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Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

Mt Pleasant
Thursday, December 16, 2021
... mo untple asa nttwin oa k s . o r g Click here   to download a PDF of this profile. Based on an interview with ... it’s a litany of inequality. All of the factors that led to the disparities — redlining, lack of funding for ... live — play a factor in why we lag behind when it comes to infant mortality or life expectancy. It makes sense that ...

Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... producers in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 ... a trend in cultural preservation from South Philadelphia to Norristown, Overbook to Port Richmond, and neighborhoods in between. They also ...

The Mayor’s Fund For Philadelphia is now The Philadelphia City Fund

Philadelphia City Fund
Thursday, February 9, 2023
... all over Philadelphia, so we felt it was time to change our name as well,” said PCF Executive Director ... 44-year history, The Fund has frequently changed its name to reflect its role in Philadelphia. PCF began as the Council ... facilitating public-private partnerships, in addition to event management. He named a new executive director and a new ...
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Bucks County Foundation Grants Boost Area Nonprofits

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
... Board of Directors awarded more than $157,000 in grants to Bucks County area nonprofits in 2024. The Foundation’s ... grant applications. The Foundation awarded funding to twelve selected nonprofits all providing a variety of ... with a variety of estate planning and planned giving options. The Foundation is a permanent legal entity dedicated ...
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How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
... confusion, anxiety, fear. With services and supports to our community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at ... assets), how can we most effectively target our resources to make a difference? The First Hospital Foundation is a ... nonprofits over the last 20 years. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of underserved ...

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... initiative  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 million capital investment to “revitalize neighborhood parks, recreation centers, ... libraries across the city.” All told, the project aims to upgrade more than half of the over 400 facilities ...

William Penn Foundation awards $11.8 million in Arts & Culture funding

Thursday, May 30, 2019
... These grants offer unrestricted operating support to a range of arts and culture organizations that contribute significantly to the vibrancy of the Philadelphia region. “This ... organizational sizes and operating budgets. It is intended to provide flexibility to support mission-related expenses, ...

FAQ: Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort with a Racial Equity Lens

2022 Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... Network and PNY Members only is specifically designed to bring together trust-based philanthropy principles with ... this exciting new partnership, members have reached out to learn more as they decide whether it’s right for them. ... and Philanthropy New York Members only. This cohort opportunity is offered to “senior leaders in both ...

New Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard analyzes more than $40M in giving from 13 shared funds in Greater Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
... 2020) The unprecedented and prolonged COVID-19 crisis led to the creation of more than a dozen shared philanthropic ... Foundations, the dashboard is one of the first efforts to collect grants data from numerous pooled giving funds and ... was specifically designed for funders and nonprofits to answer questions about the flow of philanthropic support ...

NBC10, Telemundo62 and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Award $227,000 in Unrestricted Grants to Eight Local Nonprofits

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
... NBCUniversal announced more than $227,000 has been awarded to eight local nonprofit organizations through the 2024 ... and Telemundo62 have now provided more than $1.5 million to 51 local nonprofits through the grant program. The ... now in its seventh year, provides unrestricted funding to eligible nonprofits that provide vital support to ...
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The Funders’ Network announces Partners for Places grantees

Monday, November 6, 2017
... program, which pairs city governments with philanthropy to support sustainability projects that promote a healthy ... greater Philadelphia region: • Lancaster, Pa. ($30,000): To support an equity-focused, community-wide planning effort ... ) • Philadelphia, Pa. ($25,000): A data-driven approach to identify Philadelphia populations disproportionately ...
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Pennsylvania Announces Composition of Census 2020 Complete Count Commission

Governor Tom Wolf
Thursday, February 21, 2019
... announced that Pennsylvania has selected organizations to be on the Governor’s Census 2020 Complete Count ... The Commission will support the commonwealth’s efforts to achieve a complete and accurate census count. “Having an ... Boards Association (PSBA) Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Association of Independent Colleges ...
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Restore and Reopen Program Grants Awarded

Thursday, July 16, 2020
... program, first  announced  on June 15, provides grants to small, independently-owned businesses that have suffered ... Acting Commerce Director. “It has been devastating to see the impact on Philadelphia workers and our local ... by the civil unrest and are located in neighborhoods with higher poverty rates.
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Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
R2S.png PHILADEPHIA, PA — (June 22, 2020) — The Read to Succeed Summer Program (R2S), a free program with a track ... deadline for the four-week program has been extended to June 25. Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes created Read to Succeed in 2012 to engage students who are entering ...
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GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale solutions to systemic challenges identified by communities that are ... and Asian communities. This latest Fund enables GreenLight to invest in Philadelphia’s post-COVID recovery with ...

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

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... Prevention & Response Fund, a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions related to COVID-19 and equity imbalances exacerbated by the ... the design of this fund by identifying areas of greatest opportunity and need,” said Janet Haas, M.D., board chair ...

Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... Knight’s investment in Code for America and its mission to nearly $10 million since 2010. Code for America’s mission is to build a network of cities, citizens, community groups and ... support technology innovation has been successful. The opportunity before us is to support the Brigades, so that ...

Native Voices Rising Announces $3.5 Million to Native-Led Advocacy

Native Voices Rising Grants
Thursday, November 10, 2022
... Voices Rising (NVR) announced $3.5 million in grants to 114 Indigenous and Native-led advocacy and organizing ... and preventing incarceration in Native communities, to name a few.   Established in 2013, Native Voices Rising ... organizational capacity and offering grant partners the opportunity to connect with Native leaders. Facilitated by ...

Claneil Foundation announces 2017 Partnership Fund and Critical Issue Fund Grantees

Claneil Foundation
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
... ( view list here ) who are initiating significant change to increase their impact.   Click here to view the 2017 Partnership Fund grantees. The Critical ... Issue Fund is currently focused on efforts related to the prevention, reduction and recovery of wasted food. The ...
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