Back to top

Site Search

Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

Douty Foundation announces plans to sunset

The Douty Foundation
Monday, August 3, 2020
... past, its mission and on its future. Central to our conversation has been: Should the foundation continue ... foundation or can our modest assets join with others to help amplify and accelerate aligned areas of interest and ... 2020, many of the issues that the foundation has sought to address through its grantmaking were thrust and exposed ...

Kimberly Kirn joins Impact100 as first Executive Director

Kimberly Kirn
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... a grant-making organization that engages women to collectively fund large grants and community awards, is pleased to announce that it has hired Kimberly Kirn as its first ... experience for our members and a meaningful funding opportunity for smaller and lesser-known nonprofits in our ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

William Penn Foundation Welcomes Stuart Clarke as New Program Director of Watershed Protection

Stuart A. Clarke
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
... areas of critical importance in the watershed; and efforts to broaden equitable public access to and engagement with the basin’s rivers and streams. He ... leadership, and I am tremendously excited for the opportunity to help preserve and extend that legacy,” said ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Environment
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

The Douty Foundation announces final, ‘Legacy’ grants totaling $2.2 million as its sunset plan is complete

The Douty Foundation
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
... it can now spend out its remaining assets. In addition to its $2.1 million in multi-year grant obligations as a part ... in ‘Legacy’ grants along with approximately $1 million to The Bread & Roses Community Fund . The grants are the ... July 2020 sunset announcement and its commitment to support work that centers on equity and amplifies the ...

William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
... William Penn Foundation (WPF) recently awarded $8 million to the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (PCF) to manage a four-year initiative providing small arts and ... In 2026 and 2028, eligible organizations will have the opportunity to apply for PCF’s Art & Culture Grants. This ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Topic(s) 
Capacity Building
Funding Area 
Arts & Culture

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
At an event in South Philadelphia, Mayor Jim Kenney was joined by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson to announce Vare Recreation Center as the first project to ... ensuring that diverse businesses and workers have the opportunity to work on Rebuild projects.” Following the ...

Ellen Hwang Will Lead Knight Foundation Investments in Philadelphia

Ellen Hwang
Thursday, April 18, 2019
... will work with local leaders and other community members to find and invest in opportunities that support a more ... in building  public spaces  that connect people to place and to each other, including the Reimagining the Civic Commons ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community
08Jun2022

Centering Equity in Financial Due Diligence - Session 2

Wednesday, June 8, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... essential component of grantmaking in which funders seek to understand and mitigate risk in their investments.  When this lens is applied to grant decisions, the process is often disconnected from ... the values of the funder and grantee alike. A commitment to equity is one of these values that is commonly not ...
Find More By
Event type 
Workshop/Training

#FCPresents Internationally Known Founder of Nonprofit AF, Vu Le

Vu Le
Thursday, February 1, 2024
... and founder of Nonprofit AF, Vu Le (“voo lay”), to Bucks County on March 20 at Bucks County Community ... is an excellent and affordable professional development opportunity for social impact leaders and their teams, board ... thought leaders to share their expertise. Tickets to the event are $25 per person. For more information and to ...
19Jul2023

Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic capital with equitable intentions

Wednesday, July 19, 2023
10:00am - 12:00pm
... Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, invites you to attend "Turning Intent into Action: Aligning philanthropic ... July 19th from 10am- 12pm. We have been introduced to the concept of decolonizing wealth, but what does it ... Many in the philanthropic sector are poised to go deeper, moving from DEI statements to transformational action, but ...

Opinion | Solving Philly’s poverty issues takes consistent, relentless effort by Mayor Jim Kenney

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
... in four of our residents lives in poverty — struggling to make ends meet, put food on the table, and keep a roof over their heads. I see it on my weekly visits to schools and summer  Play Streets , where so many of our ... centers and libraries where adults use computers to apply for jobs, and staff are forced to run outside to  ...
31Jan2017

Keystone Policy Webinar Series - Session 1: Education Policy Advocacy

Tuesday, January 31, 2017
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar
... and the public sector that are permissible and can serve to build relationships and advance important issues.
12Oct2018

2018 EQUITY Symposium: Laying the Foundation for Racial Equity in Grantmaking

Friday, October 12, 2018
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Asian Arts Initiative
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia invites you to join us for a half-day introductory racial equity workshop ... to their current work ( and why it matters ). Note: This event is open to Philanthropy Network members, non-member ... strategies, which seek to close the racialized educational opportunity gap and the school-to-prison pipeline. Anthony is ...

Resources for Members

Note to new Philanthropy Network members: If you are a new visitor ... for proposals, award nominations, job openings or an event that you’re hosting, your membership in Philanthropy ... work. Announcements are posted to our website’s Job & Opportunity Boards , shared via social media and highlighted ...

Lenfest Institute for Journalism Announces Local News Sustainability Grants

The Lenfest Institute
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
... Lenfest Institute awards half a million in grants to promote sustainable local journalism PHILADELPHIA (Jan. ... totaling $475,000, and will meet over the coming months to share learnings with each other and the wider journalism ... Institute’s first year of innovation grantmaking in 2018 to focus on the key challenge facing local news: finding and ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Media/Journalism

Animal Grantmakers 2023 Conference in Philadelphia: Advancing Social Change Through an Animal Protection Lens

Animal Grantmakers
Thursday, October 12, 2023
... Philanthropy Network President Christine Robinson to Participate as Workshop Facilitator Animal Grantmakers , ... protection organizations from Sunday, October 22 to Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at the Sofitel Philadelphia at ... the 2023 conference program will provide an unparalleled opportunity to hear from leading experts in animal protection ...
Find More By
News type 
Regional Interest
Funding Area 
Animal-related

Pages