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City Launches Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
PHILADELPHIA – Today, the City of Philadelphia and the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation announced the launch of the  Overdose Prevention ... from the Opioid Settlement are spent,” said Joe Pyle, President of the Scattergood Foundation. “In our five years ...
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Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... Nonprofit Quarterly . This year, employing a combination of city bonding authority—backed by a city tax on soda ... hundred-million-dollar grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the City of Philadelphia launched a high-profile, ... board diversity report ), Lawncrest advisory council president Claudia Quinton said she understands that the ...

Philadelphia Health Partnership announces 2018 grant awards

Thursday, December 20, 2018
... 17 nonprofit organizations participating in the foundation's strategic initiatives on medical-legal ... advancing health equity and addressing social determinants of health through the integration and coordination of care ... to a lawyer to address issues that affect their health, independence, and quality of life. Launched in 2018 with PHP ...
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Philanthropy Network welcomes new team members

Friday, September 15, 2023
... Philadelphia is delighted to announce that a new cohort of colleagues joined our staff on September 6, 2023. This ... partnership with the National Urban Fellows at the Comcast Foundation where they wrote a capstone titled: "Corporate ... College.  Kevin Jones (he/him) Interim Senior Vice President Data, Accountability and Evaluation ...
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Philanthropy Network Launches "Philanthropy 101" Series

Betsaleel "Bets" Charmelus
Sunday, October 5, 2025
... our new five-part “Philanthropy 101” series as a part of reinvigorating our commitment to shared learning ... Language Friday, November 14 | 10 AM - 12 PM Session 2: Foundation Governance Friday, December 5 | 10 AM - 12 PM ... spark meaningful change. Currently serving as the CEO of ArtistYear and Board Chair of the Stockton Rush Bartol ...
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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces Over $10.2 Million in Pandemic Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Organizations and Fellowships for Artists

Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Thursday, September 9, 2021
... to organizations as they move forward from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a pivot from the Center’s ... earned revenue potential. Thom Collins , The Barnes Foundation’s Neubauer Family executive director and president, explains how the Barnes’ newly funded research ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Hosts Inaugural Champions of Change Breakfast

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
CCFWG’s Inaugural Champions of Change Breakfast Leaves Chester County Business Community ... practice for at least three years.   Patricia B. Miller, President of Nobel Learning Communities, accepted the Gladys ... 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 Philadelphia Cultural Fund distributes $2.67 million to a diverse mix of arts & culture organizations

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
MAYOR JIM KENNEY AND A HOST OF CITY LEADERS HELP DISTRIBUTE $2.67 MILLION TO ARTS & ... institutions such as Taller Puertorriqueño and The Barnes Foundation, these cultural venues are essential to the ... city of neighborhoods,” added Philadelphia City Council President Darrell L. Clarke. “We are also proud to give ...

Using Public Data to Advance Philanthropy

Area Deprivation Index
Monday, August 12, 2019
... faced, we almost always end up discussing data.  Of the over 2,000 foundations in the area, just under 5 ... to dive into quantitative research is limited. Most of their emphasis, rightly so, has been placed on qualitative ... our next blog post in September 2019. Shira Hodges is Vice President, Strategy and Learning at Philanthropy Network ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls’ Fifth Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Local Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

The Fund for Women and Girls
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
... Fund for Women and Girls hosted its fifth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at The ... JoAnne Reifsnyder, Phd, MSN, MBA, FAAN, the Executive Vice President, Clinical Operations, and Chief Nursing Officer at ... and Tim Bell | M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust | WSFS Cares Foundation | Connie and Tom Fogarty | Denise Wine and Neil ...
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Funders and Grantees celebrate PA is Ready!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
On October 10,  The Philadelphia Foundation  hosted a  Funder/Grantee Reception  to celebrate the accomplishments of  PA is Ready!  over the last year and a half. Click  ... member organizations.   PA is Ready!  is  a coalition of organizations that provide Pennsylvania immigrant ...

Brandywine Valley Active Aging

Brandywine Active Aging
Thursday, April 14, 2022
... Website: bvactiveaging.org Click here   to download a PDF of this profile. Based on an interview with Dania Langley, Director of Development Due to the pandemic, aging populations needed ... activities went away we were able to stay open because of our mindset change. Birthday bashes moved to outdoor ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity Launches the Equity Health Center to address Health Access in Greater Coatesville

Equity Health Network Providers
Thursday, April 6, 2023
... American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. At the end of 2022, the county awarded $2.2 million to the Equity Health ... in the community. With an Oversight Committee composed of local community leaders and other physical and mental ... Equity Health Center will be housed on the fourth floor of the Brandywine Center at 744 East Lincoln Highway, ...

Eight Heads Are Better Than One

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
... As a general rule, I think most funders are the type of people who “played nicely in the sandbox” with other ... into the tent, all that good stuff. Despite it all, many of us struggle when it comes to true collaboration with other ... of our grantees.  The Premise: To have more than one foundation work together to deliver a professional ...

Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life

Photo credit Warren Wong on Unsplash
Thursday, September 10, 2020
... -W.E.B. Du Bois Last week we saw yet another killing of a Black man rise to the nation’s consciousness. Daniel ... put a human life in jeopardy. As a behavioral health foundation, we know that people with serious mental illness ... LSW, and Mark R. Munetz, MD    Pyle2103.jpg Joe Pyle is president of the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health ...

A Philanthropic Response to White Supremacy from the Birthplace of Freedom

Octavius Catto Statue
Monday, August 14, 2017
... On Friday night, 256 miles from Philadelphia, hundreds of neo-Nazi, white supremacists descended upon ... Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.  They marched ... the inalienable rights outlined in the Declaration of Independence - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - ...
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Pennsylvania Announces Composition of Census 2020 Complete Count Commission

Governor Tom Wolf
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Press Release from the office of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf Harrisburg, PA – ... and accurate census count. “Having an accurate count of Pennsylvania’s population is essential for fair ... will help our state to have a full and accurate count of our population. We need all people to be counted, from our ...
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