people
Jan. 21, 2015 2:34 pm
Counting the Kids: How Philly is Measuring Youth Homelessness
Recent efforts to count homeless youth leads to formation of coalition between homeless service providers and youth organizations
people
Dec. 3, 2014 1:51 pm
GlaxoSmithKline Announces Nonprofit Winners of 2014 Impact Awards
The Pharmaceutical company donated $40k to nine local nonprofits focused on community health.
people
Dec. 3, 2014 11:30 am
Spruce Foundation Opens up 2015 Grant Making
The millennial-led funder will award $20,000 to four youth-serving nonprofits next spring.
people
Nov. 13, 2014 12:36 pm
East Mount Airy Neighbors to Make Inaugural Grants Between $2,000 and 50,000
With approximately $1 million, the longtime community group will make grants to organizations serving Northwest Philadelphia
people
Nov. 11, 2014 12:57 pm
Town Talk Philadelphia Holds Discussion on Problems Facing LGBTQ Community
Last Friday, a cross-section of Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community gathered in the SEI Innovation Center in the basement of the Kimmel Center to have an intimate discussion about the problems they face as LGBTQ students, professionals and members of the community. They also talked about the possible to solutions to these problems and the collaborations that […]
people
Nov. 5, 2014 1:38 pm
Bill Expanding Assistance for Homeless Infants and Toddlers Signed by Corbett
Pennsylvania’s Early Intervention Services provide assistance for disadvantaged infants and toddlers in effort to avoid developmental delays that often affect children who have experienced early trauma or are disabled. But prior to a bill passed last month, children needed to fit into one of five categories to qualify: they had to weigh less than 1500 […]
funding
Oct. 27, 2014 12:09 pm
Biz Journal: Today’s philanthropists are younger, more ethnically diverse
This article originally appeared in the Philadelphia Business Journal here. The face of philanthropy in the Philadelphia region is a far cry from the antiquated belief that charities are supported by wealthy, older Caucasian males. Donors today tend to be younger and more diverse, according to a study released by the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Greater […]
funding
Oct. 6, 2014 10:27 am
YOUTHadelphia to Host Open House and Release Fall Application for Up to 50k in Grants
Attention, youth-serving nonprofits focused on mental health and LGBT: The Philadelphia Foundation’s youth-in-philanthropy committee, YOUTHadelphia, is hosting a grantmaking open house on Thursday, October 9 at 5 p.m. Organizations that serve youth in these priority areas, determined by the YOUTHadelphia committee, are encouraged to participate in the open house and will receive a hard copy […]
funding
Sep. 24, 2014 11:44 am
Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leadership Fellowship Seeking Project Applications
The Stoneleigh Foundation’s Emerging Leader Fellowship places recent college graduates interested in social policy and public service with nonprofits for a one-year period so they can gain leadership experience while implementing innovative solutions to social problems. The multi-stage application process is about to begin with the approach of the first deadline, October 9, for project […]
funding
Sep. 23, 2014 12:02 pm
12+ Helps Neighborhood School Students Attend Post-Secondary Education
Over 70 percent of the 2013 graduates from Kensington Health Sciences Academy (KHSA) have gone on to a post-secondary education thanks to help from 12+, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia that prepares students for secondary education. KHSA’s post-secondary enrollment rate was at 11 percent before the start of 12+’s programming. 12+ works with schools in underserved […]
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