Reinvestment Fund and Health Department Announce $500,000 in Funding for Food Justice
Over $550,000 in Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative (PFJI) grants were awarded to nine local Philadelphia organizations to create a more just food system.
Over $550,000 in Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative (PFJI) grants were awarded to nine local Philadelphia organizations to create a more just food system.
With funds generated by the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend, Philadelphia City Fund (PCF) announced thirteen 2023 Community Fund Grantees whose work is focused on improving health equity—this year’s theme—for all Philadelphians.
A new report from the Urban Affairs Coalition reveals that Black-led nonprofits continue to struggle connecting with regional funders despite “racial reckoning.”
Since its launch in 2019, the initiative has awarded $1.25 million in grants to advance community-driven solutions to historic food injustice.
An additional $1.5 million in support for the fund also was announced, including contributions from William Penn Foundation ($1million), Wells Fargo ( $250,000), TD Bank ($100,000) and Philadelphia Health Partnership, Santander Bank and the Samuel S. Fels Fund ( $50,000 each).
With a lead gift from Facebook’s $20 Million “Supporting Black Communities” National Initiative, the new fund will fortify Black-led nonprofit organizations serving Black communities in Greater Philadelphia.
The initiative has awarded over $620,000 in grants in the last two years to advance community-driven solutions to historic food injustice.
As tens of millions of philanthropic dollars were being distributed for emergency COVID-19 response in this region, the William Penn and Lenfest Foundations funded Philanthropy Network and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy to gather and examine data about the relief grantmaking.
With $3.5 million in support from over 25 families, corporate, and philanthropic investors and supporters, the GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III will scale solutions to systemic challenges identified by communities that are experiencing poverty.