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

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
... for a new waterfront park over I-95 at Penn's Landing, project officials said Monday. Supported by a $4 million ... waterfront?” It’s a particularly salient vision for a project that aims to stich over a section of the highway that ... the foundation. “This is a way to not just rely on the project itself to do that [healing], but to rely on the ...

Pew Awards $4M to Support Housing, Legal Services for Older Philadelphians

Pew
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... that is too often overlooked,” said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human ... new and existing units with assistive technology, such as automatic medication dispensers, that supports ... needs of older adults with serious mental illnesses. As a result, rates of homelessness, acute care hospital ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s Black Community Leaders Fund Makes $800,000 in Grants to 24 Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Monday, November 8, 2021
... its Black Community Leaders Fund, which supports Black-led nonprofits that serve Black communities in Greater ... Health Partnership, Santander Bank and Fels Fund, as well as the boost provided by Facebook’s inaugural $1 ... College Prep Roundtable Philadelphia Parent Organizing Project Sisters Returning Home Theatre in the X UrbEd ...

Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
... $5.3 million to 11 organizations. The grantees are varied, as are the dollar amounts granted; several of the grants are intended to provide multi-year support, others are project-specific. (Read about each grant in detail  here. ) ... IPM decided to relinquish its broadcast license altogether as part of the Federal Communications Commission’s  ...
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Phoenixville Community Health Foundation CEO Louis J. Beccaria To Retire In 2019

Lou Beccaria
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
... Community Health Foundation’s Board of Directors announces President & CEO Louis J. Beccaria’s plan to retire in 2019 after 21 years of serving as chief executive. During his tenure as President & CEO, the ...
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WCU Students Demonstrate Benjamin Franklin’s Philanthropic Legacy through Annual Grant

CCCF Grant Students
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
... and initiatives in Franklin’s legacy to causes such as fire companies, libraries and educational programs. This ... to twenty-five grant proposals from qualifying nonprofits.  The class developed guidelines and criteria for ...
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Foundation Awards $1.2 Million in Pottstown Area Grants

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... School District: Healthy School Communities - HS gym project Boyertown Area School District: Brain Body Mind ... Hockey: Developing Core Values Through Youth Ice Hockey Project Purpose: Mentoring with a Purpose: After School ... Pottstown. Founded in 2003, the Foundation partners with nonprofits, local governments, and schools to ensure that ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... said Mitchell Little, executive director of CEO. “As CEO supports our communities during the recovery, we must ... might share in the city’s prosperous future. It serves as the Community Action Agency (CAA) for the City of Philadelphia. As a CAA, CEO awards Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Launches Highly Anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report at Community Event

The Fund for Women and Girls Blueprint speakers
Thursday, October 6, 2022
... her personal connection to themes in the Blueprint Report as a woman of color who has experienced sexual violence, ... Women’s Commission in its #ChescoKnows initiative, a project focused on combatting workplace sexual harassment ... faith community, or club; or to sign up to be trained as a Blueprint Ambassador. Visit The Fund’s YouTube channel ...
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Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Duncan_teaser image.jpg By Jos Duncan As diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives increase ... home from a tour in the Army. On her first day home, the 21-year-old called together 6 young Black men in the housing ... none of us had ever seen a story like this about a 21 year old Black woman leading this type of an endeavor. Nor ...

New Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard analyzes more than $40M in giving from 13 shared funds in Greater Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
... dashboard was specifically designed for funders and nonprofits to answer questions about the flow of ... were prioritized in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as inform future grantmaking as it relates to the ...   Funding in Philadelphia:  Most grant funds (57%, $21,786,047)went to nonprofits based in Philadelphia. That ...

Philadelphia to benefit from $100M Starbucks initiative to advance racial equity

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... and other "impact-focused" financial institutions. As part of the initiative, Starbucks will work with partners such as the Opportunity Finance Network to allocate funds to local ...

GSK names 23rd annual IMPACT Award Winners

GSK IMPACT Award winner Coded by Kids
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Ten nonprofits each receive $40,000 for work in mentoring, ... Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey   Homeless Advocacy Project Housing Partnership of Chester County Legal Clinic ... by Philadelphia Foundation and consisting of GSK employees as well as local and national community health experts. The ...

Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... its doors in April 2008, was the first major construction project in the City of Coatesville in more than four decades ... years ago with Community Dental, is the only Federally Qualified Health Center in Chester County. The co-location ...

First Round of South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund Grants Awarded

CFSJ COVID Response Fund Round 1 Grants
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
CFSJ_Round1CovidGrants.jpg Twenty-three nonprofits serving South Jersey are receiving grants aimed ... Fund in late March. The grants total $100,000 for nonprofits serving: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape ... of lost revenue due to closures and event cancellations, as well as other business model challenges resulting from the ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia awards $362,000 to five organizations

Impact100 Philadelphia 2023 Grant Awardees (logos)
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
... 377 women members. In addition, $6,000 has been provided as honorariums to twelve nonprofit organizations as a new part of our grant-making process after hosting a ... members have provided over $4.8 million to regional nonprofits since the organization’s founding in 2008. Each ...
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More Than $1 Million in Fellowships Awarded to 12 BIPOC Artists Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Program

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
... the artists follows below. These fellowships are awarded as part of the regional component of America’s Cultural ... artist; executive director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project  Wit López : multidisciplinary visual artist, ... of Montgomery County  The nomination and award process: As a collaborator in this regional initiative, The Pew Center ...
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All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... cultivating literacy-rich communities.   During a pilot project, supported by the William Penn Foundation in the ... year of the partnership. The program will be maintained as part of the District’s early literacy efforts in all ... one classroom of kids, Book Trust has since grown to 21 states, from Hawaii to New York, and annually supports ...
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