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Union Benevolent Association’s unrestricted response bolsters Philadelphia nonprofits amidst COVID-19

Thursday, March 4, 2021
... available resources, and the ability for its residents to cover basic needs such as food, housing, and utilities. As ... hardest to reach in their communities, providing direct support (almost every dollar of support reached community ... thankfully expressed that "this award will provide cash assistance to those currently on their prioritized waitlist, ...

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 ... facing financial hardship through rental and utility assistance in the City of Coatesville.   Coatesville Senior ... with additional staff due to the decrease of 500 clinical support volunteers to continue to provide free healthcare to ...
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Justice, not charity: Liz Dozier thinks philanthropy should be rooted in equity and solidarity

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... SPARX Conference, taking place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 31 at the Hilton Philadelphia ... people in communities, we have to show up in different ways.” “We have to show up in an equitable way,” she ... with the Foundation on the topic of the guidebook at an event next month. This year’s iteration of the SPARX ...

Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... can’t walk, then crawl. But, whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King Jr. During ... and tools to address racial inequities and better support their community. Mission-aligned investing pools ... working group and the ecosystem scan identified several ways to address challenges and scale the effectiveness of ...

Walking the Talk of Transparency

transparent leaves
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... For years, foundations had (and some continue to have) “closed doors” about their grants and grants ... and Board members believe that being transparent about our work strengthens our relationship with grantee partners. It ... knowledge, and become more transparent in order to best support our partners.   Rolland.png Abby Rolland is Grants & ...
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Future Think: Philanthropy, COVID-19, and the ‘Next’ Normal

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Thursday, January 28, 2021
... By April, nonprofits either had their operations come to an abrupt halt or began experiencing an exponential surge in need for critical services to support communities. It was abundantly clear that ... and economic health of our communities. We must find ways not only to support artists but also to help them and ...

More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
NOTE TO FUNDERS: Sign-ons are being accepted until COB on August ... to “drastically cut short” 2020 census operations amid a surging coronavirus pandemic, urged the U.S. Census Bureau ... road and public transit improvements, home heating assistance for senior citizens, and many more vital ...

Barra Foundation Announces $520,000 in Immediate Funding

Thursday, April 2, 2020
... coverage: Half million dollars in coronavirus relief going to nonprofits from Barra Foundation (04.02.20) by Peter ... five-county region.  The foundation is also considering ways to address the recovery issues and longer-term needs ... food throughout Philadelphia. In addition to unrestricted support for past Barra Awardees, Barra has approved a ...
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New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... directly benefit community-based organizations seeking to address Philadelphia’s greatest needs. Roughly $250,000 ... race is allocated  to the Philadelphia City Fund (PCF) to support its Community Fund grants, which are awarded to ... our fiscal management of the Marathon ensure a successful event that allow us to award grants that are timely and ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Kicks off the Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute

Nonprofit Justice and Equity Institute Wordle
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... Equity Institute , a series of learning sessions designed to support the nonprofit sector in its commitment to recognize ... and creating an accountable plan focused on helping them work to solve complex community issues with an equity lens ...

Foundations Community Partnership Board Awards $166,350 in Grants to Local Nonprofits

FCP grantee Alice Silverman Health Clinic
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
... received a Capital Improvement Grant from FCP. From left to right: Pre-med student volunteer Amal Thalody, Clinic ... adults, and families, while Capital Improvement Grants support structural improvements to facilities, durable ... of diversity that exist in Bucks County. Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) : Grant will be used to train healthcare ...
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SPARX 2019: Liz Dozier on Making an Impact

Liz Dozier keynote
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... creates the same power imbalance in society, and we need to resist it,” she said. When Dozier started as principal ... knew the students and influenced them in nontraditional ways. She created behavioral health teams to turn the school ... and outcomes in mind. The focus should be shifted to identifying who has power and empower those who don’t.   ...
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Strengthening the Field of Philanthropic Evaluation: A Call to Action

Thursday, June 28, 2018
... among funders and small/mid-sized evaluation firms to consider ways we could work together differently to deepen the impact ... are typically ineligible for foundation capacity-building support. During the GEO session, we began to identify ...
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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 local families they support. The grant program is an integral part of ... Community Partnership provides grants and technical assistance to non-profit organizations, awards scholarships ...
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Union Benevolent Assoication announces change to funding priorities

Union Benevolent Association
Friday, August 17, 2018
... announced it has changed its funding priorities to better focus on alleviating the burden of poverty. ... documents such as birth certificates and State Photo ID; The provision of post office boxes for those who lack an ... strong impact by allowing them to utilize funding in ways that will allow them to pursue their mission most ...

William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
... of Directors approved grants of nearly $20 million in support of Great Learning, Great Public Spaces and Watershed ... recently awarded 22 grants, totaling almost $15 million, to support education in Philadelphia. Engaged Families grants ... of Philadelphia Foundation to develop, pilot, and evaluate work with home visiting services for families experiencing ...

Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + Activist Residency

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... the Greater Philadelphia region with $125,000 in funding to five inaugural Leeway x IPMF Media Artist + Activist Residency recipients. This residency will support women, trans*, and gender nonconforming media artists ... see the artists and organizations that were proposing to work collaboratively, as well as the range of projects and ...

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