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09Apr2020

Virtual Meeting: Promoting Family Support and Child Well-Being in Supportive Communities

Thursday, April 9, 2020
10:00am - 11:30am
Where: 
Via Zoom
... invites you to an insightful discussion in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month: Promoting Family Support and Child ... abuse cases with compassion and expertise. PCA does this in a co-located partnership with the Philadelphia Police...
16Aug2018

NCFP Webinar: Community Foundation Spark Session: Business Models for Family Philanthropy (Round 2)

Thursday, August 16, 2018
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar
... The community foundation field is experimenting with a variety of answers to those questions. In this Spark Session, you’ll learn ... to exchange practical advice, tools, and tips from peers on aspects of their family philanthropy engagement. In one hour, this ...
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Issue Briefing
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Family Foundation

PHL COVID-19 Fund Continues Urgent Response to Community Amid Growing Needs

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, April 16, 2020
... than $2.5 million to 79 non-profit organizations serving on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. The Fund, launched four weeks ago ... the growing Latino population in Montgomery County, will use a portion of the funding received to advance technology platforms to coordinate ...
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COVID-19

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
... Harrowgate-based nonprofit IMPACT Services will deliver a $1.8 million improvement project at the Heitzman Recreation Center. ... targets, including 25 to 30 percent of all spending on professional services contracts and 30 to 35 percent of all spending on ...
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Regional Interest
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Community Improvement
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Rebuild Initiative

PHL COVID-19 Fund Responds to Urgent Community Needs, More than $12 Million Pledged to Date

PHL COVID-19 Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... first round of grants to 44 non-profit organizations serving on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. With more than $12 million pledged to date, the Fund is a collaboration established between the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Provides Rapid Response to Community: $7.3M Distributed to Nearly 200 Nonprofits in Three Weeks

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, April 23, 2020
... than $2.5 million to 72 non-profit organizations serving on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. The Fund, launched on March 19 ... communities. According to the CDC, older adults (65+) are at a disproportionately higher risk for severe illness when it comes to ...
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Disaster ReliefHuman Services
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COVID-19

Nonprofit Impact Matters: How America’s Charitable Nonprofits Strengthen Communities and Improve Lives

[Report] Nonprofit Impact Matters
Published: 
09/2019
... has compiled in one convenient spot the latest data on the national scope and impact of charitable nonprofits. The report, ... tells the nonprofit story from the nonprofit perspective for a nonprofit audience. The free report can be found on a related microsite ...
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ReportResearch
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Nonprofit Staff
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Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations
22Oct2018

Chester County Community Foundation 24th Annual Meeting and 25th Anniversary Preview

Monday, October 22, 2018
5:00pm - 6:15pm
Where: 
West Chester, PA
Join Chester County Community Foundation for their 24th Annual Meeting and 25th Anniversary Preview CELEBRATE 25 PORTRAITS of PHILANTHROPY, 1994-2019 DISCOVER OUR PHILANTHROPY ... 5:00 event, at 4:15pm & 6:15pm. Chester County Community...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Reaches $10M in Funds Deployed, Continuing to Amplify Regional Community Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, May 7, 2020
... than $3.25 million to 101 non-profit organizations serving on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. The Fund, launched on March ... In each round, the PHL COVID-19 Fund responds to a wide range of needs faced by communities across the region. This week's round ...
30Apr2020

Equity-centered Evaluation Design: How Funders Can Assess Progress in Partnership with Nonprofits and Community

Thursday, April 30, 2020
9:00am - 11:00am
Video Conference
... in the determination of what matters, and still leads to a solid, rigorous assessment of how their grants acknowledge agency, assesses ... will be emailed the dial-in information around 8:00 AM on the morning of the workshop. Please plan to join the workshop using the ...

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

Anchor institutions can play a vital role in strengthening and connecting local economies, and can serve as powerful drivers for building inclusive and equitable communities. This report by the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities as part of its Anchors Institution Funders’ Group examines the potential these deeply ...
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Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

Published: 
11/2019
... racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving ... their work into more ambitious territory that includes power building and structural transformation. Through reflections and frameworks ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

Published: 
03/2017
... (BSCFN) , an initiative forged by the leadership of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Hill-Snowdon ... largest foundations over the next five years, with emphasis on strengthening the infrastructure for Black-led social change. The case ...

Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking

Published: 
10/2018
... by funding decisions. Through examples and insights from a diverse range of participatory grantmakers, we explore the benefits, challenges, and models ...

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: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities (ABFE) , recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. ... two purposes. The first was to build a body of information on the health and well-being of existing Black social change infrastructure in ...

Common Goals, Different Approaches: How Five Cities Reimagined Their Public Spaces

Common Goals, Different Approaches
Published: 
04/2019
BY AARON WIENER| A new report from JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION showcases how ... and Chicago) have reimagined their public spaces as part of a national initiative called Reimagining the Civic Commons . ...
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Public Policy and Civic Engagement

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 worked in ... orientation and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity Among ... aggregate form. The results of the DAPP Survey revealed a clear divide in the sector between foundations with a social justice focus ...

Strengthening the Field of Philanthropic Evaluation: A Call to Action

Thursday, June 28, 2018
... differently to deepen the impact of evaluation and learning on philanthropic practice. The goal was to test the salience of the topic and ... limitations in generating useful insights for the field, lessons for grantees, and meaningful insights for foundation staff. There is ...
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Evaluation Methods
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Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

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