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16Nov2022

Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Why the Student Loan Crisis is a Gender Justice Issue

Wednesday, November 16, 2022
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Where: 
Virtual
... U.S. has spelled serious trouble for the economic lives of many women. With 2/3 of all outstanding student loan debt , women have been hard ... and invest in future wealth-building opportunities. On top of that, at the intersections of both...

Pew Awards $3.25M to Philadelphia Nonprofits to Support Students and Address Food Insecurity

Heights Philadelphia | Photo Credit Paola Nogueras
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... will grow to serve 5,000 students; launch an evaluation of the program model; identify new or expanded revenue ... Heights Philadelphia was formed in 2022 after the merger of Steppingstone Scholars and Philadelphia Futures, two ... Sharing Excess  was awarded a Pew Fund  venture grant  of $250,000 over two years to address food insecurity in the ...

WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant to Advance the Financial Health of Women in the Philadelphia Region

WOMEN'S WAY Gender Wealth Institute
Thursday, April 13, 2023
... on The Move to positively impact the economic security of women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals. ... JPMorgan Chase to build the wealth and financial health of women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals in the ... region. The initiative brings together the expertise of WOMEN’S WAY, Philadelphia’s leading nonprofit agency ...

The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia announces Kathryn Epps Roberson as the next President and Chief Executive Officer

Kathryn Epps Roberson
Thursday, June 15, 2023
... Kathryn Epps Roberson will serve as President and CEO of The Fund, filling the role previously held by Donna Frisby-Greenwood who served as President and CEO of The Fund since 2015. Roberson has dedicated her career to maximizing resources for the betterment of the city of Philadelphia and all Philadelphians, and ...
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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
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia announced today that it has been selected to receive $1,000,000 as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge , a ... Germantown: The Streets Are Talking—led by the City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative ...
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Anti-ViolenceArts & Culture

Bipartisan Policy Center and United Philanthropy Forum Create Partnership to Tackle Critical Policy Issues

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
... will focus on raising public and policymaker awareness of the urgency to improve maternal health outcomes, safeguard ... and strengthen and modernize the Farm Bill for the benefit of all Americans. This partnership brings together two ... Leverage their joint networks to build a strong coalition of stakeholders around these issues, and   Achieve progress ...
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National Philanthropy News
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Public Policy
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Public Policy and Civic Engagement

Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $500,000 Grant to Elevate 215 in Support of Philadelphia Education

Friday, December 22, 2023
... Philadelphia education will provide support for a number of Elevate 215’s core initiatives, which aim to improve ... in our city is possible if we work together in pursuit of this collective goal,” said Dr. Stacy E. Holland, Executive Director of Elevate 215. “Our partnership with Comcast was made ...
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EducationRacial Equity
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Equity and Social Justice

Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets

Lenfest Institute logo
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
...  (By  ANNE EIGEMAN )   During a time when news outlets of all sizes are experiencing unprecedented financial ... opened its doors last year , has been steadily making news of its own.  NPQ  has  covered  some highlights of the Institute’s work, including  a $40 million matching ...
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Atlanta-based First Step Staffing Expands into Philadelphia

Wednesday, January 10, 2018
... sustainable income for individuals transitioning out of homelessness, including veterans, re-entering citizens, ... significant barriers to employment. In the first 12 months of operation in Philadelphia, First Step expects to employ ... Step Founderand Chairman.

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

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
WEST CHESTER, PA_ Results of the #ChescoKnows Workplace Sexual Harassment survey, ... The survey results also note that nearly two-thirds of people, or 62 percent, reported to have witnessed or ... in both English and Spanish. The results captured a range of experiences and insights from current Chester County ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants

Thursday, March 26, 2020
... Philadelphia Cultural Fund has announced the recipients of its 2020 Art & Culture Grants. The grants total $2,928,500 ... Cultural Fund supports the largest and broadest community of arts and cultural organizations in Philadelphia. The ... are forced to cancel their  programming because of the Coronavirus threat. This is especially true for small ...
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PHL COVID-19 Fund Provides Rapid Response to Community: $7.3M Distributed to Nearly 200 Nonprofits in Three Weeks

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, April 23, 2020
... – The PHL COVID-19 Fund today announced its third round of grants, totaling more than $2.5 million to 72 non-profit organizations serving on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. The Fund, launched on March 19 and led by the Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, has secured ...
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Disaster ReliefHuman Services
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COVID-19

Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... funds to support the community. Within weeks, tens of millions of philanthropic dollars were distributed for emergency ... COVID-19 relief in this region. The rapid infusion of funding was critical, but also raised basic questions ...
18Jun2020

32nd Annual Members' Meeting: Envisioning a Trust-Based Future for Philanthropy

Thursday, June 18, 2020
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Virtual Convening
... for Philanthropy Philanthropy is experiencing a moment of cultural reckoning, with more and more foundations coming ... Philanthropy offers clear next step, with a set of principles that rethink traditional funder-grantee ... relationships and acknowledge the expertise and leadership of nonprofit partners. But how do we actually take steps to ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Comcast Launch Nonprofit Finance Accelerator to Strengthen Nonprofit Community

Nonprofit Finance Accelerator
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Press release via United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey ...   PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 17, 2021) —  United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) and ... with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) announced the launch of a virtual Nonprofit Finance Accelerator for regional ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation announces new funding to support recovery and sobriety for college students

IBX Foundation
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
... are currently designing programs to address the needs of their student population: Saint Joseph’s ... Temple University plans to create new components of a Collegiate Recovery Model to address some unique ... crisis through grant funding, the promotion and expansion of safe medication disposal, the Someone You ...

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