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23Jan2023

Gun Violence Prevention Matters for ALL of Us! Working Together to Achieve Better Outcomes

Monday, January 23, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Video Conference
... join us on Monday, January 23rd, from 3:00 - 4:30 PM to hear from the initiators and leaders of the  Civic Coalition to Save Lives , a broad civic effort to drive the adoption of ...

The Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations Introduce $13M Funding Collaborative

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations joined together to more deeply understand the needs of organizations utilizing art and culture to address systemic and intersectional societal challenges. ... that mission by building and strengthening pathways to opportunity for low-income people in America’s cities, ...

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In 1988, a handful of visionary leaders joined forces to advance philanthropy in Greater Philadelphia. Their goal: increase the impact of their giving to nurture a more vibrant region. Today, the seed sown by ... More than thirty years later, our core mission remains to strengthen philanthropy in order to create a more vibrant, ...
05Sep2024

Economic Insights from Lower-Income Communities: Findings from the 2024 Community Perspectives Survey

Thursday, September 5, 2024
3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Webinar
... Survey , which focuses on economic conditions in low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities and the health of ... for economic mobility in LMI communities. Access to housing and increasing cost of goods and services were ... Coalition Frank...

Senior Officer, Philadelphia Research and Policy Initiative

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The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Senior Officer, Philadelphia Research and Policy Initiative
... Program Through the Philadelphia program , Pew seeks to enhance civic life in its hometown. We partner with many ... and, more broadly, strengthening Philadelphia's appeal to visitors and residents alike. Philadelphia Research and ... of the Philadelphia...
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Research

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

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, December 12, 2024
... from these new funds. “Philadelphia Foundation is proud to announce nearly $3 million in grants to support nonprofit organizations serving vulnerable ... and making sure that all members of our community have the opportunity to thrive.” While the programming and services ...

Strengthening the Field of Philanthropic Evaluation: A Call to Action

Thursday, June 28, 2018
... among funders and small/mid-sized evaluation firms to consider ways we could work together differently to deepen the impact of evaluation and learning on philanthropic practice. The goal was to test the salience of the topic and interest in building an ...
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Philadelphia Foundation’s Black Community Leaders Fund Makes $800,000 in Grants to 24 Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Monday, November 8, 2021
... A total of $800,000 in grants will be awarded to 24 nonprofits.   An additional $1.5 million in support ... and the Samuel S. Fels Fund have each provided $50,000. To date, $1.15 million has been awarded to 29 organizations through the Black Community Leaders Fund, ...

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

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to nearly 40 Philadelphia legal aid nonprofit partners in ... part of the Bar Foundation’s comprehensive access to justice work which strengthens the delivery of civil legal ... services agencies in Philadelphia that provide access to free or low-cost legal services via staff-based legal ...

A New Giving Circle That is Exclusively Funding Black-led, Black-Serving Nonprofits

Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Via Inside Philanthropy By Alyssa Ochs According to a report out last month, giving circles are becoming more ... like Asian Americans —are banding together to mobilize resources on their own. What’s happening in ... Forum organized a study that found that compared to white-led nonprofits, black-led nonprofits tend to be ...

William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
The William Penn Foundation is pleased to announce our recently approved Creative Communities grants ... information may help inspire new areas of collaboration to build on the strengths of your work in Philadelphia’s ... arts and culture sector. The Foundation works to support equitable access to great public spaces . We ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $1.75 Million in Grants for COVID-19 Community Storytelling and Information Projects

Thursday, July 30, 2020
... its Community Voices Fund grants, totaling $1.75 million to 43 projects which will document, share, and preserve ... region. “IPMF launched the Community Voices Fund to amplify and center voices, particularly from vulnerable communities, to inform how the region must respond to the pervasive ...
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Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia announces Mariah Casias as Vice President, Learning & Evaluation

Mariah Casias
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
... Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce Mariah Casias as our new Vice President of ... for the delivery of core and signature programming, peer-to-peer learning, as well as assuring that all offerings ... will begin her new role on December 16, 2020. Mariah comes to Philanthropy Network from the Center for High Impact ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation Receives Grant in Support of Coatesville Food Truck Project

Coatesville Food Truck
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
... Pennsylvania) – Using a targeted regional commitment to address food insecurity, in part due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and limited access to healthy food, the Health Partners Foundation has awarded ...
21Sep2020

Getting to 100%: Our Journey to Mission Alignment

Monday, September 21, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
... girls. Dr. Shaber will share how her foundation was able to achieve this and will workshop with attendees how to utilize a similar framework in their own organizations’ efforts to align assets with mission. This will be an interactive ...

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