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Philadelphia Foundation Announces $2.9 Million in Grants to Nearly 100 Nonprofit Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, December 12, 2024
... from these new funds. “Philadelphia Foundation is proud to announce nearly $3 million in grants to support nonprofit ... leadership, and the Fund for Children, will support our community partners to continue their vital work in breaking ... community connections, and making a difference in partnership with marginalized individuals and groups. By ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... broadened their scope of support for the legal aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to nearly 40 Philadelphia legal aid nonprofit partners in ... to promoting access to justice for all people in the community, particularly those struggling with poverty, abuse, ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... truth, and fostering healing. Arundhati Roy speaks to this in her recent article  The pandemic is a portal , ... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , which supports community media in the Philly region, I’ve been reflecting ... respond to this moment with a sense of urgency, trust of community and commitment. In our recent grant cycle, the ...

CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... – Despite the heavy rain on Sunday, elected officials, community leaders, and residents joined the Chester County ... Chester Public Arts Commission (PAC), and Zukin Properties to unveil the Women’s Suffrage Mural at 119 E. Market ... to our community as it captures it all.” Cheryl Mile s, Founder of BWCCA, added, “Our time is now. We have a right, ...

HealthSpark Foundation Announces $631,000 in Grants to Support Montgomery County’s Social Safety Net

Monday, January 11, 2021
... is announcing the award of $631,000 in grant funds to support 14 projects under the Safety Net Resiliency ... “HealthSpark Foundation is incredibly grateful to our community partners for identifying projects with true ... justice.” The Safety Net Resiliency Initiative is a partnership between the Foundation and the county’s ...

The Foundation for Delaware County awards over $30K to local nonprofits promoting a complete count in the 2020 Census

Delco Counts
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
... The largest grants of $10,000 each went to Multicultural Community Family Services and the Urban League, to ... philanthropy serving Delaware County. One of 780 community foundations across the U.S., the foundation focuses on ... role is to provide philanthropic services, often in partnership with the county’s professional advisors. Expert ...
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IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund grant recipients, with $800,000 awarded to 33 organizations and projects. These grants will support the documentation, sharing, and preservation of community stories to advance social justice, build power, and ...

Leeway Foundation Awards Nine Philadelphia Artists with $15,000 Transformation Award

Friday, December 21, 2018
... – Today, Leeway Foundation announced $135,000 in grants to nine women and trans* artists and cultural producers in ... art and social justice that impacts a larger audience or community. This year’s recipients work in an array of ... cultural strategist and consultant Sage Crump. Trans community organizer, activist trainer, and poet Nico ...

Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... producers in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 ... a trend in cultural preservation from South Philadelphia to Norristown, Overbook to Port Richmond, and neighborhoods ... propose a project that impacts a larger group, audience or community; have financial need; and live in the Greater ...

Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... disproportionate impact and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent senseless murders of ... accountability, and resources. In recent years, foundations across the country have slowly become comfortable ... local media organizations that offer a platform for community voices from communities of color to embrace their ...

Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... that support their civic technology missions in each community, as well as implementing practices that help with ... Knight’s investment in Code for America and its mission to nearly $10 million since 2010. Code for America’s ... mission is to build a network of cities, citizens, community groups and startups committed to using digital ...

Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... – Since 1968, The Douty Foundation has awarded grants to small grassroots organizations and movements in ... students - because they are the trusted entity in their community.” said Jennifer Leith, Executive Director of The ... living wage.” The Douty Foundation joins the Council on Foundations, National Center for Responsive Philanthropy and ...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Provides $50 Million to Support Those Facing Greatest Strain Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
... will provide $50 million in immediate short-term relief to several national and community organizations to help some of the families and ... that we make real and lasting improvements through community action and public policy in the months and years to ...

The Judge Alfred L. Luongo Fund Provides Immediate Support for Reentry Program Participants

Tuesday, July 7, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, PA (July 7, 2020) –  In response to the coronavirus pandemic, financial support from the Judge ... the Federal Public Defender’s Office, and various community partners in Philadelphia. Founded in 2015, the ... to promoting access to justice for all people in the community, particularly those struggling with poverty, abuse, ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... Naiser Warren-Robinson As gun violence and crime continues to plague the city of Philadelphia, businesses, nonprofits, ... Foundation and the William Penn Foundation, in partnership with Urban Affairs Coalition, Greater ... consisting of 70 groups representing a cross-section of community and faith-based organizations, nonprofits and the ...

Philly Counts releases Final Report on 2020 Census Operation

Philly Counts
Friday, January 29, 2021
... PHILADELPHIA — Philly Counts 2020 , the City’s effort to support the 2020 Census, today released its final report, ... executed by Philly Counts, that addressed individual and community outreach on the ground and engaged partner ... the COVID Community Response Captain (CRC) program in partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health ...

Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... as communities, organizations, and governments mobilize to meet critical needs. We have been humbled by the ... most by COVID-19. As philanthropy continues to respond to community needs, we must be intentional in our embrace of ... Merchants Fund Nonprofit Finance Fund Philadelphia Health Partnership The Scattergood Foundation WOMEN'S WAY Yoder ...

First Round of Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund Grant Recipients Announced

Thursday, September 23, 2021
...   PHILADELPHIA - The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) today announced ... recipients for the Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund, a partnership with Bread & Roses Community Fund to support grassroots nonprofit organizations that serve ...

More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of citizenship question from 2020 census

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... an unprecedented consensus in philanthropy from local foundations to national grantmaking organizations, 304 philanthropic ... by increasing the hesitancy of nonprofits and trusted community leaders to encourage participation in the ...

Finding evidence of our collective courage and strength

215 People's Alliance
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
...   By Casey Cook In the last two months, we’ve all tried to adjust to seeing our friends, family, and coworkers mostly ... and interconnected. It’s the weekly convening of our community grantmaking committee for our Solidarity Fund for ... , a rapid-response fund we established at Bread & Roses Community Fund on April 8 to support vital community ...

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