people
Aug. 25, 2016 11:33 am
Inside Nikki López’s life on the ‘borderlands’ of identity
The DJ, poet and organizer will lead GALAEI, a multiservice nonprofit serving the city's queer Latinx community, as its executive director starting in September.
purpose
Mar. 18, 2016 11:15 am
On the Market: Want to be the new executive director of GALAEI?
Also, Resources for Human Development is looking for a resource coordinator, and Need in Deed needs an associate director.
method
May 13, 2015 2:39 pm
How Inkster Uses Business to Fund Nonprofits — With T-Shirts
Douglas Wong and Jonathan Dubrowski created Inkster Inc. as a platform for artists to build their brand and earn money through selling shirts. On its website, artists can upload their t-shirt designs free of charge, and in return, receive $5 for each t-shirts sold. Inkster Cares is based around the same model as Inkster Inc., […]
purpose
May 5, 2015 11:34 am
Back to the Barrio: LGBT Organization Returns to Kensington
Framed by a tree-lined corner of Norris Square Park in West Kensington, a 20th-century brownstone has quietly become the new home of GALAEI, the social justice organization for queer Latinos. Just days after the organization’s departure from a Center City office building, GALAEI’s new three-story home, complete with architectural flourishes and original hardware, was cluttered […]
method
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 […]
method
Dec. 22, 2014 1:25 pm
Philly Teens Award $50,000 to Youth-Focused Nonprofits
At their grantmaking ceremony last week, thirteen members of the YOUTHadelphia board, the teenage advisory committee of The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children, awarded $50,000 to youth-serving nonprofits. Priority areas were determined by the teens, and each grantee received $10,000. GALAEI received a grant for LGBTQ support. Communities in Schools Philadelphia, Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia […]
funding
Oct. 22, 2014 11:46 am
Spruce Foundation, a Partner of It Gets Better Philly, Hosts Fundraising Event to Support LGBTQ Grantees
The millennial-led Spruce Foundation, a partner of the It Gets Better Philly Project, will host a variety show to raise funds for its future LGBTQ grantees on November 6, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., at Tabu. The event will feature sketch comedy, spoken word and burlesque, and the theme, “When I Was Young,” is […]