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First Round of South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund Grants Awarded

CFSJ COVID Response Fund Round 1 Grants
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
... and serve families across the region. The Community Foundation of South Jersey (CFSJ) today announced its first ... first 15 percent of requests received by the Community Foundation to date. Additional rounds will be announced in ... difficulty  because of lost revenue due to closures and event cancellations, as well as other business model ...
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2024 Donor-Advised Fund Report: Grantmaking to Charities Remains Steady at $54.77 Billion Despite Contributions Decreasing

Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Press release via National Philanthropic Trust JENKINTOWN, Pa.--( BUSINESS WIRE ... giving patterns,” said Holly Welch Stubbing, CEO of National Philanthropic Trust. “While individual charitable ... at no charge or login requirement. Content attribution: National Philanthropic Trust,  NPTrust.org . 2024 ...
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Strengthening the Field of Philanthropic Evaluation: A Call to Action

Thursday, June 28, 2018
... One year ago, catalyzed by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s initial investment, Engage R+D and Equal ... daily. At the 2018 Grantmakers for Effective Organizations conference in San Francisco, CA, nearly 100 individuals spent ... and field-level capacity building, and has led many national, regional, and local place-based systems change ...
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Is Your Organization Prepared for a Major Market Shift?

Glenmede Post 2019
Monday, November 4, 2019
... can be difficult and overwhelming, especially in the event of an unexpected change. At nonprofit organizations, ... period of transition influences all areas of an endowment, foundation or nonprofit organization. Along with leadership ... Nina Cohen is Managing Director, Director of Endowment and Foundation Advisory, at Glenmede. Independent and privately ...

Philly parents, don't leave the city when your kids reach school age | Opinion

Friday, March 23, 2018
... million in funding — from the district, the William Penn Foundation , the Lenfest Foundation, and others — teachers ... example, Temple University is helping 250 teachers pursue National Board certification – the most respected and ... at the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s annual conference, held this year in Philadelphia . Hundreds of ...
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Highlights from the 36th Annual Members Meeting

Friday, March 29, 2024
... members for our 36th Annual Members Meeting. Some of the event highlights are captured below. Keynote and Conversation ... public-philanthropic partnerships - including William Penn Foundation's partnership with the city on the Rebuild ... Measure!    AMM Reception Collage.png   Thanks for our event sponsors! AMM Sponsors.png Highlights from the 36th ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council announces new grant program for cultural organizations affected by COVID-19

Monday, April 6, 2020
... distributed by state and territorial councils through the National Endowment for the Humanities. PHC will provide more ...

City Launches “Kensington Community Resilience Fund”

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
... noted by Jennifer Leith, Executive Director of the Douty Foundation ,“This is an approach to funding support that ... first round of funding. Lead funders include The Douty Foundation , Scattergood Foundation , K10 Kids Foundation , Patricia Kind Family ...

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

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... of the nation’s most vulnerable, Brandywine Health Foundation took quick action and announced the creation of ... To double the impact of each donation to the new fund, the Foundation committed to match, dollar for dollar each ... to surpass our original Fund Goal of $350,000.  The Foundation is committed to doubling its fundraising efforts ...
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Comcast RISE to Award $5 Million in Grants to BIPOC-Owned, Small Businesses

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... U.S. Black Chambers, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, National Asian American Chamber of Commerce and nearly 20 ... Comcast Corporation and president, Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation. “Through the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, we ... sales division of Comcast Cable, helps local, regional and national advertisers use the best of digital with the power ...

BMe founder Trabian Shorters: The philanthropic sector is thinking about equity all wrong

Trabian Shorters
Thursday, October 25, 2018
... - Media Partner for Philanthropy Network's 2018 Fall Conference, ONRAMPS to EQUITY in ACTION . By Julie Zeglen ... by DEI expert Trabian Shorters, the former Knight Foundation VP who founded  BMe Community , a community ... about other people), organizations (for instance, We as a foundation need to change how we think about those we serve) ...
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Philly Counts releases Final Report on 2020 Census Operation

Philly Counts
Friday, January 29, 2021
... Count Committee members and their subcommittees, built the foundation for this outreach, and community partners across ... from all walks of life and in every neighborhood.” The foundation of the plan was centered around person-to-person ... the local Census Bureau staff proved vital. Flaws in the national Census Bureau plan had direct local impacts. Create ...

Donor Collaboration: How NPT Philanthropists are Working Together to Increase Impact

Donor Collaboration
Monday, October 21, 2019
Originally posted to the National Philanthropic Trusts' blog, The Philanthropist ... spaces, private and public funders are working with National Philanthropic Trust (NPT) to find creative solutions ... Fund” established at NPT by the  William Penn Foundation  (WPF), which has made a commitment of up to $100 ...

GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... Fund III includes 10 returning individual, corporate, and foundation investors: Burke Family Foundation, Hess Foundation, Kopelman Foundation, Brook Lenfest Foundation, ...

City announces first round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund grant recipients

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
... of generous support from the following funders: The Douty Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, K10 Kids Foundation, Patricia Kind Family Foundation, the City of ...

Vanessa B. Briggs, President & CEO, Departs The Alliance for Health Equity After Five Years of Stellar Leadership

Vanessa B. Briggs
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
... and wish her much success.”  More details regarding the event will be forthcoming. The Board of Directors will ... CEO beginning in mid-August. They will embark upon a national CEO search process in the coming months and are ...
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Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... 1968, we are witnessing a violent response by police and National Guard against protestors, firing tear gas canisters ... philanthropic paradigms.  Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ... are very few actions that make up the “must dos” for foundation to be in compliance with the IRS or the founding ...

City Announces $1 Million Investment in Organizations Developing Innovative Workforce Solutions

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... In 2018, ULP began partnering with JobWorks, Inc., a national workforce development organization, to adapt their ...

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