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100+ gather for Philanthropy Network's 35th Annual Members' Meeting

Mailee Walker and Christine Robinson
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
AMMM collage.png On March 28, 2023, more than 100 members gathered at the ... members to our first in-person annual meeting since 2019 and subsequent onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before ... for success in her new role.  Del Bianco went on to offer an additional welcome to new members who have joined the ...
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The Philadelphia Foundation and Reinvestment Fund Launch PhilaImpact Fund

Monday, April 30, 2018
... Meet PhilaImpact Fund, Philadelphia’s new place-based impact investment fund PHILADELPHIA, PA (4/27/2018) - The ... a community foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, and an asset manager that also originates community development ... principal, while retaining the earnings to support grant making. When the investment matures, the principal is repaid ...

Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge

Thursday, October 8, 2020
... construction industry.   Today’s announcement builds on JPMorgan Chase’s new $30 billion commitment to advance ... jobs, according to the City of Philadelphia’s FY 2019 Disparity Study.  Deep disparities also exist in ... Rebuild Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild) is an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

Knight Foundation taps news media trailblazer Maribel Perez Wadsworth as new president and CEO

Maribel Perez Wadsworth
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
... January 2024.   Wadsworth succeeds Alberto Ibargüen, who on March 24, 2023 publicly  announced  his decision to ... to lead this organization is a tremendous honor and an awesome responsibility.”  Wadsworth’s professional ... Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership in 2019. Wadsworth has helped to lead the industry through ...
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Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $217,000 in Grants

CCFWG 2019 Grants Celebration
Monday, July 8, 2019
WEST CHESTER, PA (July 8, 2019) – The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) ... and committee members gathered at the General Warren Inne on June 18th for CCFWG’s 2019 Grants Celebration honoring ... funding was awarded through ‘Moving Her Forward’ Impact Grants, a grantmaking program established last year to ...
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Four Takeaways from Race, Class AND Gender: Intersectional Approaches to Social Justice Funding

Friday, April 5, 2019
... the Women’s Funding Collaborative to host a discussion on gender transformative philanthropy on March 15, 2019. While many foundations are striving to take an intersectional approach to their work, the incorporation ...
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Eight Heads Are Better Than One

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
... and/or operational structures impose restrictions on our flexibility, sometimes to the point that we just throw ... our self-imposed deadlines, our comfortable ways of making grants and doing business.  We retreat to our own ... Doherty was Manager of Seybert Foundation from 2011-2019, during which time the event described above occurred. ...

The Rider-Pool Foundation Announces Grant Awards for Lehigh Valley Programs

The Rider-Pool Foundation
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
ALLENTOWN, PA - January 23, 2019: The Rider-Pool Foundation of Allentown recently awarded ... total represents major proactive investments as well as on-going support for programs throughout the Lehigh Valley ... $20,000 was awarded to Wildlands Conservancy in support of an official name change of the Pool Wildlife Sanctuary to The ...

National Philanthropic Trust Donor-Recommended Grants to Charities Surpass $5.53 Billion During Fiscal Year 2022

Narional Philanthropic Trust
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
... donor-advised funds  (DAF), granted $5.53 billion on behalf of its donors during Fiscal Year 2022, representing ... granted compared to pre-pandemic giving in Fiscal Year 2019. For the first time in NPT’s 26-year history, the ... 100,000 (102,745) in Fiscal Year 2022, representing an increase of 17% compared to Fiscal Year 2021 and 98% ...
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The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle (PBGC) Launches its Inaugural Grantmaking Cycle

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Philadelphia, PA – October 31, 2018. On Thursday, November 1, 2018, the Philadelphia Black Giving ... with the announcement and awarding of grants in February 2019. The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle launched in ... priority will be given to organizations that have an annual operating budget of less than $1 million. Potential ...
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BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 Emergency Grants to Area Cultural Institutions

BLBB Charitable
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... does not normally support cultural institutions in its impact grants program, its board realized that many direct ... grants to some of its Education and Leadership Impact grantees, such as Bucks County Opportunity Council and ... committed more than $600,000 in Education and Leadership Impact grants in 2020.   About BLBB Charitable BLBB ...
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Where Does Your Cash Sleep at Night?

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... places of worship, or community members who are in need. On average, like most private foundations, Exponent ... fund managed by Philadelphia’s  Reinvestment Fund , an Aeris-rated CDFI. ( The Barra Foundation  is a ... resources. Some foundations have taken a first step by making a low-interest loan to a nonprofit or other entity ...

76ers Donate Funds to Purchase 10,000 Chromebooks for School District of Philadelphia Students

The Fund for the SDP
Monday, March 30, 2020
... their homes so they can continue to learn during what is an unprecedented time for all of us," said Superintendent ... when I thank them for their generosity.” According to a 2019 School District survey, approximately half of the ... to the District over the years with the team’s focus on supporting the youth in our region,” said Donna Frisby ...
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2020 Complete Count Committee Recommends State Funding To Ensure Accurate Census In PA

Monday, May 20, 2019
... $12M funding By Michaelle Bond HARRISBURG, Pa. (May 20, 2019) – The Pennsylvania Census 2020 Complete Count ... state funding be added to the 2019-20 budget totaling an amount equal to $1 per person currently residing in the ... the groups we ignore, that will have a tremendous impact on the federal program funding, critical data for business ...
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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia elects new directors and officers

New Board members 2019
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
At its 31 st Annual Members’ Meeting on March 27, 2019, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia ... and Yale University Divinity School (M. Div.), and he is an Ordained Minister in the Presbyterian Church, PC (USA). He ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council Announces $780,500 in Emergency Relief Grants

PHC Cares
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
... across Pennsylvania. They were carefully selected with an emphasis on equity and geographic diversity. The applicants to PHC ... by retaining staff, shifting to online formats, and making resources available to those who depend on them for ...

Bipartisan Policy Center and United Philanthropy Forum Create Partnership to Tackle Critical Policy Issues

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
... across the country. The two organizations will focus on raising public and policymaker awareness of the urgency to ... in the social sector to help increase philanthropy’s impact in communities across the country. With a mission to ... where democracy gets to work, bringing its expertise and an extensive network of former elected officials, business ...
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