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Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
... Howard  on  Unsplash By Diane Cornman-Levy Thousands of businesses across the United States have shut down their operations in response to COVID-19. Many of these businesses that have been deemed ‘not essential’ ... and Racial Wealth Gap. According to Asset Funders Network , women make up 47% of the U.S. Workforce, yet the ...

United Way of PA Reminds Faith-Based and Nonprofit Organizations that Grants are Available to Help Vaccinate Children, in addition to 1st, 2nd Doses and Boosters

Thursday, November 4, 2021
Lemoyne, PA – The United Way of Pennsylvania is administering a grant program to help ... PA) is a partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Health reduce vaccine hesitancy and ensuring an equitable ... vaccine distribution throughout the commonwealth. A total of $4.63 million is available, including $630,000 for faith- ...

Putting Values into Action: Building Mission & Impact-Aligned Operations

Putting Your Foundation's Values into Action
Monday, March 17, 2025
... harmful and extractive. We have implemented many tenets of trust-based philanthropy to redistribute power to the ... philanthropy model. We recognize how the existence of historic wealth extraction and systemic racism has played ... Grant Program. In collaboration with the PA CDFI Network, our team distributed grants to small business owners ...
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Mayor Kenney Signs Executive Order Establishing Philly Counts 2020

City of Philadelphia
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
... release : January 29, 2019 | Published by :  Office of the Mayor | Contact : Sarah Reyes  sarah.reyes@phila.gov ... the Philly Counts 2020 office and the formation of the Complete Count Committee. Joined by Deputy Managing ...  and a Census Bureau representative will be in touch. A copy of Executive Order No. 1-19 is available upon request. ...
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Census 2020

Enthusiastic Crowd Gathers at CCFWG Summit to Raise Awareness of Workplace Sexual Harassment

Chesco Knows Summit
Monday, October 21, 2019
... Summit at Penn State Great Valley. An enthusiastic crowd of more than 150 community leaders and employees who work in ... assault awareness movement on a local level. The purpose of the summit was to present survey results in more detail ... workplaces. The first 100 attendees were welcomed with a copy of   The Drama-Free Workplace: How You Can Prevent ...

City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... community-based organizations, addressing quality of life needs in Kensington, Harrowgate, and Fairhill PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia today announced the launch of the 2023 grant ... application will be available in Spanish. A printable copy of the March 2023 Request for Proposals can be ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... the HealthSpark Foundation and the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund to award $2.3 million to 47 ... individuals from the tri-state area submitted a wide range of media making proposals to the Community Voices Fund. Of those who applied, the funding partners prioritized voices ...
04Feb2022

Delaware County Funders Community of Practice

Friday, February 4, 2022
2:00pm - 3:30pm
VIDEO CONFERENCE
... Melissa C. Lyon, CPH, the newly appointed health director of the first health department in Delaware County’s ... background in government and public health. The launch of the Department represents a monumental change for the ... weekly newsletter that will include health department news Delaware County Health Department website (new one ...
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New Lenfest initiative aims to connect more North Philadelphians to employment

Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
... Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News “Let’s get some people employed,” said Wes Somerville, director of the Lenfest Foundation . That was the message given during ...
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
News release PHILADELPHIA, February 4, 2025 – The ... Foundation (IPMF) welcomes seven new members to its board of directors. The new board members bring a wide range of skills and expertise including media-making, strategic ...
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Leadership, Culture and Community
26Apr2021

Decoding Philly’s Digital Divide - A Funder’s Blueprint

Monday, April 26, 2021
11:00am - 12:15pm
Video Conference
... access to computers at home. We will explore the impact of our region’s changing relationship with technology from ... implementation of the KEYSPOT program, a citywide network of 77 community technology centers, he established ... presentations, government agency filings, podcasts, and news outlets like Axios or The Washington Post, Francella ...
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Issue Briefing
28Sep2021

Regional Roundtable: Community Violence - LGBTQIA+

Tuesday, September 28, 2021
9:00am - 10:15am
Philanthropy Network's Regional Roundtable series will provide funders ... will feature guest speakers addressing the growing crisis of violence towards the LGBTQIA+ community in Philadelphia, ... Link, The Harvard AIDS Review, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Kensington Voice and ...
15Apr2019

Corporate Roundtable Meeting, featuring Natalye Paquin, ESQ, President & CEO of Points of Light

Monday, April 15, 2019
4:00pm - 6:30pm
Comcast Center
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia , Philadelphia Foundation , and ... conversation with Natalye Paquin, ESQ , President & CEO of Points of Light , as we explore how to create a society where it is ...
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Volunteerism
15May2020

COVID-19 and the Impact on 2020 Census Outreach: Shifting tactics to get out the count

Friday, May 15, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
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Webinar
... Census outreach. Learn what these shifts mean in terms of immediate needs for census organizations’ programs, ... Annie E. Casey Foundation Elena Langworthy, Senior Manager of Policy, State Voices Rachel Mayes, Executive Director, ... (FCCP)...

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