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Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... the United States to protest racial injustice and call for police reform. The Black Lives Matter movement  won new ... support , funding, and public recognition, particularly for its activism on  Juneteenth . Dozens of asset management ... including the  New Mexico Educational Retirement Board  and the  Rhode Island Employees’ Retirement System ...
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Centering Community Voice with Data: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder

Trellis for Tomorrow students building a compost station
Friday, October 27, 2023
... Mindy Aldridge Listen4Good (L4G) recently invited Trellis for Tomorrow and The Nelson Foundation , an L4G participant ... One of the ways we do this is by having a community member on our board. We also value partnership . We’re working to build ...
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Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... were invited to submit Letters of Interest (LOI) to apply for the EMAN grants. Following a review, a select group of ... full proposals. Philadelphia Foundation staff and EMAN board members conducted site visits with each of the ...

Impact100 Philadelphia Plans to Award $435,000 In Eight Grants and Awards

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Philadelphia, PA — Closing out its 13th grants cycle, Impact100 Philadelphia has announced the award of $435,000 in unrestricted funds to eight nonprofit organizations in the region. Representing the collective giving of 454 women members, funds are being awarded to eight nonprofit organizations.

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William Penn Foundation Announces Another $11.6 Million for COVID Emergency Action

Monday, March 30, 2020
... Friday the William Penn Foundation held its second urgent board meeting in two weeks and approved two additional ... the urgent needs of organizations. New Emergency Fund for Early Education Today we are pleased to join with ... Support grants. These grants were to be considered by the Board later this spring. However, given the early impacts the ...

Comcast RISE Awards 100 Small Businesses in Philadelphia With $10,000 grants

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... and funding that are critical to success. Click here for a list of Philadelphia businesses have been selected to ... fields by using an integrative hands-on learning approach for early learners,” said Renee Harris, Stem Prep Academy. ...

Roadmap for Growth event highlights business and school partnerships

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
... Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce hosted Roadmap for Growth: Exploring Business Engagement in Philadelphia's ...   A recording of the program is available here. Roadmap for Growth event highlights business and school partnerships ...

New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... next year you might run into a cherubic cartoon character named A.J. Though his wide smile and trendy haircut impart a ... is that parents will see household tasks as opportunities for learning instead of chores to endure. Based on  research ...
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Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
For more information: Jennifer Leith, Executive Director, The ... economies. “The COVID-19 crisis has created struggles for many nonprofit organizations internally while at the same ... materials, rent stabilization work and academic support for local students - because they are the trusted entity in ...

More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... Congress and cutting their fair share of federal funding for Medicaid, economic development, child care, schools, road ... and public transit improvements, home heating assistance for senior citizens, and many more vital services,” read a ... in inaccurate data, distorting the true picture of America for the next decade,” said Gary D. Bass , executive ...

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle is ready to fund its first Black-led, Black-centered nonprofits

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
... Black Giving Circle (PBGC) is now accepting applications for its inaugural round of grants.   Led by a group of local ... of February, the giving circle’s goals were to gain 100 member-donors, raise a collective $20,000 and fund four nonprofits in its first year. Committee member Wharton said in an email that the giving circle had ...
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Philanthropy Network Launches "Philanthropy 101" Series

Betsaleel "Bets" Charmelus
Sunday, October 5, 2025
... curriculum developed by Philanthropy New York, is intended for regional professionals who have begun working in ... and the last session will offer an in-person opportunity for those who can join in person. Registrants will be ... change. Currently serving as the CEO of ArtistYear and Board Chair of the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, Bets' ...
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The Seybert Foundation Announces New Strategic Direction for Grants, Technical Assistance

Monday, April 16, 2018
The Board of Directors of the Seybert Foundation has engaged in a months-long process to review and revise its strategy for improving the lives of children in Philadelphia.  As a ... seed funding to test a bold new approach.  According to Board President Rich Sedmak, “By making bigger, multi-year ...

Gerry Lenfest, Philly’s greatest philanthropist of all time | Opinion by Keith Leaphart

Thursday, November 15, 2018
... acts — both financial gifts and acts of service for the benefit of others. I thought it only appropriate to ... of the working poor in our city — to position of board chair of the Lenfest Foundation. Aside from my role as ... liabilities into assets, and I would remind him and our board that one of our biggest challenges in fulfilling our ...

BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 Emergency Grants to Area Cultural Institutions

BLBB Charitable
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... cultural institutions in its impact grants program, its board realized that many direct service organizations have ... Tell, BLBB Charitable’s Executive Director. “Our board recognizes that these institutions are vital to a ... sound strategies yield meaningful and measurable outcomes for the people they serve. BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 ...
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Five Local Organizations Receive $125k Grants from TD Bank to Develop Local Affordable Housing

Monday, March 9, 2020
The Housing for Everyone grants will fund projects supporting the ... total of $3.75 million through its Housing for Everyone grant competition. This year's competition ... safe, clean, physically accessible affordable rental units for families, individuals, the elderly, new Americans, ...

Future Think: Philanthropy, COVID-19, and the ‘Next’ Normal

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Thursday, January 28, 2021
... halt or began experiencing an exponential surge in need for critical services to support communities. It was ... efforts. However, there is no question additional calls for philanthropy to step in and step up are needed to imagine the “next” normal and rebuild a more resilient and just region. Here are four ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of ... of concentrated poverty with immense inequities. For example, in West and Southwest Philadelphia more than ... investment will provide critical start-up funding for CHOP’s Center for Health Equity and enable a targeted ...

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