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Pew Awards $4.25 Million to 4 Philadelphia Nonprofits to Expand Economic Opportunities and Address Growing Impacts of Community Violence

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... to expand its successful workforce training program to new neighborhoods and employment sectors. By partnering with ... and with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. As Philadelphia experiences a surge in gun violence, there is ... systems, a lack of secure housing, and logistics such as transportation. Hospital-based programs are a promising ...

$9.5 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Support 30 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Mural: The Talented Mr. Trotter: You Can Be Anything
Monday, September 19, 2022
... million in project funding, plus $1.4 million provided as unrestricted general operating support for the 30 local ... grants, and $900,000 going to 12 Philadelphia-area artists as Pew Fellowships.   Many of the newly funded projects ... to visitor services, health, and safety. The Center’s new grants affirm that the arts will continue to play a vital ...
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

The Alliance for Health Equity Launches the Equity Health Center to address Health Access in Greater Coatesville

Equity Health Network Providers
Thursday, April 6, 2023
... Coatesville, PA 19320. The Equity Health Center will serve as a connecting point for health services across the ... an Integrated Equity center to Greater Coatesville serves as a vital tool to address the social determinants of health ... services the existing Coatesville LINK, will introduce a new “on-demand” service to allow community members easier ...

Build up Nepal Wins $250,000 Lipman Family Prize

Barry & Marie Lipman presenting the 2023 Lipman Family Grand Prize award to Björn Söderberg, Co-Founder & CEO of Build up Nepal (Photo: Rebecca Barger)
Friday, April 21, 2023
... affordable bricks made by local micro-enterprises.   As the 2023 grand prize winner, Build up Nepal will receive ... from University faculty and staff, peer learning events, as well as expert- and student-driven research to inform and ... solutions by inspiring people to think together in new ways. Administered by the Wharton School on behalf of the ...
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Chesco Women’s Commission & Fund for Women and Girls releases findings of survey on sexual harassment in the workplace

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... few to be done in any community,” said Wendy Leeper, President of the Chester County Women’s Commission and ... County Fund for Women and Girls and other key non-profits, as well as the county’s universities and high schools to begin ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Philly Counts announce third-round COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund grant recipients

COVID-19 PR Fund Round 3 Grant Recipents
Thursday, November 4, 2021
... help provide information, training, and resource materials as well as logistical and operational support.  There are bi-weekly ... Prevention & Response Fund,” said Shira Hodges, Interim President of Philanthropy Network. Visit the COVID-19 ...

Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
... Department of Homeland Security are dominated by men such as the building trades. Essential jobs are those that are too vital to be halted, even as cities and whole states are on lockdown. A majority of ... by women has been designated as essential according to a  New York Times  analysis  of census data crossed with the ...
08Oct2019

Blue Sky Funders Forum: Learning Together, Leveraging Collaboration, Launching Ahead

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 - 1:00pm to Wednesday, October 9, 2019 - 4:00pm
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Free Library of Philadelphia
... the partnership with its member, the William Penn Foundation , in planning this convening. Blue Sky will ... afternoon of place-based learning, and then raise a glass as we reflect on Blue Sky's accomplishments over five years. .....
02Jun2020

Ratcheting Up Rural Response, Recovery and Resilience: Five Good Ideas for Philanthropy Right Now

Tuesday, June 2, 2020
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Where: 
Virtula Convening
An Action/Learning Exchange presented by the Aspen Institute Across the country, rural communities and regions grappling with the immediate consequences of COVID-19 are already thinking about long-term ramifications. Many rural hub organizations –...

More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... it announced when it modified the 2020 census timeline as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States. The ... nearly four in ten households were still yet to be counted as August began . “The bottom line is that shortening the ... said Gary D. Bass , executive director of the Bauman Foundation and chair of a national philanthropic ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407 to 282 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
... has funded the arts since 1994. It was established as an independent 501 (c) (3) to ensure fair and apolitical ... are likely to have less access to revenue sources such as foundation grants.  The Philadelphia Cultural Fund has ...
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22Apr2020

Weekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #6

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
10:15am - 11:15am
Video Conference
... all taking the necessary steps to stay safe and healthy.  As this unpredictable situation continues to unfold, ... Houstoun, United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey Reminders - The Office of Arts, Culture and the ...

The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts

Monday, May 17, 2021
CARLISLE, Pa., May 14, 2021 – Through its new Feeding School Kids initiative, The GIANT Company today ... be able to use the funds to support meal programs such as covering outstanding student meal debt, expanding food ... need to not only learn their best, but to live their best as well.” “ The Fund for the School District of ...

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