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Philadelphia to benefit from $100M Starbucks initiative to advance racial equity

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Via the Philadelphia Business Journal By Chris Fuhrmeister   Philadelphia will ... Community Resilience Fund, which is "focused on supporting small businesses and community development projects in Black, ... to investing $100 million by 2025 to support small business growth and community development projects in ...

Parks & Rec and RecPhilly announce the 10 local entrepreneurs selected as finalists for Making Space program

Wednesday, March 1, 2023
... and James L. Knight Foundation , announced the ten local business owners selected as finalists for the inaugural ... next step for Making Space as we get closer to bringing small local businesses to rec centers and empowering the next ... Selected businesses will be invited to run their business in under-utilized space in a Philadelphia recreation ...

Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
... & training, reentry, families & youth, seniors, veterans, business & commerce, arts & culture and more. Some of the ... a link to the COVID-19 Relief Pennsylvania Statewide Small Business Assistance Program. “Beech Community Services is ...

Beech Provides Non-Profit Funding during the Coronavirus Emergency

Beech Companies 30 Years
Friday, April 17, 2020
... to non-profit organizations under the non-profit fund and small businesses through the Beech Business Bank. Information can be found at the Beech Companies webiste under the tab for Beech Business Bank. Beech Provides Non-Profit Funding during the ...
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Putting Values into Action: Building Mission & Impact-Aligned Operations

Putting Your Foundation's Values into Action
Monday, March 17, 2025
... in philanthropy through our grantmaking, investing, and business operations.  We didn’t see any reason to stop at ... endowment management. We began to think about our normal business operations and ask questions about how we could ... financial services and products including loans to small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the region ...
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Philadelphia Foundation announces the 2022 Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia Honorees

PECO representatives receiving 2022 Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia award
Friday, June 24, 2022
... civic engagement, and community to the center of their business. “We are thrilled to recognize a variety of ... to highlight the great work driven by our corporate and small business leaders alike. Positive impact begins at the local ...

Derrick Morgan partners with Brandywine Health Foundation to support COVID-19 Healthcare and Economic Relief Fun

Derrick Morgan
Friday, April 10, 2020
... impact of the pandemic on the effort to build and support business growth in Greater Coatesville would be devastating,” said Morgan. “I felt that as a business member of this community it was important to act ... community residents and expand our efforts to also support small businesses and entrepreneurs in the City of ...

New report outlines the scale and scope of employer-driven philanthropy and volunteerism in Philadelphia

Report Cover - How Employers Give
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
... .” The report provides a snapshot of how the business community of Philadelphia engages in philanthropy ... of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia. “The business community in Philadelphia cares deeply about the ... Executive Officer of the Chamber. “Employers big and small, public and private, are finding unique opportunities ...

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

Wednesday, October 11, 2023
... Hospital of Philadelphia and the Wells Fargo Open for Business Fund.   “Every community in Philadelphia ... and families in the city,” said Jenny Flores, Head of Small Business Growth Philanthropy at Wells Fargo. “As the Bank ...

The Seybert Foundation Announces New Strategic Direction for Grants, Technical Assistance

Monday, April 16, 2018
... merger in 2017 with the Western Association, another small, independent foundation dedicated to the support of ... An additional Innovation Grant program will provide a small number of even larger grants, between $20,000-$60,000, ...

Beech stands in the gap during funding crisis

Derrick Thomas and Ken Scott
Friday, February 7, 2025
... when The Beech Companies, Inc. recently awarded $25,000 in small program grants through its Alston-Beech Foundation . ... disadvantaged communities in Philadelphia by utilizing business principles and strategies to solve social problems ... revitalization, program/project support, small business loans, educational/organizational grant programs and ...

City Announces Awardees of $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

2024 Illuminate the Arts Grants
Friday, November 8, 2024
... announce that 730 of Philadelphia’s individual artists, small and mid-size nonprofit arts organizations, and small creative enterprises have been  awarded a total of ... be distributed to Philadelphia’s individual artists, small and mid-size arts organizations, and small creative ...

Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
... through a new “ambassador” program and support small businesses. Their goals are to change the community’s ... through its partners to support workforce and small business assistance along the Manor Street commercial ... the CDC’s work to support minority and/or women owned business or enterprises. Each grant is a five-year investment ...

Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
By Nadya Shmavonian After a little over two years in business, the Fund appears to be well ensconced within the ... adaptation to bear in our sector will be vital. Strong business planning, risk management, long-term collaboration, ... in these turbulent times.   The Fund addresses only one small piece of that vexing puzzle, but one that puts us in ...

Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
... and James L. Knight Foundation. The groups are large and small, ranging from the Kimmel Center to the experimental ... message – and finding ways to improve the piece. Arts + Business Council  ($25,000) - To diversify board leadership ... scholarships for minority leaders to attend the Arts + Business Council's Business On Board program, which teaches ...
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An Open Letter to Arts Funders: Create a Pooled Loan Fund

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
... organizations are protected by endowments and reserves. Small community-based arts organizations are often working ... sustainable financial futures so they can get back to business quickly. Andrew Ross Sorkin’s recent opinion piece ... to a post COVID 19 economy— “…offer every American business and every gig worker a no-interest ‘bridge loan’ ...

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