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31Mar2022

34th Annual Members' Meeting

Thursday, March 31, 2022
3:00pm - 4:30pm
VIDEO CONFERENCE
... Survey,  which captured information about your current giving practices and priorities, and how they compare to last ... facilitate more equitable and effective giving in Greater Philadelphia North Star Statement We will assess and define ... communities today. We do this in pursuit of liberation for Black and Indigenous, and People of Color with attention to ...
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Leadership, Culture and Community

Ruch Family Foundation Awards Richard R. Ruch Scholarship to Deserving College Student

Chester County Community Foundation
Thursday, June 25, 2020
... Foundation (CCCF) is pleased to hold in trust the inaugural Richard R. Ruch scholarship awarded by the Ruch ... of Schuylkill Valley Sports (SVS). The Richard R. Ruch inaugural scholarship recipient is Bethany Stern, an incoming ...
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Education

After federal cuts, Philly funders are stepping up for this refugee service nonprofit

Generocity
Thursday, January 11, 2018
... per year, has been open and vocal with the public about its recent struggles. At the end of last year, Executive ... as well as introducing NSC supporters to the “Keep Philadelphia Welcoming Challenge,” in which each dollar ... through the following year, O’Sullivan said. “Keep Philadelphia Welcoming” began at the end of 2017 when one ...
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Immigration and Refugees

2017 Women on the Move: Alyson Ferguson

Alyson Ferguson
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
... Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program Director of Grantmaking, Scattergood Foundation Alyson Ferguson is a ... of her first jobs was working on smoking cessation at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Tobacco Policy ...

2025 Mid-year Report

... the Network and presented a set of potential pathways for its revitalization. At that time, we anticipated a strong ...

Philly parents, don't leave the city when your kids reach school age | Opinion

Friday, March 23, 2018
... time to leave the city. So goes a familiar refrain in Philadelphia, repeated every time  new census data show more ... people moved out than moved in . Yet, how well do you know Philadelphia public schools? The truth is they are likely ... the last three years, the district retrained all 2,000 of its K-3 teachers. With $42 million in funding — from the ...
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Read by 4th Initiative

The Leeway Foundation Announces $48,950 in Support to 22 Individual Artists and Cultural Producers

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, October 16, 2020
... that support the immediate needs of artists in Greater Philadelphia, while meeting them where they are in terms of ... of art, culture, and social change. Through our grantmaking and other programs, we promote artistic ... and social justice. For more information about Leeway, its grant programs, grantees, and events, ...
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Arts & CultureSocial JusticeWomen and Girls

Rebuild Receives Grant to Support Needed Improvements to Vare

Thursday, July 12, 2018
Press Release CITY OF PHILADELPHIA | MAYOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS For Immediate ... July 12, 2018 Contact: David Gould , 267-240-2010 PHILADELPHIA – Rebuilding Community Infrastructure ... matching funds from the William Penn Foundation as part of its historic commitment of up to $100 million for Rebuild. ...
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Rebuild Initiative

The Collective Is Active: A Dispatch from the Mission-Aligned Investing (MAI) Program

Mission-Aligned Investing
Thursday, May 22, 2025
... serve our communities and drive positive change in the Philadelphia region. One of the unique features of the MAI Collective is its working group structure, which responds directly to ... keep building. ~ Andorra and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia The Collective Is Active: A Dispatch from the ...
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Cheryl Brubaker named Executive Director for The Fund for Women and Girls

Cheryl Brubaker
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
... County dedicated to empowering women and girls through grantmaking and advocacy, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Cheryl Brubaker as its new Executive Director, effective July 15, 2024. Prior to ... has held leadership positions with Women Against Abuse in Philadelphia, Norristown’s Victim Services Center, the ...
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The Genuardi Family Foundation Announces New Leadership

Marisa Ferst
Thursday, October 4, 2018
... her knowledge of the communities we serve will make our grantmaking more effective.” Mrs. Ferst has served as the ... new roles. “During the past year, our Board has reviewed its grantmaking approach, and we will announce significant ... The Foundation honors the family’s cherished legacy of giving to others, through its support of nonprofit ...
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William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed

Thursday, June 6, 2019
... $13.5 million toward Creative Communities, 11 grants under its Watershed Protection Program totaling $10.8 million, and ... totaling more than $2.8 million to support education in Philadelphia. As part of the Creative Communities program, ... Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation ($603,066) and Oxford Circle Christian Community Development Association ($695,108) ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... trust of community and commitment. In our recent grant cycle, the Community Voices Fund, we sought out projects and ... both, by exploring stories of sex workers of color in Philadelphia as they navigate COVID-19. This project, which ... creating memorial sites that honor both local and national black history in a moment of robust public discourse around ...

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