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Every Voice, Every Vote grants $2.875 million to 71 Philadelphia media and community organizations to expand access to civic news and information

Tuesday, June 25, 2024
... other issues that matter to their communities.   Lead support for Every Voice, Every Vote in 2024 and 2025 is provided by the William Penn  Foundation with additional funding from The Lenfest ...
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Regional Interest
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Public Policy and Civic Engagement

New Administration's Policies Create Extraordinary Challenges for Nonprofits, New Study Finds

Challenging Times: How U.S. Nonprofit Leaders Are Experiencing the Political Context
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
... on issues related to foundation effectiveness, including Foundations Respond to Crisis: Lasting Change, Persevering ... Crisis: The State of Nonprofits, and Crucial Donors: How Major Individual Givers Can Best Support Nonprofits.  Ellie ... for California Community Colleges, the first fellow at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and a director at ...
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National Philanthropy News

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Unveils Ambitious Growth Plan To Put National Spotlight On Social Sector, Become Nonprofit

Wednesday, May 4, 2022
... company. “The Chronicle of Philanthropy is taking a major leap forward in how we serve nonprofits and foundations,” said Stacy Palmer, who helped found CoP in ... and growth from private philanthropies, including the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation ($3 million), Ford ...
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Media/Journalism
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Social Innovation
18Jan2024

Are We There Yet? The Mechanics and Politics of Arriving at Equity in Education Funding

Thursday, January 18, 2024
8:15am - 10:30am
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Philadelphia Education Fund Offices
... General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of public ... of the Commonwealth." In February 2023, in its ruling on William Penn School District, et al. v. Pennsylvania Dept. of .....
26Jan2024

Delaware County Funders Community of Practice

Friday, January 26, 2024
9:00am - 11:00am
Inn at Swarthmore
... Friday, February 2 Plan to join us for the next gathering of the Delaware County Funders Community of Practice for a ... for Delaware County, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and William Penn Foundation. This event is open to Philanthropy Network ...
04Apr2025

WHYY News Civic Dialgue Summit: Connecting Local Communities (Day 1)

Friday, April 4, 2025
9:00am - 4:00pm
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WHYY, 150 N. Sixth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
... for newsrooms to engage their communities in the practice of civic journalism. Prioritizing IRL initiatives that build ... Panelists on Day 1 include Jessica Richards , William Penn Foundation , and Frances Sheehan , The Foundation for ...

Applications open Sept. 13th for third round of COVID-19 funding

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Monday, September 13, 2021
... needs such as food, diapers, masks, etc. and mental health support while making sure those seeking services also ... Comcast NBCUniversal, The Hummingbird Foundation, William Penn Foundation, VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn, PECO, ...

IBX’s Share Your Opioid Story is collecting the tales of Pennsylvanians impacted by addiction

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Friday, November 30, 2018
... and as a result, I’m thriving in recovery. The quality of my life has improved drastically and … I am now doing ... coordinator and a criminal justice professor at Penn State University. The project is funded by the Independence Blue Cross Foundation with support from the state’s Department of Drug and Alcohol ...
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Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County Awards $75,000 Grant

Members of the Along the Way team accept the $75,000 IMPACT Bucks Grant from a coalition of local funders
Monday, July 15, 2024
... BLBB Charitable , Bucks County Foundation (BCF) , and Foundations Community Partnership (FCP) recently announced the award of a $75,000 grant to Souderton-based Along the Way in support of its Bucks Pathway Project, a comprehensive ...
26Apr2021

Decoding Philly’s Digital Divide - A Funder’s Blueprint

Monday, April 26, 2021
11:00am - 12:15pm
Video Conference
... access to computers at home. We will explore the impact of our region’s changing relationship with technology from ... Chancellar was a program officer with the Open Society Foundations’ US Program where he managed grant making ... processes for the City in areas of inclusive growth, workforce development, equitable entrepreneurship and ...
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Board and Staff

... Network Greater Philadelphia's board is composed of individuals from many of our region's leading ... , Independence Blue Cross Foundation Jessica Richards , William Penn Foundation Felicia Rinier , Comcast Danielle Y. Scott , ...

Three new programs will help Berks County nonprofits navigate a post-pandemic future

Berks County Community Foundation
Monday, February 22, 2021
... exhibits, or events to be held in the fourth quarter of 2021 or in 2022. Projects aimed at connecting community ... Arts Fund grant program, which distributed $500,000 to support arts activities in specific rural areas and on Penn Street. While that program was limited in geography, ...

Eight Heads Are Better Than One

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
... practical, worthwhile collaborative initiative that eight foundations worked on together in 2018 for the benefit of our ... in terms of who should be featured as speakers and why.  Major discussions around diversity, equity and inclusion ... Executive Director of the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn. She is an active member of Philanthropy Network Greater ...

Aid for Ukraine

Aid for Ukraine
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
... threat to worldwide peace and democracy in over 70 years. Foundations and NGOs worldwide are responding with donations ... to meet urgent humanitarian needs, defend human rights and support efforts to protect and preserve Ukraine's civil ... develops.   Philanthropy Headlines 06.15.22| OPINION: A Major Philanthropic Response Is Needed to Halt Growing Human ...

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