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Gerry Lenfest, Philly’s greatest philanthropist of all time | Opinion by Keith Leaphart

Thursday, November 15, 2018
Via the Philadelphia Inquirer Nov. 15 is National Philanthropy Day, a day when people around the ... in our city — to position of board chair of the Lenfest Foundation. Aside from my role as a father, I will have no ... as it was throughout his amazing life. As we celebrate National Philanthropy Day, and formally enter the  Season of ...

Hurricane Dorian: How to Help

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... inform your giving. News (9.9.19) The AmerisourceBergen Foundation Commits $75,000 to Support Communities Impacted by ... relief. Hurricane Dorian Relief Funds The  Miami Foundation  has a Hurricane Dorian relief page with a number of relief and recovery resources The  Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties  has a fund ...

New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... be up to $25,000. Joe Pyle, president of the Scattergood Foundation , which is a lead donor to the fund, said, ... will bridge the access gap." In addition to Scattergood Foundation, the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund is supported by: Independence Public Media Foundation; Barra Foundation; The Patricia Kind Family ...

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... sectors. She served as Executive Director of The Leeway Foundation, a private foundation that invests in women and trans artists who are ... to Leeway, Barbara served on the board of the Valentine Foundation and worked for several Philadelphia arts ...
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Hamilton Family Charitable Trust appoints President Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend

Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
... of the Hamilton Family Charitable Trust, Hamilton Family Foundation, and the Hamilton Family Aquidneck Island Fund. ... Charitable Trust Founded in 1992, the Hamilton Family Foundation was established by Dorrance H and Samuel M V ...
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IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... November 21, 2024—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund ... and board. This community-led approach aligns with the foundation’s commitment to share power with communities ...

Philly dominates Knight Cities Challenge … again

Monday, June 12, 2017
... grants that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation  offers annually  to 26 cities. The foundation evaluated more than 4,500 proposals – 637 from ... Abbott, Knight Foundation’s director for community and national initiatives, said he wasn’t surprised that ...
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Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
... of Independence Public Media, last week — after the foundation announced its first set of grants and a new partnership with Bread & Roses Community Fund. The foundation is allocating a total of $5.3 million to 11 ... Generocity: Independence Public Media is a fairly new foundation — tell us a little more about its genesis, its ...
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The Case for General Operating Support

Thursday, August 23, 2018
... Bretting, Michael Jordan, and Mailee Walker, Claneil Foundation Recently, a grantee sent us an email to request an ... to say that the opposite has been true for the  Claneil Foundation  — we have increased the amount of general ... demand, and navigate an uncertain policy environment. The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)  ...
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5 Ways Impact Investors and Philanthropists can Innovate to Solve Philly’s Biggest Problem

Friday, March 16, 2018
... percent of foundations’ assets that remain after the foundation has granted out the mandatory  five percent ... local exceptions, including the  Patricia Kind Family  Foundation , the  Untours Foundation  and the  Barra Foundation .   READ MORE 5 Ways ...
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Area funders call on Governor Wolf and Secretary Miller to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC)

Friday, November 9, 2018
... Sincerely, Jennifer Leith , Executive Director, The Douty Foundation , Philadelphia, PA Carey Morgan , Executive ... PA Mailee Walker , Executive Director, Claneil Foundation , Plymouth Meeting, PA Sarah Martinez-Helfman , ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... to businesses. With the support of the William Penn Foundation , Philanthropy Network has hosted a ... on ways to deepen engagement in Rebuild among local and national funders.  In April, Philanthropy Network also ... fund established by the William Penn Foundation at the  National Philanthropic Trust, is now accepting contributions. ...

Reflections on the election and our purpose

And still hope rises
Thursday, November 7, 2024

Among the most resonant and consistent themes is that philanthropy is stronger when we work together, strengthen existing bonds, create new connections, and tackle the profound challenges our regional communities face with a collective voice.

BIPOC Artists Receive More than $1 Million in Fellowships Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Program

Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures 2024 Fellows
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
... regionally through a collaboration among The Barra Foundation , Neubauer Family Foundation, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, William Penn Foundation, and Wyncote Foundation. The Philadelphia’s ...

Applications Open for $1.2 Million in Recovery Grants for the Humanities in Pennsylvania

PA SHARP
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
... for PA SHARP comes from PHC’s federal partner, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), as part of the ...

Philadelphia City Council to Invest Over $3 Million in Local Arts Community

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
... for the Greater Philadelphia Film Office $50,000 for the National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society ... Grants, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Mural Arts and the National Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society. A ...
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