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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation names new CEO

Tuesday, February 14, 2017
... Richard Besser to succeed Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD as head of the $10B foundation Princeton, N.J. —Richard Besser, MD, ... as a pediatrician with the Children's Aid Society in New York City, and he is currently a Professor of Pediatrics ...   www.rwjf.org/facebook . Robert Wood Johnson Foundation names new CEO ...
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Reggie Shuford Appointed President and CEO of the Independence Foundation

Reginald T. Shuford
Monday, January 13, 2025
Reginald T. Shuford .png The Board of Directors of the Independence Foundation is delighted to ... and sustained investments in multiple sectors of the Philadelphia region for years now. I am excited to return to ... and understanding, working to find the most effective way to use the Foundation’s resources to improve the ...
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Knight Foundation taps news media trailblazer Maribel Perez Wadsworth as new president and CEO

Maribel Perez Wadsworth
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
... and James L. Knight Foundation announced the appointment of Maribel Perez Wadsworth as president and CEO. As the former president of Gannett ... our core values. We are thrilled to welcome her as the new president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight ...
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GSK names 23rd annual IMPACT Award Winners

GSK IMPACT Award winner Coded by Kids
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
... aid and more GSK2019_Coded By Kids(2).jpg [Nov 20, 2019, Philadelphia, PA] GSK today honored 10 local nonprofits that ... foster a healthier Philadelphia region. The 10 winners of the GSK IMPACT Awards each will receive $40,000 to help ...   Family Service of Chester County Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey   Homeless ...

Rebecca W. Rimel to Step Down as Pew’s President and CEO

Rebecca Rimel
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
WASHINGTON—After 36 years of service to The Pew Charitable Trusts—including 30 years ... that is expected to launch in the early summer. Once a new CEO is named, Rimel will transition into a senior adviser ... currently underway, including our support for the Philadelphia region,” Campbell said. “We commend Rebecca ...
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Kenney names new board to oversee Mayor's Fund

Thursday, March 22, 2018
... Mayor’s Fund . The new nine-member board is part of a  reform plan  for the nonprofit set up to advance the ... about $12 million in grant money and revenue from the Philadelphia Marathon. Plans to restructure the fund began ... which includes nearly 150 grantmaking organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region. Garrett Snider, founder of the ...
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Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation has awarded Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative a $25,000 planning grant as part of its Salem Smart Start for Parents and Children initiative, ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia names Daria Torres as its first Executive in Residence

Daria Torres
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
... President sidney@philanthropynetwork.org 215-790-9700 x4 (Philadelphia, PA, April 9, 2019) Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce Daria Torres, Managing Partner of the Walls Torres Group, as its first Executive in ...

New Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard analyzes more than $40M in giving from 13 shared funds in Greater Philadelphia

Wednesday, September 30, 2020
DahboardPartners_header.png   PHILADELPHIA, PA (Sept. 29, 2020) The unprecedented and prolonged COVID-19 crisis led to the creation of more than a dozen shared philanthropic response funds in the Greater Philadelphia region, whose giving is measured by the ...

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action

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12/2019
... (ABFE) , recently conducted a study to learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their ... for Black-led social change by advocating for much greater philanthropic investment — BSCFN has developed ...

National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... in the effort to share successful practices in a series of presentations, discussions and panels. Representatives ... of childhood adversity. Mary Sellers, U.S. president of United Way Worldwide, is participating in GLR Week in recognition of ...
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United Way Receives More Than $1 Million from Lincoln Financial Group Employees for Sixth Straight Year

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
... its employees have raised approximately $1.1 million for United Way organizations across the country during its annual ... 2018. Lincoln Financial’s employees have a rich history of charitable giving and community commitment, and the ...
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