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SPARX 2019: Liz Dozier on Making an Impact

Liz Dozier keynote
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... American philanthropy has dealt with the same issues for generations, Liz Dozier pondered aloud, “if we’re so ... are we still in business?” Addressing the crowd at SPARX Conference 2019, Dozier, now a social-impact investor with ... one of its worst-performing schools have lifted the veil for Dozier. “Philanthropy creates the same power imbalance ...
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Funders Must Walk the Talk of Collaboration

Working together
Friday, February 26, 2021
... more evident that collaboration will be a vital strategy for both nonprofits and funders to consider if the nonprofit ... Read the Nonprofit Repositioning Fund report for further analysis of the financial health of Greater Philadelphia-area nonprofits and strategies for resilience.       _________________________________ ...

Barra Foundation Announces $520,000 in Immediate Funding

Thursday, April 2, 2020
... from Barra Foundation (04.02.20) by Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Barra-Logo.jpg PHILADELPHIA, ... expanding capacity to respond to the quickly rising demand for food throughout Philadelphia. In addition to unrestricted support for past Barra Awardees, Barra has approved a $100,000 grant ...
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Philly Counts launches COVID-19 Community Response Captain Program

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... health guidance and resources from the City—especially for individuals who speak languages other than English,” ... census action is an infrastructure that can be used for any issue that affects the city. Now, these relationships ... these challenging times. People are looking to each other for the answers. We want to reduce fear and misinformation by ...

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Focus on Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Arts and History Organizations in 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
... PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 19, 2021)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) has announced that its 2021 ... COVID-19 pandemic, pivoting from its usual project grants for individual public programs and events. The new recovery ... to programming and audience relationships. Funding for individual artists will continue through the Center’s ...

Foundations Community Partnership Launches #FCPresents Series to Help Strengthen Non-Profit Sector

Foundations Community Partnership
Thursday, May 25, 2023
... fundraising tactics and making them approachable for small, community-based non-profit organizations. Tony ... to donor centered. He is the Director of Donor Impact for Independence Mission Schools and has 24 years of ... Bucks County Community College, discuss “Grant Writing for Impact and Funding Trends.” Their workshop features ...
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City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Launch PHL COVID-19 Fund

PHL COVID-19 Fund Partners
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Image_FundPartners.png   For Immediate Release : March 19, 2020 For the City: ... nonprofits in the Greater Philadelphia Area—five Pennsylvania counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, ... and Southern New Jersey, serving communities in Pennsylvania’s Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants

Thursday, March 26, 2020
... because of the Coronavirus threat. This is especially true for small and mid-sized community-based organizations. ... Director Barbara J. Silzle. “Our grants are responsible for maintaining and growing the arts in Philadelphia and ... as well by celebrating the achievements of black women and girls.” The 349 grants resulted from a peer ...
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New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... Each Community Investment Advisor will receive a stipend for his/her/their time, and make key decisions on how dollars ... Network president Sidney R. Hargro said, “While funding for COVID-19 relief has diminished over time, we know the ... Northeast Philadelphia) Marypat Tracy , Supportive Older Women's Network (SOWN) (North and West Philadelphia)   ...

Foundations Community Partnership Recognizes Outstanding Bucks County Students Through its Partnership in Education Scholarship Program

FCP Executive Director Dr. Tobi Bruhn and Temple University student Ani Zeytunyan
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
... Tennent High School (Attending West Chester University) For more information on the Partnership in Education ... through the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Scholarship program. As a Health ...
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The New FAQ: What Do Our Nonprofit Partners REALLY want from the Funder/Grantee Relationship?

VNA Foundation Grant Partners
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
... we were on the same page.  At our recent annual breakfast for grantees, we asked for their thoughts about “What Works/What Doesn’t in the ...   Multi-year funding (cited numerous times) “Props for multi-year grant funding!" “Grantors that are committed ...

The AmerisourceBergen Foundation Commits $1M to Aid Communities, Individuals and Associates Impacted by COVID-19

Tuesday, March 31, 2020
... FORGE, Pa. – The AmerisourceBergen Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable giving organization focused on ... Relief provides essential medical resources for people affected by poverty and for communities impacted by emergencies. In the context of ...

$9 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Supports 28 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Pew Fellow Pepón Osorio, My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente, 2023, installation view at the New Museum, New York. Photo by Liz Ligon.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
... stories. PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 14, 2023)— The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced today that it has ... $8.1 million to 28 local arts and heritage organizations for project funding, $1.3 million of which is provided as ... says Paula Marincola, executive director of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. “From contemplating experiences of ...
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United Way launches new funding cycle

Monday, October 16, 2017
... of the FY 2019-2021 funding process. In order to qualify for funding, an organization must complete the ... a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Register Here   A General Information conference call has also been scheduled for Wednesday of this ... October 11, 2017 1 p.m. Call: 215-665-2600, Enter ID: 2753 Pswrd: 2443 United Way launches new funding cycle ...

Learning Together: How to Create a Regional Coordinated Capacity Building System

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Thursday, December 12, 2024
... insights from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Foundation for Delaware County.  ImpactED also offered data from its ... to navigate, and suffering from the absence of a hub for nonprofit resources, information, and sector ... funders in the region confer with one another, calling for more “cross-pollination.” With these initial findings ...
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Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness invests $215,000 to promote culturally-centered strategies to promote mental health

Fund for Immigrant Wellness
Thursday, December 12, 2019
(Philadelphia, PA)  – The Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness , a participatory grantmaking ... a $215,000 investment in three implementation grantees for its second grant cycle. Each program represents a ... of Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation and Pennsylvania Hospital’s Hall Mercer Outpatient Mental ...

Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
... will begin on July 6, and the registration deadline for the four-week program has been extended to June 25. Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes created Read to ... to the pandemic. Education leaders are already bracing for a more pronounced "summer slide" this year for students ...
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Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... tens of millions of philanthropic dollars were distributed for emergency COVID-19 relief in this region. The rapid ... Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania (CHIP) to gather and examine data about the ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Comcast Launch Nonprofit Finance Accelerator to Strengthen Nonprofit Community

Nonprofit Finance Accelerator
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
... the launch of a virtual Nonprofit Finance Accelerator for regional nonprofits. This inaugural program will provide ... disruptions to financial and human resources, specifically for funding, cash flow, staff and volunteer absences, and ... to reduce poverty and expand opportunity for all. Serving Pennsylvania’s Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and ...

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