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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Caralyn Spector
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
... other interests. “The board thanks Barbara Silzle for her 7 years of service to the Cultural Fund and is ... continues the essential work of the Fund in support of our grantees. The search committee is charged with engaging a ... Caralyn will work alongside Barbara Silzle until Barbara’s departure, and will then provide day-to-day oversight of ...
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Arts & Culture
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Leadership, Culture and Community

The Funders’ Network announces Partners for Places grantees

Monday, November 6, 2017
... the United States will receive nearly a million dollars for sustainability efforts that largely benefit low-income ... of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities and the Urban Sustainability Network , Partners ... is a successful matching grant program that improves U.S. and Canadian communities by building partnerships between ...
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TD Charitable Foundation Awards $3.125 Million in Grants to Non-Profits Expanding Access to Affordable Housing

Friday, November 16, 2018
Through its "Housing for Everyone" grant competition, TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, this week awarded 25 organizations ... financial wellness to families and individuals across our footprint.”  This year’s “Housing for Everyone” ...
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More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of citizenship question from 2020 census

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... 2020 census. In a public comment letter submitted to the U.S. Commerce Department ahead of an August 7 deadline, the ... and chief executives, trustees and others speaking for their organizations said the question would ... and other efforts to help [the Census Bureau] fulfill our mutual goal of a fair and accurate count…. The ...

Big Picture Alliance Named 2020 Bartol Award Winner

Monday, July 27, 2020
... and community; and that maintains high artistic standards for its faculty and students. “In the past few months, we ... gives young people the tools to tell the stories of their communities and themselves. “ “Winning the George Bartol ... often underrepresented.” Big Picture Alliance’s mission is to engage, educate and empower Philadelphia ...
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City Announces $1 Million Investment in Organizations Developing Innovative Workforce Solutions

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... awarded $1 million from Workforce Solutions Grant for innovative solutions to support un- and under-employed ... of poverty. PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce—in partnership with Philadelphia's ... the pandemic, unemployment crisis, and civil unrest from our country’s racial reckoning have affected all residents, ...

Eagles Announce Additional $275,000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits Through Eagles Social Justice Fund

Thursday, December 20, 2018
... Camden Alternative Education Programs: $20,000 Center for Returning Citizens: $20,000 Frontline Dads: $20,000 ... has always been to help create a positive environment for our players to pursue the causes and charities they value,” ... for organizations addressing key social issues in our communities. We are inspired by their transformational work ...
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Equity and Social Justice

Applications Open for $1.2 Million in Recovery Grants for the Humanities in Pennsylvania

PA SHARP
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
... today announced it is now accepting applications statewide for $1.2 million in pandemic recovery grants for ... possibilities of the humanities through core support of our historic sites, public libraries, and museums and ... the local level.” Funding for PA SHARP comes from PHC’s federal partner, the National Endowment for the Humanities ...

Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... service to the Foundation. The Independence Foundation’s Board has initiated a comprehensive process to select a new ... to help develop the strategy that has been the core of our grantmaking—general operating, multi-year support.” ... as well as providing multi- year operating grants for organizations serving vulnerable populations.” Prior to ...
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11Jun2021

Creating a Culture of Change: A panel discussion on diversifying boards

Friday, June 11, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Video Conference
... requires more than just thinking about who serves; it's about creating a culture of change that prioritizes ... is so important to your foundation's mission and what is needed for an evolving board and its new members to be ...

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
...  of census data crossed with the federal government’s essential worker guidelines. More than half of these jobs ... benefits — more than 30 million Americans  have applied for unemployment benefits — the care workforce at home will ... little money left over to make ends meet and likely leaves next to nothing left over to save or invest. Without assets, ...

Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
... on Us provides Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust credit and debit cardholders free general admission ... cultural institutions across 123 cities in 35 states. “Our Museums on Us program aims to make a direct impact by ... across the United States to offer free general admission for cardholders – including art, history and children’s ...
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Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity grant expands Penn Medicine and CHOP’s Alliance of Minority Physicians

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
... Foundation announced a grant award through its Institute for Health Equity to the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Alliance of Minority ... to engage Philadelphia’s medical students in envisioning what their career can look like. We are looking forward to ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... Focus Area Finalist: Theatre Horizon Theatre Horizon’s mission is to use the transformative power of storytelling ... to foster empathy and to create an inclusive home for artists, audiences, and students. They provide theater ... of the African and Caribbean immigrant and refugee communities in Greater Philadelphia who experience ...
12Oct2018

2018 EQUITY Symposium: Laying the Foundation for Racial Equity in Grantmaking

Friday, October 12, 2018
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Asian Arts Initiative
... Network Greater Philadelphia invites you to join us for a half-day introductory racial equity workshop focused on ... to their current work ( and why it matters ). Note: This event is open to Philanthropy Network members, non-member ... and treasure. He was recently added to the 2013 Who’s Who in Black Washington, DC 3rd edition. Edward is a ...

The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Launch $1 Million Illuminate the Arts Grant

OACCE
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Philadelphia’s individual artists, small and mid-size nonprofit arts ... Isaiah Thomas and Katherine Gilmore Richardson, the funds for the Illuminate the Arts Grants came from City Council’s ... by OACCE with support from the ACTF.   "Supporting our arts and culture community is crucial to our recovery ...
27Oct2020

New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multiyear General Operating Support

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Webinar
... General Operating Support , a new study from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), examines the state of practice in philanthropy. What CEP found is that even though foundation leaders’ ... over the years, practices have not. Among the...

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