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The Foundation for Delaware County announces retirement of president Frances M. Sheehan

Frances M. Sheehan
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
... Frances 2025.png MEDIA, PA. [February 26, 2025] - The Foundation for Delaware County today announced that its ... System to Prospect Medical Holdings into the thriving community foundation it is today. Under her leadership, the ... Establishing key initiatives such as the COVID-19 Response Fund, 2020 Census Fund, Center for Nonprofit Excellence, and ...
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Foundation’s Someone You Know public health awareness campaign highlights the stigma of addiction

IBX Foundation with Governor Wolf
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Foundation’s Someone You Know public health awareness ... the stigma of addiction   IBX_opioids2019GovWolf.jpg Philadelphia, PA — September 25, 2019  —  In ... “It has permeated Pennsylvania – every corner, every community. And we have reached a point where there can no ...

Bucks County Foundation Grants Boost Area Nonprofits

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The Bucks County Foundation (BCF) and its Board of Directors awarded more than ... Way of Bucks County HELP Truck Exhibit: Connecting Kids to Community, planned for late 2025. This collaborative project ... such as donor advised funds, scholarship funds, and the Fund for Bucks County, to support effective nonprofits and ...
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How Mission-Aligned Investments Helped the Patricia Kind Family Foundation Expand Its Reach

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
...   By Ann C. Logue Since 1996, the  Patricia Kind Family Foundation  (PKFF) has worked to alleviate poverty in the Greater Philadelphia area. Although PKFF’s grant-making reach is ... PKFF has been able to directly impact the communities it supports. For example, the Foundation made a private equity ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $217,000 in Grants

CCFWG 2019 Grants Celebration
Monday, July 8, 2019
WEST CHESTER, PA (July 8, 2019) – The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) has awarded $217,000 in ... of women and girls throughout Chester County. Nearly 100 community members, grantee partners, and CCFWG Board and ... Michele Roberson of the Bianca Nikol Merge with Mercy Foundation and Christine Zaccarelli of The Crime Victims’ ...
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Census 2020: Your Family Foundation Needs to Engage

Monday, January 28, 2019
... is helpful if you are interested in learning what your community needs and what help is available to determine what your family foundation can and should do near census time. I particularly ... set of data outlines the items of the federal budget that, based on census count data, is used to distribute $800 ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Susan Elko with Kitchen Table Award

Thursday, January 25, 2018
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls will honor Susan Elko, a long-time ... Officer of Advancing Adolescent Girls' Rights at the NoVo Foundation. Tynesha has over a decade of experience ... that perpetuate inequity. In her role at NoVo, Tynesha supports projects and individuals dedicated to the ...
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Dr. L. Joy Gates Black named to the Board of Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation

Dr. L. Joy Gates Black
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
(Media, PA) – The Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation is pleased to announce the election of ... early 2018, CKCF will build on its existing public health programs to make grants to improve the health and quality of ...
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HealthSpark Foundation Awards Ten Innovation Lab Grants

Wednesday, March 6, 2019
HealthSpark Foundation awarded over $316,000 in 10  Innovation Lab ... several ideas that have come from the safety net provider community in  Phase Two  of the initiative. Among the ... data that can be used to review and revise YWH policies, programs, data, communications and leadership structures to ...
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First Round of South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund Grants Awarded

CFSJ COVID Response Fund Round 1 Grants
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
... by COVID-19 and serve families across the region. The Community Foundation of South Jersey (CFSJ) today announced its first ... round of grantees since launching the COVID-19 Response Fund in late March. The grants total $100,000 for nonprofits ...
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24 Delaware County Nonprofits Receive Funding for Emergency Services

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
The Foundation for Delaware County established the  Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund on March 13, 2020, realizing that the impact of the ... a support grant to address emergency needs outlined in their proposals to the foundation. Grants will be awarded ...

National Study Reports Foundations Maintained or Increased Spending in 2020; Long-Term Investment Returns Held Steady

2020 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations® (CCSF)
Monday, August 23, 2021
... Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations® (CCSF) (the “Study”) show that ... net of fees.) L onger-term returns were mixed for the two foundation types: Private foundations reported an average ... some smaller community foundations, which, it would appear based on the data, had their finger on the pulse of their ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Hosts "Yes, All Women!" Dialogue

Yes, All Women!
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
WEST CHESTER, PA (October 24, 2017) – The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls hosted its second ‘Yes, All ... Executive Director. CCFWG continues to lead and unite the community on the issues facing women and girls by providing ... Fund for Women and Girls is a grantmaking and education foundation dedicated to addressing the needs of women and ...
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Bloomberg-Funded Efforts to Stem Pennsylvania Opioid Crisis Announced

Friday, July 12, 2019
... of a $10 million commitment to address the opioid crisis in Pennsylvania. The initiative is part of a three-year,  ... Trusts ,  Johns Hopkins University , and the  CDC Foundation  to help up to ten states with high rates of ... to bring together law enforcement, state agencies, community leaders, hospitals, prisons, and harm-reduction ...
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Community Nonprofits Awarded $13.8 million To Renovate Cecil B. Moore and Heitzman Recreation Centers

Cecil B. Moore's karate students perform at the Rebuild launch celebration.
Friday, March 15, 2019
City of Philadelphia Press Release (3.14.19) This week Rebuild ... B. Moore Recreation Center and playground. Harrowgate-based nonprofit IMPACT Services will deliver a $1.8 million ... Director Nicole Westerman said. “Partnering with trusted community nonprofits allows the City to complete renovations ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Hosts Inaugural Champions of Change Breakfast

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
... of Change Breakfast Leaves Chester County Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) hosted its first annual ... at a young age that girls could do anything. That solid foundation inspired her to continue to achieve throughout her ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity Announces Union Community Care Selected as Core Provider of Healthcare Services at Coatesville's Brandywine Center

The Brandywine Center
Thursday, January 16, 2025
... for Health Equity (AHE) announced today that Union Community Care has been selected as the Federally Qualified ... and supported. We’re committed to building on AHE’s foundation of health equity by understanding what folks and ... in the Greater Coatesville area. Through innovative programs and partnerships, AHE focuses on addressing the ...

Dr. Myra Forrest joins Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation as Education Advocate

Myra Forrest
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
... been a priority at the Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation. And as community leaders and elected officials continue to work ... students at every level from nursery school to doctoral programs and was a teacher and administrator in the Pottstown ...
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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
... Joanne Kline, the founding Executive Director of the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn, will retire from this ... Diana is known to many of the local nonprofit and community groups for her philanthropic management and ... the Board of Directors of Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia and is the manager of BLBB Charitable. As ...
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