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Twelve Greater Philadelphia Foundations Pursue a More Equitable Future

Equit Cohort Kick-Off Meeting
Thursday, June 20, 2019
... projects depicting the Greater Philadelphia paradox. On the one hand, we are witnessing increased buzz, somewhat ... internally, and manifest in our approach to social impact externally. In other words, progress on arguably the ... that comprise Philanthropy Network’s membership - an independent foundation, a family foundation, grantmaking ...
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Equity and Social Justice
09Mar2020

Chat with an Expert #3: Daryn Dodson, Founder & Managing Director of Illumen Capital

Monday, March 9, 2020
12:00pm - 12:45pm
Webinar
... invited to attend the next episode of “Chat with an Expert,” an initiative of Walls Torres Group .  In ... from his firm’s experience coaching fund managers on implicit racial and gender bias reduction, as well as ... the research and the original paper published in August 2019 in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences ...

HealthSpark Foundation Awards Ten Innovation Lab Grants

Wednesday, March 6, 2019
... development departments of for-profit companies. It was an idea that emerged from meetings of the four  Design Teams ... or are re-entering the community from the penal system. In 2019, HealthSpark will periodically convene Innovation Lab ... the community about the initiative and seek feedback on emerging ideas.
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Philanthropy Network launching new Equity Cohort with major support from Scattergood Foundation

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
... lot of funders have been talking about doing this work on their own, and we felt strongly that discussions around ... an equitable system, and hold each other accountable for making that change happen.” Leading the Equity Cohort is ... in the work. The 12-month program will kick-off in May 2019. The Equity Cohort is a component of Philanthropy ...

Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein to Retire

Ron Bernstein
Friday, November 1, 2019
Bernstein.jpg Doylestown, PA  (October 24, 2019) – Ron Bernstein, Executive Director of Foundations ... Lifetime Achievement Award in the humanitarian category (2019), Calkins Media’s Good-Doer Award (2017), Rotary ... “His work is a testament to what we can accomplish on a local level to improve the lives of our most vulnerable ...

Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
Leewaylogo.jpg (Ocotber 7, 2019) - Today, the Leeway Foundation announced $55,000 in ... Grants are distributed twice a year and evaluated by an independent peer review panel. The Spring 2019 review ... Nzadi Keita (ACG ‘14). Applications are made available on the Leeway website and may also be obtained by calling ...

About Philanthropy

... expansion of pooled funds such as giving circles; and an inceasing interest in impact and mission-aligned ... risk and creativity, and to advocate for social change, making it an important and unique component of our ... Pioneered by The Whitman Institute , the model is based on the belief that  efforts to create social, political, and ...

BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 Emergency Grants to Area Cultural Institutions

BLBB Charitable
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... does not normally support cultural institutions in its impact grants program, its board realized that many direct ... grants to some of its Education and Leadership Impact grantees, such as Bucks County Opportunity Council and ... committed more than $600,000 in Education and Leadership Impact grants in 2020.   About BLBB Charitable BLBB ...
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04Feb2020

Essentials for Effective Philanthropy - Overview: Greater Philadelphia Grantmaking Landscape

Tuesday, February 4, 2020
9:00am - 12:00pm
Free Library of Philadelphia - Regional Foundation Center
... to BRING THEIR LAPTOPS to this session to participate in an onsite exercise with Foundation Maps , an interactive mapping tool combining data on grantmakers and their grants with Google maps to reveal ... USA’.pdf ( The Chronicle of Philanthropy )  GUSA-2019-AnnualReport.pdf GUSA-2019-AnnualReport.pdf (Giving USA) ...
21Feb2018

Re-envisioning Philadelphia’s Homeless Services System

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
9:00am - 11:30am
Philadelphia PA
... in addressing this challenge. We invite you to join us on Wednesday, February 21st from 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM at ... partners, advocates and investors. We invite you to join Liz Hersh, Executive Director , Office of Homeless Services, ...
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Community Nonprofits Awarded $13.8 million To Renovate Cecil B. Moore and Heitzman Recreation Centers

Cecil B. Moore's karate students perform at the Rebuild launch celebration.
Friday, March 15, 2019
... Center and playground. Harrowgate-based nonprofit IMPACT Services will deliver a $1.8 million improvement ... targets, including 25 to 30 percent of all spending on professional services contracts and 30 to 35 percent of all spending on construction contracts go to minority-owned businesses. ...
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Rebuild Initiative

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... Center and playground. Harrowgate-based nonprofit  IMPACT Services  will deliver an improvement project at the Heitzman Recreation Center.  ... The city also announced plans to start improvements on the playground at Miles Mack, with community engagement ...
08Oct2019

Blue Sky Funders Forum: Learning Together, Leveraging Collaboration, Launching Ahead

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 - 1:00pm to Wednesday, October 9, 2019 - 4:00pm
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Free Library of Philadelphia
... Forum's 5th-anniversary celebration in Philadelphia on October 8 - 9, 2019 . Blue Sky appreciates the partnership with its member, ... chapter. On October 8, participants are invited to enjoy an afternoon of place-based learning, and then...

The Fund for Women and Girls Announces Leadership Transition

Michelle Legaspi Sánchez
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
... says Judi Bell, Past Chair of the Board of Directors from 2019-2021. “Michelle was just what The Fund needed when she ... and Impact Grants. Establishing a more prominent voice on issues affecting women and girls through use of the ... a new Executive Director for The Fund by the end of 2021. An Interim Executive Director will also be named in the ...
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Where Does Your Cash Sleep at Night?

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... places of worship, or community members who are in need. On average, like most private foundations, Exponent ... fund managed by Philadelphia’s  Reinvestment Fund , an Aeris-rated CDFI. ( The Barra Foundation  is a ... resources. Some foundations have taken a first step by making a low-interest loan to a nonprofit or other entity ...

The Philadelphia Foundation Hosts Inspiring Exhibition of Art Created by Individuals Living with Dementia

Monday, September 10, 2018
... -- When Creativity Transcends A Diagnosis will be on display from Mon., Sept. 17, 2018 through Fri., Jan. 25, 2019 at the Community Art Gallery of The Philadelphia ... beauty school when she was young, became “an expert in making people beautiful” and finds that self-expression ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... and projects working in the areas of community media-making ($3.2 million), narrative shift around violence and ... the year, while the foundation takes some time to reflect on what we’ve learned in our first three years as an ... state-sponsored violence against communities of color. In 2019 IPMF awarded Movement Alliance Project (MAP), Free ...

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