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19Sep2024

Disability and the Care Economy

Thursday, September 19, 2024
1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Webinar
More than 1 in 5 Americans are caregivers, and millions of disabled Americans need care. However, many professional ... and provide care. Join this webinar on the importance of a care economy built upon disability inclusion, rights, ... in...

The Presser Foundation Announces More Than $332,000 in Special Project Grants for Music Organizations

Friday, October 25, 2024
... $43,000 in previous commitments, bringing the total impact of $375,750. Peter Burwasser, Chair of the Special Projects Committee, emphasized the creative ... of music, community, and equity." Burwasser added, "We're particularly proud to announce our largest-ever ...
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Arts & Culture

Equity in Philanthropy

Equity in Philanthropy Cohort As a continuation of Philanthropy Network’s comprehensive Equity in Philanthropy initiative, in spring 2019 we launched the inaugural Equity Cohort for foundations ready ... The cohort was led by Daria Torres, Managing Partner of the Walls Torres Group ( read more about Daria ). The ...

Philanthropy Network welcomes new officers, directors

Wednesday, April 11, 2018
... 30 th Annual Members’ Meeting. Newly-elected officers of the organization are: President Jennfer Pedroni , Vice President of Administration, HealthSpark Foundation Vice President, ... Connelly Foundation. An exceptionally talented group of six regional philanthropic leaders were elected to serve a ...
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Leadership, Culture and Community

A digital effort to fight hunger in Montgomery County

Food pantry by ANTHONY PEZZOTTI
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Part of the series, Broke in Philly, collaborative reporting on ... she’d be unable to shop, forced to endure three weeks of eating nothing but peanut butter and bread. Kahr said she grew up dutifully checking off all the boxes of society’s expectations — she worked a factory job, was ...

Eagles Announce Additional $275,000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits Through Eagles Social Justice Fund

Thursday, December 20, 2018
... Eagles announced that the Eagles Social Justice Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation has distributed an additional set of grants totaling $275,000 to the following ... addressing key social issues in our communities. We are inspired by their transformational work and hope that ...
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Social Justice
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Equity and Social Justice

Leeway Foundation Awards Nine Philadelphia Artists with $15,000 Transformation Award

Friday, December 21, 2018
... or community. This year’s recipients work in an array of disciplines, including folk arts, media arts, and ... recipients are (in alphabetical order):  Angela-Sadio  of Germantown, Folk Arts and Performance  Bonita Elaine ... social change. Through our grantmaking and other programs we promote artistic expression that amplifies the voices of ...
08Nov2023

Chester County Funders Community of Practice: Responding to Workforce Challenges in Chester County

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
8:30am - 10:30am
Phoenixville Community Health Foundation
... to respond to increased demands for services in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial reckoning, and economic uncertainties. Organizations on the front lines of the work are now facing increased  staffing shortages ... and how funders can effectively partner to support them. We’ll hear an overview of data on nonprofit workforce ...

Why Invest

... goals. Investment opportunities will cover a wide array of interest areas with relevance to funders, including but ... to provide targeted support to particular neighborhoods of interest.  Opportunities will be available for ... for civic engagement in Rebuild by assessing and building the capacity of the volunteer-led Parks’ friends ...

Foundations Community Partnership places college students in internships at nonprofits

Monday, July 16, 2018
... supporting the behavioral health and human service needs of children and young adults in Bucks County. Sara Donnelly, of Buckingham, is typical of the Summer Youth Corps members. She could have sought out ...
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Youth Development
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PAHWF Awards Over $1 Million in Fall Grant Round

Thursday, December 19, 2019
... $69,300 was awarded to fund five projects with the aim of improving parks, programming, and the built environment to increase access to physical activity. Borough of Pottstown—Fountain of Youth Spray Park Spare Pumps East ... Royersford Outreach Inc.—General Operating Funds for Building and Program Save Our Land Save Our Towns Enterprises ...
30Jan2025

Funder Briefing: Behavioral Health Care Needs of our Community's Immigrant Youth

Thursday, January 30, 2025
11:30am - 1:30pm
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*NEW LOCATION**
... briefing that will spotlight the behavioral health needs of Latine immigrant youth in Philadelphia and elevate the work of local nonprofits that are providing culturally competent, ... to build the case for deeper investment in the well-being of...

Getting Past Inertia: Ten Simple, Valiant Steps To Align Your Foundation’s Endowment With Your Mission – Or Not

Thursday, June 29, 2017
... Killough , Director, Untours Foundation There’s a lot of judgment these days about your endowment. You use it only ... face up to yours. You inherited a 100-year old practice of handing your endowment over to someone else while your ... “By sharing our experience and some of the lessons we learned, we hope to contribute to collective learning in ...

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