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Pottstown Area Schools Awarded Over $13,000 through Checklist Challenge

Face Mask Challenge
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
... & Wellness Foundation announced a total of $13,152 awarded to Pottstown area schools as part of the Medical University ... more than 21,000 area students.  The money awarded to schools help fund the schools’ wellness committees to ... to ensure that every member of our community has the opportunity to embrace a healthy lifestyle. This year’s ...

$2,500 Grants Distributed to The Alliance for Health Equity’s Grant Partners to Support the Health and Wellness of the Staff

The Alliance for Health Equity
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
... for Health Equity held meetings with its grant partners to hear first-hand of the assets, as well as critical needs ... mental health burden of COVID-19 escalating anxiety due to the worry of the individuals or a close friend/family ... downturn and inequitable burdens of health care access to our diverse communities. The needs of the community were ...

The City of Philadelphia Announces the 5th Cohort for the Targeted Community Investment Grant Program

Thursday, July 14, 2022
... violence. TCIG grantees have trauma-informed approaches to gun violence, build resiliency in their communities, ... or economic empowerment. “The City is always excited to see who our grantees will be in a TCIG cohort, because ... said Mayor Jim Kenney. “Our administration continues to do everything we can to stem the rising tide of gun ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off Cohort Two of The Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Cohort Two Funders
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
... nine local nonprofit institutions in their commitment to further transform their organizational culture.  These ... participation in six hours of capacity-building coaching to advance their understanding of systemic inequities.  In ... The final component of the learning sessions provides an opportunity for each nonprofit to draft a customized Justice ...

Pew Awards $3.25M to Philadelphia Nonprofits to Support Students and Address Food Insecurity

Heights Philadelphia | Photo Credit Paola Nogueras
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... Trusts announced today that it has awarded $3.25 million to two Philadelphia nonprofits: Heights Philadelphia—which ... them graduate high school and successfully transition to college and careers—and Sharing Excess, which addresses ... Fund)  growth grant  totaling $3 million over five years to expand its capacity to provide low-income students—with ...

Bipartisan Policy Center and United Philanthropy Forum Create Partnership to Tackle Critical Policy Issues

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
... bipartisan solutions approach, this partnership will seek to address systemic inequities impacting communities ... Forum announced today that they entered into a partnership to build a cross-sector advocacy coalition aimed at finding ... philanthropic investments with advocacy, we have an opportunity to address real change. Impacting public policy ...
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PHL COVID-19 Fund Continues to Meet Deep Community Needs in Fifth Round of Funding to Nonprofits

Thursday, May 14, 2020
... its fifth round of grants, totaling more than $2.4 million to 87 nonprofit organizations serving on the frontlines of ... in gifts and pledges and granted more than $13 million to 383 nonprofit organizations providing vital services to individuals facing the wide-ranging and urgent ...

Atlanta-based First Step Staffing Expands into Philadelphia

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
... Philadelphia. Founded in 2007, First Step’s mission is to secure sustainable income for individuals transitioning ... re-entering citizens, and others with significant barriers to employment. In the first 12 months of operation in Philadelphia, First Step expects to employ 500 homeless men and women in the area and grow to ...

OPINION | Instead of blaming government for Philly’s poverty problems, we must band together

Monday, October 1, 2018
... Our poorest neighbors who are looking for a good opportunity and a better life continue to fall inexplicably behind. I am disturbed, but more than that, I was troubled to see that  some of the   first responses  are to view ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... my life,” she said, “I think about how important it is to get behind the gender-focused investing concept.” Many ... women understand the unique value that women bring to the table. “When you start to speak about gender-lens investing to other women they ...
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The Brandywine Health Foundation Announces Over $800,000 In Grants to Non-Profits Serving Greater Coatesville

Monday, February 11, 2019
... since it began awarding grants and scholarships in 2002 to more than $17.5 million Our non-profit partners bring much needed services and programs to our residents struggling to make it daily and we are ... resident of the Greater Coatesville community has the opportunity to make choices that will allow them to live a ...
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Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation Awards $1.25M in Grants

Tuesday, July 30, 2019
... awarded 37 grants totaling $1,249,497 in grant requests to local non-profit organizations, schools and municipalities ... and grow health and wellness, and ultimately strive to improve quality of life. Twice per year, the Foundation ... strengthen non-profits, and ultimately the community.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of America to launch the Block Builds Program and improve children’s ... Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus (CAPP+)  to make over 100 homes in West Philadelphia healthier, ... tremendous funding for Block Builds will give us the opportunity to help more families achieve optimal health ...

Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
... Foundation announced $4,750,000 in Implementation Grants to seven organizations throughout Eastern Pennsylvania, New ... and equity focused. The multi-year funding is designed to assist the foundation’s grantee partners to start or ... expansion of the community school model; and Economic Opportunity through its partners to support workforce and ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Bids Farewell to Current Executive Director, Announces Interim Appointee, and Looks Ahead to Diverse Executive Search

Mary Beth Morrissey
Thursday, September 16, 2021
... 16, 2021) - The Fund for Women and Girls says goodbye to its current Executive Director, Michelle Legaspi Sánchez , and announces an Interim Executive Director to assume the role on September 20, 2021. In a letter to The Fund’s supporters, partners, and friends, Michelle ...
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Hurricane Dorian: How to Help

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... tied with the 1935 Labor Day storm as the strongest storm to make landfall in the Atlantic and the strongest hurricane ever to hit the Bahamas.  Early reports indicate that Dorian’s ... is nothing left.” Although the storm is predicted to weaken as it approaches the U.S. mainland, the states in ...

GSK names 23rd annual IMPACT Award Winners

GSK IMPACT Award winner Coded by Kids
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... winners of the GSK IMPACT Awards each will receive $40,000 to help further their efforts to improve health in a region where GSK has had roots for ... announced. “These innovative organizations contribute to improving health outcomes for so many people in our ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants

Thursday, March 26, 2020
... this time when a great many arts organizations are forced to cancel their  programming because of the Coronavirus ... of those most have few, if any, paid staff which speaks to both the community commitment to the arts and the impact of the funding. “In many cases, ...
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How Pew Is Addressing COVID-19's Impacts on Philadelphia and Our Grantees

Tuesday, May 5, 2020
... and the strain on our hospitals and public health systems to the social distancing measures that have closed schools ... substantial hardships, and many have been forced to shutter their doors. In our conversations with grantees, ... way so many have adjusted their programs and operations to continue to carry out their missions while keeping their ...
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