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Centering Community Voice with Data: Perspectives from a Nonprofit and a Funder

Trellis for Tomorrow students building a compost station
Friday, October 27, 2023
... Based in Greater Philadelphia, Trellis for Tomorrow is a non-profit whose mission is to deliver experiential ... been interested in obtaining authentic, honest feedback from participants. They’ve normally collected feedback ... vision and strategy We’ve always been focused on helping our grantee partners identify outcomes they can measure and ...
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Pat Yoder to receive 2020 Kitchen Table Award from CCFWG

Patricia Yoder
Friday, February 7, 2020
... for Women and Girls (CCFWG) will honor Patricia Yoder – a passionate advocate for women and children in Chester County – with our Kitchen Table Award at the 15 th Annual Making a ... . Pat Yoder to receive 2020 Kitchen Table Award from CCFWG ...
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Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
Reposted with permission from the author. NualaEssay_SpiralQ(Image photo by Rachael ... protests sweep across the country in the middle of a pandemic that has exposed structural inequalities, creators ... a sense of urgency, trust of community and commitment. In our recent grant cycle, the Community Voices Fund, we sought ...

Animal Grantmakers 2023 Conference in Philadelphia: Advancing Social Change Through an Animal Protection Lens

Animal Grantmakers
Thursday, October 12, 2023
... of animal and environmental protection organizations from Sunday, October 22 to Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at the ... their wellbeing, the aim of the 2023 Animal Grantmakers Conference is to point to ways to cooperate and coordinate ... to funders. “This year’s theme, ‘All Together Now: A Declaration of Interdependence,’ echoes the One Health ...
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Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly shifted the fundamentals of our daily lives. The challenges we face are unprecedented and ... This spirit of “we are all in this together” taps into a collective sense of hope and strength.   While the virus ... people in our country need relief - and many will see some from the federal government and rapid-response funds. Still, ...

Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
... 25 Asian-American artists to create site-specific works, a range of projects from nine Philadelphia arts organizations ... – a month-long performance piece experienced via text message – and finding ways to improve the piece. Arts + ...
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Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
By Nadya Shmavonian After a little over two years in business, the Fund appears to be ... we have had with the nonprofit community, including our 25 grants to support exploration and implementation of ... Fund will remain unchanged, with some additional support from the SeaChange team we will now be able extend our ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
    Here is a round-up of recent news and developments with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The Rebuild Oversight Board held its ... Center.  The Oversight Board, which is made up of a diverse coalition of city officials, community leaders and ...

A Philanthropic Response to White Supremacy from the Birthplace of Freedom

Octavius Catto Statue
Monday, August 14, 2017
... Philadelphia | @SidneyRHargro  On Friday night, 256 miles from Philadelphia, hundreds of neo-Nazi, white supremacists ... Virginia to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.  They marched to ... statue, an exercise protected under the First Amendment of our U.S. constitution, became a hate-laced act of domestic ...
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Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts Unveil “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
... the foundation’s Centennial Legacy Mural “Strength in our Bonds” at its permanent location at 23rd and Market ... Streets in Philadelphia.The festive celebration included a welcome by the West Powelton Drummers and remarks by ... paint day at Cherry Street Pier where we had residents from every neighborhood in the region.” “Great public art ...

Opinion: Philadelphia’s recovery from COVID-19 must put housing first

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
... organizations – an unprecedented collective response to a public health crisis many of us could never have imagined. ... more foreclosed homes and apartment buildings throughout our neighborhoods. Philadelphia’s recovery from COVID-19 must put housing first. As critical first ...

Via Generocity: In culminating session, forum asks ‘Where do we go from here?

ECS Forum Panel
Thursday, November 5, 2020
... NBC10‘s Vai Sikahema moderated the “ Where Do We Go from Here? ” session featuring ECS’s  David E. Griffith ... immediate aftermath of the death of Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old man fatally shot by police last week in West ... in on the ground transformational programs that meet our neighbors where they are, to help them escape poverty ...

Four Takeaways from Race, Class AND Gender: Intersectional Approaches to Social Justice Funding

Friday, April 5, 2019
... Cornman-Levy As part of its ongoing efforts to foster a more equitable philanthropic sector, Philanthropy Network ... of a gender lens is often overlooked. Yet,  our deeply entrenched gender norms shape every aspect of the work, from our internal structures to our grantmaking and ...
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
...  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of America to launch the Block Builds Program and ... at no cost to families. Block Builds will now expand our reach to doing exterior repairs for the entire ...

Philanthropy Network launching new Equity Cohort with major support from Scattergood Foundation

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
...          The greatest social issues that we face as a region and a country are amplified in the lives of those ... this cohort model, we can more effectively advance our shared understanding of how philanthropy must change and ... cohort will be one executive and one board member/trustee from up to 12 foundations. Each participating foundation will ...

More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of citizenship question from 2020 census

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... — Reflecting an unprecedented consensus in philanthropy from local foundations to national grantmaking organizations, ... have called on the Trump administration to withdraw a citizenship question from the 2020 census. In a public ... and other efforts to help [the Census Bureau] fulfill our mutual goal of a fair and accurate count…. The ...

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

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
News release from the Knight Foundation $1M investment will help Brigades ... will help these Brigades deliver impact and create a blueprint for success in their communities by developing ... to meet community needs and build local capacity for our Brigade volunteers to do the important work of advancing ...

Health Department Announces Significant Contributions to the Philly Joy Bank from the William Penn Foundation and Spring Point Partners

Monday, March 20, 2023
... Health is pleased to announce generous contributions from the William Penn Foundation and Spring Point Partners to ... activities of the Philly Joy Bank. The Philly Joy Bank is a pilot program of the Philadelphia Community Action Network ... down the data by race and ethnicity, Black infants in our city are over four times more likely to die before their ...
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