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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
Where: 
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...

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 ...
13Mar2025

Should We Say DEI?

Thursday, March 13, 2025
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Where: 
Webinar
... brings together a panel of national and state leaders to provide legal and ethical considerations as your organization decides how to proceed. Along with providing guiding principles and ... vulnerable. And perhaps most important, you will have...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $500,000 in Grants Awarded to Local Independent Filmmakers

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, April 17, 2025
... Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $500,000 in grants to support Greater Philadelphia's emerging and professional ... with a panel of local filmmakers and film advocates to select the grant recipients. This process aligns with the ... region’s filmmaker community.

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 ...

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 ...

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