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PHL COVID-19 Fund Responds to Urgent Community Needs, More than $12 Million Pledged to Date

PHL COVID-19 Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... COVID-19 Fund earmarks more than $2 million in first round of grants to nonprofits By Mike Narducci for the Philadelphia ... the near-term impact of COVID-19,” said Pedro Ramos, President & CEO of the Philadelphia Foundation. “We want to ensure that ...

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

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
... and prolonged COVID-19 crisis led to the creation of more than a dozen shared philanthropic response funds in ... Director of Evaluation and Learning at the William Penn Foundation . “With this new collective data, we have a ... amount of demographic data collected. Said Sidney Hargro, President of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia , ...

Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... release, The Food Trust Wharton joins second-ever cohort of Culture of Health Leaders, assembled from across the country by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  Philadelphia, PA — Leaders from Honolulu to ... the Gaps Community Health Internship Program, and is an appointed member of the Philadelphia Food Policy Advocacy ...

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
... PA – (March 3, 2019) – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many of the city’s leading civil legal aid agencies and ... Services, Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Philadelphia, Good Shepherd ...
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CC250 to Host Planning Summit at Thornbury Farm

Chester County 250
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
... to commemorate and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, throughout 2026.  The morning commences with ... County Government in partnership with the Community Foundation. CC250’s mission is to inspire and engage all of ...

Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund announces first round of grants

Monday, April 6, 2020
The Foundation for Delaware County announced the first round of grants awarded from the Delaware County COVID-19 Response ... Chair of the Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund and President of the Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union. “The ...
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Atlanta-based First Step Staffing Expands into Philadelphia

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
... sustainable income for individuals transitioning out of homelessness, including veterans, re-entering citizens, ... growth overthe last two decades,” said Brian Kares, CEO of On Time Staffing. First Step initially acquired a ...

Funding available for health care organizations and programs in Berks County and contiguous counties

Monday, July 27, 2020
... for organizations and programs that benefit the health of residents of Berks County and the counties that are contiguous to it. The Home Health Care Foundation Fund of Berks County Community Foundation will ... region,” said Kevin K. Murphy, Community Foundation president.
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Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... from around the country. The premier annual meeting of the park and recreation community, over a three-day period ... than worth their investment,” said  Barbara Tulipane , President and CEO of the  NRPA . “Not only are the amenities something ...

New Report on Nonprofit Financial Health Pre-Pandemic Serves as a Wake-Up Call

The Financial Heath of Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
... Foundation , The Scattergood Foundation and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey , released a ... most organizations before 2020,” said Russell Johnson, President and CEO of the HealthSpark Foundation and Chair of the Nonprofit ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, November 21, 2024—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund ... will support the documentation, sharing, and preservation of community stories to advance social justice, build power, ...

Hospital Closures: Community Leaders Partner to Minimize Disruption of Healthcare Services

Monday, January 31, 2022
... PA – January 31, 2021 – With Tower Health’s closure of Jennersville Hospital on December 31, and the closure of ... communities that relied upon them,” said Vanessa Briggs, President & CEO of The Alliance for Health Equity. “Our goals in ...

City of Philadelphia Launches “PHLConnectED”

Thursday, August 6, 2020
Read the full press release here . Coalition of Business, Nonprofit, Philanthropic, and Civic Leaders ... Esperanza Charter Schools, Boys Latin Charter School, Independence Charter School, Philadelphia Charters for ... Prep Charter Comcast Corporation and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Lenfest Foundation Neubauer Family Foundation ...

Building on Arthur Evans' Legacy: Next Steps For Behavioral Health In Philadelphia

Thursday, February 9, 2017
COMMENTARY By Joe Pyle President, Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation ... steps down  Friday after 12 years as commissioner of the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and ... Evans now taking his vision to a national platform, as CEO of the   American Psychological Association , the ...

Eagles' Chris Long Teams Up With United Way And Philadelphia's Read By 4th Campaign To Increase Early Literacy

Chris Long
Friday, September 28, 2018
... First Quarter for Literacy drive, pledging a quarter of his salary PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ ... a critical strategy in that effort," said Bill Golderer, president and CEO of UWGPSNJ. "As a proud member of the Read by 4th ...
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$100,000 Grant Kicks off Campaign for Chromebooks for Pottstown School District

Tuesday, May 5, 2020
POTTSTOWN, May 5—With the announcement of a $100,000 matching grant, The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation and the Foundation for Pottstown Education are ... Dave Kraybill, Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation president. “The deep connections students have with their ...

PHLove Variety Show Raises Over $1.5 Million For PHL COVID-19 Fund Rapid Response Effort; 6th Round of Grant Recipients Announced

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, May 28, 2020
... regional celebrities, raised over $1.5 million in support of the Fund. Presented by the Middleton Family, the PHLove ... in sustaining healthy communities,” said Pedro Ramos, President and CEO of Philadelphia Foundation. “As we move from rapid ...
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Showing up is half the battle when it comes to change. Here’s what comes next | Opinion by Pedro Ramos

Tuesday, November 20, 2018
... our neighbors. If the saying is correct that 80 percent of success is showing up, then we have made a strong start ... up.  Now let's step up into our future. Pedro A. Ramos is president and CEO of the Philadelphia Foundation.  pramos@philafound.org . ...

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