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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) – ... leader, and shares the Foundation’s passion for creating the conditions for a thriving, healthy ... “We are faced with unprecedented challenges to the health and sustainability of our natural environment and the ...
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Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $6 Million from William Penn Foundation for Workforce Development and Pandemic Recovery Efforts

William Penn Foundation
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... workforce development and job training opportunities for nearly 2,000 Philadelphians, as well as continued support ... Philadelphia   Center for Employment Opportunities   Community Integrated Services   Congreso de Latinos Unidos ... the support of funders in the region:   African Family Health Organization   Bread & Roses Community ...

Ellen Hwang Will Lead Knight Foundation Investments in Philadelphia

Ellen Hwang
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Ellen Hwang will join the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as the program director based in Philadelphia. She ... Hwang will work with local leaders and other community members to find and invest in opportunities that ... Commons initiative. She will start on April 22, 2019.  For the last four years, Hwang has served the City of ...
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Census 2020: Your Family Foundation Needs to Engage

Monday, January 28, 2019
This was originally posted here by the National Center for Family Philanthropy . By Maggie Osborn In October, you ... is helpful if you are interested in learning what your community needs and what help is available to determine what your family foundation can and should do near census time. I particularly ...
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Philadelphia Bar Foundation Announces Release of Emergency Funding

Monday, April 20, 2020
... response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation is releasing $254,745 to be distributed ... of the unexpected economic pressure on the public interest community and to provide support for future needs. The Philadelphia Bar Foundation will ...
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William Penn Foundation Launches Informal Learning Initiative

Thursday, September 14, 2017
... News Digest The Philadelphia-based  William Penn Foundation  has announced the launch of a two-year, $2 million community-based initiative to connect children and families ... serve approximately 1,780 children and will make it easier for partners to take early learning programming directly to ...
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Philadelphia Bar Foundation Expands Board of Trustees

Tuesday, June 19, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation welcomes Mark A. Gittelman, Esq. and Ira Lefton, ... Chief Counsel of Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization for PNC Bank, National Association. He provides legal ... to promoting access to justice for all people in the community, particularly those struggling with poverty, abuse, ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or ... (January 15, 2024) -- In December 2023, Leeway Foundation awarded 12 artists with the Transformation Award, ... respectability politics, filmmakers documenting community resistance and joy, playwrights combating medical ...
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The Secret Weapon for Achieving Your Foundation’s Goals

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
... secret weapon – media and media-making – as a force for social justice: Get some insight into why media is the ... civil society and get on the fast-track to achieving their foundation’s goals. Learn about the different entry points ... and how to effectively use media for civic engagement and community mobilization. Examine who owns the media that ...

National Study Reports Foundations Maintained or Increased Spending in 2020; Long-Term Investment Returns Held Steady

2020 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations® (CCSF)
Monday, August 23, 2021
... Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations® (CCSF) (the “Study”) show that ... through time,” said Kathleen P. Enright, President and CEO of the Council on Foundations, and George Suttles, ...

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