Erin Kane is a freelance writer living in the Philadelphia suburbs.
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Mar. 13, 2015 12:34 pm
Have an Idea to Fight Poverty? Submit it to the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal
In a broad new contest, the Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal is seeking ideas to alleviate poverty in the Philadelphia region. Open to individuals, organizations and businesses, the Journal is accepting online applications until March 27, 2015. While applicants need no prior experience or specific background, all submissions should demonstrate: An approach to addressing poverty that can […]
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Mar. 12, 2015 11:36 am
People’s Emergency Center Opens New Affordable Housing Complex in West Powelton
Reclaiming a once-vacant lot, People’s Emergency Center (PEC) has opened a new affordable housing complex, Bigham Leatherberry Wise Place, in West Powelton. PEC is a human services and community development organization focused on the West Philadelphia neighborhoods of Mantua, Mill Creek, Belmont, Saunders Park and Powelton Village. The $2.6 million project, named for two engaged local […]
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Mar. 5, 2015 12:01 pm
Get on the Map, Grantmakers: The Foundation Center Makes Grantmaking Data More Accessible
A new campaign initiated by the Foundation Center, an organization that provides comprehensive resources about philanthropy, is seeking to create richer, more accessible data about national grantmaking. Launched in the fall, the campaign, called “Get on the Map,” is a partnership between the Foundation Center and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, 34 philanthropic […]
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Mar. 2, 2015 12:59 pm
New to Brewerytown: The Monkey & the Elephant Opens Its Doors, Trains Former Foster Youth
A few weeks prior to the soft opening of The Monkey & The Elephant, a socially conscious cafe that employs and trains former foster youth, Lisa Miccolis, the cafe’s founder, was making to-do lists that stretched across the shop’s lengthy new coffee bar. After two years as a pop-up, first at Taffets, in the Italian Market, […]
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Feb. 23, 2015 12:32 pm
Leeway Foundation Looking to Fund Women and Trans Artists to Prompt Social Change
The Philadelphia-based Leeway Foundation, a grantmaking organization that supports women and trans artists using art to create social change, is seeking applicants for its upcoming art and change grant. The project-based grants of up to $2,500 are available to artists of all mediums, traditional and nontraditional, who reside in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery or […]
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Feb. 18, 2015 11:36 am
$25,000 to Be Granted by Scattergood Foundation and The Kennedy Forum for Innovations in Behavioral Health
The Scattergood Foundation, a grantmaking organization that works toward advances in the behavioral health field, is partnering with The Kennedy Forum for its 2015 Innovation Award, a $25,000 cash prize designed to improve behavioral health policy and practice. For-profit and nonprofit organizations from across the nation are eligible to apply, and the top five finalists […]
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Feb. 17, 2015 12:14 pm
The Merchants Fund Annually Funds $500,000 to Support Small Businesses
Local businesses like Wash Cycle Laundry, Greenstreet Coffee Roasters and Ants Pants Cafe have received support from The Merchants Fund, a grantmaking organization that provides grants and loans to Philadelphia-based businesses. The Merchants Fund, according to Patricia Blakely, who manages the fund, “offers small grants for small businesses in the City of Philadelphia to help you […]
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Feb. 16, 2015 1:02 pm
YOUTHadelphia to Fund $50,000 in Peer-Driven Areas of Need
The Philadelphia Foundation‘s YOUTHadelphia committee, comprised of 22 diverse, high school-aged philanthropists, is hosting an open house for its spring grantmaking on Thursday, February 26. Organizations that serve Philadelphia youth in YOUTHadelphia’s current priority areas — college prep, LGBT support, young women’s empowerment, and sexual health — are encouraged to participate. Attendees will also be the […]
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Feb. 12, 2015 12:04 pm
JOIN Spurs Workforce Development With $200,000 in Planning Grants
, a public-private partnership invested in workforce development, has awarded four $50,000 planning grants to Philadelphia-based organizations through its WIN WIN Challenge. The winning grantees are Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), South Kensington Community Partners (SKCP), Community College of Philadelphia, and University City District. Each grantee will pursue their respective workforce partnership ideas for a one-year period. […]
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Feb. 6, 2015 11:35 am
Ahead of Deadline, Bread & Roses Community Fund Hosts Info Session for 2 Major Funds
Next Tuesday, the Bread and Roses Community Fund, a grantmaking organization that supports grassroots organizing, will host an information session for potential grantees that explains the guidelines for two of its major funding programs, the Racial & Economic Justice Fund and the Future Fund. The Racial & Economic Justice Fund, for more established nonprofits, supports […]