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John Templeton Foundation Approves $85 Million in New Programs

Thursday, June 20, 2019
In June 2019, the Board of Trustees of the John Templeton Foundation approved 57 funding requests with an approximate ... which represent a range of our philanthropic interests as well as our strategic priorities over the next five years,” said Heather Templeton Dill, President of the John Templeton ...
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GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice. “As Co-Chair, I am pleased to support the cross-sector ... Fund III includes 10 returning individual, corporate, and foundation investors: Burke Family Foundation, Hess ... Penn Foundation. With seven years of impact, GreenLight welcomes six new investors to Fund III: Firstrust Bank, ...

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 Community Foundation, ... minorities, women, and underrepresented people. Her tenure as director of the Philadelphia Foundation, from 1991 to ...

HealthSpark Foundation's Emma Hertz elected to Board of Directors

Emma Hertz
Monday, July 29, 2024
... election of Emma Hertz, President and CEO of HeatlhSpark Foundation, to the Board of Directors. Hertz's nomination was ... She joined the North Penn-based HealthSpark Foundation as CEO and President in December 2022, after having previously served as the foundation’s Director of External Affairs from 2019 to February 2022. As ...
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Mayor Kenney Signs Executive Order Establishing Philly Counts 2020

City of Philadelphia
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
... 2019 | Published by :  Office of the Mayor | Contact : Sarah Reyes  sarah.reyes@phila.gov  (215) 686-6210   ... PHILADELPHIA — Today, Mayor Jim Kenney signed an Executive Order establishing the Philly Counts 2020 office ... of the Complete Count Committee. Joined by Deputy Managing Director of Community Services Joanna Otero-Cruz, Executive ...
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The Seybert Foundation Announces New Strategic Direction for Grants, Technical Assistance

Monday, April 16, 2018
The Board of Directors of the Seybert Foundation has engaged in a months-long process to review and ... for improving the lives of children in Philadelphia.  As a result, the Foundation’s approach to grantmaking and ... for grants, rather than for overhead expenses.
22Feb2018

NCFP Webinar: New Giving Circles Research

Thursday, February 22, 2018 2:00pm
Webinar
... purpose, use of resources, action planning, and learning. As executive director of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation, he facilitated changes in visioning, impact ... Theresa Jackson if you need assistance.   NCFP Webinar: New Giving Circles Research ...
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Kenney names new board to oversee Mayor's Fund

Thursday, March 22, 2018
...  | cvargas@phillynews.com Mayor Kenney has appointed a new board to oversee the beleaguered Mayor’s Fund . The new ... hiring a new executive director. Ashley DelBianco , who as executive director of the board first complained to ... Garrett Snider, founder of the Childhood Resilience Foundation, a nonprofit that provides services to victims of ...
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New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... The task involves numbers and mathematical concepts such as estimation. And the sign itself is carefully constructed ... initiative doesn't require much money. The William Penn Foundation is spending $190,000 over two years to seed the ... they have a replicable, effective formula, expanding to new locations won't require much more than the blessing of ...
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Philadelphia Selected For New Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Friday, March 23, 2018
... . With support from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and The Kresge Foundation, the network of ten cities will work together over ... cities of Minnesota ( Minneapolis and Saint Paul ). “As leaders in their communities, the participants in this ... be an opportunity to sharpen these strategies, develop new and innovative ideas, and amplify what is working so that ...

United Way launches new funding cycle

Monday, October 16, 2017
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) is happy to announce the launch of the ... organizations to register up to two leadership staff (e.g. Executive Directors, Program Directors). All sessions will ... Enter ID: 2753 Pswrd: 2443 United Way launches new funding cycle ...

Resources for New Givers

Recommended reading: Five Lessons for New Philanthropists by Kimberly Dasher Tripp & Michael ... Altman Smith, Deputy Director of Education, The Kresge Foundation Resources from Candid U.S.
05Oct2024

Board of Directors Institute

Saturday, October 5, 2024
8:30am - 2:00pm
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Chester County Intermediate Unit
Join the Chester County Community Foundation for a day of learning and networking at the annual ... sessions with local nonprofit leaders and consultants, as well as engaging discussions addressing real-world challenges ...
09Mar2020

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

Monday, March 9, 2020
12:00pm - 12:45pm
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... The series curator Daria Torres will welcome Daryn Dodson as the featured guest expert.  Daryn is the Founder and Managing Director of Illumen Capital and he will share lessons learned ... professional investors’ financial judgments  by Sarah Lyons-Padilla, Hazel Rose Markusa, Ashby Monk, Sid ...

Reggie Shuford Appointed President and CEO of the Independence Foundation

Reginald T. Shuford
Monday, January 13, 2025
... T. Shuford .png The Board of Directors of the Independence Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Reginald T. Shuford as the Foundation’s next President and CEO. The ... am absolutely thrilled Reggie Shuford has agreed to be our new leader and confident he will move the Foundation forward ...
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Glenmede’s Nina L. Cohen Appointed to Exponent Philanthropy Board of Directors

Nina L. Cohen
Thursday, October 11, 2018
... pleased to announce Nina L. Cohen, Director of Endowment & Foundation Advisory , has been appointed to the Exponent Philanthropy Board of Directors. As Director of Endowment & Foundation Advisory at Glenmede, ... Services and the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern New Jersey, where she previously served as president. She is ...

Glenmede appoints Nina Cohen director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nina Cohen
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... role of Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). As part of the firm’s continued commitment to DEI Ms. Cohen reports to Chief Executive Officer Gordon B. Fowler and is appointed a member ... 2021 Glenmede participated in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Expanding Equity program, a cohort-based ...

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