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CCFWG Unites Women and Girls in Chester County for Virtual Conveings to Raise Awareness About Impacts of COVID-19 on Local Women and Girls

CCFWG 2020 Making a Difference Luncheon
Friday, May 8, 2020
... County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) has responded to COVID-19 through innovative programs to raise awareness ... have made substantive contributions through service and/or philanthropy through their own time, talent or resources. Pat ... for Women and Girls leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...
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COVID-19Leadership, Culture and Community

Chester County Funders Unite to Provide COVID-19 Rapid Response Funding

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... 30, 2020) – Funders in Chester County have joined forces to provide much needed coronavirus (COVID-19) rapid response ... people who care with causes that matter so their legacy philanthropy makes a difference now and forever.  The ... for Women and Girls leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...
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Learning Together: How to Create a Regional Coordinated Capacity Building System

blue-orange building blocks
Thursday, December 12, 2024
... a conversation with nonprofit leaders about how best to support them in evolving their practices and strengthening their organizations. In January 2024, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia co-hosted a ... have been working to shift power and advance equity in philanthropy over many years. This initial phase of the ...
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NBME Supports Medical Students with New Scholarship Program

Thursday, November 2, 2023
... National Medical Fellowships (NMF) on a new collaboration to support the next generation of community-focused medical ... Together, NBME and NMF have awarded scholarships to 10 medical students from among 423 qualified applicants ... who have demonstrated leadership, perseverance, commitment to service and financial need. These students will receive ...
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2018 Conference Agenda

... (beverages and light refreshments will be served) Plan to arrive early to take advantage of this time to network ...

Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets

Lenfest Institute logo
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
... Lenfest Institute for Journalism , which is  dedicated to supporting journalism  and  just opened its doors last ... work, including  a $40 million matching gift program  to support local news and  a partnership with the Knight ... the Innovation Grant program, which will follow a venture philanthropy format, emphasizing experimentation and ...
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23Jul2018

GLR Week 2018

Monday, July 23, 2018 - 8:45am to Friday, July 27, 2018 - 12:00pm
Where: 
Philadelphia, PA
... Youth Wellness. She’s a national leader in the effort to transform pediatric medicine, raise public awareness and transform the way society responds to children exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) ... Click here for full agenda...

Atlanta-based First Step Staffing Expands into Philadelphia

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
... Philadelphia. Founded in 2007, First Step’s mission is to secure sustainable income for individuals transitioning ... re-entering citizens, and others with significant barriers to employment. In the first 12 months of operation in ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Hosts Inaugural Champions of Change Breakfast

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
... Leaves Chester County Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace The Chester County Fund for ... those who hold their sledgehammers high and are not afraid to swing away. Every effort and act – from mentoring a ... for Women and Girls leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have ...
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Kenney names new board to oversee Mayor's Fund

Thursday, March 22, 2018
... Mayor Kenney has appointed a new board to oversee the beleaguered Mayor’s Fund . The new ... is part of a  reform plan  for the nonprofit set up to advance the mayor’s policy goals through grants to other ... organizations. Sidney Hargro, executive director of Philanthropy Network, which includes nearly 150 grantmaking ...
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$10.6 Million Boost Will Close Key Gaps In Regional Circuit Trails Network

Friday, June 1, 2018
... the William Penn Foundation toward their continued work to build multi-use trails throughout southeastern ... exercise, and travel, as well as valuable access to miles of rivers and streams. “With more than half of the ... foster creativity that enhances civic life, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. In partnership with ...
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Opinion | Solving Philly’s poverty issues takes consistent, relentless effort by Mayor Jim Kenney

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
... in four of our residents lives in poverty — struggling to make ends meet, put food on the table, and keep a roof over their heads. I see it on my weekly visits to schools and summer  Play Streets , where so many of our ... All of us — government, businesses, nonprofits, philanthropy, and residents — must continue to work ...

OPINION | Instead of blaming government for Philly’s poverty problems, we must band together

Monday, October 1, 2018
... looking for a good opportunity and a better life continue to fall inexplicably behind. I am disturbed, but more than that, I was troubled to see that  some of the   first responses  are to view ... shared. In each peer city I studied, leaders from philanthropy, government, the private sector, and citizen ...

William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed

Thursday, June 6, 2019
... four Great Leanring grants totaling more than $2.8 million to support education in Philadelphia. As part of the Creative Communities program, the Foundation works to support equitable access to great public spaces . A ... one-time civic opportunities, and strengthen regional philanthropy, went to Willistown Conservation Trust, Inc. ...

Pat Yoder to receive 2020 Kitchen Table Award from CCFWG

Patricia Yoder
Friday, February 7, 2020
... Malvern. CCFWG established the Kitchen Table Award in 2011 to honor a Chester County woman who has made substantive contributions through service and/or philanthropy to improve the lives of women and girls through her own time, ...
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20Sep2019

Regional Foundation Center Workshop

Friday, September 20, 2019
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Montgomery County Community College Library
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Bucks-Mont ... Community College (MCCC) on a session for participants to learn more about free resources available to funders and nonprofits.

Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... as communities, organizations, and governments mobilize to meet critical needs. We have been humbled by the ... factors dictate who will be hurt most by COVID-19. As philanthropy continues to respond to community needs, we must be intentional in our ...

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