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10Aug2021

Investing ARPA Funds in the Work of Charitable Nonprofits | Promoting Nonprofit-Government PartnershipsUnderstanding (and Securing) New COVID Relief Funds

Tuesday, August 10, 2021
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Where: 
Free National Webinar
How can your nonprofit access some of the $350 billion that Congress recently allocated for ... opens with remarks from Svante Myrick, Mayor of Ithaca, New York , a noted champion of the work of charitable ... PartnershipsUnderstanding (and Securing...

Anchored in Place: How Funders Are Helping Anchor Institutions Strengthen Local Economies

... Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities as part of its Anchors Institution Funders’ Group examines the ... refine their strategies for working with anchors. In each of the profiled communities—Albuquerque, Baltimore, ... Denver and the Twin Cities—the report shares stories of how funders are extending beyond traditional grantmaking ...
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Community Nonprofits Awarded $13.8 million To Renovate Cecil B. Moore and Heitzman Recreation Centers

Cecil B. Moore's karate students perform at the Rebuild launch celebration.
Friday, March 15, 2019
City of Philadelphia Press Release (3.14.19) This week ... parks, recreation centers, and libraries,” Rebuild Executive Director Nicole Westerman said. “Partnering with trusted ...
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Regional Interest
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Community Improvement
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Rebuild Initiative
18Aug2020

Immigration Nation Watch Party + Discussion: Drawing the Connection Between Climate Justice, Immigration and Essential Workers

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
3:30pm - 5:00pm
... Force . Immigration Nation is a six-part series that the New York Times calls a "rare look inside Trump's immigration ... 4 focuses on the immigrant workers who went to Panama City to help rebuild after Hurricane Michael in 2018. .....

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... Quarterly . This year, employing a combination of city bonding authority—backed by a city tax on soda ... and increasingly for basics like air conditioning and new floors.” While “wealthier neighborhoods can more ... color out of the indoor basketball courts. George Matysik, executive director of the nonprofit Philadelphia Parks ...

Vanessa B. Briggs, President & CEO, Departs The Alliance for Health Equity After Five Years of Stellar Leadership

Vanessa B. Briggs
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
... Alliance will be August 19, 2022.   Ms. Briggs is the new Vice President for Health Equity in Woods System of Care and Executive Director of Woods’ New Jersey healthcare ventures ... leadership, The Alliance has played a pivotal role in the City of Coatesville and throughout the Greater Coatesville ...
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Leadership, Culture and Community

2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report

Published: 
11/2019
... for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people ... and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity Among ... and disability status. This report lays out the results of the DAPP survey in aggregate form. The results of the DAPP ...

Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions

... Partnerships and Anchor Institutions  discusses the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic ... local communities. The report focuses on the work of anchor institutions and partner organizations that have ...
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Report
22May2020

All In this Together: Public-Private Partnerships to Support Our Undocumented Neighbors

Friday, May 22, 2020
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Where: 
Webinar
... and philanthropic leaders have joined forces at the city , county, and state level to provide direct cash ... Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, New York City Daranee Petsod, President, Grantmakers ... Foundations Moderator...

Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge

Thursday, October 8, 2020
... and businesses to well-paying jobs and contracts in the city’s construction industry.   Today’s announcement builds on JPMorgan Chase’s new $30 billion commitment to advance racial equity, address ... and people of color,” said Roxann Cooke, Chase Regional Director for Pennsylvania and New England. “This ...
16May2022

Uniting Americans Through Service: The Power of Americorps and Philanthropy Working in Partnership

Monday, May 16, 2022
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where: 
Zoom
... AmeriCorps VISTA, AmeriCorps Seniors, FEMA Corps, and the new Public Health AmeriCorps. Mr. Smith is a longtime ... prior to his appointment by President Biden, he served as executive director of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance and the ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action

Published: 
12/2019
... (ABFE) , recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States ... research had two purposes. The first was to build a body of information on the health and well-being of existing Black social change infrastructure in this ...

Leading Philadelphia Civil Legal Aid and Social-Service Agencies Sign On to Become Founding Member Tenants in the First Collaborative Center of its Kind

Friday, March 8, 2019
... Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many of the city’s leading civil legal aid agencies and social-service ... aid in Philadelphia,” said Jessica Hilburn-Holmes, Esq., executive director of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. “The ... by the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, is setting a new national standard for inter‐agency collaboration, ...
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Legal AidSocial Justice

Strong Foundations: Financial Security Starts with Affordable, Stable Housing – A Research Primer

Strong Foundations Housing Report
Published: 
01/2020
... families and for the 1 in 4 renters who spend 50% or more of their income on housing—and its effects ripple ... instability as critical threats to the financial security of American families and created a comprehensive research primer on the topic. Drawing on extensive review of the research literature, engagement with more than 100 ...
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Affordable Housing/Housing and Shelter
27Feb2017

Rapid Response Convening: Addressing the Immediate Needs of Immigrant & Refugee Communities

Monday, February 27, 2017
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Philadelphia, PA
... and refugees.  We will hear from local legal experts, city representatives, and community-based organizations, and ...

Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

Published: 
11/2019
... Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to ... justice. This guide will be most useful to an audience of grantmakers who have already made or are close to making ...

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