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Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + Activist Residency

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... the Greater Philadelphia region with $125,000 in funding to five inaugural Leeway x IPMF Media Artist + Activist ... organizations. "In this first year, we were thrilled to see the artists and organizations that were proposing to work collaboratively, as well as the range of projects and ...

Twelve Greater Philadelphia Foundations Pursue a More Equitable Future

Equit Cohort Kick-Off Meeting
Thursday, June 20, 2019
... throughout the region are left behind as they struggle to benefit from the good fortune. This disparity becomes even ... a state council, an intermediary, health conversion foundations, as well as one of the region’s newest foundations and one of the oldest.  In the first month, ...
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The Philadelphia Foundation Announces On The Table Philly “Activate” Mini-Grants

Tuesday, January 15, 2019
... 43 projects selected for $1,000 “Activate” mini-grants to help transform ideas generated during last year’s   On ... energized people’s thinking around important community issues,” said Philadelphia Foundation President & ... applications were awarded based on input from a panel of community judges who considered criteria including whether ...
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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 ...

What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
... was coming in the funding world — but was hesitant to jump in herself. We’re talking  mission investing , and ... McKenna , shared with us around the same time,  private foundations are traditionally conservative with their corpus ... rehabbing them and renting them out as artist and community spaces. ( Generocity  profiled New Day cofounder ...

William Penn Foundation Announces Another $11.6 Million for COVID Emergency Action

Monday, March 30, 2020
To our grantees and partners, As the impact of the Coronavirus crisis on our community continues to grow, on Friday the William Penn ... basis and will welcome additional contributions from foundations, corporations and individuals. To learn more, ...

William Penn Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce more than $8 million in Covid-19 Relief and Recovery Grants

Philadelphia Orchestra by Jeff Fusco
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
To continue to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... Lily, Inc./BlackStar Film Festival* Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation Center for Art in Wood, ... Q (fiscally sponsored by CultureWorks)* Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation Taller Puertorriqueño, ...
09Sep2020

Community Health and Economic Prosperity: Opportunities for the Food Industry to Help Create a Healthy and Equitable Food System

Wednesday, September 9, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
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Virtual Event
... Professor of Health Policy, Univ. of Pennsylvania Community Health and Economic Prosperity: Opportunities for the Food Industry to Help Create a Healthy and Equitable Food System ...

City Announces Final Round of Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program Awardees

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
... announced the fourth and final round of the Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program awardees. The final round ... bringing the total amount distributed through this program to the total $13.5 million allocated for the Community ... the Community; Men Who Care of Germantown; Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia; Guns Down, Gloves Up -  ...
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DAY 2 CONCURRENT SESSION | Power-building, Trust, and Co-creation: the Role of a Community Action Team in Equitable Grantmaking

This session will focus on the role and experience of the Community Action Team for the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black ... will explore how the creation and facilitation of the Community Action Team incorporated power-building strategies ... on the development of the Fund, our first step was to engage a group of community advisors, the Community Action ...
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10/07/2021
11:00am - 12:00pm

New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... launching the new COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund, a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions related to COVID-19 ... disproportionately affected by COVID-19 are serving as Community Investment Advisors (complete list of names ...
11May2017

Out-of-School Time Funders Meeting: Community Collaborations for Collective Impact – A Continuing Conversation

Thursday, May 11, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
Philadelphia, PA
... meeting will focus on the City of Philadelphia’s efforts to build a strong sense of government and community partnerships for the delivery and accountability of ...
23Jun2022

Tribute to Change: We Have Each Other: uplifting Community Care, Mutual Aid, and Collective Joy!

Thursday, June 23, 2022 5:30pm
Where: 
Cira Green
Join Bread & Roses Community Fund for an annual celebration of local movements ... and economic justice. The theme of the 2022 Tribute to Change is “We Have Each Other: uplifting community care, mutual aid, and collective joy!” We’re ...

$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

Coronavirus Testing by Tim Tai - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Related coverage: Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund will help Philadelphia news ... group of media funders, news enterprises, and community information providers on Wednesday announced the ... million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to ensure that communities in the Philadelphia area have ...
19Sep2023

State Voting Rights Acts: A Racial Equity Framework for Protecting Community Interests in Redistricting, Representation and Access to the Ballot

Tuesday, September 19, 2023
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: 
Webinar
With brazen attempts to diminish the power of communities of color through ... Pro-Democracy Alliance and Structural Reform, Open Society Foundations ) and Joseph Jung (Program Officer at The JPB ... Rights Acts: A Racial Equity Framework for...

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 ...

City Announces Second Round of Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program Awardees

Wednesday, October 27, 2021
... today announced the second round of the Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program awardees. This second round ... bringing the total amount distributed through this program to more than $4.8 million. The second round of awardees are: ... a $22 million investment in Anti-Violence Community Partnership Grants. This is a major piece of the historic ...
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