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Vanessa B. Briggs, President & CEO, Departs The Alliance for Health Equity After Five Years of Stellar Leadership

Vanessa B. Briggs
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
... Briggs has resigned as President and CEO of The Alliance for Health Equity, after five years in the role.  Her last ... branded Let’s Talk Community Gatherings, implemented Trust-based Philanthropy approaches to grantmaking, launched the ...
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Where Does Your Cash Sleep at Night?

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... of DC, a certified CDFI that serves residents, community-based organizations, and businesses in distressed, low-wealth ... a grant that is not recoverable, a $250,000 loan with 4% simple interest in the form of a program-related ... the development of impact measurement and management practices in the CDFI industry.    Where Does Your Cash ...

Philanthropy's Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Philanthropy's Response to Coronavirus
Monday, March 2, 2020
... our lives and communities, philanthropy is adapting its practices and partnering to support a coordinated response ... effort launched in April 2021 to invest in neighborhood-based solutions related to COVID-19 and equity imbalances ... Health Services, Inc; Irfan Hasan, The New York Community Trust; Joe Smyser, PhD, MSPH, The Public Good Projects; and ...
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Rebuild FAQ

... Council to select sites. Q: Where will the money come from for Rebuild? Rebuild will be funded through several sources: ... individual donors, as well as federal and state grants.

Pew Awards $8M to Address Maternal and Infant Health, LGBTQ+ Youth Wellness and Stability, and Teacher Shortage in Philadelphia

young boy with book
Friday, March 22, 2024
Grants include $4.5M to expand maternal home visiting services, $2.5M to ... working to improve maternal and infant health for low-income families; increase the availability of health, ... and seek to eliminate disparities in well-being based on race or income. “It is a privilege to support ...
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PHL COVID-19 Fund Deploys Additional Aid as Region Continues Its Recovery Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Friday, September 25, 2020
... $400,000 to Philadelphia-area nonprofits by Marc Narducci for the Philadelphia Inquirer   PHLCovid19Twitter.png ... Healthcare Providers and the Leon H. Sullivan Charitable Trust.  The Camden Coalition works to advance healthcare by ... of North America $25,000 Agape African Senior Center $4,000 Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Greater ...
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Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... project ends in December 2022 the City will have a plan for an ongoing, city-wide survey of historic and cultural ... assets. It will also have completed a pilot survey based on that plan in one city neighborhood. In its April ... to inform the criteria by which assets and methodologies for preservation are identified. “Philadelphia’s historic ...

Connelly and William Penn Foundations announce major support of workforce initiative

UCD Green City Works
Friday, December 20, 2019
... employers that hire at scale; creating a neighborhood-based Skills Initiative network; and growing our ... set forth by GCW. Since its launch, GCW has paid $1.4 million in wages to 16 crew members who are employed ... Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Brandywine Realty Trust, uCity Square, the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House, ...

Four Takeaways from Race, Class AND Gender: Intersectional Approaches to Social Justice Funding

Friday, April 5, 2019
... region requires funders to examine their own policies and practices ” Start by examining your own internal policies and how they currently address gender-based disparities and gender norms. Infuse gender into your ... Funding Collaborative, please contact the New Century Trust at info@newcenturytrust.org or 215-519-5360. Diane ...
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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
... 3, 2019] The School District of Philadelphia and Book Trust, a national organization supporting book ownership and ... communities in the United States, there is just one book for every 300 children, compared to middle-income families ... in a number of ways. This most recent investment is based in the evidence that access to exciting and engaging ...
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Three new programs will help Berks County nonprofits navigate a post-pandemic future

Berks County Community Foundation
Monday, February 22, 2021
... period. These programs will fund: Planning initiatives for nonprofit organizations seeking to better map their ... in the same town or across the county. Up to $100,000 in grants may be awarded through each of these programs. Because ... PROGRAM DETAILS Nonprofit planning Nonprofit organizations based in and serving Berks County are eligible to apply for ...

Apply to the Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund

... certain circumstances above $10,000 to nonprofit community-based organizations with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status that ... Philanthropy Network to provide grant management services for Philly Counts 2020. Philanthropy Network is being paid ... in promoting census awareness and completion > Building trust in communities regarding protected Census data > Unique ...

Glenmede appoints Nina Cohen director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nina Cohen
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... Foundation’s Expanding Equity program, a cohort-based initiative led by nationally recognized experts in ... organizations with a strong focus on promoting DEI practices in philanthropy.  “I am honored by this ... in charitable and estate planning, complex estate and trust administration and elder law. Ms. Cohen received her ...

Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
... a $25,000 planning grant as part of its Salem Smart Start for Parents and Children initiative, with a possibility of a ... in which community members, stakeholders, community-based organizations, etc. can come together to ensure all ... Executive Director.

"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding

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12/2017
By Mike Scutari for Inside Philanthropy |  This article from Inside ... Philanthropy predicts the top arts philanthropy trend for 2018 will be institutional funders' intensifying efforts ... is now Managing Partner of  Hillombo LLC , a Pittsburgh-based organization founded to "lift black perspectives, ...
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Eight Heads Are Better Than One

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
... our self-imposed deadlines, our comfortable ways of making grants and doing business.  We retreat to our own familiar ... that eight foundations worked on together in 2018 for the benefit of our grantees.  The Premise: To have more ... Jennifer Leith, Douty Foundation Carey Morgan, New Century Trust Kristi Poling, Barra Foundation The Timeframe: In ...

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