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The Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KRWU) is a progressive social justice, political action, and advocacy group of, by, and for the poor and homeless operating out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] The group was founded by six women, Alexis Baptist, Sandy Brennan, Diane Coyett, Cheri Honkala , Louis Mayberry, and Debra Witzman, and formed in ...
The Doe Fund was founded in 1985 by George T. McDonald [1] during a sharp rise in homelessness in New York City. [2] McDonald, an executive in the private sector at that time, began by distributing food to homeless people on the floor of Grand Central Terminal for 700 consecutive nights. [1]
LISC made its first loans and grants to 27 community organizations in December 1980. The initial grantees were a diverse group, including housing developers in New York City, child-care facilities in California and economic development organizations in rural Appalachia. [10] By 1985, LISC had raised $100 million and was active in 20 cities.
The Association was one of the most active and innovative charity organizations in New York, pioneering many private-public partnerships in education, healthcare and social services. [2] It merged in 1939 with the Charity Organization Society to form the Community Service Society of New York, which continues to operate in New York City.
With the issue still unresolved in December 1992, the U.S. Justice Department sued the City of Philadelphia, on behalf of Project HOME, for violation of Fair Housing laws, which required the City to provide reasonable modifications in the building permits for the people with mental and physical disabilities who would live at 1515 Fairmount. [6]
Section 8 tenants, not unlike the girl no one wants to ask to the dance, are enjoying a sudden surge in popularity. They were unwanted when the market sizzled because the rent on their units is ...
The organization, whose original full name was Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, was formed with the cooperation of "36 national and grass-roots Jewish organizations," [4] including the American Jewish Congress and the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. Although founded to help the Jewish poor, today ...
Pages in category "Non-profit organizations based in Philadelphia" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .