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Fireside Chat with Tonya Allen, Skillman Foundation

As CEO of the  Skillman Foundation , Tonya Allen's work centers ... executing and investing in ideas that improve her hometown of Detroit and increase opportunities for its people, ...
Date & Time: 
10/31/2019
9:50am - 10:20am

What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice

Published: 
10/2018
An increasing number of foundations are embracing racial equity/equity as a core ... philanthropy and evaluation, deepens our understanding of how philanthropic evaluation practice may unintentionally ...

Racial Equity and Philanthropy: Disparities in Funding for Leaders of Color Leave Impact on the Table

Racial Equity & Philanthropy
Published: 
06/2020
... Green and Bridgespan teamed up to research the depth of racial inequities in philanthropic funding. Their work revealed two of the biggest factors holding back philanthropy’s efforts ... change are rooted in race. One is understanding the role of race in the problems philanthropists are trying to solve. ...
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Equity and Social Justice

Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
... in size from $20,000 to nearly $75,000, are funded by the William Penn Foundation. The grants totaled $535,826. The Good to ... school district. We align investing partners - private foundations, corporations and businesses, community ...
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Early ChildhoodEducation
09Jun2023

ADVANCE: Every Voice

Friday, June 9, 2023
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: 
Business Resource and Innovation Center at the Free Library of Philadelphia
... managed by The Lenfest Institute for Journalism. Lead support is provided by the William Penn Foundation with additional funding from The Lenfest ...

Compass and the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund Create Partnership to Support Nonprofits Considering Sustained Collaboration

Compass | Repositioning Fund
Thursday, March 4, 2021
... organizations, have entered into a partnership to support nonprofits considering sustained alliances. Through the strengths of both organizations, this partnership will have ... talent and extend the Repositioning Fund’s resources to support more prospective nonprofit collaborations at this ...
29May2019

Webinar: No Housing Support for Mixed Status Families? How Philanthropy Can Respond to Proposed HUD Rule

Wednesday, May 29, 2019
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Where: 
Webinar
No one should be denied support because of their loved ones’ immigration status. Yet a newly ... Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees Webinar: No Housing Support for Mixed Status Families? How Philanthropy Can ...
29Nov2017

The Changing Nature of Work and Income: How Philanthropy Can Respond to and Support Low Income Families

Wednesday, November 29, 2017
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Where: 
Webinar
... leverage asset building and respond to the changing nature of work. This webinar will discuss how financial volatility ... to register – anyone interested in improving the lives of working families. If you’re unable to attend the webinar ... of...

All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... ownership and early reading in schools, along with the William Penn Foundation , today announced a four-year partnership ... said, “Our children and teachers deserve every support possible as they work hard to make sure that every ...
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Early ChildhoodEducation
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