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Vanguard Supports First-of-Its-Kind Project Integrating Home Visiting Nurses into Pediatric Primary Care Setting

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... primary care setting and is made possible by a generous grant from the Vanguard Strong Start for Kids Program ™. ... is just one of several investments totaling more than $5 million made by Vanguard and its employees to support ... boosting school readiness for children near its operations in Philadelphia, Phoenix and Charlotte. Children’s ...

Eight Heads Are Better Than One

Wednesday, June 5, 2019
... most funders are the type of people who “played nicely in the sandbox” with other kids.  We tend to be ... with multiple events for each of our foundations all year-round, work together to offer one event that many of our ... we funders are trying to find ways to go “beyond the grant” to put not only dollars, but more importantly our ...

Is Your Organization Prepared for a Major Market Shift?

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Monday, November 4, 2019
... become content and simply “let the good times roll.” Over the past ten years, many investors have enjoyed ... transition can be difficult and overwhelming, especially in the event of an unexpected change. At nonprofit ... Types of Transitions Transition periods typically fall into three general categories and can be prompted by one ...

National Philanthropic Trust Appoints Holly Welch Stubbing President and Chief Executive Officer

Holly Welch Stubbing
Friday, April 26, 2024
...  (DAFs), and one of the largest grantmaking organizations in the world, is pleased to announce the appointment of Holly ... Welch Stubbing will assume her roles effective July 1, 2024, upon the retirement of Eileen R. Heisman from NPT. ... and communities. E4E Relief has awarded more than $260 million in emergency financial relief grants in 120 countries ...
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Salem Health and Wellness Foundation names new leader

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, September 22, 2022
... DiLorenzo.  Paul will follow Brenda Goins who has served in this role for the past 15 years. During that time, the ... County, New Jersey residents. The Foundation has made over $58 million in grants, contributions, and scholarships to more ...
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Carrolle Perry Devonish, former director of the Philadelphia Foundation and celebrated philanthropy expert, has died at 85

Carrolle Perry Devonish
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... Wednesday, May 3, of a heart condition while traveling in Bogota, Colombia. Mrs. Perry Devonish began her career coordinating philanthropy in Philadelphia in the 1980s and, over the next two decades, connected hundreds of ...

How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides

Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Source: Grantmakers in Health By Ann Marie Healy, Executive Director, First ... community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk over the last several months, we have found ourselves ... And as a relatively small local foundation (with $45 million in assets), how can we most effectively target our ...

Strengthening the Field of Philanthropic Evaluation: A Call to Action

Thursday, June 28, 2018
... goal was to test the salience of the topic and interest in building an affinity network of leaders. In 12 short ... latter effort, we will conduct a survey (late summer/early fall 2018) to identify four to five action areas to engage ... our roles and professional settings to make a large impact over time. We will crowdsource the topics of highest ...
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Foundation Building

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
... which is marking 20 years of revitalizing neighborhoods in Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. “We’ve ... executive director. The organization has invested $15.8 million in 20 communities in Philadelphia through its ... leadership, the foundation has transformed its grant-making strategy and developed a nationally recognized ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation Advances Mission with New Community Opportunities

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
... for their dedicated service to Greater Coatesville. First, in alignment with The Brandywine Health Foundation’s focus ... (SDOH), proposals are being solicited from organizations in the Greater Coatesville area to address either of two ... of Modena and South Coatesville. The application for this grant is available online at  ...

Comcast NBCUniversal makes additional $1M donation to hurricane relief efforts

Monday, September 18, 2017
... today announced it’s making an additional donation of $1 million in cash to support relief efforts. This brings the ... service announcements about relief efforts and has raised over $5 million for the American Red Cross from contributions ...
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Learning Together: How to Create a Regional Coordinated Capacity Building System

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Thursday, December 12, 2024
CCBI blog1 image.png First in a series of blog posts about the Coordinated Capacity Building Initiative. Several developments over the last few years – COVID-19, political divisiveness, ... way.  This year-long effort involves three phases: (1) research about the five-county Greater Philadelphia ...
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PHL COVID-19 Fund Deploys Funds to Aid Pandemic Recovery Efforts

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, June 25, 2020
... In its seventh round of funding, the Fund awarded $2.1 million to 80 nonprofit organizations with specific needs ... 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. ...
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Foundations, City of Philadelphia and key Arts & Culture organizations join together to launch $3.45M fund to meet the growing emergency need in this sector

PHL COVID-19 Arts Aid Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... will dole out millions to arts groups and artists in ‘severe financial straits’ By Peter Dobrin for the ... pandemic. COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL launches with $3.45 million in support, led by a $2.5 million grant from the ... $1B annually in direct organizational spending, spurring over $4.1B in total economic impact in the region according ...

The Philadelphia Foundation and Catchafire Announce Partnership to Provide Volunteer Skills to Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits

Tuesday, March 13, 2018
... which Greater Philadelphia nonprofits benefited from over 5,100 hours from Catchafire's pool of skills-based ... charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grant and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, visit  www.philafound.org . ...
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Philadelphia Committee on City Policy: Philanthropy Network's Efforts In Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019 12:00pm
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... Philanthropy Network supports funders and social investors in greater Philadelphia as a hub for learning, ... Jersey, a startup foundation which grew from $400,000 to over $21 million in assets in seven years. Prior to that, he served as ...

Rebuild FAQ

... How many Rebuild sites will receive investments? There are over 400 sites that could receive Rebuild investments. Visit ...

Green Tree Community Health Foundation Is Now Foundation for Health Equity™

Foundation for Health Equity
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
... commitment to the health and well-being of all people in Northwest Philadelphia. “The average life expectancy of ... County. During the last 16 years, the Foundation has made over 450 grants totaling $8.4 million to a wide array of community organizations, touching ...
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