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Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Press release via Leeway Foundation PiaLeewayFoundationAnnouncement121724.jpg   ... 2024 — We, the Leeway Board of Directors, are delighted to announce that Pia Agrawal will join the Leeway Foundation as our new executive director beginning January ...
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Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions

... in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic disparities and to revitalize local communities. The report focuses on the ... institutions and partner organizations that have joined to form place-based networks, or anchor collaboratives, to ...
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The Status of Women in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: 2018 Report

The Status of Women in Montgomery County, PA
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04/2019
The Montgomery County Foundation Inc. commissioned this study, conducted by the ... University Center for Social and Economic Policy Research, to provide a valuable tool for individuals and organizations ... and earnings; work and family; poverty and opportunity; health and well-being; reproductive rights and infant health; ...
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2018 Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals Report

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11/2019
In 2018, Funders for LGBTQ Issues set out to survey the board and staff of foundations in order to identify how many LGBTQ people worked in philanthropy. In ... asked participants to identify their role within their foundation, their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, ...

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

... the potential these deeply rooted local enterprises hold to create lasting and sustainable change—and illustrates ... how funders are working with anchor institutions to create healthier, more equitable, and economically vibrant places to live and work. The report offers recommendations for ...
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Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
... March 7, 2018 – From diversifying arts board leadership to commissioning 25 Asian-American artists to create ... will receive $923,600 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The groups are large and small, ranging from the ... that build community,” said Victoria Rogers, Knight Foundation’s vice president/arts. “These eight ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grants to Media Making Organizations

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, June 3, 2021
... June 2, 2021 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces another major investment in ... Thirteen grants totaling $2 million were awarded to a range of film, journalism, storytelling, and youth media ... that allows each organization to grow at its own pace. The foundation also prioritized multi-year general operating ...
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10Feb2025

Meeting the Moment: How Foundations Can Rapidly Deploy Recoverable Grants & Bridge Loans to Support Grantees

Monday, February 10, 2025
11:00am - 11:30am
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... traditional grantmaking—but are they leveraging them to meet the urgent needs of their grantees? In this session, ... confidence to deploy these tools effectively helping your foundation use more of its assets to support its mission and ... We’re thrilled to be joined by  Lauren Stebbins (Barra Foundation) and Elizabeth Killough (UnTours) who will share ...
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Foundations Community Partnership Seeks Applicants for General Operating Support Grant Cycle and Summer Youth Corps Program

Foundations Community Partnership
Friday, December 1, 2023
... Bucks County. FCP’s GOS Grant was first awarded in 2020 to give nonprofits flexibility in pursuing their goals as they see fit, and to build a strong and sustainable infrastructure to provide programs and services that will have the greatest ...
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VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn announces first round North Penn Unity Grants

VNA Foundation
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
News Release VNA Foundation.jpg The VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn proudly ... the first round of its  North Penn Unity Grant  program, to the following organizations:  Volunteer Medical Service ...
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Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts Unveil “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
Pedro Ramos, President & CEO, Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (11/7/2019) — The Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts today dedicated the foundation’s ... Martinez, Lead Muralist. “This mural is a testament to community philanthropy,” Ramos said.  “We knew that ...

Carrolle Perry Devonish, former director of the Philadelphia Foundation and celebrated philanthropy expert, has died at 85

Carrolle Perry Devonish
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... the first female and Black director of the Philadelphia Foundation, retired executive director of the Anguilla ... inequities regarding education, arts and culture, health and medicine, employment, crime, and social justice ... as director of the Philadelphia Foundation, from 1991 to 1999, is called the “Perry phase” by admiring ...

William Penn Foundation Welcomes Stuart Clarke as New Program Director of Watershed Protection

Stuart A. Clarke
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Press release via the William Penn Foundation Clarke_WPF.jpg PHILADELPHIA (July 28, 2021) – ... areas of critical importance in the watershed; and efforts to broaden equitable public access to and engagement with the ... “We are faced with unprecedented challenges to the health and sustainability of our natural environment and the ...
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The Presser Foundation will distribute more than $787,000 In Capital Support Grants in 2024

Friday, May 3, 2024
Press Release The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce new Capital Support grants totaling $474,125 in ... renovations illustrate that funding from The Presser Foundation provides essential resources greatly impacting ...
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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 endowment. You use it only to grow more money when it could be doing that and much more. ... on grant making. You could help your grantees and your foundation’s very purpose more, if you demanded more of ...

Knight Foundation invests $2.2 million in projects to advance Philadelphia’s public spaces and digital engagement

Photo courtesy Smith Memorial Playground
Friday, April 9, 2021
... — April 8, 2021 — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $2.2 million investment in nine Philadelphia projects. Knight Foundation’s new support will bolster local programs that ... In Philadelphia, Knight support will advance work to address these issues while also including residents in the ...

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