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Philadelphia Foundation’s Black Community Leaders Fund Makes $800,000 in Grants to 24 Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Monday, November 8, 2021
... country, including ours, reaffirmed their commitment to racial equity and promised to do more,” said Janet Haas, Board ... Leaders Fund is a strategic way to build capacity and resources for vital services and programs while also ...

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

Trellis for Tomorrow students building a compost station
Friday, October 27, 2023
... of input. New data segmentation skills . Listen4Good’s resources helped the team  filter responses so they could ... Trellis in its feedback work. A funder’s commitment to equity: The Nelson Foundation The Grace S. and W. Linton ... independent foundation that acts to eliminate systemic racial and social inequities by investing for impact with ...
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Philadelphia Health Partnership Designates Funds to Support the Launch of Two New Early Childhood Programs

Thursday, September 8, 2022
... the new Fund will engage community members to allocate resources in support of early childhood organizing, advocacy, ... parent and caregiver voice and leadership to address racial, social, and economic disparities in early childhood ... Foundation has been focused on improving equity in health in Philadelphia for 25 years now, and ...

GSK Announces $10M Program to Advance Black People, Latinx People, Women in STEM

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
... The announcement of the creation of the Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective was made during a virtual news conference ... peers in STEM literacy. Factors include schools lacking resources to provide STEM enrichment activities for students, ... access to opportunities for students by providing resources and expertise that build paths to college and ...

United Philanthropy Forum announces Deborah Aubert Thomas as new President and CEO

Deborah Aubert Thomas
Monday, May 6, 2024
... Deborah is a passionate advocate for advancing racial equity and justice within the philanthropic sector ... the board of United Philanthropy Forum and is Chair of the Racial Equity Committee. Deborah also lends her expertise to ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia announces Mariah Casias as Vice President, Learning & Evaluation

Mariah Casias
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
... learning, as well as assuring that all offerings center racial equity and intersectionality. She will begin her new role on ... practice of philanthropy. She is also an alum of the 2020 Racial & Economic Justice Giving Project with Bread & Roses ...
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City Awards $200K to Community Organizations to Support Criminal Justice Reform

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
... These grants of up to $10,000 are designed to advance racial equity in the criminal justice system and safely reduce the ... be administered by the Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia . Resources for this effort are provided by the MacArthur ...
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Philadelphia Health Partnership Launches 25th Milestone Year with Kickoff and News of Celebration Plans

Friday, March 17, 2023
... milestone anniversary focusing on their work as a health equity champion; the page will be updated regularly to share ... partnerships and advocacy focuses on achieving greater equity in health and racial justice, with a special interest in children’s ...
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New Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard analyzes more than $40M in giving from 13 shared funds in Greater Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
... “This dashboard was created to help understand how resources in the region were prioritized in response to the ... to learn, connect, and lead change that centers racial equity across all social impact priorities and in their ...

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... of plastic packaging  and  reduce food waste .   2. Racial Injustice Adds Urgency to Impact Investors’ Pursuit of Social Equity In 2020, Black people made up 13% of the US population ... 26 million people  across the United States to protest racial injustice and call for police reform. The Black Lives ...
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Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards to Increase Health Food Access in Philadelphia

Reinvestment Fund Food Justice Initiative
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... meals into their weekly offerings and develop educational resources on how to establish a distribution site in your own ... meals and justice initiative for LGBT youth. “Advancing racial equity and expanding community collaboration are key to ...

Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
... an improved and reconfigured use of existing and new resources. Salem County has had among the lowest health and ... children. We want parents to be equipped with knowledge, resources and services to build a healthy future for their ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... process, the first of its kind for CEO, advances equity by returning control to the community so that people ... leadership on issues of economic justice by advancing racial equity and inclusive growth to ensure that all ... Fund is the leading funder of grassroots organizing for racial, social, and economic justice in the Philadelphia ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Awards $15,600 to Create Change

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... a Bakers Dozen Listening Tour) and the Alliance for Health Equity ($7,500 for the Nonprofit Justice and Equity ... and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have resources and opportunities to thrive *** The Fund for Women ... and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have resources and opportunities to thrive. Learn more at ...
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Comcast RISE Awards 100 Small Businesses in Philadelphia With $10,000 grants

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... Asian American owners, as well as technology and marketing resources to nearly 100 businesses in the city through  ... inequities women continue to face in accessing the resources and funding that are critical to success. Click ... company’s comprehensive initiative to advance digital equity and help build a future of unlimited possibilities.

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grants to Media Making Organizations

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, June 3, 2021
... projects that have been excluded from access to resources that amplify the voices of the communities they ... structure and media-making that advances cultural equity for Latinx, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, ... June 11 for the Community   Media Fund and Digital Equity Fund open call. The foundation’s next round of ...
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Hospital Closures: Community Leaders Partner to Minimize Disruption of Healthcare Services

Monday, January 31, 2022
... Hospital’s doors today, The Alliance for Health Equity (The Alliance), formerly the Brandywine Health ... Vanessa Briggs, President & CEO of The Alliance for Health Equity. “Our goals in bringing together this group are to ... - dedicated to providing residents with information, resources and answers to questions that arise due to the two ...

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