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Quaker Fund for Indigenous Communities Annual Report – October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025

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Members of the Granting Group: Tom Armstrong (Clerk), Cherie Cark (Recording Clerk), Terry Cooke, Carol Ann Gray, Tom Grabe, Winnie Hope, Miriam Fisher Schaefer, Lois Kuter, Shay O’Connor, Fran O’Neill.

Also attending: Edie Paige(community member), Joey Leroux (PYM Director of Grantmaking) and David Park (PYM Chief Financial Officer)

Grants Awarded

The Granting Group awarded $760 in travel assistance for a young adult to attend the National Congress of American Indians Youth Commission’s 2024 Native Youth Convention October 27 to November 1 in Las Vegas, Nevada. [Read more…] about Quaker Fund for Indigenous Communities Annual Report – October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025

Quaker Fund for Indigenous Communities Grants $2,000 to Indigenous Peoples Day Philly Inc.

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The Quaker Fund for Indigenous Communities (QFIC) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting supports Native American/Indigenous-led initiatives that strengthen communities and continue cultural heritage. This year, QFIC granted $2,000 to Indigenous Peoples Day Philly Inc., which has organized an annual cultural festival and awareness campaign for Indigenous Peoples Day (IPD) since 2017. Since 2019, they have celebrated this Native American/Indigenous social justice movement at Shackamoxon, also known as Penn Treaty Park.

The QFIC funds that were granted included support for expenses to Lenape Delaware tribal members from the federally recognized tribe to participate in IPD Philly on October 13 this year as well as other programs in which they might participate at other times of the year.
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Arch Street Meeting House Receives $365,313 National Park Service Grant for Preservation

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Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust (ASMHPT) is thrilled to announce that Arch Street Meeting House (ASMH) has been awarded a Semiquincentennial Program grant of $365,313 by the National Park Service. 

Arch Street Meeting House is a National Historic Landmark, museum, and cornerstone of Quaker history in the United States. The meetinghouse stands as a testament to Quaker contributions to U.S ideals of religious freedom, equality, and peace. This grant will provide essential funding to support preservation efforts at the meetinghouse through the installation of an HVAC system and protect Arch Street Meeting House’s cultural and architectural history. Arch Street Meeting House’s Rehabilitation Project is being supported in part by a Semiquincentennial grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

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Greenleaf Fund | Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting | A Short History

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Authorship Attributed to Fred Melroy, Clerk of Greenleaf Granting Group

The Greenleaf Boarding Home began in 1896 with a generous gift of money from Anna Thomas Jeanes to Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting along with a gift of property in Moorestown NJ from the Paul Family. Daughter, the famous suffragette Alice Paul, became a resident and passed away there in 1977.  The Legal name is the Friends Boarding Home of the Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting but became known as “The Greenleaf” in 1930 due to the bucolic campus sporting many gardens including those for growing their own fruits and vegetables.

Over the years Greenleaf expanded to include a skilled nursing facility, and many members of the Quarter volunteered at the home or donated gifts of money and food.  However, across the country smaller retirement homes suffered from lack of occupancy in the 1990’s and ultimately The Greenleaf Building was sold to Moorestown Friends School 2008. Proceeds from the sale along with the Greenleaf endowment were transferred to Friends Fiduciary under the care of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.  Currently the corpus of the fund is more than $13 million. A granting group was established and income from the fund is distributed to needy elderly Quaker’s with priority given to those from the Haddonfield Quarter. The current granting group is clerked by a member of Haddonfield Quarter and made up of members from both the Quarter and greater PYM. The recipients of Greenleaf Grants receive collectively approximately $400,000 a year.  Demand is currently outpacing income so approvals in the future will be limited, with Haddonfield Quarter getting top priority.

 For more information visit the Aging Grants Web Page or contact grants@pym.org.

Bristol Friends Meeting Awarded $10,000 Grant

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Bristol Friends Meeting made their meetinghouse more open and usable through a $10,000 grant from the PYM Quaker Buildings & Programs Granting Group. The work addressed long-identified needs with attention to both the history of the space and the people who continue to gather in it. [Read more…] about Bristol Friends Meeting Awarded $10,000 Grant

Lehigh Valley Monthly Meeting Awarded $8000 Grant

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Lehigh Valley Monthly Meeting has completed a major improvement to its meetinghouse, supported in part by an $8,000 grant from the PYM Quaker Buildings & Programs Granting Group. The project focused on replacing windows and a door in the main worship space. The result is a room that better holds worship and invites the community to gather again. [Read more…] about Lehigh Valley Monthly Meeting Awarded $8000 Grant

This May with the Programs and Religious Life Team and Grant Opportunities to Know

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This May, there are numerous programs available for Friends across the yearly meeting. Caln Quarter will gather at Camp Swatara from May 2 through May 4, with special programming for middle school and young Friends (ages 18 and under), along with a sizable Young Adult Friends (ages 18–35) group in attendance. The YAF community will also come together for a potluck on Friday, May 9. The following day, May 10, Gwynedd Friends Meeting and the Eco-Justice Collaborative will host a viewing of Citizen George, a documentary about Friend George Lakey, at the Ambler Movie Theater. The Disability and Caregiver Support Groups will continue to meet in May and will hold their final two sessions in June and July. Meanwhile, staff are preparing to launch registration for Annual Sessions, which will take place July 23–27 at Cheyney University. [Read more…] about This May with the Programs and Religious Life Team and Grant Opportunities to Know

This April with the Programs and Religious Life Team and Grant Opportunities to Know

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The Programs and Religious Life Team has an abundant month of gatherings ahead, and they invite all to participate this April! [Read more…] about This April with the Programs and Religious Life Team and Grant Opportunities to Know

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