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Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life

Photo credit Warren Wong on Unsplash
Thursday, September 10, 2020
... put a human life in jeopardy. As a behavioral health foundation, we know that people with serious mental illness ... Intercept Model is a conceptual framework for creating community-based responses for people with behavioral health ... they are well-resourced and implemented with fidelity. In Philadelphia, many evidence-based practices have been ...

New Administration's Policies Create Extraordinary Challenges for Nonprofits, New Study Finds

Challenging Times: How U.S. Nonprofit Leaders Are Experiencing the Political Context
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
... the time of the survey, received communication from their foundation funders, or that only a few of their funders had ... Methodology and Analysis, manages research projects and supports research design and analysis training and work ... Career Ladders Project at the Foundation for California Community Colleges, the first fellow at the William and Flora ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off Cohort Two of The Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Cohort Two Funders
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
... rooted inequities experienced by its most marginalized community members, including those experienced by the Black ... by these Chester County funders: Chester County Community Foundation, The Fund for Women and Girls, Nelson Foundation, Phoenixville ...

Showing up is half the battle when it comes to change. Here’s what comes next | Opinion by Pedro Ramos

Tuesday, November 20, 2018
... to a cause, an idea, and especially to other people.  As Philadelphia Foundation's team crisscrossed the region visiting tables ... too late to get engaged.  Libraries, Y's, schools, and community and civic organizations provide opportunities to ...

Opinion | Solving Philly’s poverty issues takes consistent, relentless effort by Mayor Jim Kenney

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Via The Philadelphia Inquirer The  U.S. Census Bureau report ... of new hires is $14.72. PBT also allows us to create 20 community schools that bring critical support services, such as food pantries, after-school programs, adult education classes, and job training to ...

Build up Nepal Wins $250,000 Lipman Family Prize

Barry & Marie Lipman presenting the 2023 Lipman Family Grand Prize award to Björn Söderberg, Co-Founder & CEO of Build up Nepal (Photo: Rebecca Barger)
Friday, April 21, 2023
2023 Lipman Prize.jpg PHILADELPHIA, April 21, 2023—Build up Nepal has been named ... are honored to welcome them into the Lipman Family Prize community. Our award ceremony was just the beginning of our ... Education ’s individual, company-customized, and online programs. More than 104,000 Wharton alumni form a powerful ...
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NBME Selects Its First Philanthropy Director

Allison Anderson Acevedo
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... plan for NBME’s current and developing  philanthropic programs , including expanding efforts to support ... as well as her professional and personal commitment to community engagement, namely building partnerships to improve ... engagement experience, as well as her deep roots in the Philadelphia area, make her an excellent inaugural ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... working to create equitable work through Love Now Media, a Philadelphia based media company that uplifts the voices of those ... to filming it - and NOT as a journalist but as part of the community. One of my very first community stories, in 2004, ...

The Alliance for Health Equity announces the Judy Spangler Memorial Scholarship

Judy Spangler
Monday, May 8, 2023
... plan of Integrated Services, Healthy Environments, and Community-Voice for the Greater Coatesville community. She ... with both The Alliance for Health Equity and the Newlin Foundation as we remember the distinguished life of Judy ... member of the Advisory Committee for the Scholarship Fund. “Judy was taken from us much too soon, and we are ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... rooted inequities experienced by its most marginalized community members, including those experienced by the Black ... by these Chester County funders: CCCF Grantmaking Fund for Chester County Social Justice, Phoenixville Community Health Foundation, The 25th Century Foundation, The Alliance for ...

Growing the Mission-Aligned Investing Ecosystem: Reflections from September 16

Mission-Aligned Investing
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
On September 16 th , Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, ImpactPHL and Mission Investors Exchange ... region. Ty Thiele (CEO of Andorra), leaned on data and foundation stories to provide an overview of the collective ... is part of a broader marketplace where private capital and community priorities intersect. The facilitator Nick Ashburn, ...
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CCFWG’s Girls Advisory Board Awards $19k to Local Nonprofits Serving Women & Girls

CCFWG Girls Advisory Board
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
... PA (February 16, 2021) - Members of Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG)’s Girls Advisory Board ... of free contraceptives. *** CCFWG leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that ... In response to COVID-19, CCFWG has developed innovative programs and initiatives to raise awareness about the ...

City Council and Mayor Kenney play nice as rec center ‘rebuild’ advances

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... conference held at one of the city’s public facilities in dire need —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North Philadelphia community hub will begin to receive renovations with $8 ...

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 ... as opportunities for learning instead of chores to endure. Based on  research  that suggests parent-child interactions ... initiative doesn't require much money. The William Penn Foundation is spending $190,000 over two years to seed the ...
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BMe founder Trabian Shorters: The philanthropic sector is thinking about equity all wrong

Trabian Shorters
Thursday, October 25, 2018
... by DEI expert Trabian Shorters, the former Knight Foundation VP who founded  BMe Community , a community engagement program and social ... keynote speaker of  Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia’s  fall conference, themed “ Onramps to ...
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Hurricane Dorian: How to Help

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... inform your giving. News (9.9.19) The AmerisourceBergen Foundation Commits $75,000 to Support Communities Impacted by ... for vulnerable populations. The Jessie Ball duPont Fund resource Creating Order from Chaos: Roles for ... page with a number of relief and recovery resources The  Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties  has ...

Giving USA: Total U.S. charitable giving remained strong in 2021, reaching $484.85 billion

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
... charitable giving in America, is published by Giving USA Foundation , a public service initiative of The Giving ... with it to advance the field of generosity and to promote community excellence, and diversity and inclusion in the ... its research and international programs and through The Fund Raising School, Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, the ...
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The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Reposted with permission from the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls CCFWG_COVIDBlog.jpg   A juggling ... children, according to a  study from the Kaiser Family Foundation . The closure of schools, childcare centers, small businesses and community centers has put further strain on family dynamics. ...

Giving USA 2021: In a year of unprecedented events and challenges, charitable giving reached a record $471.44 billion in 2020

Giving USA 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
... charitable giving in America, is published by  Giving USA Foundation , a public service initiative of The Giving ... include United Ways and many organizations that focus on community development and civil rights, experienced strong ... its research and international programs and through The Fund Raising School, Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, the ...

Mighty Writers El Futuro Kennett

Mighty Writers El Futuro
Monday, December 13, 2021
... Click here to download a PDF of this profile. Based on an interview with Sara Dickens-Trillo, Program ... vaccinated. We were watching the news stories about how Philadelphia was getting vaccinated, while the number of ... was intimidating. We said, to be able to have a healthy community, we have to get vaccinated. And we need to get ...
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