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William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
WPFLogo 2024.png Press release via William Penn Foundation PHILADELPHIA, November 18th, 2024 – The William Penn Foundation (WPF) recently awarded $8 million to the ... Among the largest arts and culture grants awarded in the Foundation’s 75+ year history, this initiative is projected ...
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09Sep2021

The Promise: A New Anti-Poverty Model for an Equitable Recovery

Thursday, September 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
In 2020, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey teamed up with the City of Philadelphia to launch ... Officer, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Denise Gomez Delsignore , Interim Family ... opportunities for an equitable recovery from the dual health and economic crises created by the pandemic. Through ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $1.75 Million in Grants for COVID-19 Community Storytelling and Information Projects

Thursday, July 30, 2020
... July 30, 2020 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its Community Voices Fund grants, ... have left city residents in the dark during a public health emergency.   Set The Stage (YSTS), a youth-media ... toolkit for instructors working with students remotely. New grantees also include the Heaux History Project, which ...
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Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
PhilaFound_header.jpg Press release from Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (5/12/2021) – Philadelphia Foundation today announced the creation of the Black ... Philadelphia Foundation funds address civil rights and health disparities which disproportionately affect Black ...

The Sarah Ralston Foundation Announces Successful Inaugural Year Funding Nonprofits that Serve Philadelphia’s Aging Population

The Sarah Ralston Foundation logo
Monday, January 29, 2024
... to age safely and with joy and dignity. The Sarah Ralston Foundation is the first and only charitable foundation in ... innovative projects. “The funding we provide will bring new energy and focus to the issues that impact older ...
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Foundations Community Partnership Awards Grants That Will Serve More Than 11,500 Bucks County Residents

FCP presents grant to to Ivy Hill Therapeutic Equestrian
Thursday, October 19, 2023
... these organizations will help address the behavioral health and human service needs of 11,580 Bucks County ... presented a grant to Ivy Hill Therapeutic Equestrian’s new Executive Director Susanne McMahon (right). PYS Grants ... to the following non-profit organizations: Autism Cares Foundation – to expand its calendar of events and ...
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The Foundation for Delaware County awards over $30K to local nonprofits promoting a complete count in the 2020 Census

Delco Counts
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
... to encourage enrollment in the 2020 Census, The Foundation for Delaware County today announced $30,300 in ... The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, and the Delaware County Complete Count Committee ... million in grants and charitable support to improve the health and quality of life for the diverse residents in this ...
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William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... Release PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2020)  – William Penn Foundation (WPF) today announced $2.6 million in additional ... offer services and interact with families, from designing new online delivery models to significantly changing the ... test more than 1,500 early learning program staff. Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC)  to provide free ...

The Foundation for Delaware County awards over $1M to local nonprofits, launches COVID-19 Response Fund

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
In its second major round of grantmaking, The Foundation for Delaware County awarded $1,055,488 in grant ... Grants were awarded in the areas of economic stability, health and healthcare, education and neighborhood and the ... response to the COVID-19 crises,” says Frances Sheehan, foundation president. “The foundation has committed to ...

Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
News release from the Knight Foundation $1M investment will help Brigades in Miami, ... with an investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The $1 million investment will help these ... and subject to a natural waning of engagement. This new investment will give local tech Brigade leaders training ...

City of Philadelphia, in Partnership with the MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge, Announces Second Round of Microgrants for Criminal Justice Reform

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
... is made possible through a partnership with the MacArthur Foundation and a $2.275 million grant awarded to the City as ... bail reform, drug treatment, reentry programs, and mental health services. The goal of the SJC is to safely reduce the ... to reimagining the criminal justice system, as well as new programmatic innovations. In addition, there is an option ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $800,000 in 2023 Community Voices Grants

IPMF Community Voices 2023 - Save Chinatown
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
News release via Independence Public Media Foundation PHILADELPHIA, August 15, 2023—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2023 Community Voices Fund ... media narrative about the local news desert of Camden, New Jersey, and replace it with an integrated, robust ...
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NBC10, Telemundo62 and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Award $227,000 in Unrestricted Grants to Eight Local Nonprofits

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
... and Telemundo-owned stations’ 11 U.S. markets, which are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Boston, ... an easy avenue for businesses and the community to donate new and like-new goods that can be re-purposed by local ... information. NBC10, Telemundo62 and Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation Award $227,000 in Unrestricted Grants to Eight ...
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TD Charitable Foundation Awards $7 million in Grants to 37 Non-Profits Supporting Housing for Marginalized Communities

TD Housing for Everyone
Friday, May 17, 2024
CHERRY HILL, NJ – May 14, 2024 – TD Charitable Foundation , the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's ... – Grants totaling $575,000 International Institute of New England (Boston) – $250,000 FamilyAid Boston, Inc . ... Security, Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities and Better Health – to open the doors to a more inclusive and ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity Invests $225,000 over two years in Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. at Chester County (OIC) for the Coatesville Homelessness and Unemployment Collective

The Alliance for Health Equity
Friday, December 17, 2021
(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - The Alliance for Health Equity (AHE) is pleased to announce a two-year grant ... in Coatesville by 2026.  “Collective Impact lays the foundation for iterative and aligned responses to the needs ... our resources to provide responses to real health and wellness needs in our community and do so in real time. “- ...

Getting Past Inertia: Ten Simple, Valiant Steps To Align Your Foundation’s Endowment With Your Mission – Or Not

Thursday, June 29, 2017
Via HuffPost  | by Elizabeth Killough , Director, Untours Foundation There’s a lot of judgment these days about your ... know you are out in front of this curve, that you are a leader. They will be impressed! This is better than getting ... repeat. Your endowment is dynamic. Continue to consider new investments that ever more closely address your mission. ...

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