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City of Philadelphia, in Partnership with the MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge, Announces Second Round of Microgrants for Criminal Justice Reform

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
... length of stay. Reducing the number of people held in jail on a probation detainer. Reducing racial and ethnic ... as new programmatic innovations. In addition, there is an option for up to half of all grant funds to support ... themselves. Too often we place the burden of the work on our community partners, without providing the support they ...
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Native Voices Rising Announces $3.5 Million to Native-Led Advocacy

Native Voices Rising Grants
Thursday, November 10, 2022
... and organizing groups. This year’s grant awardees work on an array of critical issues, including the promotion of ... the country led by Native people. NVR places the decision-making in the hands of Native leaders and advocates. Through ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce 22 Grant Recipients for Tax Credit Outreach

Friday, January 13, 2023
... particularly among children. In 2021, thanks largely to an expanded CTC and stimulus payments, child poverty ... more low-income families receiving these funds.” "Based on last year's program, we know these tax credits help to ... because they failed to act.” GRANT RECIPIENTS Congreso Impact Services Southwest CDC Interfaith Hospitality Network ...
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Regional Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation logo
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
... (CCIP) will focus its neighborhood planning process on the Grace Manor neighborhood of Chester, PA. CCIP will ... of the city. HPG will organize its neighbors through an intergenerational model and will explore themes for the ... communities to drive more community decision-making. The process will explore the needs of the region as ...

Five Local Organizations Receive $125k Grants from TD Bank to Develop Local Affordable Housing

Monday, March 9, 2020
... grant competition. This year's competition focused on organizations working to refurbish existing housing ... than homeowners, according to the  State of the Nation's 2019 Housing Report ," said Paige Carlson-Heim, Director of ... community giving in four areas critical to building an inclusive tomorrow – Financial Security, a more Vibrant ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Invests $225,000 over two years in Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. at Chester County (OIC) for the Coatesville Homelessness and Unemployment Collective

The Alliance for Health Equity
Friday, December 17, 2021
... and Unemployment Collective.    Coatesville's Collective Impact Initiative will help people live healthy and well by ... to solving complex social and environmental issues on a large scale.  Collective Impact (CI) includes five ... broad range of issues. Collective Impact is also very much an evolving body whose effectiveness is being accelerated as ...

Sidney Hargro named to Generocity's 2018 Leaders List

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
... identifying “ 12 people of color leading the social impact charge in Philadelphia .” It included short profiles ... month.  For year two, Generocity again based the list on its 2018 editorial calendar, but this time asked for ... in more innovative ways. Hargro uses impact investing as an umbrella term for both venture capital and mission-aligned ...

Comcast RISE to Award $5 Million in Grants to BIPOC-Owned, Small Businesses

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... People of Color (BIPOC)-owned, small businesses. Beginning on March 1 through March 14, eligible businesses in Atlanta, ... and Philadelphia who have seen significant economic impact from the pandemic,” said Connie E. Evans, CEO and ... of all sizes transform their business. Powered by an advanced network, and backed by 24/7 customer support, ...

Centering Community Voice with Data: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder

Trellis for Tomorrow students building a compost station
Friday, October 27, 2023
... invited Trellis for Tomorrow and The Nelson Foundation , an L4G participant and funder, respectively, to share their ... nonprofits survey their clients to improve outcomes and impact. L4G was founded in 2016 by Fund for Shared Insight , ... of an opportunity to participate in a program that focused on improving their feedback process. They were thrilled to be ...
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An Open Letter to Arts Funders: Create a Pooled Loan Fund

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
... working hand to mouth and weathering cash flow crises on a regular basis. Precisely because they are neither ... Coronavirus Financial Panic, (March 18, 2020) laid out an impressive and radical plan to smooth the transition of ... tool called Program Related Investments (PRIs). By making low or no interest and unrestricted loans from their ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... to filmmakers, festivals, and film organizations, with an emphasis on supporting artists from underrepresented communities, and ... the public, in response to COVID-19. “Community media making and creative expression take on significantly more ...
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New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... across 10 grocery stores in Philadelphia, A.J. appears on small, laminated signs and prompts shoppers to play a ... for learning instead of chores to endure. Based on  research  that suggests parent-child interactions boost ... It Up" want to test this concept on a larger scale. By 2019, the signs will hang in 30 Philadelphia grocery stores. ...
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Chester County Women’s Commission and Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Partner on County-wide Survey of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Thursday, November 15, 2018
... County groups launched this first-ever local survey on workplace sexual harassment WEST CHESTER, PA (November 14, ... 21, 2018 ; findings will be released in the spring of 2019. The survey is anonymous and administered by an independent third party. Although all men and women who ...
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William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
... may help inspire new areas of collaboration to build on the strengths of your work in Philadelphia’s arts and ... Foundation support will go toward the construction of an art gallery, which will be free and open to the public, as ... features of the art center. Programming will focus on providing meaningful and relevant experiences for Hunting ...

The Community Foundation of South Jersey launches Transform South Jersey Initiative

Transform South Jersey
Monday, August 26, 2019
... Foundation of South Jersey Haddonfield, NJ, August 15, 2019 - The Community Foundation of South Jersey, a nonprofit ... are encouraged to apply, but must register and attend an in-person community workshop before doing so. Interested ... to inform community development and shape the future based on what matters most to them. The Community Heart & Soul ...
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Chester County Complete Count Committee to Raise Awareness about 2020 Census

Chester County 2020 Census
Thursday, September 12, 2019
... addition, government and business planning often depends on accurate census data. Funding for important resources such ... of place,” added Commissioner Kichline. The County’s 2019 adopted budget includes $190.2 million in Federal and ... why filling out the 2020 Census is so important. An accurate count of residents will help us plan for future ...

New Lenfest initiative aims to connect more North Philadelphians to employment

Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
... 18% of the city’s total population — with an overall employment rate of 43%. The employment rate in ... The 43% of North Philadelphians who are employed earn an average of $25,000 annually, which is significantly lower ...
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Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... ends in December 2022 the City will have a plan for an ongoing, city-wide survey of historic and cultural assets. It will also have completed a pilot survey based on that plan in one city neighborhood. In its April 2019 final report Mayor Kenney’s Historic Preservation Task ...

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
... Fund is proud to announce PHLove, the variety show held on May 21 that featured performances and appearances from ... by the Middleton Family, the PHLove Variety Show featured an All-Star Philly lineup headlined by Daryl Hall, Questlove ... With a staff of close to 500 working to address the impact of childhood abuse, neglect, traumatic events and ...
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