Time of Need

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... of the nation’s most vulnerable, Brandywine Health Foundation took quick action and announced the creation of the Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund. The goal of the fund is to rapidly identify and address the urgent needs of the Coatesville community and our nonprofit partners. To double the impact of ...
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Funders Unite to Launch Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County

Monday, April 15, 2024
... 2024) – Local grant makers BLBB Charitable, Bucks County Foundation (BCF), and Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) ... of a new joint funding opportunity, Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County (IMPACT Bucks), offering eligible ... to apply for a $75,000 grant by May 17, 2024. This grant supports nonprofits that are committed to creating safe, ...
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Salem Health and Wellness Foundation names new leader

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Salem.jpg The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of its new ... a Senior Director for Strategic Consulting at Casey Family Programs, the country’s largest foundation devoted solely ... and Wellness Foundation has a distinguished history in the community, specifically its commitment to reducing health ...
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Phoenixville Community Health Foundation CEO Louis J. Beccaria To Retire In 2019

Lou Beccaria
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
January 16, 2019 (Phoenixville, PA) – The Phoenixville Community Health Foundation’s Board of Directors announces President & CEO ... leadership, the Foundation also launched several programs and initiatives to improve health care access for ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $219,000 in Grants

Monday, June 18, 2018
WEST CHESTER, PA (June 18, 2018) – The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) has awarded $219,000 in ... the lives of women and girls in Chester County. Nearly 100 community members, grantee partners, and CCFWG Board and ... Fund for Women and Girls is a grantmaking and education foundation dedicated to addressing the needs of women and ...

Wells Fargo's $425,000 grant to FINANTA will help expand its Affinity Group Lending program

Wells Fargo check presentation to FINANTA
Friday, October 4, 2019
... Affinity Group Lending model to up to 450 entrepreneurs in Philadelphia while also replicating the model in Alabama, California, Missouri and Nebraska. While the ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Matrie Johnson with Kitchen Table Award

Matrie Johnson
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
WEST CHESTER, PA (February 8, 2022) – The Fund for Women and Girls will honor Matrie Johnson – a ... currently serves as Home of the Sparrow’s Director of Programs and is a founding member of Black Women of Chester ... dedicated and committed to making a difference in our community in so many different ways. She is never the public ...
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