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Alexandra (Sani) Wolf Fogel | 1936-2023

Sani Fogel
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
... to lead the newly-formed Delaware Valley Grantmakers (DVG) in July 1988. She served as DVG's executive director until ...   Alexandra Wolf was born in Philadelphia on November 1, 1936, the first child of Irene G. and Walter “Billy” ... upon dual commitments – to the arts and to community – over the course of her professional life. She grew up ...
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William Penn Foundation Launches Informal Learning Initiative

Thursday, September 14, 2017
... Foundation  has announced the launch of a two-year, $2 million community-based initiative to connect children and families in the city's low-income neighborhoods to informal ... Read by 4th  campaign, is expected to serve approximately 1,780 children and will make it easier for partners to take ...
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Philanthropy Network names Shira Hodges as Director of Leadership and Advancement

Tuesday, February 6, 2018
... Hodges as our new Director of Leadership and Advancement . In this newly-created role, Shira will be responsible for ... identifying resources to support leadership initiatives in greater Philadelphia. She begins in her new position on ... for the Freedom Fund, the world’s first private multi-million-dollar fund created to fight modern day slavery. She ...
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Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... of the Brandywine Health and Housing Center opening in Coatesville. Ten years ago, the opening of the Brandywine ... Health and Housing Center changed the healthcare landscape in the greater Coatesville area. A decade later, more than ... Brandywine Health Foundation pulled together more than $13 million in public and private funds to build the Brandywine ...

More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... communities, leaving them underrepresented locally and in Congress and cutting their fair share of federal funding ... institutions that have given a total of more than $100 million to help ensure an accurate census. The Administration ... 2020 census timeline as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States. The philanthropic leaders that signed ...
23Jun2021

Racial Justice: What’s Next

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 4:00pm
... an hourlong discussion about philanthropy’s record in responding to the racial-justice crisis and taking a look ... the response: Ana Maria Argilagos, president of Hispanics in Philanthropy and a former Ford Foundation senior adviser ... head of...
12Aug2021

Innovative Models to Create a More Equitable Lending Landscape for Underserved Entrepreneurs

Thursday, August 12, 2021 3:00pm
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Webinar
The pandemic exposed deep structural inequities in America’s financial system. When COVID-19 hit the U.S., ... the most. The public and private sectors collaborated in a number of states to set up funds to provide responsible ... institutions, and...
09Sep2021

Support thriving families and increase equitable access to the improved Child Tax Credit

Thursday, September 9, 2021
1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Webinar
... Importantly, these temporary expansions, which are landing in bank accounts now, help ease cash flow and improve the ... this tax credit. Funders have an important role to play in the short term to support access to the credit and in the longer...
26Aug2024

Identifying Solutions to Address Wealth Inequities: A Conversation with Government, Business, and Nonprofit Leaders

Monday, August 26, 2024
2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Webinar
Wealth inequality is higher in the United States than in other developed countries and ... America , white families’ average wealth was more than $ 1 million higher than that of Black families and Hispanic ...
06Mar2018

Trauma-Informed Philanthropy, Volume Two

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
3:00pm - 5:30pm
Philadelphia, PA
In October 2016, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, ... philanthropy. We are pleased to release the second volume in the series, which builds on the knowledge and skills ... change agent , from leading national initiatives Tools for grant-makers to advance trauma-informed approaches , through ...
18Mar2018

Creating the Future Together

Sunday, March 18, 2018 - 9:00am to Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 12:00pm
Where: 
Orlando, FL
... your professional and personal skills to be more effective in leading and managing effective practices for your ... results. Racial Equity: learn how to address disparities in your grantmaking practices to bring more fairness and ...

Dr. L. Joy Gates Black named to the Board of Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation

Dr. L. Joy Gates Black
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
... president. “Her depth of experience as a strong leader in the field of higher education, her focus on community and her background in organizational leadership and development will be a real ... adult children and five grandchildren and currently reside in Media. # # # About Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation: A ...
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"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding

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12/2017
... for arts & culture, served on the board of Grantmakers in the Arts, and was the chair of its Thought Leader Forum on ... and build alternatives to systemic racism and capitalism, in the memory of our ancestors, for the benefit of black ... that are "building power by engaging community in planning and strategy," and works with primarily white-led ...
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