... a Philadelphia-based philanthropic foundation, announced it has changed its funding priorities to better focus on ... to obtain the basic necessities for survival. Philadelphia is the nation’s poorest big city and has the highest rate ... deep poverty -- that is, people whose income is below half of the federal poverty level. Roughly one in five ...
... 2018 Philanthropy Network's Food Funders Affinity Group is dismayed by this statistic and in response is sponsoring a ... upriver to find out who’s pushing them in.” So that iswhen I added “activist” to my résumé. Philanthropy is ... on the Rise in Philadelphia and What We Can Do About It ...
Itis hard to overstate the importance of ensuring a full and accurate ... number of elected seats individual states hold in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Census also provides ...
... count in 2020, announcing a match for every new donation upto $500,000, raising $1 million in new funding to target ... and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) announced today itis issuing a challenge to the region’s civic and ...
... City sub-concourse. The 11,000-square-foot facility is operated by Project HOME and provides a gateway to vital ... alone. This kind of partnership shows what we can do when we all work together. I hope other businesses will take ... and leadership in the development of this site, stepping upto be part of a creative solution.” Since 2012, the Hub ...
... such as housing, food, transportation and child care. When the number of households that live below the federal poverty level are added, the result is 1.8 million, or 37 percent, of Pennsylvania households are ... aware of the struggles ALICE faces, we must come together. It will take all of us working together to help ALICE take ...
... must file their federal income taxes to claim the other half. Parents and guardians that missed out on the advanced ... racial equity in implementing the Child Tax Credit, which is one of the most impactful anti-poverty programs in a ... that if every eligible Philadelphian receives the credit, it could lift an estimated 75,000 Philadelphians out of ...
Despite a recent deduction in Philadelphia’s official poverty rate, the city continues to see the highest rate of concentrated poverty of any major ... Romens , The Pew Charitable Trusts ( Social Safety Net ); PedroRamos , Philadelphia Foundation ( Jobs and Education ); ...
... by coming together now, we can ensure that the Tri-County comes through this stronger.” Grants from the fund will ... inequities in access to basic human needs, and we felt it was important to make a difference right now,” said ... June 5-12, 2020 , and grants will be given in amounts upto $2,500. Pottstown Area Industrial Development ...
... pandemic. The Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund is a community-driven grantmaking process in which residents ... of color and those with low incomes the hardest, but it has also highlighted and exacerbated the inequities ... to ensure that the solutions come from the ground-up and not the other way around. This kind of inclusiveness ...
... Fund awarded its second round of grants totaling $668,885 to 84 individuals and nonprofit organizations working to ... of funds went to organizations led by a person of color, up 3 percent from the first round. Seventy-six percent of ... in their communities and given them faith that someone is finally giving them a voice. The only way to truly and ...
... conversation in July on white supremacy , this space is intentionally curated to help participants think bravely ... centers and promotes racial equity. We hope you can pull up a seat at the table for our first conversation on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 1:00-2:00 PM ET when Sidney and Marcus welcome guests Rodney Foxworth , CEO, ...
... to help ensure an accurate census. The Administration is planning to end door-to-door census enumeration and self ... operations September 30, a full month earlier than it announced whenit modified the 2020 census timeline as the COVID-19 ...
... are characterized as not being financially strong. This is even more alarming when factoring in the impact of COVID-19 on the nonprofit ... president & CEO of Brandywine Health Foundation. “It was apparent that nonprofits need unrestricted multi-year ...
Press Release Colmar, PA- HealthSpark Foundation is announcing the award of $631,000 in grant funds to support 14 projects under the Safety Net Resiliency ... allow us to do just that- through innovative systems change projects, advocacy efforts to influence just public ...
... impact. Coatesville, the only city in Chester County, is home to more than 13,000 residents who for the last thirty ... far too long, required the Foundation to re-examine how it can best serve the community during this as well as any ... round of funds to take place after the initial round and when emergent needs of the community are met. In total the ...
... Director of AFAHO. "Doing this with very little resources is even more daunting, which is why AFAHO is extremely ... to COVID-19 by leaving home and coming to the office. When Jana called the office, an LCH nurse was able to screen ... over the phone for her son's symptoms and determined that it would be possible to do the visit using telehealth ...
... GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale solutions to systemic challenges identified by ... agencies across a portfolio of five proven models: Year Up Greater Philadelphia, Single Stop, Center for Employment ... partnership development, and portfolio management. “This is an exciting day for GreenLight Philadelphia and the ...
... – The Beech Companies, Inc ., a small nonprofit founded to revitalize disadvantaged communities in Philadelphia would ... with a big dinner on May 28th. As fate would have it, the COVID-19 pandemic changed those plans. Instead, Beech ... would our founding CEO, the late Floyd Alston do?