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Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... 900 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, visit philafound.org.   ...

What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
... years . In the past year and a half, Barra, with its $90 million endowment, has done both. Its first try with ... mission-related investing happened in March 2016 with a $1 million investment in  Reinvestment Fund’s  core loan ... with a grant in 2015 . Why would a foundation offer a loan over a grant? “Grants can’t solve all the challenges that ...

CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... the Women’s Suffrage Mural at 119 E. Market Street in West Chester, P A. The mural honors the 100th anniversary ... Movement because the fight for the right to vote is not over…This mural is an awesome reminder of the tenacity of ... Over the past 20 years, CCFWG has awarded over $3.5 million to 80 local non-profit organizations. CCFWG Unveils ...

Pushing Impact Investing Forward: 4 Themes for 2021

Impact Investing blog post
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
... four themes that proved critical in the past year.   1. Impact Investors Respond to Climate Change as Potential ... who were people of color  has not changed  significantly over the past five years. The  fatal shootings by police ... in May sparked widespread outrage, prompting  between 15 million and 26 million people  across the United States to ...
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Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation launches COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund

Wednesday, June 3, 2020
... and Recovery Fund for Social Service and Micro Business at PAHWF . Taken together with recent community contributions, ... of community-led efforts including a $100,000 matching grant to the Foundation for Pottstown Education’s campaign ... of our community’s generous residents will be vital in the months ahead,” said Foundation president Dave ...

Apply to the Philly Counts 2020 Action Fund

... It was created to support Philadelphia organizations in promoting a complete and accurate count of all residents ... that are identified to be at risk of being undercounted. Grant Management Philly Counts 2020 has contracted ... may be times when applications are held until a subsequent round as funds become available** Please note that the last ...

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle is ready to fund its first Black-led, Black-centered nonprofits

Philadelphia Black Giving Circle
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
... pooled funds to Black-led, Black-serving nonprofits in the region. PBGC was inspired in part by a 2016 ... fiscal sponsors — with operating budgets of less than $1 million that are at least two years old. PBGC isn’t ...
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Philanthropy's Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Philanthropy's Response to Coronavirus
Monday, March 2, 2020
... for Generocity (05.19.21) Pa. families set to receive $1 billion in relief due to missed school meals during virtual ... with Philanthropy Network, the dashboard analyzes $40 million in grants from 13   COVID-19 philanthropic response ... to Urgent Community Needs: More than $12 million pledged, over $2 million awarded to 44 regional nonprofits in first ...
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CCFWG Unites Women and Girls in Chester County for Virtual Conveings to Raise Awareness About Impacts of COVID-19 on Local Women and Girls

CCFWG 2020 Making a Difference Luncheon
Friday, May 8, 2020
... event hosted on Friday, June 5 th , 2020, from 12:30-1:45pm. Click here to register . The virtual Luncheon program ... and girls have resources and opportunities to thrive. For over 20 years, CCFWG has raised awareness about the critical ... needs of women and girls, and has awarded over $3.3 million to 75 local non-profit organizations. To learn more ...
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COVID-19Leadership, Culture and Community

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

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six, and from $2,000 to $3,600 for children ... 75,000 Philadelphians move out of poverty, so we invested $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan funding towards outreach ... Agency (CAA) for the City of Philadelphia. As a CAA, CEO awards Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds to more ...

Kimberly Kirn joins Impact100 as first Executive Director

Kimberly Kirn
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... women to collectively fund large grants and community awards, is pleased to announce that it has hired Kimberly ... Broach, Impact100 Philadelphia has awarded more than $4 million to smaller nonprofit organizations in the Greater ... grant cycle, a woman must be 21 years or older and donate $1,150 to Impact100 Philadelphia by November 15 (by ...
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The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Case Statement

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03/2017
... targeted to the Black community. Calling investment in Black-led social change a “moral imperative,” they recommend at least a 25 percent increase in giving by the nation’s largest foundations over the next five years, with emphasis on strengthening the ...

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