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Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... cohort of Project Users: Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM); Beech Interplex Inc.; Boys & Girls Club; ... these organizations have decades of experience in design and construction and deep engagement with ... forward to getting started on projects next year.”   In total, Rebuild received 31 responses to its Request for ...

GSK awards Greater Philadelphia nonprofits making a dynamic IMPACT on health outcomes

GSK
Thursday, November 15, 2018
... Nov 15] GSK today announced the GSK IMPACT Award Winners in a ceremony at GSK’s Navy Yard site. Ten local nonprofits were awarded $40,000 each in recognition of their outstanding contributions to building ... Philadelphia region. This highly competitive program, in its 22 nd year, highlights organizations that are working ...
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Bloomberg-Funded Efforts to Stem Pennsylvania Opioid Crisis Announced

Friday, July 12, 2019
... of a $10 million commitment to address the opioid crisis in Pennsylvania. The initiative is part of a three-year,  $50 million  investment in a joint effort by Vital Strategies, the  Pew Charitable ... to expand access to buprenorphine and methadone treatment in emergency departments, in-patient settings, and state ...
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Susan K. Urahn Appointed Pew’s New President and CEO

Susan K. Urahn
Friday, March 20, 2020
... “Sue has been an important part of Pew’s success in state policy, health care, and conservation, and her ... and integrity. We look forward to opening a new chapter in innovation and ingenuity with Sue at the helm.” “I am ... board of directors, as well as to Pew’s talented staff in the United States and around the globe,” Urahn said. ...
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Provides $50 Million to Support Those Facing Greatest Strain Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
... Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will provide $50 million in immediate short-term relief to several national and ... emergency. This includes $5 million for relief efforts in RWJF’s home state of New Jersey, hit particularly hard ... philanthropy, RWJF is focused on ensuring that everyone in America has a fair and just opportunity for health and ...

PA is Ready! grants expand support for Immigrant communities

PA is Ready!
Monday, November 23, 2020
Now in its fifth year, PA is Ready! is thrilled to announce its ... network and participatory grantmaking fund rooted in and serving diverse immigrant and refugee communities ... and Lehigh counties Casa San Jose and Comunidad Latina en el Condado de Washington Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la ...

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Focus on Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Arts and History Organizations in 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
... will focus on assisting arts and history organizations in the Philadelphia region to recover from the effects of the ... will continue through the Center’s Pew Fellowships in the Arts program. “Cultural institutions and artists ... region have shown admirable perseverance and resilience in the face of great uncertainty in their efforts to adapt to ...

Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
... that it has awarded two grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to help Philadelphia-area ... and archival materials representing 350 years of life in the region. “The Pew Charitable Trusts is pleased to ... Free Library of Philadelphia and Drexel University—in their efforts to improve public access to vital ...
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
... called on to respond to increased demands for services in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial reckoning, and ... staff of color.  A recent  survey of nonprofits  in Pennsylvania found that well more than half of nonprofits ... hard as tight budgets limit what they can offer in salaries and benefits. Staff in traditionally emotionally ...

Pew Awards $4M to Support Housing, Legal Services for Older Philadelphians

Pew
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... Pew Charitable Trusts announced today $4 million in awards to three Philadelphia-area nonprofit organizations ... director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia. “With these grants, Pew is supporting ... they face.” According to 2022 U.S. Census Bureau data, 1 in 5 Philadelphians are 60 and older—an almost 25% increase ...

NBME Supports Medical Students with New Scholarship Program

Thursday, November 2, 2023
Ten Inaugural Recipients Selected in Partnership with National Medical Fellowships ... Contributions programs with an expanded focus on learners in order to continue the goal of creating a more diverse, ... needs of educators and learners globally with assessment products and expert services such as Subject Examinations , ...
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Race influences professional investors’ financial judgments

Published: 
05/2019
... asset allocators to determine whether there are biases in their evaluations of funds led by people of color, and, if ... of a 1-page summary of the fund’s performance his- tory, in which we manipulated the race of the managing partner ... tors did not express a high likelihood of investing in these teams. These results suggest first that ...
07Mar2019

Legal Matters for Corporate and Private Foundations

Thursday, March 7, 2019
9:00am - 4:00pm
Cigna Foundation
... session to emphasize the issues most frequently addressed in their interactions with private foundations and corporate ... to ensure there will be time for questions and an in-depth discussion of the answers. This workshop is open to ... Greater Philadelphia members. If you are interested in attending this event, please email ...

Strengthening the Field of Philanthropic Evaluation: A Call to Action

Thursday, June 28, 2018
... goal was to test the salience of the topic and interest in building an affinity network of leaders. In 12 short months, our informal network has increased to ... firms operate as intermediaries, providing services and products to strengthen foundations and the social sector. ...
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How Mission-Aligned Investments Helped the Patricia Kind Family Foundation Expand Its Reach

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... Family Foundation  (PKFF) has worked to alleviate poverty in the Greater Philadelphia area. Although PKFF’s ... Laura Kind McKenna wanted to do even more. Starting in 2000, she worked with the rest of the board to move the ... example, the Foundation made a private equity investment in  ULTRA Testing , a QA software testing firm that employs ...
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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 economic mobility in Philadelphia By Alfred Lubrano |   @AlfredLubrano  |  ... Stove Top stuffing, as well as produce and some dairy products, for low-income people who can get food there two ...

Where Does Your Cash Sleep at Night?

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... places of worship, or community members who are in need. On average, like most private foundations, Exponent ... each year. But what about the other 95% that are invested in return-generating financial instruments? Where does that ... to Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (CDARS) products, a program that enables City First to offer FDIC ...

Chesco Women’s Commission & Fund for Women and Girls releases findings of survey on sexual harassment in the workplace

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG), reveal that one in four people (26 percent) in Chester County have witnessed or experienced sexual harassment in their current workplace. The survey results also note that ...

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