2025 Fundraising Boot Camp
Join us for a brief information session to introduce our 2025 Fundraising Boot Camp!
This program is designed to help Philly's nonprofits use data & technology to raise more money in less time.
Key topics include AI for time-saving, simple and compelling impact measurement, human-centered + data-backed storytelling, and effective board management.
We’re hosting two identical info-sessions (12/16 and 1/8) to outline what participants will learn, the boot camp schedule, and answer your questions.
Monday Dec 16, 2024 ⋅ 11am – 11:30am (Eastern Time - New York)
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88967954662?pwd=rLZu6Vyfbrxo5pmGD4BvI9qQZ3viNp.1
Wednesday Jan 8, 2025 ⋅ 3pm – 3:30pm (Eastern Time - New York)
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88967954662?pwd=rLZu6Vyfbrxo5pmGD4BvI9qQZ3viNp.1
All are welcome! Feel free to share this invite with any nonprofits, foundations, or organizers who might be interested in learning more!
Organizer
Please contact Fahvyon Jimenez with any questions - fahv@jimenezstrategies.com
William Penn Foundation RFPs
We are pleased to share that The William Penn Foundation has nine Requests for Proposals (RFPs) available:
Arts and Culture
- Teaching Artist Training Programs
- Arts and Culture General Operating Support
- Arts Education School Partnership Programs
Children and Families
- Increasing the Number of Certified Teachers in Philadelphia
- Prevent Homelessness for Families with Young Children
- Caregiver Supports and Opportunities for Early Learning
Democracy and Civic Initiatives
Environment and Public Space
Please visit the William Penn Foundation website for more information and application deadlines - https://williampennfoundation.org/funding/funding-opportunities
2025 PKFF Funding Alert
Over the past 2 years the Patricia Kind Family Foundation (PKFF) has been involved in developing a strategic plan which will strengthen the focus of our grantmaking and community networking activities. The information we gathered from over 500 partners and community members will enable the Foundation to fine tune our work in the coming years.
In order for PKFF to extend grantmaking in Philadelphia for the long-term, the Trustees have agreed to pause new direct service grants until 2026. This decision will give us the opportunity to thoughtfully align our grantmaking practices with our budget as we evaluate our spend rate and explore creative funding opportunities. During this time, we will continue with our capacity and collaboration efforts as well as our ongoing grant commitments.
The next online application cycle will open Summer/Fall 2025 for funding in 2026. In addition to continuing our primary focus of direct service general operational support to help communities struggling with the impacts of poverty, we are also supporting capacity and collaboration building. Additionally, we are reaffirming our commitment to prioritize funding smaller Philadelphia organizations supporting historically marginalized communities with operating budgets less than $1 million.
As we go through this process over the next year, we will continue to update the community and schedule conversations to share our progress and get feedback. In the meantime, if you have thoughts you would like to share, please feel free to contact us as we are interested in hearing from members of the community.
Please reach out if you have any questions.
Become a Demographics via Candid partner
Demographics via Candid empowers nonprofits to share vital information about their organizations one time (Data1x) on their Candid profile, where it can be accessed and re-used by all. If you are a nonprofit organization, you can get started right away by updating your free profile. Learn more.
We encourage funders, nonprofit member associations, and philanthropy serving organizations to join us in standardizing demographic data and reducing reporting burdens on nonprofits.
PKFF Capacity Building Grants
The Patricia Kind Family Foundation is pleased to announce that we awarded 33 Organizational Capacity Building grants to BIPOC-led Philadelphia non-profit organizations with budgets under $1 million. We are doubly excited that the William Penn Foundation will match $100,000 towards these grants. The total amount awarded was $282,500. These new one-year grants were part of a pilot program implemented as part of our Strategic Plan which we approved in January 2023.
Patricia Kind Family Foundation Strategic Planning 2023
Throughout the previous year, the Patricia Kind Family Foundation was led by Strategy Arts through a strategic planning process. In January 2023, the board approved a three-year Strategic Plan for the Foundation that emerged from a stakeholder inclusive, in-depth decision-making process. The Patricia Kind Family Foundation looked three years into the future as we considered our vision for the foundation. PKFF’s commitment to direct service grants will remain the emphasis of our grant-making. Additionally, we agreed on four areas to form an expanded vision which included capacity building, coalition building, advocacy, and trustee and staff development. These focus areas are intended to supplement and enrich PKFF’s commitment to direct service grants.
Laura Kind McKenna - Trustee Emeritus
After almost 25 years of leadership in the day-to-day management of The Patricia Kind Family Foundation, Laura Kind McKenna has resigned from being an active board member effective June 3, 2022. She is now serving as Trustee Emeritus.
Laura was our first Managing Trustee, running the Foundation for the first years of its existence from 1998-2016. From 2016 to 2022 she served as Treasurer and Head of our Finance Committee. Laura is well known as a strong, consistent voice urging all foundations to use their endowment assets to support mission along with grants. Under her leadership PKFF became one of the earliest adopters of mission aligned investing, eventually steering PKFF’s endowment to over 95% mission alignment.
Laura and her husband Marc have four grown children and nine grandchildren living all over the country and she's looking forward to having time for more travel. Laura has been trying to "get bored and eat bonbons" for several years, although we all doubt she will.