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Lenfest Institute for Journalism Announces Local News Sustainability Grants

The Lenfest Institute
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
... sustainable local journalism PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 30, 2019) — The Lenfest Institute for Journalism today ... Local News Business Model Challenge. The grant builds on the Institute’s first year of innovation grantmaking in ... of the greater Philadelphia region. This inaugural grant-making effort has been launched in the belief that ...
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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
Press Release [June 3, 2019] The School District of Philadelphia and Book Trust, a ... reach all of the District’s 150 elementary schools and an estimated 40,000 kindergarten to third-grade students.  ... and is an investment in the District’s continued focus on early literacy.   Book Trust engages students to choose, ...
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The Philadelphia Cultural Fund distributes $2.67 million to a diverse mix of arts & culture organizations

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
... dedication and contributions. Support of the arts is not an option, it is an essential part of what defines us as a ... It reminds us that the Cultural Fund truly stimulates art making for people who are overlooked by established funding ...

NBME Selects Its First Philanthropy Director

Allison Anderson Acevedo
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... well as her deep roots in the Philadelphia area, make her an excellent inaugural Philanthropy Director for NBME. I’m really excited to see the impact Allison’s strategic insights will have on our developing philanthropic vision,” Linda ...

Foundations Community Partnership Launches #FCPresents Series to Help Strengthen Non-Profit Sector

Foundations Community Partnership
Thursday, May 25, 2023
... teaching the latest research-based fundraising tactics and making them approachable for small, community-based ... to donor centered. He is the Director of Donor Impact for Independence Mission Schools and has 24 years of ... Funding Trends.” Their workshop features best practices on how to successfully tell one’s story and meet funding ...
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Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... will be with the Foundation through January 1, 2025. On her decision to retire as CEO, Susan said “After ... operating, multi-year support.” “Susan is an extraordinary leader whose wisdom, insight and unwavering ... has profoundly touched many lives, including mine, making Philadelphia a more humane & beautiful place.” said ...
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William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
... arts and culture organizations have very limited staff, making it hard to identify and access sources of funding,” ... the city’s small and mid-sized arts organizations. With an accessible open application, robust peer review process, ... expand PCF’s reach, deepen our trust-based philanthropic impact, and provide vital general operating support for our ...
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What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
... good way to get started,” Wahl said in a phone interview on the heels of a trip to the  national Mission Investors ... and the core loan fund offered a chance to “also support an important project.” That investment carries a three-year ... There may come a time when every foundation is making PRIs and otherwise using their corpus in ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... media in the Philly region, I’ve been reflecting on what it means for a philanthropic institution to respond ... that’s designed for me?” Facilitated and curated by an Afrofuturist-in-Residence at The Village, the workshops ... leverage networks, and other resources to invest in media making efforts and real change. We want to continue to ...

Pat Yoder to receive 2020 Kitchen Table Award from CCFWG

Patricia Yoder
Friday, February 7, 2020
... – with our Kitchen Table Award at the 15 th Annual Making a Difference Luncheon on Friday, May 1, 2020 , at the Desmond Hotel and Conference ... and unassuming professional who has made a significant impact on the lives of thousands of women and children who ...
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Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... technology Brigades chapters in seven U.S. cities with an investment from the John S. and James L. Knight ... The $1 million investment will help these Brigades deliver impact and create a blueprint for success in their ... for everyone.  Knight’s latest investment will focus on strengthening Brigades in Miami, Charlotte, Va., Detroit, ...

Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... communities in Greater Philadelphia. The Fund includes an initial $1 million contribution from Facebook, which ... Differ from White-led Organizations: Research Report on African American Nonprofit Organization in Philadelphia ... Black-led nonprofits and ensure that people locally are making the decisions about where these dollars are most ...

2024 Donor-Advised Fund Report: Grantmaking to Charities Remains Steady at $54.77 Billion Despite Contributions Decreasing

Tuesday, November 12, 2024
... the philanthropic ecosystem when outside influences impact giving patterns,” said Holly Welch Stubbing, CEO of ... grantmaking has nearly doubled in the past five years (2019). Contributions to DAF accounts totaled $59.43 billion ... 2022. This follows two years after the sharpest increase on record in 2021, attributable to donor response to urgent ...
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How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
... of organizations to demonstrate their effectiveness, while making the case to public and private funding sources ... social determinants of health would positively impact an individual’s overall health and well-being, the ... partners to explore, inform, and inspire collective action on policies and practices that will advance health equity and ...

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

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
... hosted its first annual Champions of Change Breakfast on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at The Farmhouse Bistro at ... mentoring a young female professional to hiring a woman in an executive position – creates a crack that brings us closer to making it rain glass," said Cate Sennett, CCFWG Board Member ...
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Opinion | Solving Philly’s poverty issues takes consistent, relentless effort by Mayor Jim Kenney

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
... The  U.S. Census Bureau report  released last week on Philadelphia's poverty rates was disappointing, but not ... in previously unclaimed public assistance. I also formed an Eviction Task Force that identified ways we can stem the ... homes that were at risk of losing affordability, and we're making improvements and repairs to the homes of 6,000 ...

Connecting Regional Funders to Respond to COVID-19

COVID-19
Friday, March 20, 2020
... with intention and urgency to address the devastating impact the crisis is having on individuals, organizations and communities in Greater ... grantees that they won’t be penalized down the road for making the changes you approved. Plan in phases. From past ...
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