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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

Community Through PYM This Fall

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October began for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting with the announcement that Chris Mohr will serve as the next General Secretary. Friends have come to know his work through the years, and the announcement invites tenderness across community of Friends as PYM continues through a time of transition. Christie Duncan-Tessmer’s final weeks in the role brought thoughtful messages and shared gratitude for her service; the month closed with thanks that her leadership has shaped how Friends move together in faith.

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Aging Support Coordinator for PYM Featured on Honestly Aging Podcast

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Sheila Sorkin, Aging Support Coordinator for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, recently joined the Honestly Aging podcast by Friends Life Care VigR®. Speaking with host Cheryl Proska, she shared that she grew up in a three-generation household and learned from an early age to hold respect and value for older persons. That early experience continues to connect to her care for others. [Read more…] about Aging Support Coordinator for PYM Featured on Honestly Aging Podcast

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

Upcoming Grant Deadlines: December 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025

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Funds are available for outreach, traveling for interfaith dialog, service, or ministry, Indigenous people and communities, and more. Apply today!
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We Invite You to Join a PYM Granting Group!

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Granting groups are a very meaningful part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM), and each group is thankful for the volunteers who give their time and effort as granting group members. PYM Friends are encouraged to join a granting group to have the opportunity to practice philanthropy through discernment and to be part of distributing grants on behalf of all of PYM’s members.
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PYM’s Joey Leroux Accepts New Role

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PYM’s very own Joey Leroux has been working with PYM as the data coordinator for nearly two years. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce Joey accepted the new role of Director of Grantmaking and Data earlier this month. We sat down with Joey to discuss the future of this key position and how it will best serve Friends. [Read more…] about PYM’s Joey Leroux Accepts New Role

A Friend Leads with Compassion

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Any special Friend in the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has likely crossed paths with the prolific and indefatigable Dick Nurse at some point. Dick Nurse’s work has made him a known and appreciated figure among Friends. Dick is the immediate past Clerk of Aging Assistance Granting Group, which he stepped down from in 2022 after six years in that role.

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New Friends Historical Association Grants

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The Friends Historical Association is pleased to offer funding to support contributions to the field of Quaker history. There are three grant opportunities: project support, publication subventions, and research funds. All opportunities run on the same cycle, and applications are due April 15, 2023.

Details about each opportunity and application instruction are provided at https://www.quakerhistory.org/grants.

Welcoming Sheila Sorkin, Aging Support Coordinator

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting welcomes with joy Sheila Sorkin into the role of Aging Support Coordinator; we are ecstatic to have someone with a long history of working in fields related to care for the aging. [Read more…] about Welcoming Sheila Sorkin, Aging Support Coordinator

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