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Ralston Center Announces the Launch of The Sarah Ralston Foundation

Friday, January 13, 2023
The historic provider of senior services in West Philadelphia is now a philanthropy dedicated to supporting ... organizations serving older adults across the city. PHILADELPHIA, PA - January 10, 2023 — Ralston Center today announced that the West Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization is relaunching as ...
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On the Table Philly returns for 2018

Thursday, September 20, 2018
The Philadelphia Foundation with support from the John S. and ... inspire solutions to strengthen communities in the Greater Philadelphia region by hosting open dialogues on issues that ... the same name developed by The Chicago Community Trust in 2014. On the Table Philly: Thursday, November 8, 2018 On the ...

William Penn Foundation, Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds

Thursday, June 27, 2024
By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to giving ... by the fourth generation, they were developed in partnership with the one before it, says Katherine H. ...

PA Humanities announces Wingspan: $2.25 million to 24 BIPOC and rural organizations

PA Humanities Wingspan
Thursday, December 7, 2023
PAH002_Wingspan.jpg PHILADELPHIA (December 7, 2023) - Today PA Humanities ... American Girls Empowering of CultureTrust Greater Phila (Philadelphia County) Chester Cultural Arts and Technology ... Society (Crawford County) Friends of the Tanner House (Philadelphia County) Indigenous Peoples' Day Philly Inc. ...
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FCP Board Aids Bucks County Non-Profits Stricken by Pandemic

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
... to quickly respond to the crises, Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) created the COVID-19 Response Grant program ... is on hold at this time and it’s gratifying to have a resource like FCP to help fill the void.” The grant program ... Greater Delaware Valley Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia Community Conservatory of Music Comprehensive ...

HealthSpark Foundation Announces $631,000 in Grants to Support Montgomery County’s Social Safety Net

Monday, January 11, 2021
... justice.” The Safety Net Resiliency Initiative is a partnership between the Foundation and the county’s ... Campaign The Foundation is pleased to continue its partnership with PA Health Access Network (PHAN) to support ... $50,000 in planning funds to Bucks-Mont Collaborative in partnership with TriCounty Community Network and Interagency ...

City Launches “Kensington Community Resilience Fund”

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
... participatory grantmaking process   The City of Philadelphia announced the “Kensington Community Resilience ... Fund,” ( KCR Fund ) a public-private-community partnership between community members, the City of Philadelphia, and regional funders to explicitly address the ...

NBME Selects Its First Philanthropy Director

Allison Anderson Acevedo
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... engagement experience, as well as her deep roots in the Philadelphia area, make her an excellent inaugural ... as the Director of Education for the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Allison’s community ... engagement includes being a founding member of the  Philadelphia Black Giving Circle , as well as serving as a ...

City Awards $200K to Community Organizations to Support Criminal Justice Reform

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia today announced that the Criminal Justice and ... Fund will be administered by the Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia . Resources for this effort are provided by the ...
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Hamilton Family Charitable Trust appoints President Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend

Chekemma Fulmore-Townsend
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
... Fulmore-Townsend served as President and CEO of the Philadelphia Youth Network.   Fulmore-Townsend will oversee ... management of the HFCT philanthropic grantmaking in the Philadelphia, Newport RI and Palm Beach County, FL markets. ... HFCT’s mission of supporting academic excellence in Philadelphia schools and empowering students’ successful ...
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Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... power, equity and insularity. Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is working hard to amplify the local movement, ... we established the Mission-Aligned Investing Cohort in partnership with Andorra and Common Future . Mission-Aligned ... investment strategies A shared vision and plan to activate Philadelphia’s community capital ecosystem In total, 10 ...

Rebuild Awards $15.4M for work at Vare Rec Center and Glavin Playground

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
... treasured Grays Ferry and Port Richmond community spaces (Philadelphia, Pa; April 23, 2019) Today Rebuild Executive ... Glavin Playground in Port Richmond. Made possible by the Philadelphia Beverage Tax and a signature initiative of Mayor ...

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

Friday, March 16, 2018
Via Generocity   | By  Julie Zeglen  / STAFF Philadelphia needs more cash. Admidst  crippling poverty ... Building a Successful Investor Ecosystem for 21st Century Philadelphia ” discussion on Wednesday evening. The panel ... Hargro , executive director, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Tom Balderston, managing principal, SustainVC ...
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FCP Selects Tobias Bruhn as New Executive Director

Tobias Bruhn
Thursday, January 9, 2020
... Brings Strategic Leadership to Foundations Community Partnership Bruhn.jpg Doylestown, PA (November 12, 2019) – Foundations Community Partnership’s (FCP) Board of Directors has announced that ... new role as Executive Director at Foundations Community Partnership. Dr. Bruhn comes to FCP from Bucks County ...
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City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
... Monica Munn, Senior Director of the WES Mariam Asefa Fund Philadelphia, PA (January 15, 2020)   – Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, in partnership with the City’s Office of Workforce ... more about opportunities to engage immigrant talent in Philadelphia and welcome employers to register at   ...

Philanthropy's Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Philanthropy's Response to Coronavirus
Monday, March 2, 2020
... our COVID-19 Philanthropic Response Funds for Greater Philadelphia and Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard pages . ... Philadelphia Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund - a partnership between Office of Community Empowerment and ... Served 03.19.20-04.14.20 (posted 06.01.20) Reports: Resource requests and community needs report for the ...
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GSK names 23rd annual IMPACT Award Winners

GSK IMPACT Award winner Coded by Kids
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... aid and more GSK2019_Coded By Kids(2).jpg [Nov 20, 2019, Philadelphia, PA] GSK today honored 10 local nonprofits that ... and other critical services that help foster a healthier Philadelphia region. The 10 winners of the GSK IMPACT Awards ... Southern New Jersey   Homeless Advocacy Project Housing Partnership of Chester County Legal Clinic for the Disabled ...

Highlights from the 36th Annual Members Meeting

Friday, March 29, 2024
...  Donna Frisby-Greenwood introduced keynote speaker, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker.  rashanda and donna.png Mayor Cherelle Parker spoke about her vision for Philadelphia as the "safest, cleanest, greenest big city" in ... partnerships - including William Penn Foundation's partnership with the city on the Rebuild initiative - that ...
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Are Philly-area nonprofits really making a difference? Foundations put up $3 million to find out

Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Via The Philadelphia Inquirer By Harold Brubaker | @InqBrubaker  |  ... be used for such monitoring and evaluation. A $3 million partnership announced Tuesday in Center City aims to help ... accelerate a shift away from that old model by training Philadelphia-area nonprofits to improve their ability to ...
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National Study Reports Foundations Maintained or Increased Spending in 2020; Long-Term Investment Returns Held Steady

2020 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations® (CCSF)
Monday, August 23, 2021

The annual Council on Foundations-Commonfund study found that private foundations reported an average 13.1 percent return on their investment assets last year, and that 33 percent of foundations to increased their giving over 2019.

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