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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
... New Jersey, commissioned a study of African American-led nonprofits in Philadelphia. PAALF was interested in ... whether the experiences and needs of African American-led nonprofits in Philadelphia differed in important ways from white-led nonprofits. In 2014-2015, Branch Associates, Inc., a ...
29Oct2024

Will the Real Driver of Nonprofit Economy Please Stand Up? A Step-by-Step Process for Achieving Organizational Sustainability through Social Capital

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Where: 
Webinar
In the worst of times nonprofits show what they are made of – not through heroic ... those periods is, in fact, the fundamental currency of nonprofits even in the best of times. Social capital is key ... donors and grants and investors of all kinds...

What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice

Published: 
10/2018
... number of foundations are embracing racial equity/equity as a core value, and it is influencing how they see ...

Investment Menu

Opportunities to invest in Rebuild will be dynamic, driven in large part by Rebuild’s ... and taken into consideration in the design process. As a result, many investment opportunities will evolve while ... building, fields, basketball courts, and playgrounds. The project will include a community engagement and design ...

Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge

Thursday, October 8, 2020
... them to grow.  PIDC, Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild), and Philadelphia Works, Inc. are collaborating to ... leverage Philadelphia’s historic investments through Rebuild, enabling diverse workers and businesses to access ... spend “Our family business has embraced Rebuild as a new avenue for small, diverse design and construction ...

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

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... they’ll work together to cover the state capital. The project, Spotlight PA , is the second recent collaboration ... Klein College of Media and Communication. The project has so far raised $1 million dollars toward its ... and The Wyncote Foundation, according to the release. The project will add three positions – an editor-in-chief, a ...

The Status of Women in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: 2018 Report

The Status of Women in Montgomery County, PA
Published: 
04/2019

The report is an in-depth baseline needs assessment of women in Montgomery County, PA and explores eight major areas affecting the lives of women: employment and earnings; work and family; poverty and opportunity; health and well-being; reproductive rights and infant health; violence and safety; political participation; and women veterans.

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Women and Girls

Anchored in Place: How Funders Are Helping Anchor Institutions Strengthen Local Economies

... and connecting local economies, and can serve as powerful drivers for building inclusive and equitable ... Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities as part of its Anchors Institution Funders’ Group examines ... traditional grantmaking roles to embrace their roles as conveners and leaders in their communities. Anchored in ...
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Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions

The Democracy Collaborative’s report Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions discusses the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic disparities and to revitalize local communities.

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Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
By Jen Kinney via NEXT CITY As the city plans a major investment in rec centers, parks ... after work and school. Hackett and McDonald credit the rebuild for the transformation, and something else: their own ... City partnered with urban designers at  Gehl  to survey users at both Sturgis and Lawncrest — a rec center that has ...
21Feb2023

Special Invitation to Delaware County Funders: Get to Know Us

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
12:00pm - 3:00pm
The Boys and Girls Club of Chester
... Excellence first "Get to Know Us" event on February 21. In partnership with the United Way of Greater ... , the Center is convening Delaware County's Black-led nonprofits, and funders committed to racial equity and ... Know Us" event has been created to foster a safe space for nonprofits and funders to build and strengthen authentic ...
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The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action

Published: 
12/2019
... of the Black Social Change Funders Network (BSCFN) , as well as to encourage philanthropic staff, consultants and trustees ...

Connelly Foundation Welcomes New Senior Staff

Fran Burns, Tim Durkin
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
... Foundation announced today the appointment of Fran Burns as Chief Operating Officer and Tim Durkin as Vice President for Grantmaking. Ms. Burns started her new ... 27. “The Connelly Foundation is pleased to welcome such qualified and talented individuals,” said Tom Riley, ...
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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
... School- Operation Recess Reboot - An Inclusive Playground Project PRIORITY 1B: Improving parks, programming and the ... Community Engagement Township of Upper Pottsgrove- Park Users - Before & After the Makeovers PRIORITY 1C: Creating ...

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