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How Mission-Aligned Investments Helped the Patricia Kind Family Foundation Expand Its Reach

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
... with or above market-rate financial returns. Through this work, PKFF has been able to directly impact the communities it supports. For example, the Foundation made a private equity investment ... amount of good a foundation can do with its endowment. And for her, this was a problem. “Why should foundations, which ...
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The Philadelphia Cultural Fund distributes $2.67 million to a diverse mix of arts & culture organizations

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
... Art & Culture Grants from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund for 2018. The funds will help support 325 local arts groups ... the talent that is being recognized today and rewarded for their dedication and contributions. Support of the arts ... Fund’s Executive Director, Barbara J. Silzle.

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces Over $10.2 Million in Pandemic Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Organizations and Fellowships for Artists

Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Thursday, September 9, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 9, 2021)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced 42 grants today ... In a pivot from the Center’s usual project grants for individual public programs and events, this year’s ... organizations have not only persevered in delivering their work to the public but are emerging from this period with new ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $2.68M to 339 Arts Organizations Across the City

Friday, March 29, 2019
... on so that our most creative residents can do their best work,” said Philadelphia Cultural Fund executive director ... Fund also will present the Councilman David Cohen Award for 2019 to PHILADANCO!, The Philadelphia Dance Company. The ... my city to the world, but I’m so humbled to accept for this hometown award,” said Founder/Executive Artistic ...
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DAY 2 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS

... of the 20th century, Bambara used art in the struggle for self- determining African-American communities and for women’s equality. The film is structured as a primer on ... Bring a challenge or change you’re facing, and we’ll work together to flip it to something you do want and help ...
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10/07/2021
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Comcast RISE Awards 100 Small Businesses in Philadelphia With $10,000 grants

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... and funding that are critical to success. Click here for a list of Philadelphia businesses have been selected to ... fields by using an integrative hands-on learning approach for early learners,” said Renee Harris, Stem Prep Academy. ... and emails, as well as shooting, editing and production work.

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term ... and cultural producers convened to review applications and work samples in this two-stage process. The 2023 panel ...

Strengthening the Field of Philanthropic Evaluation: A Call to Action

Thursday, June 28, 2018
Blog originally posted for GEO Perspectives By Meg Long and Clare Nolan One year ... small/mid-sized evaluation firms to consider ways we could work together differently to deepen the impact of evaluation ... firms operate as intermediaries, providing services and products to strengthen foundations and the social sector. ...
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Chesco Women’s Commission & Fund for Women and Girls releases findings of survey on sexual harassment in the workplace

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... County Women’s Commission (CCWC) and Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG), reveal that one in four people ... action to create workplaces that are safe and productive for everyone.” Additional results from the #ChescoKnows ... 29 percent of workers either do not have a process at work, or are not aware of any process to report concerning ...

Philly parents, don't leave the city when your kids reach school age | Opinion

Friday, March 23, 2018
Via Philly.com by  Elliot Weinbaum , For the Inquirer When the kids reach school age, it’s time ... vibrant new spaces are enhancing the learning experiences for children. Other organizations are also helping to make ... are engaged in exciting and effective lessons every day. For example, Temple University is helping 250 teachers pursue ...
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Union Benevolent Assoication announces change to funding priorities

Union Benevolent Association
Friday, August 17, 2018
New funding priorities for Union Benevolent Association target organizations helping ... post office boxes for those who lack an address; Hygiene products and other toiletries. According to Lundby, the ... the board acknowledges and respects the incredible work being done by the organizations we have funded in the ...

Wells Fargo Appoints New Wells Fargo Regional Foundation Executive Director

Aisha Miller
Monday, January 14, 2019
... neighborhood revitalization.  Recognized nationally for its unique approach to community development, the ... the depth and impact of the Foundation and CDC’s work from afar and only hope to continue to build on its ... Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial ...
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Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Helping Coatesville Residents in Time of Need

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
... to the new fund, the Foundation committed to match, dollar for dollar each contribution, withholding nothing additional ... Youth & Women’s Alliance, Inc. |  Residential Products for Health & Human Safety:    Supporting the ... Foundation will continue to be flexible in its daily work to improve the lives of the region’s most ...
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Opinion: Philadelphia’s recovery from COVID-19 must put housing first

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
... curve in Philadelphia by raising an estimated $30 million for shuttered small businesses, arts and human services ... many of us could never have imagined. The time has come for similar efforts to support housing assistance for ... or your children, secure employment, or be productive at work. The pandemic has left low-and-moderate income tenants ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Announces $200K in Youth Arts Impact Grants

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
... are providing meaningful cultural and arts experiences for Philadelphia’s youth.   In response to COVID-19 and ... facing due to the pandemic and to acknowledge their vital work to serve the city’s youth. The grantee organizations ... Philadelphia emerges from COVID-19, the arts must be there for us and for our children.

The Cigna Group Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to Eluna to Help Address Youth Mental Health Crisis

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
... of The Cigna Group, to help expand its grief programming for affected youth. Funding supports one of Eluna’s ... privileged to partner with Eluna to enable their important work to improve the mental health of youth in the communities ... solutions for better health. The Cigna Group includes products and services marketed under Cigna Healthcare, ...

City Launches “Kensington Community Resilience Fund”

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
... that grants will be evaluated by Kensington residents--for who knows better about the needs of this great but ... of all sizes the ability to think creatively about their work and to work sustainably over the one-year grant period, ... been forced to shoulder the burden of the opioid crisis for far too long with far too few resources. The KCR Fund is ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Awards $15,600 to Create Change

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
West Chester, PA (July 26, 2023) – The Fund for Women and Girls recently awarded $15,600 in grants to two ... dispensers across campus that will provide free period products to students, staff, and visitors as needed. This ... to ensure that those who transitioning will have access to products. Dispensers will also be installed in two bathrooms ...
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