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United Way of PA Sheds Light on Financial Hardships: The ALICE Report

United for ALICE
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Philadelphia, PA (June 18, 2019) – United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New ... for Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed , is an initiative of the Pennsylvania network of United Ways to ... we have to understand and address the issues of people on the cusp, the very people who are the keystone of our ...

Connelly and William Penn Foundations announce major support of workforce initiative

UCD Green City Works
Friday, December 20, 2019
... out of intergenerational poverty, with a particular focus on Green City Works (GCW). GCW, a landscaping social venture ... in jobs with a sustainable wage and generous benefits, and an emphasis on professional development and growth. GCW’s ... Citizens Bank and JP Morgan Chase, both announced in Fall 2019. Together, the four grants total more than $2.5 million. ...

The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia School announces $5M gift for laptops to get students online

The Fund for the SDP
Friday, March 27, 2020
... can begin learning from home by mid-April. According to a 2019 School District survey, only about half of ... tools they need to learn at home.  “We’re living in an unprecedented time and COVID-19 is presenting our society ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation announces new funding to help Black families access world-class addiction services

IBX Foundation
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
... Richard J. Caron Award Gala, held virtually this year on December 1. According to the American Psychological ... for the scholarships. “The opioid epidemic rages on and the COVID-19 pandemic has made it even more difficult ... The value of these scholarships is immeasurable.” In 2019, the Foundation awarded grant funding for Caron to help ...

Reinvestment Fund and Health Department Announce $500,000 in Funding for Food Justice

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
... $1.99 million in grants to 27 grantees since its launch in 2019.   PFJI provides funding to innovative, community-led ... for its neighbors staffed by teens and young adults, on site in West Philadelphia and by delivery. Also awarded is ... create programming and events at the Cocina sin Fronteras, an open-air community kitchen within the garden. “This ...

Deepen, Connect, and Recharge – Thoughts on Philanthropy Network's 2018 Equity Symposium

Equity Symposium 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018
By Tia Burroughs | @TiaTia_B  On October 12, 2018, I attended Philanthropy Network Greater ... Philadelphia’s Equity Symposium. This symposium was an opportunity for attendees to deepen their knowledge of ... this event—I was excited to see the passion and energy on display, along with hearing the inspiring words of our ...
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PA is Ready! grants expand support for Immigrant communities

PA is Ready!
Monday, November 23, 2020
... serving communities across Pennsylvania. PA is Ready!  is an innovative, community-led network and participatory ... a transformative grantmaking process that puts decision-making in the hands of organizers and service providers, who ... provide legal support for public campaigns centered on individual immigration cases, and collaborate to increase ...

Every Voice, Every Vote grants $2.875 million to 71 Philadelphia media and community organizations to expand access to civic news and information

Tuesday, June 25, 2024
... change, and the funding will enable partners to focus  on public safety, affordable housing, sanitation, education, ... Every Vote partners will be free to access  and be shared on everyvoice-everyvote.org.  Grant funding ranges from ... published resources in 15 languages.   “As we build on the momentum of the first round of Every Voice, Every ...
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Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
... agencies are facing.  Through their own collaboration on the Fund, our donors recognize that we need to work ... I also want to share that the Fund will be establishing an administrative relationship with SeaChange Capital ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Susan Elko with Kitchen Table Award

Thursday, January 25, 2018
... County, with its annual Kitchen Table Award at the CCFWG Making a Difference Luncheon on Friday, May 4, 2018, at the Desmond Hotel and Conference ... around kitchen, board and coffee tables. Susan Elko has an impressive history of service and philanthropy in Chester ...
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Women and Girls
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First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
... quality of life has improved. PHP will continue to focus on the most vulnerable people who are uninsured, ... practitioners and community members.” PHP’s emphasis on partnership reflects its belief that collective action and ... and systems change. “PHP’s potential to move the dial on the issues it cares about requires working with ...

The Starting Line: Behind a Push by Foundations to Expand Access to Childcare in Their Cities

Thursday, September 6, 2018
... childcare could be the next frontier for funders focused on early childhood learning and development, as well as those ... we make grants, we do research,” he said. “All with an eye toward building up wealth and economic opportunity for ... not just where they live, since many parents drop kids off on the way to jobs. It’s also important to capture the ...
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The Genuardi Family Foundation Announces New Leadership

Marisa Ferst
Thursday, October 4, 2018
... of the Board.  Mrs. Ferst starts her new position on November 5, 2018, while Mrs. Borrelli’s position is ... she started as a social worker in 2011.  She has served on the Bryn Mawr Hospital Community Health Services ... Foundation,” said Mrs. Ferst.  “The Foundation has an incredible track record of supporting nonprofit ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $1.75 Million in Grants for COVID-19 Community Storytelling and Information Projects

Thursday, July 30, 2020
... programming throughout the 2020-2021 school year to create an audiovisual capsule of the current moment. YSTS will also ... and supports creative, community-centered media and media making across Greater Philadelphia. The Foundation’s goals ... pathway for building power with communities. Through grant-making and other programs, IPMF supports building and ...
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Chester County Community Foundation “Food for Thought” Board Trustee Edition Goes Digital This September

Chester County Community Foundation
Thursday, August 20, 2020
... as the Board Trustee Institute, will take place weekly on Zoom, Tuesdays at 4:00 pm from September 15 th – October 22 nd . Developing an effective board is essential for the success of any ... led by Connie Carter, Krys Sipple, and Corrine Sylvia; “Making Your Virtual Event Special” on 10/6  led by Beth ...

Leeway Foundation Introduces Immediate Relief Funds for Individual Artists in the Launch of the 2021 Community Care Fund

Leeway Foundation Community Care Fund
Thursday, February 4, 2021
... – In response to the continuing financial impacts on the arts and culture community, Leeway Foundation is ... and reimagined events, workshops, and arts happenings. The impact on artists and cultural producers in this community ... use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, ...

WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant to Advance the Financial Health of Women in the Philadelphia Region

WOMEN'S WAY Gender Wealth Institute
Thursday, April 13, 2023
WOMEN’S WAY has teamed up with JPMorgan Chase’s Women on The Move to positively impact the economic security of women, girls, and ... the WOMEN’S WAY  Financial Coach Training Program , an initiative that improves financial health by providing ...

Claneil Foundation announces 2017 Partnership Fund and Critical Issue Fund Grantees

Claneil Foundation
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
... ) who are initiating significant change to increase their impact.   Click here to view the 2017 Partnership Fund ... grantees. The Critical Issue Fund is currently focused on efforts related to the prevention, reduction and recovery of wasted food. The Foundation identifies an emerging, critical issue to support in its grantmaking ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation Responds to Public Health Crisis

Thursday, March 19, 2020
... a $350,000 Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund .  The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic brings clearly into focus the ... income is under $40,000. With many barely surviving on wages from vulnerable temporary jobs and day work, the ... to ensure the Fund targets unmet community needs.  An additional $125,000 in gifts will be matched by the ...

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