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Philanthropy Network partners to launch the Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund

Thursday, August 1, 2019
Related coverage: Philly seeks money for 2020 Census by Michaelle Bond for the Philadelphia Inquirer ... newly-established Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund. This role is in direct alignment with our strategic leadership agenda and our commitment ...

William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
... pilot and evaluate a music-based family engagement program for families of young toddlers in Philadelphia. The Lullaby Project encourages ... ($1,454,738 over 37 months) FathersRead365 (an organization sponsored by Urban Affairs Coalition) to support early literacy ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation Awards Over $800K in Grant Dollars

Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
... Boyertown Area Multi-Service, Inc.- Food Access Programming for Wellness Among Hungry, Impoverished Individuals, Families, and Elderly in ... Area Health & Wellness Foundation’s (PAHWF) mission is to enhance the health and wellness of area residents, providing education, ...

The Brandywine Health Foundation Announces Over $800,000 In Grants to Non-Profits Serving Greater Coatesville

Monday, February 11, 2019
... FY 2019 grants from the Brandywine Health Foundation for the critical work they are doing on behalf of our residents. ... FOUNDATION Brandywine Health Foundation’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people who live and work in the ...
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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia elects new directors and officers

New Board members 2019
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
... and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ), where he oversees the organization’s work to fight poverty by investing in youth success and family ... to Philadelphia’s most impoverished citizens. Bill is a graduate of Southern Methodist University (B.A.) and Yale University ...
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William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed

Thursday, June 6, 2019
... to support equitable access to great public spaces . A $1,498,200 grant was awarded to Local Initiatives Support Corporation ... Mansion Community Development Corporation in piloting a historic home repair program in Strawberry Mansion that demonstrates ... William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... been qualified as Project Users, the entities responsible for managing Rebuild projects.  These qualified nonprofits, which were ... sessions for Project Users this winter.   This is the first round of qualifications for Project Users.  An RFQ for Project ...

Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
... of arts organizations with diverse programming that is global in scope.”   Bank of America has established partnerships ... across the United States to offer free general admission for cardholders – including art, history and children’s museums, botanical ...
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United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey names Bill Golderer as President & CEO

Bill Golderer
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
... poverty. Through a two-generation approach, UWGPSNJ is committed to achieving this cause through investing in the success of youth ... Search Committee, said Golderer is the right leader for the organization as it channels its efforts to fight poverty. “In Bill, United ...
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The Philadelphia Foundation and Reinvestment Fund Launch PhilaImpact Fund

Monday, April 30, 2018
... targeted to the Greater Philadelphia region. The Fund is believed to be a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a community ... community development loans, Reinvestment Fund. Each organization has committed $5 million toward  PhilaImpact Fund’s  $30 ... goal. PhilaImpact Fund  offers an opportunity for investors to channel their capital into neighborhood development projects ...

Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
PHILADELPHIA—(April 24, 2019)— The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia has awarded grants to 10 district ... Philadelphia. “The District’s early-learning initiative is well under way, and we can expect to see more improvements in grade-level ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation announces over $320K in grants to benefit greater Coatesville

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... and CEO.  She added, “Ensuring the continuity of services is critically important to the community.  We know all too often when a new ... committee chair.  Ms. Hill serves as a board of director for the Brandywine Health Foundation.  Under Ms. Hill’s leadership, we ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Hosts Inaugural Champions of Change Breakfast

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
... Women in the Workplace The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) hosted its first annual Champions of Change ... and committed Board member Gladys Black for whom the award is named – and the young women who will come after her – as the inspiration ...
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OPINION | Instead of blaming government for Philly’s poverty problems, we must band together

Monday, October 1, 2018
... in Philadelphia. Our poorest neighbors who are looking for a good opportunity and a better life continue to fall inexplicably behind. ... poverty. As it has been throughout history, government is part of the solution, but not the solution. Rather than cast blame, it is ...

Mayor Kenney Signs Executive Order Establishing Philly Counts 2020

City of Philadelphia
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
For immediate release : January 29, 2019 | Published by :  Office of the ... officially kicked off the City’s efforts to ensure a complete and accurate census in 2020. Every ten years, the United States ... on the entire country’s population. This information is used to determine representation in congress; distribute $675 billion in ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... - Today, the Leeway Foundation announced $55,000 in funding for 31 individual women, trans* and gender nonconforming artists and cultural ... generally, anyone whose gender identity or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth. ...

Funder/Nonprofit Happy Hour: Connecting the PEOPLE behind the roles

Happy Hour
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
... word philanthropy derives from the Greek meaning “love for humankind,” the funder/nonprofit dynamic can suffer from a shortage of ... People got to know each other on a human level, and the hope is that these personal connections among peers, not marked as grantors or ...

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