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HAFI awards grants to support permanent housing for Philadelphia residents experiencing homelessness

Friday, July 12, 2019
... (HAFI) announces grants totaling $416,000 over two years to assist some of Philadelphia’s most vulnerable residents. ... health care and reduce criminal recidivism; Drueding Center , to enable families headed by young, single mothers ... furniture or appliances they need as they transition to a new home. These resources are a critical part of establishing ...
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Pew Awards $8M to Address Maternal and Infant Health, LGBTQ+ Youth Wellness and Stability, and Teacher Shortage in Philadelphia

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Friday, March 22, 2024
... housing, and social services for LGBTQ+ youth; and test new approaches to address the city’s K-12 teacher shortage, ... and mental and physical health care services. Mazzoni Center has been awarded $1.8 million over five years to ... and mental health care as well as resources such as food, legal services, case management, and other social services, ...
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Philadelphia Health Partnership announces 2018 grant awards

Thursday, December 20, 2018
... in the foundation's strategic initiatives on medical-legal partnerships, early childhood health and development, ... Partnership (MLP) Program at Rising Sun Health Center and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) ... sustaining current staffing at both sites, CLS will hire a new habitability attorney based at CHOP’s Karabots ...
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The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

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03/2017
The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change intends to spark new energy to vitalize and strengthen the infrastructure for ...
31Jan2022

Regional Roundtable: Addressing the PHA Housing Crisis and Community Fires From a Grassroots Perspective

Monday, January 31, 2022
10:00am - 11:20am
VIDEO CONFERENCE
... and people with lived experience with a platform to educate members on pressing issues in our region. These ...

Philadelphia's Lenfests receive Carnegie Medal for their extraordinary philanthropy

Thursday, October 5, 2017
... Photo:  ANDREW RENNEISEN Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest (center, with medals) at the Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy luncheon at the New York Public Library. NEW YORK — As patrons and major ... Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest are used to giving ovations. Tuesday afternoon they received one at a ...
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Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

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05/2019
... an online experiment with actual asset allocators to determine whether there are biases in their evaluations of ... on their evaluation of a 1-page summary of the fund’s performance his- tory, in which we manipulated the race of ... about future per- formance (e.g., money raised) for racially homogenous teams than for racially diverse ...

William Penn Foundation awards $2.6M to support River Alive! Project

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... a $2.6 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to open River Alive! – a landmark exhibition focusing on ... Alive! exhibit has been years in the making and is a real game changer for the Seaport Museum,” said John Brady, ... changes do not happen overnight, and we could not be more grateful to the William Penn Foundation for their ...
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Foundations Community Partnership places college students in internships at nonprofits

Monday, July 16, 2018
... and community leadership — and also fulfilled her desire to help others. Enter the FCP, which set her up in a summer ... low-income people. “It’s an incredible organization to be a part of, helping people who are literally in our ... and families in Bucks County, the Summer Youth Corps is a game-changer for college students looking for meaningful ...
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What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
... the past year and a half, the foundation has employed two new investing strategies. Here's what it's learned so far. ... was coming in the funding world — but was hesitant to jump in herself. We’re talking  mission investing , and ... particularly at the board level, so I think we’ll be looking at this on a project-by-project basis.” What ...

Special Report: Corporate Philanthropy

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Sunday, September 23, 2018
... area businesses and nonprofits are contributing to our community. It is being released in conjunction with ... Cross , Bank of America and QVC – and individuals will be recognized at the event, being presented by M&T Bank and ... by the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.
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Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy

Diversity of Asset Managers in Philanthropy
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02/2020
For a decade, Knight Foundation has been intentional about ... asset managers when investing its endowment. In response to frequent questions from a variety of stakeholders into the ... firms”), among investment firms used by the country’s top 50 charitable foundations. The study analyzed available ...
29Apr2020

Weekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #7

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
10:15am - 11:15am
Video Conference
... own region, we hope you are all taking the necessary steps to stay safe and healthy.  As this unpredictable situation ... Houstoun, United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund (update) - ... Regional COVID-19 Dashboard (update) - Kat Rosqueta, The Center for High Impact Philanthropy MontCoPA COVID-19 ...

Pennsylvania establishes blueprint for successful collegiate recovery programs

Thursday, September 22, 2022
... students in recovery from substance use disorder.* Ten new programs have launched in Pennsylvania in the past 12 ... in Southeastern Pennsylvania. That growth is attributed to the leadership and investment by the  Independence Blue ... model for CRPs, which ARHE lauds as a gold standard to be implemented nationally. The grant provides for dedicated ...

Showing up is half the battle when it comes to change. Here’s what comes next | Opinion by Pedro Ramos

Tuesday, November 20, 2018
... We showed up. In the rain, in unusually big numbers, to vote for the women and men we believed would help make our ... affordable housing and home ownership.  At ACLAMO Family Center in Norristown, the focus was on strengths and needs of ... us all a complete picture of the day.

The Foundation for Delaware County announces retirement of president Frances M. Sheehan

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
... transition from the sale of Crozer-Keystone Health System to Prospect Medical Holdings into the thriving community ... Committee, led by Steven Scott Bradley, aims to identify a new president by Fall 2025. A Legacy of Growth and Impact ... such as the COVID-19 Response Fund, 2020 Census Fund, Center for Nonprofit Excellence, and the Housing ...
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