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The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Announce Awards from the $1.5 Million 2022 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 8, 2022
... based on the grant’s priorities. The Committee ensured equity and fairness in this process, while also prioritizing ... linking local artists and cultural organizations to resources and opportunities; and preserving the City’s ...

Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life

Photo credit Warren Wong on Unsplash
Thursday, September 10, 2020
... family and community to ensure that Daniel had tools and resources for recovery. At Intercept One, an intervention ... Our systems have a long way to go. We must apply a racial justice lens and trauma-informed practices at every ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia launches field scan

Friday, May 3, 2019
... and learning and a dedicated focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion – to administer a confidential survey ... and specifically as it relates to considerations of equity. With the full understanding that our members are at varying stages of thinking about equity, we have invited them to participate in this study ...
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How Mission-Aligned Investments Helped the Patricia Kind Family Foundation Expand Its Reach

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... it supports. For example, the Foundation made a private equity investment in  ULTRA Testing , a QA software testing ... and start with the basic premise that you have untapped resources, the specifics can be worked out. In the past, ...
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New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... in neighborhood-based solutions related to COVID-19 and equity imbalances exacerbated by the pandemic. A group of 15 ... and this fund gives them the power to direct resources where they can do the most good.” The Fund ...

The Fund for Women and Girls’ Fifth Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Local Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

The Fund for Women and Girls
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
... was also honored for its commitment to advancing gender equity in the workplace and providing career development ... and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have resources and opportunities to thrive. Over the past 25 ...
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Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
... target specific neighborhoods, are resident-driven, and equity focused. The multi-year funding is designed to assist ... organizing, volunteer management and advocacy, marketing resources to the community, and collaborating with ...

The Foundation for Delaware County announces retirement of president Frances M. Sheehan

Frances M. Sheehan
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
... Excellence, and the Housing Opportunities Program for Equity (HOPE). Providing vital support for the creation of ... across the U.S., the Foundation offers support and resources for nonprofits of every size, helps generous people ...
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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia names Daria Torres as its first Executive in Residence

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... Philanthropy Network in May and leading the inaugural Equity Cohort. Throughout the 12-month, immersive program, ... foundation leaders across the region as they use the Equity Maturity Model to institutionalize their organization’s commitment to equity. With over 20 years of strategy consulting experience, ...

City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
... workers, and committed employers. We hope the data and resources generated through this initiative can be leveraged ... and dismantle institutional inequity. “Workforce equity is an economic imperative. Only through a coordinated ...

Comcast RISE to Award $5 Million in Grants to BIPOC-Owned, Small Businesses

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... need access to capital along with the training resources and networks that are so critical to success,” ... investments will provide more BIPOC entrepreneurs with the resources and tools they need to scale their businesses and ... Comcast RISE is part of a larger $100 million Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative that Comcast launched last ...

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

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
... exist for women-owned businesses. “The programs and resources available to young people at Vare are life lines ... to engage in horticultural projects that advance social equity, environmental sustainability, and urban livability. ...

Giving USA: Total U.S. charitable giving remained strong in 2021, reaching $484.85 billion

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
... pandemic, economic crisis and recovery, efforts to advance racial justice, and an unprecedented philanthropic response. ... research and education. Explore Giving USA products and resources, at www.givingusa.org . About The Giving Institute ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... to community media-makers, journalism, film and digital equity projects with an emphasis on supporting projects led ... awarded $1 million to 18 organizations through its Digital Equity Fund open call, as well as nearly $750,000 in ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $6.1 Million in Grants for 2024

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Thursday, December 12, 2024
... and strengthen community organizing for digital equity. The grants are: Technology Learning Collaborative and ... as it advocates for statewide community-led digital equity initiatives. Digital Literacy Alliance ($37,000) — to support digital equity initiatives throughout the city of Philadelphia. In ...
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Census 2020: Your Family Foundation Needs to Engage

Monday, January 28, 2019
... I particularly draw your attention to the toolkit and resources sections.  More than anything, I encourage you to ... important to understand how the census relates to allotted resources. One set of data outlines the items of the federal ... undercounted as they have been in the past, the amount of resources your community receives to provide for young ...
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