... By Mike Candilo and Pedro A. Ramos This is a critical time for our nonprofit community, as lawmakers consider ... gifts from middle-class donors. Consider the local impact: 1.5 million taxpayers in Pennsylvania claimed the charitable ... Pedro A. Ramos is president and CEO of the Philadelphia Foundation. president@philafound.org . The Inquirer’s ...
Via HuffPost | by Elizabeth Killough , Director, Untours Foundation There’s a lot of judgment these days about your ... a 100-year old practice of handing your endowment overto someone else while your board and staff focus mainly ... if you demanded more of your endowment. While you wish for more resources to grow your foundation’s effectiveness, ...
Pedro Ramos, President & CEO, Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (11/7/2019) — The Philadelphia ... convener of philanthropy in the Greater Philadelphia seven-county region. “The Philadelphia Foundation is a ... their neighborhoods, what aspirations they held for their communities in the future, and to give residents a ...
Leaders in every sector are struggling to plan for a future in which social, digital, political and ... Gill, Vice President of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, examine the ability of foundations to detect and ...
... community leaders, and residents joined the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG), West Chester Public Arts ... Movement because the fight for the right to vote is not over…This mural is an awesome reminder of the tenacity of ...
Blog originally posted for GEO Perspectives By Meg Long and Clare Nolan One year ago, catalyzed by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s initial investment, Engage R+D and Equal ... our roles and professional settings to make a large impact over time. We will crowdsource the topics of highest ...
... pepper spray to intimidate and disperse those advocating for change. This is America and Philanthropy Operates in It ... philanthropic paradigms. Darren Walker, from The Ford Foundation, called for philanthropy to move from a charity ... a verbal commitment to equity to action, choosing humanity over assets and were intentional about naming and supporting ...
Over the last six years, hunger and food insecurity in ... to truly improve food security in Philadelphia. Click HERE for meeting resources and articles. Quote that was shared ... ( On Being with Krista Tippett )) Food Funders Meeting #1- Reality Bites: Hunger on the Rise in Philadelphia and What ...