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Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... in Greater Philadelphia. The Fund includes an initial $1 million contribution from Facebook, which selected ... to this effort. Additional inaugural support of $200,000 over two years has been provided by the Barra Foundation, as ... by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, visit:  philafound.org . ...

Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein to Retire

Ron Bernstein
Friday, November 1, 2019
... 2020. Following the sale of Foundations Behavioral Health in 2007, Ron established FCP to improve the lives of special ... of FCP, Ron has overseen the distribution of more than $5 million in grants and scholarships that support Bucks County ... the Summer Youth Corps has provided funding and placed over 150 college students into local nonprofits, where ...
07May2020

Arts & Culture Funders: COVID-19, Government Budget Cuts, & the Impact on the Arts

Thursday, May 7, 2020
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... Cultural Fund. This year the Cultural Fund provided over $3 million in funding to 349 organizations across the city. The ... Cultural Sector Layoffs & Furloughs RELATED NEWS: The $4.1 billion question: What’s to become of Philadelphia’s ...

Reggie Shuford Appointed President and CEO of the Independence Foundation

Reginald T. Shuford
Monday, January 13, 2025
... since 2015 and was elected its Chair effective January 1, 2025, added, “The Independence Foundation has become a ... valued member of Philadelphia’s philanthropic community over the past 30 years, achieving an impact far beyond its ... of North Carolina and is the recipient of numerous awards for his work, including the Philadelphia Bar ...
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Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
By Nadya Shmavonian After a little over two years in business, the Fund appears to be well ensconced within the ... excited to share that our funders have re-committed for Round II of the Fund, which will carry us through 2020.   As ...

The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle (PBGC) Launches its Inaugural Grantmaking Cycle

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
... PA – October 31, 2018. On Thursday, November 1, 2018, the Philadelphia Black Giving Circle (PBGC) will ... 13, 2018 with the announcement and awarding of grants in February 2019. The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle ... that have an annual operating budget of less than $1 million. Potential grantees must meet the following criteria: ...
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Momentum Fund Launches to Help Build Capacity of Nonprofits Managing COVID-19 Funds

Momentum Fund
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
... who have been historically marginalized and underserved in our country. The Fund will award a total of $8.5 million in grants to help these organizations build their ... and operation of the Momentum Fund and will make final grant decisions. The board is comprised of representatives ...

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... by a city tax on soda beverages—and a record  hundred-million-dollar grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the ... told, the project aims to upgrade more than half of the over 400 facilities citywide. In some ways, Philadelphia is playing catch-up. According ...

Philly parents, don't leave the city when your kids reach school age | Opinion

Friday, March 23, 2018
... it’s time to leave the city. So goes a familiar refrain in Philadelphia, repeated every time  new census data show ... should not be parents’ deadline to move away. Over the past several years, the School District of ... district retrained all 2,000 of its K-3 teachers. With $42 million in funding — from the district, the William Penn ...
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Regional Foundation LLC Takes Next Step In Evolution With New Leadership

Kevin Dow
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
... as Regional Foundation executive director on December 1, 2021. During the administration of Mayor Michael Nutter, ... 1,000 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, visit:  philafound.org . ...

New Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard analyzes more than $40M in giving from 13 shared funds in Greater Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
... and Chester Counties had relatively high per capita grant awards ($8.04, 3rd highest, and $6.20, 4th highest, ... PARTNERS The Center for High Impact Philanthropy For over a decade, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy has ... progress in Greater Philadelphia, investing more than $500 million annually. William Penn Foundation The William Penn ...

24 Delaware County Nonprofits Receive Funding for Emergency Services

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
... distributed to 24 nonprofits, Each will receive a support grant to address emergency needs outlined in their proposals to the foundation. Grants will be awarded ... and childcare for the most vulnerable residents in this unprecedented crises,” said Mike Magnavita, Chair ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation convenes Recovery Ready Summit to engage stakeholders in mission to support recovery on college campuses

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
... need for recovery support on college campuses and in the workplace. The event — the IBX Foundation Recovery ... the IBX Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $1 million to fourteen area colleges and universities, making ...
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Wells Fargo Appoints New Wells Fargo Regional Foundation Executive Director

Aisha Miller
Monday, January 14, 2019
... to community development, the Foundation has awarded over $96 million towards the revitalization of low income ... Fargo Regional Foundation is a private foundation that awards Neighborhood Planning Grants and Neighborhood ... community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy ...
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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
... three-year grant from GSK, the collective has trained 1,500 youth leaders and reached over 45,000 Philadelphia youth .  Earlier this year, Get ... a winner of the inaugural Health Means Business Healthy 10 Awards from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation under the ...

First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
  PHILADELPHIA – February 1, 2018 – After 20 years of supporting nonprofit ... for Healthy Communities . The Foundation has invested over $22 million in more than 160 nonprofit organizations that work to ...

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