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Health Department Announces Significant Contributions to the Philly Joy Bank from the William Penn Foundation and Spring Point Partners

Monday, March 20, 2023
PHILADELPHIA—The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is pleased to ... Joy Bank. The Philly Joy Bank is a pilot program of the Philadelphia Community Action Network (CAN) a collective ... to best address their needs. “Infant mortality in Philadelphia is a solvable crisis,” said Health ...
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William Penn Foundation Welcomes Stuart Clarke as New Program Director of Watershed Protection

Stuart A. Clarke
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
... release via the William Penn Foundation Clarke_WPF.jpg PHILADELPHIA (July 28, 2021) – The William Penn Foundation ... worked with Stuart in almost every capacity over more than 15 years, and he is one of the most thoughtful professionals I ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, December 16, 2020 – The Independence Public ... million, three-year operating support grant to Resolve Philadelphia, a nonprofit dedicated to improving local ... community-centered media and media making across Greater Philadelphia. The Foundation’s goals reflect an expansive ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Media-Making and Digital Equity Grants to 33 Projects and Organizations

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, December 15, 2021 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) ... Highlights of these grants include: A two-year grant to Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) ($200,000), ... of subjects who have resided in one location for 15 years or longer, The project will culminate into an ...

2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report

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11/2019

In 2018, Funders for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people worked in philanthropy. In the process, the organization realized that it had an opportunity to not only ask about sexual orientation and gender identity but also to inquire about a range of personal identifiers. With the inaugural Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey, Funders for LGBTQ Issues asked participants to identify their role within their foundation, their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and disability status. This report lays out the results of the DAPP survey in aggregate form.

Changes to charitable deduction will hurt PA and NJ nonprofits

Tuesday, November 28, 2017
... according to Giving USA’s 2017 Report on Philanthropy. Years of research have shown that although individual reasons ... is interim president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.  ... Pedro A. Ramos is president and CEO of  the Philadelphia Foundation.  president@philafound.org . The ...

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

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA-Leeway Foundation recognizes the ... and social-justice activists throughout the Greater Philadelphia region with $125,000 in funding to five ... to five artists this year, with each residency providing $15,000 to the media artist and $10,000 to the organization. ...

PHL COVID-19 Fund Continues to Meet Deep Community Needs in Fifth Round of Funding to Nonprofits

Thursday, May 14, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – The PHL COVID-19 Fund today announced its ... crisis. The Fund, launched on March 19 and led by the Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater ... serving pregnant women and families with children up to 3 years old in neighborhoods with high rates of poverty, infant ... $15,000 Generations of Indian ...

Cheryl Brubaker named Executive Director for The Fund for Women and Girls

Cheryl Brubaker
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
... Brubaker as its new Executive Director, effective July 15, 2024. Prior to this position, Cheryl Brubaker served as ... a deep commitment to advancing gender equity. With over 7 years in nonprofit leadership at the Women’s Resource ... has held leadership positions with Women Against Abuse in Philadelphia, Norristown’s Victim Services Center, the ...
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Sidney Hargro is Philanthropy Network’s new executive director

Sidney R. Hargro
Friday, June 16, 2017
... philanthropy in the past." Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia announced yesterday it had appointed Sidney ... $400,000 to more than $20 million over the seven years of his tenure, would rather call himself a “community ... a part of cross-sector discussions about solving Greater Philadelphia’s toughest problems. “The reality is, ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $800,000 in 2023 Community Voices Grants

IPMF Community Voices 2023 - Save Chinatown
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
News release via Independence Public Media Foundation PHILADELPHIA, August 15, 2023—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) ... support underrepresented communities across the Greater Philadelphia region build their power by documenting, ...
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New community-led pooled fund will support COVID-19 education and vaccine access

COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... hit by the pandemic   Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia in collaboration with funders across the region ... equity imbalances exacerbated by the pandemic. A group of 15 grassroots representatives living and working in ... that are trusted and have been doing this work for many years. Providing funding for this important work is a clear ...

Funders Must Walk the Talk of Collaboration

Working together
Friday, February 26, 2021
... & Russell Johnson In 2015, Philanthropy Network and the Philadelphia Foundation incubated The Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund , an initiative ... within SeaChange Capital Partners.  In the ensuing five+ years since our inception, we have made over 71 grants or ...

First Round of Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund Grant Recipients Announced

Thursday, September 23, 2021
PHL CEO.jpg   PHILADELPHIA - The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Community Empowerment and ... first round of grants, which totaled $450,000, provided $15,000 to 30 community-based organizations focused on issues ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

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03/2017
... by the nation’s largest foundations over the next five years, with emphasis on strengthening the infrastructure for ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Press release via the CIty of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA - The Office of Community Empowerment and ... list of recipients can be found below. “For more than 40 years, Maternity Care Coalition has been advocating for and ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... serving neighborhoods most impacted by COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, May 7, 2021 | The City today announced the ... and be physically located in and provide services in Philadelphia. Grants of $15,000 will be made to organizations that work with ...

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