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Your board isn’t diverse enough

Wednesday, September 13, 2017
... Board of Directors When BoardSource’s most recent report on the state of America’s nonprofits came out with the news ... surprised. The  Urban Affairs Coalition  CEO spends a lot of her time thinking about the issue of board and ... this spring because CCPF’s goals in positive community-building through education matched those of the church. “I ...

Philanthropy Network welcomes new team members

Friday, September 15, 2023
... Network Greater Philadelphia is delighted to announce that a new cohort of colleagues joined our staff on September 6, 2023. This extraordinary group of talented ... they wrote a capstone titled: "Corporate Philanthropy: Building Long-term Partnerships for Transformative ...
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All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... 2019] The School District of Philadelphia and Book Trust, a national organization supporting book ownership and early ... and is an investment in the District’s continued focus on early literacy.   Book Trust engages students to choose, ... & CEO. About The School District of Philadelphia A community of great learners, caring families, committed ...
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Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life

Photo credit Warren Wong on Unsplash
Thursday, September 10, 2020
... Systems Transformation Blog_09.20.20.jpg Warren Wong on   Unsplash By Joe Pyle “A system cannot fail those it was never meant to ... that his death was preventable and we are committed to building systems that protect and care for people like ...
12Sep2018

Pathways to Progress: Empowering Youth through Integrated Job Training and Financial Capability

Wednesday, September 12, 2018
1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Please join Asset Funders Network and the Citi Foundation on September 12 th 2018 at 1:00 p.m. ET. for our Funder ... and Financial Capability. This one-hour webinar will host a panel of experts including Daria Sheehan , Senior Program ... programs...

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
This article appears on Glenmede's Impactivate Blog . Re-posted with permission. ... In the months ahead, impact investors can continue to make a difference by addressing four themes that proved critical ... Communities Concerns about gentrification have been  building for years  as the availability of  affordable ...
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How a corporate partner is helping YouthBuild Philly students become ‘green leaders’ in construction

YouthBuild Philly students
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Via Generocity  | by  Albert Hong , Staff Writer Building materials company Saint-Gobain has been working with ... YouthBuild USA since 2010 to provide materials and hands-on job training for students working in YouthBuild Philly’s ... some new skills to improve their own classroom. Through a partnership between YouthBuild Philadelphia and  ...
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09Mar2020

Chat with an Expert #3: Daryn Dodson, Founder & Managing Director of Illumen Capital

Monday, March 9, 2020
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Webinar
... and Managing Director of Illumen Capital and he will share lessons learned from his firm’s experience coaching fund managers on implicit racial and gender bias reduction, as well as insights from a recent paper they published in collaboration with Stanford ...
28Sep2022

What if philanthropy celebrated Black Abundance?

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... is complicit in anti-Blackness. Seeing anti-Blackness as a defining element of institutional philanthropic culture ... you can be a part of the movement. Learning Goals Reflect on current unjust practices, policies and outcomes in ... access to opportunity in education, employment, and wealth building. Jasmine believes that through empathy, public ...
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Day 3 Concurrent Session - What's Your Equity Footprint?

... for foundations to simply avoid inequitable practices in a society premised on white supremacy and patriarchy; rather, foundations must ... dedicate themselves to centering equity in all facets of their institutions’ work. Rather than simply minimizing ...
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12/10/2020
11:00am - 12:00pm

Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $6 Million from William Penn Foundation for Workforce Development and Pandemic Recovery Efforts

William Penn Foundation
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... follow more than $8 million awarded in the  first half of 2021  as part of the Foundation’s Family Recovery Fund, ... offer relevant skills, certifications, or credentials, and a connection to in-demand jobs that pay a living wage and ... Philadelphia   Center for Employment Opportunities   Community Integrated Services   Congreso de Latinos Unidos ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia names Daria Torres as its first Executive in Residence

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... over 20 years of strategy consulting experience, Daria is a widely sought-after executive-level advisor. She has helped ... facilitating partnerships and collaboratives focused on the alleviation of inequities across sectors makes her ... collaboration. The Network brings funders together with community partners and leaders to spark solutions that foster ...

Pennsylvania establishes blueprint for successful collegiate recovery programs

Thursday, September 22, 2022
...  (Foundation). The announcement was made during a forum in Washington, D.C., attended by nearly 50 people ... leading the charge to de-stigmatize substance use disorder on college campuses. In 2021, the Foundation partnered with ... solutions that improve the health and well-being of the community. The Foundation’s core programs and initiatives ...

COVID-19 Philanthropic Response Funds for Greater Philadelphia

... the University of Pennsylvania, the regional dashboard is a collaborative effort to track and analyze more than $40 ... for Black- and minority-owned small business. More on LISC Philadelphia COVID-19 relief and recovery efforts ... Funding the COVID-19 recovery in Philly: Tracing the lessons to date (09.03.20) BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 ...

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