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Bergen County, New Jersey, native Kate Henson is the Director of Development at The Garage Community & Youth Center. There, she focuses on creating partnerships…

When parents look around the landscape of youth organizations, they want to be confident that their kids will have fun. But the parents also want…

The YMCA of Greater Brandywine (YGBW) recently celebrated 130 years since the opening of the Coatesville YMCA, the organization’s first location in Chester County…

As part of PECO’s efforts to “power” its customers and communities across Southeastern Pennsylvania, in 2023, the company provided nearly $7 million to more…

Kenny Holdsman, the co-founder and CEO of Philadelphia Youth Basketball, has fond memories of his first meeting with Richard Green, the Executive Chairman and…

The Coatesville 2nd Century Alliance has been awarded $500,000 to build on the last five years of neighborhood plan implementation in the City of…

Everyone knows that December is a special time of year — a time when family, friends and neighbors gather to celebrate the joys of the holiday…

Sophie Fontecchio, a Downingtown STEM Academy student, is a longtime volunteer who started her own nonprofit to help those who need it the most, writes…

Citadel Credit Union has launched a new corporate giving program, Citadel Cares, that encompasses all charitable efforts across the company.

Citadel Cares will be dedicated…

Forty donors and students of Penn State Great Valley gathered to celebrate at a scholarship brunch last month.

For the past three semesters, 21 donor…

The Alliance for Health Equity has awarded $200,000 collected over two years to ten local nonprofit recipients of the 2023 Well Being Fund. This…

Since its inception in 2011, the Whitford Charitable Fund, a nonprofit founded by the members of the Whitford Country Club in Exton, has given over…

On July 25, 2022, The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC) crossed an important threshold as it welcomed Andrea Griffith as its first-ever…

COVID-19 has placed a significant strain on our mental health and well-being.

Nonprofits, in particular, are suffering from staff shortages, Zoom fatigue, lack…

The YMCA of Greater Brandywine will bring back key programs focused on teens and preteens this fall, helping young people to connect, engage, and get…

Victor Valentine, who holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Wilmington University, was recently named the new executive director of the National Human…

The Philadelphia region is seeing unprecedented levels of philanthropy during the COVID-19 pandemic as people rally to help those who were affected the most…

The Brandywine Health Foundation has announced its newest team member, Sophia Hanson, as Senior Program Officer. Hanson is charged with overseeing the alignment of BHF…

By Vanessa B. Briggs, CEO of Brandywine Health Foundation

The Harsh, Brutal, and Inhumane Truth

“I can’t breathe.” What we witnessed for nine minutes…

The Brandywine Health Foundation’s Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) recently held its Grants Award Ceremony at Citadel’s offices in Thorndale.

Seventeen Coatesville…

The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls hosted its inaugural Girls in Action Summit at the Business and Public Management Center at West Chester…

The Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) of the Brandywine Health Foundation is requesting proposals from organizations that provide suicide prevention programming for adolescents in…

Vanessa Briggs, the recently appointed President and CEO at Brandywine Health Foundation, speaks with VISTA Today about growing up in Southwest Philadelphia and then Mount…

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Join the Chester County Futures – which provides comprehensive academic support, mentoring, and scholarships for motivated economically disadvantaged youth – for an…

The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee (GAC) has awarded $193,000 in grants to 20 nonprofit agencies serving the needs…

With its annual Faces of Philanthropy Awards, the Philadelphia Business Journal recently highlighted “what the business community is doing to make the region a better…

Are you a Chester County girl who wants to make a difference for other Chester County girls?

That is precisely the question the Chester County…

The Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) of the Brandywine Health Foundation has announced it is requesting proposals from organizations dedicated to providing LGBTQ sexual…

Chester County Association of Township Officials

In a first-of-its-kind appointment, Michael “Mac” Cotter, West Chester Borough Manager, is the 2017 borough representative…

As a child, Dwayne Walton never would have imagined himself eating lunch at one of the premier country clubs in one of the most affluent…

Brandywine Health Foundation Board Chair Dawn James announced today that President and CEO Frances Sheehan will be leaving at the end of December to work…

On Friday, Nov. 11 from 8-10 AM at the Desmond Hotel in Malvern, the Coatesville Youth Initiative will host a thought-provoking and inspiring…

The second year of the Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) is under way, and the following are its members:

Brittany Brickus
Jawon Bunch
Daniel…

Fred Hubler MBA, Chief Wealth Strategist and President of Creative Wealth Management Group from Phoenixville, PA, recently sat down with VISTA Today and discussed his…

With its latest round of grants, the Brandywine Health Foundation bumped its generosity up to an average $1 million a year. To celebrate 15 years…

They will become only the second group of students to examine their community’s most pressing needs, unearth the best nonprofit solutions to those problems…

WSFS Financial has launched a new type of branch design at its West Goshen location to take into account the developing needs of its customers…

An award-winning program that has opened the eyes of Phoenixville youth to the needs of their community has once again this year opened those…

Mariachi music and fireworks wowed over 500 guests as the Brandywine Health Foundation celebrated its 15th year of serving the Coatesville area community during this…

On Wednesday, Brandywine Health Foundation’s Coatesville Area Youth Philanthropy Program (CAYPP) announced the nonprofits chosen to receive $15,000 in grant funding. The decision…

The Brandywine Health Foundation has become an integral part of the community over the last 15 years working tirelessly to create a healthy, vibrant, and…

Our quick rundown of other stories about Chester County’s commerce, community and culture happening on both sides of the Brandywine.

Brandywine Health Foundation to…

ike a good game of chess, philanthropy students at West Chester University (WCU) recommended a strategic move for $1,000 of Benjamin Franklin Trust money…

Having taken eye-opening tours of Coatesville area nonprofits and put their ears to the ground in hopes of hearing the rumblings of new areas…

CCCBI Names the United Way of Chester County Nonprofit of the Year

During the upcoming Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry’s annual Small…

An eye-opening and sometimes eye-watering look at life in some unexpected corners of Chester County has a 12-year tradition of making lasting…

Generosity has driven the worldview of the Whitford Country Club membership since before its first swing, and that outpouring continues to outpace other Chester County…

The Brandywine Health Foundation, has three new additions to its volunteer Board of Directors.  The foundation, which helps improve the well-being and health of…

September 21st is the 264th day of the year leaving 101 days remaining until the end of the year.  On this date in 1897, the…

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Local volunteer efforts to host a garden party and strawberry festival produced a $200,000 bounty that allowed the Brandywine Health Foundation to invest its…

A new leader with expertise in seeding economic revitalization will now lead a new effort to plant a heart of philanthropy in local youth.

Seasoned…

If someone were to launch a community organizer’s Hall of Fame, Frances Sheehan would be a charter member.

In the 14 years she has…

We Invited businesses, organizations and individuals alike to invest in us  . . .  and in us . . . and our collective investment has paid off.  Our strength as an…