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Union Benevolent Assoication announces change to funding priorities

Union Benevolent Association
Friday, August 17, 2018
... the burden of poverty. Beginning with its fall 2018 grant cycle, the organization will target its charitable ... According to Sigrid Lundby, President of UBA’s Board of Managers, the changes to the foundation’s funding ... documents such as birth certificates and State Photo ID; The provision of post office boxes for those who lack an ...

Philly Counts releases Final Report on 2020 Census Operation

Philly Counts
Friday, January 29, 2021
... orders. Phone banking efforts started on March 30, 2020. A network of 600 volunteers made more than 308,000 calls, ... of the 2020 Census is strong, and it's much more than a network of volunteers that promoted census participation. The ... the 2020 General Election. Starting in February 2021, this network of volunteers will be leveraged again to engage ...

What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
...  of their endowments they’re legally obligated to grant or invest out. Kind McKenna, the outspoken advocate for ... the “mission investing” umbrella. As impact investing network  Mission Investors Exchange   defines them : ... and Bridges , a Chester-based project it  funded with a grant in 2015 . Why would a foundation offer a loan over a ...

5 Ways Impact Investors and Philanthropists can Innovate to Solve Philly’s Biggest Problem

Friday, March 16, 2018
... Partners Sidney Hargro , executive director, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Tom Balderston, managing ... year that one of his high-level goals for Philanthropy Network included making sure it’s a part of cross-sector ...
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$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

Coronavirus Testing by Tim Tai - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... based on an assessment of community needs. From this grant, Resolve will also help distribute funding to key ... a multimedia initiative including radio, digital, and event programming that is designed to connect Philadelphians ... and media making across Greater Philadelphia. Through grant-making and other programs, the Foundation supports ...

Leeway Foundation Introduces Immediate Relief Funds for Individual Artists in the Launch of the 2021 Community Care Fund

Leeway Foundation Community Care Fund
Thursday, February 4, 2021
... as a second branch of the Window of Opportunity (WOO) grant. The WOO Relief Fund went live in April 2020. From ... provide financial assistance of up to $1,000 to Leeway grant or award recipients experiencing financial need due to ...

Foundations Community Partnership Joins Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

The Nonprofit Repositioning Fund’s Director Lindsay T. Kijewski (right) with Dr. Tobi Bruhn, CEO of Foundations Community Partnership.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
... funding opportunities through its Nonprofit Growth Grant cycle, joining the Fund will expand our ability to help ... nonprofits. It is a formal collaboration among grant makers seeking long-term regional impact through pooled ... among two or more nonprofits serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and/or Philadelphia counties. “The ...
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New Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard analyzes more than $40M in giving from 13 shared funds in Greater Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
... (CHIP) at the University of Pennsylvania and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia (Philanthropy Network) with ... COVID-19 response and recovery.” Additional Key Findings Grant Size: Grant funding was distributed to many nonprofits, businesses, ...

The Leeway Foundation Announces $48,950 in Support to 22 Individual Artists and Cultural Producers

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, October 16, 2020
... of focus for this round.    Leeway’s Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social ... Arts, $2,500 Tezarah Wilkins (Highland Park, Delaware County), Media Arts, $2,500 Yolonda Johnson-Young ... and social justice. For more information about Leeway, its grant programs, grantees, and events, visit leeway.org.  ...
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Learning Together: How to Create a Regional Coordinated Capacity Building System

blue-orange building blocks
Thursday, December 12, 2024
... their organizations. In January 2024, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia co-hosted a convening to share ... from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Foundation for Delaware County.  ImpactED also offered data from its ... not come to fruition until many years or decades after the grant has been given. We need much bigger dollars being ...
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Dr. L. Joy Gates Black named to the Board of Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation

Dr. L. Joy Gates Black
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
... our board continues to develop the strategic direction of Delaware County’s newest community foundation.”   Dr. Black is the fourth president of Delaware County Community College since its founding.  She ... Foundation (CKCF) is the largest philanthropy serving Delaware County.  The foundation is headquartered in Media ...
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Justice, not charity: Liz Dozier thinks philanthropy should be rooted in equity and solidarity

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... Dozier will be the keynote speaker at Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia's SPARX Conference, taking place ... Chicago Beyond’s partner organizations that received a grant to serve 200 young people, but because of ... with the Foundation on the topic of the guidebook at an event next month. This year’s iteration of the SPARX ...

Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Helping Coatesville Residents in Time of Need

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... organizations have received funds with the average grant size of $6,700 to address varied community needs ... initial stages of this pandemic. Below are a few of our grant partners.  For a complete list visit ... further behind socially and economically.   Keystone Valley and Modena Fire Departments | Impact of COVID-19:  ...
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Montgomery County, PA launches COVID-19 rapid response fund

MontCoPA COVID-19 Response Fund
Thursday, March 26, 2020
... Inc.; the County of Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia; TriCounty Community Network; Bucks-Mont Collaborative; and the Interagency ... with more information here . To learn more or apply for grant funds, please visit the Montgomery County Foundation, ...
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Giving Circle Spotlight: Q&A with the Asian Mosaic Fund

Giving Circles Roundtable Chat at SPARX 2019
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
... $50 donation will earn voting members one vote in the grant selection process. For every additional $50 donation, ... Graphic by Illustrating Progress Q: How are grant applications solicited, reviewed and selected? A. We ... our community listserv of when we will begin accepting grant applications, which typically takes place in January ...
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PA Humanities announces $1.4 million in recovery funds to 92 organizations

PA SHARP
Thursday, December 16, 2021
... across the state. Grantees join the new PA SHARP Learning Network, a statewide learning group that fosters resource ... were to recipients in rural counties. “This PA SHARP grant will allow us to continue providing free programs to ... equity, and inclusion in our humanities mission. This grant will provide us with the digital tools to ensure our ...
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Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Philadelphia-Area Cultural Groups and Artists

BalletX company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow’s Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of BalletX.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced that it has awarded $10.2 million to 39 Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and artists, including $3.5 million to help ensure the future of several of the most prominent institutions in the city and $1 million in unrestricted fellowships to 12 local artists.

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Using Public Data to Advance Philanthropy

Area Deprivation Index
Monday, August 12, 2019
... expressed frustrations led me to realize that Philanthropy Network could foster a solution to what should be a simple ... is Vice President, Strategy and Learning at Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia.  Michael Johnston is Data ... question not covered elsewhere; (4) Funder-specific data: grant application and report data from individual funders, to ...
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