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Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
... cities around the country, including several years working in Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. Most recently, ... heart and mind that will ensure Leeway's ongoing prowess in supporting opportunities for women and trans artists and ... and social justice. For more information about Leeway, its grant programs, grantees, and events, visit leeway.org. ...
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Arts & Culture
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Leadership, Culture and Community
26Apr2021

Decoding Philly’s Digital Divide - A Funder’s Blueprint

Monday, April 26, 2021
11:00am - 12:15pm
Video Conference
... various societal injustices, including digital inequity. In Philadelphia we witnessed K-12 students doing homework in parking lots in order to access local Wi-Fi hotspots and ... Open Society Foundations’ US Program where he managed grant making related to journalism and media and ...
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Issue Briefing
19May2021

Setting the Table with Dana Kawaoka-Chen & Erik Stegman

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar on Zoom
... a system that centers and promotes racial equity. In each conversation, Sidney, Marcus and their guests explore ... and Erik Stegman, Executive Director of Native Americans in Philanthropy .

Pew Report Examines Philadelphia’s Foreign-Born Population

Thursday, June 7, 2018
... represented nearly 15 percent of the city’s population in 2016—the highest share since 1940. These 232,000 ... included nearly 76,000 children under age 18, or about 1 in 4 city children. From 2000 to 2016, a period in which ... more than double the increase among U.S.-born workers over the same period. Immigrants’ median household income ...

Investing in Women: A Gender-Lens Investing Conversation

Friday, March 1, 2019
... Sarah Brodsky Women who have been successful trailblazers in the workplace often see the value of investing in women and promoting gender equality. That’s true for ... about what outcomes a company has that will benefit women over time,” LaRosa said. Microfinance is another avenue ...
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Gender InequalityImpact/Mission Investing
27Mar2019

31st Annual Members’ Meeting & Reception

Wednesday, March 27, 2019
3:00pm - 6:00pm
The Discovery Center
... and continue the conversation started during the program. In addition, this year’s event will highlight the critical ... and nutrition, workforce and the environment. With just over a year until the next decennial count of the U.S. ... #2 state at risk of an undercount . An inaccurate count in Pennsylvania could not only result in a loss of political ...
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Future Think: Philanthropy, COVID-19, and the ‘Next’ Normal

Map with pins
Thursday, January 28, 2021
MapWithPins.png By Sidney Hargro Originally published in Independence Blue Cross Foundation's Journal of Change, Volume 10, Issue 1 In January 2020, we recorded the first confirmed case of ... Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Over the next few months, we learned more about the depth and ...
04Jun2020

The Crisis of White Supremacy in America: What’s Philanthropy’s Role?

Thursday, June 4, 2020
9:00am - 10:30am
Video Conference
... the culmination of centuries of traumatic white supremacy over the lives of Black people in this country. What will it take for America to finally and ... Got It Right, But Nobody Listened (Smithsonian Magazine, 3/1/18)* Article: The Perils of Liberal Philanthropy (Jacobin ...

Trust-Based Philanthropy Cohort

...  is a three-month learning and action cohort, offered in collaboration with Philanthropy New York and the ... will launch in early April 2022 and encompass six sessions over three months.

College Students Spend Their Summer Helping Local Nonprofits

FCP 2024 Summer Youth Corps
Thursday, September 19, 2024
... offers college students the opportunity to participate in a 10-week, paid internship experience at a nonprofit ... teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities. Over the past 15 years, 215 college students completed the ... by SYC interns to nonprofits since 2008 equals $1,518,185.50. Students who complete their freshman through ...
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Youth Development
19Nov2025

Session 4 – Taking Action, Learning, and Adjusting: Building a Media Funding Practice that Lasts

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual via Zoom
... the challenges, and seen what’s possible—now what? In this final session, we’ll shift from theory to practice. ... for supporting community-centered media and narrative work in their own portfolios.
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2025 Program Series Listings

... click on the individual session(s) below. Session 1 – Monday 10/6, 12-1 PM via Zoom 2025 Economic Impact of ... captured.

City's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Shares Plans for 2021

OACCE
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... programs to support Philadelphia's diverse arts community in 2021. OACCE’s programs, launching today and later in the ... public art that will recognize and celebrate the over 5,000 African Americans buried at the historic Bethel ... continues the conservation and management of the City’s 1,100-piece public art collection.  Later in 2021: ...
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Mission-Aligned Investing: A model for maximizing philanthropic impact and equity

Evolving ideas
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
... change using a racial equity lens. This post (the first in a series) will outline Philanthropy Network’s goal, cohort and learning journey. Background Over the last few years, there has been a growing interest ... adopted the Mission-Aligned Investing working group model in 2017 from Laura Kind Mckenna, Patricia Kind Family ...
25Mar2024

2024 Annual Members Meeting

Monday, March 25, 2024
11:30am - 6:30pm
Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue
... information about the current state of the Network and be in conversation about plans for Philanthropy Network’s ... training, and other supports needed to secure and succeed in those jobs. Moderator: + Elinor Haider , Senior Director, ... of outreach and engagement efforts we will be making over the coming months to solicit member input. 4:30 - ...
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Building on Arthur Evans' Legacy: Next Steps For Behavioral Health In Philadelphia

Thursday, February 9, 2017
... fatalities, driven by the opioid epidemic, is the highest in the state and increasing. External threats to the city’s ... well. It is critically important to protect the current $1.12 billion annual budget for the Department of Behavioral ... a total economic impact  of  nearly $4 billion  in the city, and supports 25,400 jobs. Evans brought a ...

Atlanta-based First Step Staffing Expands into Philadelphia

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
... First Step Staffing , a nonprofit social enterprise based in Atlanta, today announced its expansion into Philadelphia. ... men and women in the area and grow to serve more than 1,000 by year three. “We are honored by the warm and ...

Justice, not charity: Liz Dozier thinks philanthropy should be rooted in equity and solidarity

Liz Dozier
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
... rate from 19% to 2% and prompt  double-digit increases in attendance and the school’s state graduation rate. Now, ... philanthropy,’ which is really grounded and rooted in the idea that if we really want to get to the answers and ... Chicago Beyond’s partner organizations that received a grant to serve 200 young people, but because of ...

A Call for Unprecedented Unity in Unprecedented Times

All in This Together
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
... Philanthropy Network has experienced an exponential surge in calls, emails, and texts alerting us of the growing impact ... were sent to inquire about philanthropy’s response in greater Philadelphia. The inherent hope was that in ... organizations led by people of color. All too often major grant initiatives overlook the plight of these organizations ...

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