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Philadelphia business leaders invest $600K in nonprofits working to reduce poverty
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A group of Philadelphia-area business leaders will invest $600,000 to support local minority-led nonprofits focused on reducing poverty.
The fundraising push was driven by the Philadelphia chapter of Social Venture Partners (SVP), an international network that brings together business leaders, philanthropists, foundations and corporate partners to deliver funding to nonprofits. The organization selected the Center for Black Educator Development, the Women’s Community Revitalization Project and Resilient Coders as the grantees for its first funding round.
Evans Requests $23.7 Million for 15 Philly Community Projects, Including $9.4 Million for Affordable Housing
Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) has requested a total of more than $23.7 million in federal Community Project Funding for 15 Philadelphia projects. The biggest category is housing, with $9,400,149 of Evans' requests designated for seven housing initiatives in the city.
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$2,000,000 for Abigail Pankey Apartments; intended recipient is Women's Community Revitalization Project, Philadelphia, 19122. By providing truly affordable housing, Abigail Pankey Apartments provides an equitable housing solution to a changing neighborhood.
Council pushes to make funding the Housing Trust Fund mandatory, despite Kenney opposition
Nora Lichtash, executive director of Women’s Community Revitalization Project, a developer for affordable housing, said this legislation is crucial because the administration hasn’t kept its word. She says that when there is funding, it’s because housing advocates like herself are loud.
Philadelphia business leaders invest $600K in nonprofits working to reduce poverty
A group of Philadelphia-area business leaders will invest $600,000 to support local minority-led nonprofits focused on reducing poverty.
The fundraising push was driven by the Philadelphia chapter of Social Venture Partners (SVP), an international network that brings together business leaders, philanthropists, foundations and corporate partners to deliver funding to nonprofits. The organization selected the Center for Black Educator Development, the Women’s Community Revitalization Project and Resilient Coders as the grantees for its first funding round.
WCRP leaders talk gender wealth gap & affordable housing in Women's Way Forum
Leaders in the affordable housing industry, including Women's Community Revitalization Project's board chair and executive director, spoke about the various paths agencies, municipalities and activists can take to address the dearth of affordable housing. "What does it cost our city if we don't create affordable housing, us as taxpayers?" asked Nora Lichtash, WCRP executive director, during the Closing the Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Increasing Access to Affordable Housing hosted by Women's Way.
Upcoming Women's Way Event Features WCRP Leaders
Statistics continue to reveal that the current COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected many areas that impact the financial security of women, including the affordable housing shortage, a crisis that was present long before the pandemic.
To learn more about the affordable housing crisis, join WOMEN’S WAY for "Closing The Gender Wealth Gap Forum: Increasing Access to Affordable Housing," a powerful panel discussion addressing the affordable housing shortage and its direct impact on women and their families. This is an online event on April 28, 2021 from 4-5:30 PM EST.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Anne Fadullon, Director of Planning & Development, City of Philadelphia and will feature industry leaders coming together to address these key issues from policy, practitioner and lived experience perspectives.
Panelists include Maria Gonzales, President, Hispanic Association Contractors Enterprises; Nora Lichtash, Executive Director, Women’s Community Revitalization Project; Rasheeda Phillips,
Managing Attorney of Housing Policy, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia; and Staci Moore,
Board Chair, Women’s Community Revitalization Project.
6ABC: Local organization gains city council support for new legislation to control vacant public land
[PCAC member Nora] Lichtash says that almost one out of every three African-American households have been displaced out of their neighborhoods due to gentrification in North, South, and West Philadelphia, according to U.S Census data. "Housing prices are going up, food prices are going up, and that was before COVID. So since the pandemic, it's even worse," added Lichtash.