The RISE Partnership kicked off its fourth round yesterday of the “Readiness” component with 10 new organizations. The Readiness component provides introductory knowledge and skill building for organizations in key concepts, tools, and resources for internal evaluation capacity building and performance management. The fourth cohort of organizations includes: African Cultural Alliance of North America Ethiopian […]
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CEO, Scattergood Seek Proposals from Community-Based Organizations for Tax Credit Outreach
For Immediate Release: October 31, 2022 Contact: Solomon D. Leach, solomon.leach@phila.gov, 267-934-4269 PHILADELPHIA, PA – The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation (Scattergood) announced today that they are seeking proposals from Philadelphia-based community organizations to support the Claim Your Money PHL campaign by conducting grassroots outreach to maximize the number of households claiming the federal Child Tax Credit and […]
The Scattergood Foundation Announces New Grantees for FYE22
The Scattergood Foundation supports organizations and projects that disrupt the current behavioral health system and discourse, creating impact at the individual, organizational, and societal levels. We are pleased to announce our grants made in the final quarter of fiscal year 2022, representing a collective $423,432 investment in our community. CATCH Global Foundation | Philadelphia CATCH […]
Five Organizations Awarded $50,000 Grants to Enhance Behavioral Health Workforce
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, July 8, 2022 (Philadelphia, PA) – The Scattergood Foundation is pleased to announce its second round of grantees in its special grant program, Policy Meets Practice, which aims to align local grantmaking with the Think Bigger Do Good policy series. In its second grant cycle, Policy Meets Practice is supporting organizations whose work aligns with […]
The Scattergood Foundation Announces New Grantees
The Scattergood Foundation supports organizations and projects that disrupt the current behavioral health system and discourse, creating impact at the individual, organizational, and societal levels. We are pleased to announce our grants made in the first quarter of 2022, representing a collective $465,000 investment in our community. Active Minds | Emerging Fellows Program Bread & […]
Fewer police stats, more community engagement sought at Philly gun violence briefings [whyy.org]
When Samantha Matlin was invited to speak at Philadelphia’s biweekly press conference on gun violence prevention in January, she expected questions and challenges about her work with the Scattergood Foundation, which the city enlisted to measure the progress of its anti-violence grant recipients. Instead, the meeting quickly pivoted to a lengthy review of police reports, with priority […]
Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness invests $400,000 to promote culturally-centered strategies to improve mental health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 21st, 2022 (Philadelphia, PA) – The Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness is pleased to announce that it will invest $400,000 in 12 organizations that promote mental health and emotional wellbeing among immigrant communities in Greater Philadelphia. These organizations represent the third cohort of Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness grantees. Since its […]
A review aims to find out if anti-violence money is doing its job in Philadelphia [whyy.org]
The RISE Partnership will provide capacity building and technical assistance services to the City of Philadelphia in direct service to Community Expansion Grant (CEG) grantees and in coordination with Equal Measure. The RISE Partnership will establish a technical assistance and capacity building program that directly strengthens the City’s 31 CEG grantees’ evaluation, data collection, and reporting; financial; and programmatic infrastructure and positions the organizations to […]
CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit
For immediate release: January 18, 2022 Published by: Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity Contact: Solomon D. Leach solomon.leach@phila.gov (267) 934-4269 Families can claim the remainder of the credit by filing taxes with the IRS beginning January 24 PHILADELPHIA – The Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation (Scattergood) […]
Youth mental health is a crisis. We need radical prevention. [generocity.org]
In our Generocity column from December 23 “Youth mental health is a crisis. We need radical prevention.” we provided commentary on the Protecting Youth Mental Health Report from The U.S. Surgeon General and outlined targeted recommendations across different populations and settings to address the children’s mental health crisis we are facing. Read the full article […]