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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
... nonprofits. This inaugural program will provide up to 200 poverty-fighting nonprofits with access to financial management learning opportunities, specialized ... (UWGPSNJ) is on a mission to reduce poverty and expand opportunity for all. Serving Pennsylvania’s Chester, ...

Knight Foundation invests $2.2 million in projects to advance Philadelphia’s public spaces and digital engagement

Photo courtesy Smith Memorial Playground
Friday, April 9, 2021
... In Philadelphia, Knight support will advance work to address these issues while also including residents in the ... develop, there are opportunities for communities to be drivers and decision-makers of the change and to benefit from the opportunities that come from ...

Dwayne Wharton selected for new national leadership program to build health equity

Dwayne Wharton
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
... Foundation  Philadelphia, PA — Leaders from Honolulu to Providence, R.I. — working across a range of fields, ... public health and government — have been selected to participate in the Culture of Health Leaders program. ... the legacy of structural violence and denial of access to basic needs for marginalized communities; using physical ...

Brandywine Health Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Program Issues RFP

Monday, February 12, 2018
... they are requesting proposals from organizations dedicated to providing mental health and/or substance use programs that ... members have met regularly during the fall and winter to learn how philanthropy works, and researched and discussed ... our community that gives youth a voice, the power, and an opportunity to make a difference. That does not happen very ...

Census 2020: Your Family Foundation Needs to Engage

Monday, January 28, 2019
... post by  Perla Ni  that encouraged family foundations to do five actions in support of a fair and accurate census in 2020. I want to highlight the amazing work being done about census efforts ... of the Funders Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) to bring this conversation to foundations and partners ...
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HealthSpark Foundation Announces $631,000 in Grants to Support Montgomery County’s Social Safety Net

Monday, January 11, 2021
... is announcing the award of $631,000 in grant funds to support 14 projects under the Safety Net Resiliency ... grants include 11 Innovation Lab grants, a 2-year grant to continue advocacy efforts through the Here for Us Advocacy ... capital to community organizations that have identified an opportunity to create meaningful change within the social ...

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

Friday, March 16, 2018
... impact investing  scene, which employs venture capital to support early-stage  social enterprises, or ... invest it. 1. Leaders of different sectors should talk to each other more. Perhaps the most-shared stat to judge how ... — but according to Hargro, we often miss “the great opportunity to rethink approaches” to lowering that rate. ...
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Foundations Community Partnership Board Approves $240K in Grants to 28 Bucks Nonprofits

Thursday, July 11, 2019
... Community Partnership 's (FCP) Board of Directors to benefit 28 Bucks County nonprofit organizations and the ... program is an integral part of Foundations’ mission to improve the lives of underserved youth and their families ... capacity and improving services.
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City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Thirty $10,000 general operating grants will be distributed to grassroots, community-based organizations, addressing ... upon $400,000 in grants that were previously distributed to 40 organizations during the first and second grant cycles. ... to learn more about the application process and funding opportunity:  Thursday, March 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ...

Chester County Funders Unite to Provide COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... 30, 2020) – Funders in Chester County have joined forces to provide much needed coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid response funds to organizations serving the community. To date, Chester ... Chester County is a community where all residents have the opportunity to achieve a vibrant and healthy quality of life. ...
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Community Foundation of South Jersey Announces Five Transform South Jersey Grant Recipients

Transform South Jersey Heart & Soul
Friday, February 21, 2020
Grantees will receive $100,000 in funding to help build stronger, healthier, and more economically ... The Community Foundation of South Jersey, whose mission is to inspire generosity, manage & deploy permanent charitable ... Foundation of South Jersey were eligible for the grant opportunity. Of those, 32 municipalities were nominated for ...

Philanthropy Network welcomes LeBrian Brown as Manager, Network Organizing, Knowledge, & Engagement

LeBrian Brown
Monday, June 7, 2021
Philanthropy Network is pleased to announce LeBrian Brown (he/him) as our new Manager, ... workforce, and as Direct Support Manager at Community Options, an organization that supports parents looking for ... on this new position, he said, “I see this role as an opportunity for a homegrown member of the community to engage ...
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Saint-Gobain gives $700K of love to LOVE Park

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
... will donate $700,000 in cash and construction resources to the new center. LOVE Park, officially known as JFK Plaza, ... $19.7 million redesign. The LOVE statue has been moved to Dilworth Park during the construction. The newly ... green space, seating areas, and a new fountain - is slated to open in late spring.  READ MORE Saint-Gobain gives $700K ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation announces over $320K in grants to benefit greater Coatesville

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... since it began awarding grants and scholarships in 2002 to more than $18 million. “Our new strategic plan and ... and community members throughout the year. We are pleased to have provided general operating funds to 36 local nonprofits to support the continuation of ...

Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein to Retire

Ron Bernstein
Friday, November 1, 2019
... Foundations Behavioral Health in 2007, Ron established FCP to improve the lives of special needs youth and their ... and residents. FCP’s grant programs provide funding to a wide variety of organizations serving children, youth, ... families – from museums, schools, and nature preserves, to facilities for medically fragile children and victims of ...

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

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... and Economic Relief Fund. The goal of the fund is to rapidly identify and address the urgent needs of the Coatesville community and our nonprofit partners. To double the impact of each donation to the new fund, the Foundation committed to match, dollar ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Announces $200K in Youth Arts Impact Grants

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
... that $200,170 in grants of $5,410 each will be awarded to 37 small and mid-sized Philadelphia organizations that are ... experiences for Philadelphia’s youth.   In response to COVID-19 and the impact it is having on the arts ...

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

PA SHARP
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
... the American Rescue Plan), the initiative provides up to $20,000 in flexible funding to strengthen and grow the humanities in Pennsylvania.   ... Humanities Council. “Through PA SHARP we have the opportunity to build on this essential recovery work by ...

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Appoints Patricia Wilson Aden as President & CEO

GPCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
... and transformational arts and culture leader back to Philadelphia. Aden currently serves as president and CEO ... Patty’s leadership, the Cultural Alliance will continue to speak to the essential role of arts and culture in ... to help lead that charge during such a time of great opportunity – and great challenge.” Added Cahill, “In ...
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Philadelphia City Council to Invest Over $3 Million in Local Arts Community

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
... ,  Green ,  Squilla  and  Bass  circulated a memo to Council leadership advocating for the financial ... Bass’ office gathered at Kings Gallery PHL in Germantown to announce this historic investment. In addition to money allocated in the traditional budget process, the ...
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