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Philadelphia Foundation Announces $2.9 Million in Grants to Nearly 100 Nonprofit Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, December 12, 2024
December 12, 2024 -Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia Foundation has announced a ... organizations serving vulnerable populations throughout Greater Philadelphia. Nonprofits in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, ... Greater Philadelphia,” said Leann Ayers, Director of Grants and Programs at the Philadelphia ...

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
... MEDIA, PA (January 30, 2020) — In the first of three rounds of grantmaking to encourage enrollment in the ... with Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, and the ...
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Philly Counts releases Final Report on 2020 Census Operation

Philly Counts
Friday, January 29, 2021
Press release Philly Counts.png PHILADELPHIA — Philly Counts 2020 , the City’s effort to ... October 2020. The report provides a thorough understanding of the multifaceted field plan, designed and executed by ... census participation.  Like most large cities in the United States, Philadelphia’s participation was below the ...
01Mar2018

Keystone Policy Series: CENSUS 2020: What Pennsylvania Funders Need to Know

Thursday, March 1, 2018
2:00pm - 3:00pm
It is hard to overstate the importance of ensuring a full and accurate count for the upcoming 2020 ... Should Care - David Biemesderfer, President & CEO, United Philanthropy Forum REGISTER via the Grantmakers of ... Pennsylvania ( www.gwpa.org ) and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia ( www.philanthropynetwork.org ) to ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Via The Philadelphia Tribune | By Naiser Warren-Robinson As gun violence and crime continues to plague the city of Philadelphia, businesses, nonprofits, faith-based ... Foundation, in partnership with Urban Affairs Coalition, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and the ...

More than 300 U.S. philanthropic leaders call for removal of citizenship question from 2020 census

Tuesday, August 7, 2018
... and local philanthropies across 38 states and District of Columbia join in unanimous opposition; more than 30 ... be part of the 2020 Census. A separate letter submitted by United Philanthropy Forum on behalf of 33 regional and ... The citizenship question unnecessarily adds to the challenge by increasing the hesitancy of nonprofits and ...

Philanthropy Needs A New Endgame: The Liberation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Communities In America

Breaking Chains
Thursday, June 4, 2020
... R. Hargro From the disproportionate impact and deaths of Black Americans due to COVID-19 pandemic (1) to the recent ... therefore, is not broken. It was designed to function this way and will continue to do so until we dismantle it. We are ... Jr. in 1968 when a wave of protests and riots swept the United States. Also similar to the protests of 1968, we are ...

HealthSpark Foundation Announces $631,000 in Grants to Support Montgomery County’s Social Safety Net

Monday, January 11, 2021
... Colmar, PA- HealthSpark Foundation is announcing the award of $631,000 in grant funds to support 14 projects under the ... policies, and a foundational commitment to advancing greater racial and social justice.” The Safety Net ... providers. First, HealthSpark awarded $30,000 to Your Way Home Montgomery County to support its work in developing ...

More than 500 U.S. Philanthropy Leaders Sign Unprecedented Letter: Don’t Cut the Census Short

2020 Census
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... alarmed by the announcement that the U.S. Department of Commerce intends to “drastically cut short” 2020 ... institutions that have given a total of more than $100 million to help ensure an accurate census. The Administration ... census timeline as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States. The philanthropic leaders that signed the ...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Provides $50 Million to Support Those Facing Greatest Strain Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
... several national and community organizations to help some of the families and communities feeling the greatest strain ... $5 million for relief efforts in RWJF’s home state of New Jersey, hit particularly hard by the virus.  As the ...

Philadelphia to benefit from $100M Starbucks initiative to advance racial equity

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Via the Philadelphia Business Journal By Chris Fuhrmeister   Philadelphia will be one of the first cities to benefit from a $100 million Starbucks ... Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, November 21, 2024—The Independence Public ... will support the documentation, sharing, and preservation of community stories to advance social justice, build power, ... Digital Archives, Paul Robeson House, POPPYN, and South Jersey Information Equity Project. The fund also aims to ...
09Mar2017

Small Foundations and the New Administration: State & Federal Laws to Watch

Thursday, March 9, 2017
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Philadelphia, PA
In collaboration with Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, the Exponent Philanthropy Local Engagement ... DC. Our country is in transition.

Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... Foundation 215-620-1869  jennifer@doutyfoundation.org Philadelphia, PA (April 6, 2020) – Since 1968, The Douty ... the Foundation is immediately releasing more than 25% of its investment corpus, $1.5 million, to respond to the ... these organizations' financial needs as they take on new approaches to their general operations.”  In addition ...

Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 cycle of grantees ...

First Round of Neighborhood Equitable Recovery Fund Grant Recipients Announced

Thursday, September 23, 2021
PHL CEO.jpg   PHILADELPHIA - The City of Philadelphia’s Office of ... creative space has become more important than ever as a way for youth to stay engaged, connected, and to amplify ...

Leeway Foundation Awards Nine Philadelphia Artists with $15,000 Transformation Award

Friday, December 21, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – Today, Leeway Foundation announced $135,000 ... to nine women and trans* artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia, acknowledging their commitment to art ... or community. This year’s recipients work in an array of disciplines, including folk arts, media arts, and ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Hundreds of Thousands in Funds Awarded in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation 2017 Grant Cycle   PHILADELPHIA, ... aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to nearly 40 Philadelphia legal aid nonprofit partners in ...

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