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28Sep2023

Philanthropy Supporting Ukraine Funder Roundtable Series: “Innovative Solutions in Education"

Thursday, September 28, 2023
2:00pm - 3:00pm
How can philanthropy apply lessons from the war in Ukraine and support education systems in conflict zones across the globe? Since the war began, over 2,600 schools have been damaged and some 5.3 million children face barriers preventing access to...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
In June of 2022, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down a ... Fund board.   Carol_Tracy2 (002).jpg Carol Tracy For over 30 years, Carol Tracy has been the Executive Director of ... of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors and is frequently featured in local and ...

Rebuild Philadelphia

... Community Infrastructure (Rebuild) , a seven year, $500 million joint public-private partnership to revitalize parks, ... as a way to fight poverty and strengthen neighborhoods. In November 2016,  William Penn Foundation announced a $100 ... funding will be used to establish a pooled fund, with $1 given for every $2 raised.  Joining William Penn with ...

Collective Action

... of a larger digital equity initiative, the two-year, $17.1 million PHLConnectED initiative received major philanthropic ... After incubating the Fund and serving as its host for just over two years, Philanthropy Network turned over the Fund’s ...

In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... government coverage. Last week, three news organizations in Oregon announced  the Oregon Capital Bureau . In 2014, a ... of Media and Communication. The project has so far raised $1 million dollars toward its three-year goal of $2 million ...

Philanthropy Network Announces Tynetta T. Brown as Interim Executive Operations Director

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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
... September 23, 2025. Tynetta will replace Michael Kellerman in this role and will continue the work of reinvigorating ... youth, education, public policy, and health. Tynetta has over 27 years of experience in the public health, corporate, ... Development), and the US-DHHS Heart Attack Expert Panel. Awards and honors include Board Leadership Award recipient ...
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Expanding Support For Immigrant Communities Across Pennsylvania

Wednesday, July 11, 2018
... and The Philadelphia Foundation have announced $321,600 in grants to 20 groups serving 13 Pennsylvania counties ... those facing deportation. Announced were: $150,000 in Community Safety Grants to educate community members about ... centered on individual immigration cases. Community Safety Grant Recipients will work with:   Free Migration Project ...
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Giving Circle Spotlight: Q&A with the Asian Mosaic Fund

Giving Circles Roundtable Chat at SPARX 2019
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
... (AAPI) communities.  Following their participation in a roundtable chat on giving circles at the 2019 SPARX ... democratic philanthropy. Voting members have a real say in where their donations go. The minimum $50 donation will earn voting members one vote in the grant selection process. For every additional $50 donation, ...
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Walking the Talk of Transparency

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... list direct contact information, don’t share relevant grant information, don’t have news and information about ... It is our responsibility to be engaged with and open in order to reduce the power imbalance between funder and ... to provide concrete examples, so we’ve outlined our work in two major groupings below – what we’ve done and what ...
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Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The $1 million investment will help these Brigades deliver impact ... projects that reached 5 million people and directly served over 700,000. “They help make government services more ...
29Oct2020

Small Funders Roundtable Meeting

Thursday, October 29, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
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Please join the Small Funders on October 29th from 1:00 - 2:30 PM as we learn from three local initiatives that ... Impact Philanthropy to track and analyze more than $40 million in grants from 13 shared funds established to address ...

Connecting Regional Funders to Respond to COVID-19

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Friday, March 20, 2020
... is having on individuals, organizations and communities in Greater Philadelphia and beyond. We are convening our ... Financial Foundation , who is increasing its current round of health and human service grants by 25 percent. The ... they are out of school. PECO, who has allocated $200,000 in emergency funding to support regional organizations, ...
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Alliance for Health Equity launches Community-Designed Solutions Challenge for Greater Coatesville

Jeff Hunt, Haven Behavioral Hospital LLC discussing Coatesville’s behavioral health recovery.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
... and grassroots efforts. In November – December 2022, over 100 members of the Greater Coatesville community ... business, and community sectors will be awarded financial awards in the amounts of $2,500, $1,000, and $500 for the best ideas. To submit an idea and ...

Getting Past Inertia: Ten Simple, Valiant Steps To Align Your Foundation’s Endowment With Your Mission – Or Not

Thursday, June 29, 2017
... a 100-year old practice of handing your endowment over to someone else while your board and staff focus mainly ... a family foundation, the Surdna Foundation committed $100 million of its endowment to impact investing. “Impact ... we learned, we hope to contribute to collective learning in the fields of mission-related investing and family ...

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