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The Presser Foundation Announces Over $1.3 Million in a Special Round of Grants to Music Organizations

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
... ‘amazing’ at a critical time by Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer (04.28.20) PRESS RELEASE April 29, 2020 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – In response to the COVID-19 ... pandemic and its devastating impact on the greater Philadelphia area’s rich ecosystem of music performance, ...
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Area funders call on Governor Wolf and Secretary Miller to close the Berks County Residential Center (BCRC)

Friday, November 9, 2018
... 6, 2018), seven members of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia issued a call to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ... be held indefinitely at BCRC – children as young as 2-years-old have been held in detention there for more than a ...

Apply to the Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund

... 2020 Action Fund is a partnership between the City of Philadelphia, Office of Community and Empowerment and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia (Philanthropy Network). It was created to support Philadelphia organizations in promoting a complete and ...

GSK names 23rd annual IMPACT Award Winners

GSK IMPACT Award winner Coded by Kids
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... aid and more GSK2019_Coded By Kids(2).jpg [Nov 20, 2019, Philadelphia, PA] GSK today honored 10 local nonprofits that ... and other critical services that help foster a healthier Philadelphia region. The 10 winners of the GSK IMPACT Awards ... health in a region where GSK has had roots for some 180 years. The organizations were recognized in a ceremony at ...

Learning to Ride the Wave: Adaptive Business Modeling for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations

Developed in partnership with United Philanthropy Forum and Northern California Grantmakers, this guide shares seven practices and 12 tools for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations who seek effective ways to mobilize resources to sustain their organization’s work.

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Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation

Leeway Foundation
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
... trans, and nonbinary femmes/fems, documenting over 50 years of disability advocacy, or using culinary arts to ... trans* artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia. The Fall 2021 Art and Change grantees are (in ... $2,500 Elaine S. Holton & Chris Kane of West Philadelphia, Music/Performance, $2,500 Eppchez! of ...

New director of Philly Cultural Fund has a message for the next mayor

Gabriela Sanchez
Monday, April 3, 2023
... Serena Sanchez is the new executive director of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, overseeing the distribution of ... and foundational giving, Sanchez is a theater artist. Ten years ago, she co-founded the community-based company Power ... is informed by her experience growing up Puerto Rican in Philadelphia. “I quickly realized the power of community ...

Who We Are

Across the Greater Philadelphia region, philanthropy sparks solutions that ... their action, you find us, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia. For more than 30 years, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia has convened ...

Seybert Foundation Announces Management Transition

Tuesday, January 8, 2019
... role in the bold steps that Seybert has made over the years, both in helping us create a more diverse, inclusive ... Board of Directors, including representation from Philadelphia youth, and in prioritizing general operating ... on the Board of Directors of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, where she first met Jackson, the ...
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16Jan2018

Get HYPE Philly- Collective Impact as a Tool for Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

Tuesday, January 16, 2018
3:00pm - 5:30pm
Philadelphia, PA
GSK, in collaboration with The Philadelphia Foundation and Philanthropy Network, is excited ... has trained 1,500 youth leaders and reached over 45,000 Philadelphia youth .  Earlier this year, Get HYPE Philly! ... outcomes Get HYPE Philly! has achieved in its first three years, along with key insights and lessons learned about what ...

To Whom the Economic Justice Baton Is Passed

I Am A Man Mural
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
By Sidney Hargro On April 4, 1968, fifty years ago today, a shot rang out toward the balcony of the ... for all, then abruptly passed the baton. Like Memphis, Philadelphia experiences high levels of poverty.  According to the Pew Charitable Trusts’ 2017 Study, Philadelphia’s Poor: Who they are, Where they live, and How ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding

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Monday, November 25, 2024
Press release via Leeway Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA — Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in ... nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia with the 2024 Art and Change Grant (ACG). For ... and Change Grant has supported artists who are, as beloved Philadelphia queer artist and activist Paul Robeson said, ...

Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

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11/2019

Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to identify best practices for driving philanthropy beyond racial equity toward racial justice.

Philanthropy Network welcomes new officers, directors

Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia welcomed new officers and directors for 2018-19, ... Executive Director and Board Secretary, Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia Continuing as Treasurer is Amy Snyder, Chief ... director at Prevention Point Philadelphia for six years. There she provided harm reduction services while ...
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15Mar2023

OST Funders Community of Practice: Youth at the Helm: What Funders can Learn from Youth Organizers and Advocates

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Video Conference
... from UrbEd , an organization founded and led by a group of Philadelphia public school students, will share insight into ... organizing strategies to address the inequalities plaguing Philadelphia’s Public Schools. Participants will also hear ... Law Center  Mayors Office of Youth Engagement - City of Philadelphia  A Comprehensive Field Scan of Youth ...

With $16 million gift, gay causes get a big boost

Friday, October 20, 2017
... Friday, Heifetz announced that he has gifted them to the Philadelphia Foundation , which will in turn sell them and ... Heifetz’s existing $4 million donor-advised fund at the Philadelphia Foundation, and investment income earned on the ... a fulfillment of a pledge I made to myself almost 60 years ago,” Heifetz, a fulfillment, he admits, that has ...
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Big Picture Alliance Named 2020 Bartol Award Winner

Monday, July 27, 2020
... Picture Alliance engages, educates and empowers Philadelphia youth through filmmaking and digital media ... Alliance’s mission is to engage, educate and empower Philadelphia youth to define their own narrative through ... include after-school and summer programs throughout Philadelphia, workforce development, and the Teen Media ...
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