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Wawa Donates 3,000 Appreciation Kits to the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to Distribute to The School District of Philadelphia Essential Employees

Wawa and The Fund for the SDP
Monday, March 15, 2021
SDP_WawaDonations.jpg PHILADELPHIA—(March 12, 2021)--To mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... essential District employees who have remained onsite to provide food and support to students and families in need.   The Fund, at the urging ...
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14Sep2021

No More Dreams Deferred: Building an Education System that Works for Black and Hispanic Students in the Philadelphia Suburbs

Tuesday, September 14, 2021
10:00am - 11:30am
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Virtual
... the first time ever, reveals the problems of and solutions to the entrenched racial problems in Philly's suburban ... districts. Black and Hispanic students are less likely to be placed in rigorous classes and more likely to face harsh...

Philanthropy Network launches 2022 Member Pulse Survey

2022 Member Pulse Survey
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... Philanthropy Network conducted a survey of members to learn more about how regional funders are adapting their ... racism. Aggregate results of the survey were distributed to the membership and shared at last year’s annual ... summary of the 2021 Member Pulse Survey results here .   To help us understand how you are continuing to adapt and ...
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Carrolle Perry Devonish, former director of the Philadelphia Foundation and celebrated philanthropy expert, has died at 85

Carrolle Perry Devonish
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... as director of the Philadelphia Foundation, from 1991 to 1999, is called the “Perry phase” by admiring ... “issues at the neighborhood level” and pointed donors to “using their resources to have an impact on their communities.” She was ...

City of Philadelphia Selected for $1 Million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge Grant to Fund Temporary Public Art Project that Addresses Gun Violence in Germantown

Bloomberg Art Challenge
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
... of Philadelphia announced today that it has been selected to receive $1,000,000 as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies ... with gun violence into poetry, which will be used to create public art installations in the neighborhood of ...
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Anti-ViolenceArts & Culture
23Feb2017

Keystone Policy Webinar Series - Session 2: Health Policy Advocacy

Thursday, February 23, 2017
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Webinar
...   and  Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia  to inform all Pennsylvania funders about how their colleagues ...

A Philanthropic Response to White Supremacy from the Birthplace of Freedom

Octavius Catto Statue
Monday, August 14, 2017
... supremacists descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.  They marched to the University of Virginia campus carrying torches ... in the greater Philadelphia region, we are not immune to the presence of hate groups nor the racism and bigotry ...
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In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... Media Group announced Tuesday that they’ll work together to cover the state capital. The project, Spotlight PA , is ... focus on explanatory and investigative coverage, according to a press release. The newsrooms will also work with ... Charitable Trust and The Wyncote Foundation, according to the release. The project will add three positions – an ...
29Sep2020

Regional COVID-19 Response Dashboard: Findings and Lessons Learned

Tuesday, September 29, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
From May to July of 2020, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy and ... and in collaboration with 13 shared funds launched to address COVID-19, the dashboard reflects more than $40 million in grant awards to 10 counties across Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern ...
29Jun2023

Libraries Under Attack- How Funders Can Help Defy Bans and Discrimination

Thursday, June 29, 2023
10:00am - 11:15am
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... the culture wars.  Just as many libraries are striving to ensure that their collections are relevant to the growing diversity of the public they serve, there are ... strategy, and how your foundation could get involved. This event is open to Philanthropy Network members. Resources ...

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New Report on Nonprofit Financial Health Pre-Pandemic Serves as a Wake-Up Call

The Financial Heath of Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
... IRS 990 data conducted by BCT Consulting and contributions to the synthesis of the data provided by the Nonprofit ... efforts of individual organizational leaders and boards to benchmark their financial performance within a comparable ... practice. It also provides trend data, as it was designed to update a 2017 report supported by the Philadelphia ...

Philly dominates Knight Cities Challenge … again

Monday, June 12, 2017
...  |   benderw@phillynews.com You want ideas for how to make cities more successful? Philadelphia has a million ... John S. and James L. Knight Foundation  offers annually  to 26 cities. The foundation evaluated more than 4,500 ... talent, and boosting civic engagement. The winners were to be officially announced Monday morning. Local funding will ...
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