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Connelly Foundation Elects Tom Riley as new President

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
West Conshohocken, Pa, January 22 - The Connelly Foundation is proud to announce the election of Tom Riley as ... for Charitable Reform, and as a board member of many Philadelphia-area nonprofits including the Philadelphia ... later Crown Cork and Seal, both manufacturing companies based in Philadelphia. He and his wife Josephine, strongly ...
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Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation Awards Over $800K in Grant Dollars

Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Pottstown, PA – The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation (PAHWF) has awarded $854,078 in grant requests ... a vital role in championing health and wellness in the community, fulfilling the mission of the Foundation," ... President Dave Kraybill said.

The Foundation for Delaware County Awards Over $1.1 Million to Local Nonprofits

Foundation for Delawre County
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
... 30, 2018) -In its first major round of grantmaking, The Foundation for Delaware County, the largest public charity in ... hospice and home care, and strengthening the non-profit community. In this first formal grant cycle since the ... or 610-744-1014 to discuss setting up a donor advised fund or other giving vehicles, or visit the foundation's ...

The Presser Foundation Announces Over $1.3 Million in a Special Round of Grants to Music Organizations

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Related coverage: Recipients call Presser Foundation awards of more than a half million dollars ... ‘amazing’ at a critical time by Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer (04.28.20) PRESS RELEASE April 29, 2020 ... education and music philanthropy. The Presser Foundation supports a broad range of classical symphonic, chamber, ...
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Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation has awarded Southern New Jersey Perinatal ... Perinatal Cooperative will create a process in which community members, stakeholders, community-based ...

How African-American-Led Organizations Differ from White-Led Organizations: Research Report on African American Nonprofit Organizations in Philadelphia

PAALF Report (2016)
Published: 
04/2016
In 2013, the Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum ... commissioned a study of African American-led nonprofits in Philadelphia. PAALF was interested in understanding whether ... In 2014-2015, Branch Associates, Inc., a Philadelphia-based research and evaluation firm, conducted a survey of ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Launches Institute for Health Equity

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Philadelphia, PA - March 30, 2022 -  The Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation), today announced a five-year, $15 ... commitment to improve the health and wellbeing of our community," said Reverend Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, ...
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12Jan2021

Foundations Respond to Crisis

Tuesday, January 12, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Where: 
Virtual
... placing greater trust in nonprofits, and increasing foundation payout. The pandemic has exacerbated long-standing ... Health Plan Foundation Marcella Tillett, Vice President of Programs & Partnerships, Brooklyn Community Foundation...

Brandywine Health Foundation Responds to Public Health Crisis

Thursday, March 19, 2020
... the varied, immediate and long-term challenges facing our community due to the rapid spread of COVID-19, the Brandywine Health Foundation has created a $350,000 Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund .  The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic brings clearly ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Collaborates with Temple University to Create a Pathway to Nursing for Students of Color

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Philadelphia, PA — October 12, 2021 — Today, the  Independence Blue Cross Foundation  (Foundation) announced new grant funding for a ... solutions that improve the health and well-being of the community. The Foundation has awarded more than $55M in ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
News release PHILADELPHIA, February 4, 2025 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) welcomes seven new members to its board of ... IPMF, through its  first-ever board open call , invited community members to apply and join its board. This aligns ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, December 16, 2020 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces a major investment in the local ... The Independence Public Media Foundation funds and supports creative, community-centered media and media making ...
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Beech Provides Non-Profit Funding during the Coronavirus Emergency

Beech Companies 30 Years
Friday, April 17, 2020
... organizations providing urgent services in the City of Philadelphia.  The fifth round of organizations to receive a ... Philadelphia, PA 19150 Tele 215-868-4092 White Rock Community Food Pantry 5240 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA ...
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What Barra Foundation has learned from dipping a toe into mission investing

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
...  | by  Julie Zeglen In the past year and a half, the foundation has employed two new investing strategies. Here's ... March 2016 with a $1 million investment in  Reinvestment Fund’s  core loan fund , which deploys collective capital ... rehabbing them and renting them out as artist and community spaces. ( Generocity  profiled New Day cofounder ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Institute for Health Equity grant expands Penn Medicine and CHOP’s Alliance of Minority Physicians

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Press release via Independence Blue Cross Foundation The Independence Blue Cross Foundation announced a ... Health System (UPHS) and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Alliance of Minority Physicians ... new AMP initiative, we are seeking to utilize evidence-based principles and the groundwork of a decade of experience ...
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08Oct2024

Arts & Culture Funders Community of Practice

Tuesday, October 8, 2024
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Virtual via Zoom
... meeting of Philanthropy Network's Arts & Culture Funders Community of Practice. Share your latest work with fellow ... , the Chief Cultural Officer of the newly named CREATIVE PHILADELPHIA*! Creative Philadelphia provides creative and ... for this event is open to Philanthropy Network members. * In 2020, the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy ...
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Foundation Awards $1.2 Million in Pottstown Area Grants

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... PA (July 20, 2022)—The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded $1,220,000 to 34 projects and programs in the Pottstown area.  The funds, aimed at ensuring equitable opportunities for all community members to embrace a healthier lifestyle, are ...

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