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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
... two purposes. The first was to build a body of information on the health and well-being of existing Black social change ... and serving Black communities for greater efficiency and impact? This report will focus on the latter two critical questions.  The Case for Funding ...

Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

Published: 
05/2019
... elite industry so racially homogenous? We conducted an online experiment with actual asset allocators to ... asked asset allocators to rate venture capital funds based on their evaluation of a 1-page summary of the fund’s ...

2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report

Published: 
11/2019
... In the process, the organization realized that it had an opportunity to not only ask about sexual orientation and ...

Philadelphia Foundation launches $1 million Key to Community Grants Program

Tuesday, April 9, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 8, 2019) – The Philadelphia Foundation today launched its $1 ... to Community Grant Program, with public participation, is an opportunity to highlight, accelerate and amplify the ... an online information session for all prospective grantees on April 16, 2019. The deadline for all RFP responses is ...
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New Report on Nonprofit Financial Health Pre-Pandemic Serves as a Wake-Up Call

The Financial Heath of Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
... today at Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia’s SPARX Conference that details the financial health and ... Health of Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits” is based upon an analysis of 2018 IRS 990 data conducted by BCT Consulting ... ability to thrive.” The report also sheds light on how crucial nonprofits will be to post-COVID economic ...

Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... and entry points into the world of news and media making. For a long time, I hesitated to call myself a ... my work as a storyteller and cultural producer existed on the fringes of news. In fact, for many years, my work as a ... and wellness, now. She was a keynote speaker at our 2020 SPARX Conference, Justice: From Moment to Movement .   ...

New report outlines the scale and scope of employer-driven philanthropy and volunteerism in Philadelphia

Report Cover - How Employers Give
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
... responsibility report by Sabrina Vourvoulias  [May 15, 2019]  The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia and ... of those philanthropic activities. The report is based on a survey distributed in early 2019 to 100 companies ... they work and are using a variety of strategies to make an impact. We’re excited to use this information as a ...

Awards Celebrate Our Region's Social Innovators

Wednesday, January 30, 2019
... entrepreneurs and changemakers whose work and social impact too often goes unacknowledged, yet their efforts are ... and opportunity they are for all people. The theme of the 2019 awards, " Innovating Ideas, Revolutionizing Realities ," ... inclusive tomorrow -- today. SIJ’s leaders believe the 2019 Awards’ theme symbolizes that the success of the ...
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Leadership, Culture and Community

Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $2.68M to 339 Arts Organizations Across the City

Friday, March 29, 2019
PHILADELPHIA—(March 26, 2019]—On March 26 and 27 at City Hall, The Philadelphia Cultural ... Part of what we at the Cultural Fund underwrite is making these experiences accessible. Make art and culture ...
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Arts & Culture
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

A look ahead to 2022

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Monday, November 29, 2021
... of the pandemic and systemic racism to reflect deeply on their own practice and priorities, and institute ... in late 2021 and the cohort will run through mid-2022. SPARX 2022  - the premier gathering for regional funders, ... we will be launching a pilot project to develop an online portal to help funders across the region better ...
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Leadership, Culture and Community
02Mar2019

Girls in Action Summit

Saturday, March 2, 2019
9:00am - 4:00pm
Where: 
Business and Public Management Center at West Chester University
... grades 9-12 to attend our inaugural Girls in Action Summit on Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm at the Business and Public ... together high school girls throughout Chester County for an empowering day of action. Attendees will learn...

Independence Public Media Foundation announces grants totaling $4.3 million

Media Mobilizing Project
Thursday, December 19, 2019
(December 18, 2019, Philadelphia) The Board of Directors of Independence ... Additionally, 17 organizations, either focused primarily on media, or that have innovative media projects, were ... grants, we are exploring the boundaries of creative media making, including media making for movement building, and ...
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Media/Journalism
05May2021

Imagination to Action: A Workshop for Building a Transformative Future

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
11:00am - 12:15pm
Video Conference
During the 2020 SPARX Conference session  Transforming the Social Sector: A ... Call to Action for 2021 ,  Vu Le from Nonprofit AF called on us to use radical imagination to rethink how we practice ... the grant application process or start spending down an endowment? - just to name a few of the changes to ...
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Social Innovation

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation Awards $1.25M in Grants

Tuesday, July 30, 2019
... & Wellness Foundation Awards $1.25M in Grants in Spring 2019 for Local Organizations, Quality of Life Pottstown, PA ... the Foundation accepts grant requests which are based on criteria that ensures the programs impact healthy ...

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