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

Thursday, October 8, 2020
... Construction can offer family-sustaining careers for workers without college degrees, but women and people of ... them to grow.  PIDC, Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild), and Philadelphia Works, Inc. are collaborating to ... Works, Inc. , the city’s workforce development board, is a non-profit, quasi-public organization serving ...

Youth Philanthropists Award $15K to Prevent Rising Teen Suicide in ChesCo

Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) Awards Ceremony
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
... Award Ceremony at Citadel’s offices in Thorndale.  Seventeen Coatesville area youth, young women and men between ... later this fall, and congratulate the 2018/2019 class for participating in this rigorous program and strategically ... The proposed outcomes and solutions of this program is for participants to better understand stigma and identify ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Caralyn Spector
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
July 5, 2022 -- The board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces that it has ... other interests. “The board thanks Barbara Silzle for her 7 years of service to the Cultural Fund and is ... Barbara’s departure, and will then provide day-to-day oversight of the Fund’s staff and work. She will also work ...
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The Lenfest Institute announces $1.3 million in grants to support The Philadelphia Inquirer’s community-focused journalism

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Thursday, May 20, 2021
... from the Institute, which has no editorial or business oversight of the newspaper. The Institute was founded in 2016 ... said David Boardman, chair of the Lenfest Institute’s Board of Managers. “This need has never been more clear, ... stories. Errin Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th* and a member of The Lenfest Institute’s Board of Managers, will ...

The Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Fredda Maddox and WSFS Bank at Sixth Annual Champions of Change Event

Fredda Maddox
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
... annual Gladys Black ‘Woman of Distinction’ Award, named in memory of The Fund’s late friend and committed Board member Gladys Black. As a business leader and supporter of ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity announces the Judy Spangler Memorial Scholarship

Judy Spangler
Monday, May 8, 2023
Press release Alliance for Health Equity.png   Coatesville, Pennsylvania - The ... Coatesville during her time serving on The Alliance’s board from 2018 - 2022 and as Chief Program Officer of Big ... life of Judy Spangler” said Jennifer Carroll, member of the Advisory Committee for the Scholarship Fund. ...

Pat Yoder to receive 2020 Kitchen Table Award from CCFWG

Patricia Yoder
Friday, February 7, 2020
... and girls through her own time, talent or resources. It is named in celebration of the genesis of CCFWG in 1996: many conversations held around kitchen, board and coffee tables about what could be done to address ... for long-term change. Pat served as a founding board member for several years, and as their model expanded to ...
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Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... seven-year, $500 million initiative  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 ... associations known as advisory councils “raise funds for programming, and increasingly for basics like air ... color increased by 133 percent.” Echoing many nonprofit board leaders ( see the latest BoardSource board diversity ...

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

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
... closer to making it rain glass," said Cate Sennett, CCFWG Board Member and Partner at Jackson Cross. Stephanie Nolan Deviney, ... committed Board member Gladys Black for whom the award is named – and the young women who will come after her – as ...
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Connelly Foundation awards 40 Catholic eighth graders full scholarships to high school

Wednesday, December 9, 2020
... school of their choosing. This year 459 students competed for the scholarships, representing 112 parochial and regional ... Josephine C. Mandeville , chair of the Connelly Foundation Board. “Through the Neumann Scholars Program, we are able ... at an archdiocesan high school.”  The scholarships are named for St. John Neumann, the fourth bishop of ...
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National Philanthropic Trust Appoints Holly Welch Stubbing President and Chief Executive Officer

Holly Welch Stubbing
Friday, April 26, 2024
JENKINTOWN, Pa.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The Board of Trustees of  National Philanthropic Trust  (NPT), ... award and 40 Under 40 distinction. Welch Stubbing was named one of the Mecklenburg Times’ 50 Most Influential ... studies from Wake Forest University. She is a member of the North Carolina and Tennessee Bar Associations. ...
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The Mayor’s Fund For Philadelphia is now The Philadelphia City Fund

Philadelphia City Fund
Thursday, February 9, 2023
... new website,   www.philacityfund.org, the Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia officially has become the Philadelphia City ... three years, we have established new leadership, a new board, and strengthened our relationships with both City ... partnerships, in addition to event management. He named a new executive director and a new board, and, ...
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Foundation Building

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
... to step down from her post after leading the organization for 19 years. — Photo by: Abdul Sulayman/Tribune Chief ... C. Smith University. Her husband, Clay D. Armbrister, was named the university’s 14th president last year. She ... that I looked at this — as well as with members of the board — as an investment approach, so that we were ...
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William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
... ecosystem since 1991 – was strategically selected for this initiative because of its longstanding relationships ... philanthropy staff, with governance provided by a board of directors (BOD) comprised of arts leaders, community members, and representatives named by the Mayor and City Council President. Each year, PCF ...
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Philadelphia Foundation Announces Winners of Key to Community Grants

Key to Community Grants
Thursday, August 1, 2019
... of the results, the following organizations have been named winners across three grant categories following a close ... Michael K. Pearson, Founder and CEO, Union Packaging and a member of Philadelphia Foundation’s Board of Managers.   Opportunity Divide : Dalila ...

Impact100 Philadelphia Celebrates its 15th Grant-Making Year

Impact100 Philadelphia 15 Years
Friday, September 30, 2022
... featured local nonprofit leaders and was moderated by a member of Impact100Philadelphia. More than 80 individuals were in attendance in person and virtually for a raw and thought-provoking dialogue on how nonprofit ... [for our organization]” says Impact100 Philadelphia member. Another member noted “Our organization is ...
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The Genuardi Family Foundation Announces New Leadership

Marisa Ferst
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Blue Bell, PA – The Board of Directors of the Genuardi Family Foundation is ... Health Services Foundation Board Committee and as a member of the Your Way Home Continuum of Care Governance ... hard work, and generosity, with a commitment to caring for the most vulnerable.  It was founded in 2001 by members ...
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ComNet19: Lessons on Building a Community of Communicators

ComNet19
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
... colleague at Rockefeller Foundation and asked him to meet for lunch. The result of this lunch conversation was the recognition that there needed to be a network for those working in the field philanthropic communications. ... The Network created Leadership Coins, and provided its board members, Community Ambassadors, and members of the Host ...

Connecting Regional Funders to Respond to COVID-19

COVID-19
Friday, March 20, 2020
... March 17 and March 18 , we hosted video conference calls for funders to connect and provide updates. Several ... the region’s nonprofits. Discussed were: A joint fund for the region being formed through a partnership between the ... and align resources as we work together to repair and rebuild moving forward. Posted  by Amy Seasholtz, Senior ...
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Hale Street Explosion Committee to Connect Residents with Resources

Thursday, June 9, 2022
... who reside in the Borough with prioritization of housing for those who have been displaced. An initial distribution of ... emerge in the weeks ahead. A contact has been established for those impacted to receive more information as well as ... will continue to meet on a weekly basis to provide oversight of fund distribution and ensure there is a ...
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