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Capacity Building Update: Visualize your Organization's Impact and Sustainability

From our quarterly newsletter: Program Officer Jeff Smith shares highlights from the 2020 NEPA Learning Conference session, "The Matrix Map: Visualize Your Organization’s Impact and Sustainability." Read the full story here.

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Grantee Highlight Audio Clip: Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC)

Click on the video below to listen to Director Teddy Michel from Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) of Northeastern PA share some insight about the Friendly Visitor program. Click here to read the full the grantee highlight story.

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News Feature: How COVID has Impacted Service Delivery by Nonprofit Organizations

From our quarterly newsletter: Guest Contributor Teri Ooms from The Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development shares ways our local social service organizations have been impacted by the pandemic. Read the full story.

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Responsive Grantmaking: 3rd Quarter Awards Announced

From our quarterly newsletter: The Board of Directors of Moses Taylor Foundation has announced its most recent grant awards, awarding a total of $355,000 to 5 organizations that advance the Foundation's mission of improving the health of people in Northeastern Pennsylvania. "We continue to work diligently with organizations to address community needs resulting from the […]

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Latest Quarterly Newsletter Released - Fall 2020

Dear Friends, In this season, like so many of you we are balancing resuming “normal” activities, while staying responsive to new needs and adhering to local public health recommendations. This quarterly newsletter provides updates on where we are and how we’re preparing for the coming months: Our Office – We continue to work from home and […]

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NEPA Learning Conference - September 17 and 18

Grantee Highlight: Scranton Area Community Foundation's Center for Community Leadership and Nonprofit Excellence Looking Back and Ahead at NEPA Learning Conferences In September 2019, the Scranton Area Community Foundation held its first-ever NEPA Learning Conference. The conference was a major success, offering attendees opportunities – such as hearing speakers and attending workshops – that they […]

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Looking Back on National Immunization Awareness

Last month, Moses Taylor Foundation rolled out a social media campaign that recognized National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). This observance highlighted the importance of getting recommended vaccines throughout your life to protect yourself and your family against serious diseases. See the gallery below from August's awareness campaign. Please be sure to follow us on Facebook […]

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Grantee Highlight: Saint Joseph's Center

Grantee: Saint Joseph’s Center (SJC) Grant awarded: $500,000 over two years for direct support professional wage increase Supporting Professional Wage Increase The concept of a living wage has emerged as a topic of conversation recently – both locally and nationally – and it is a challenge that organizations like Saint Joseph’s Center (SJC) in Scranton, Pennsylvania are […]

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Protection is Critical: National Immunization Awareness Month

Moses Taylor Foundation will launch a campaign to recognize that August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). Over the course of the upcoming month, we'll share important information and recommendations from the CDC for advised vaccines throughout one's life to protect yourself (and your family) against serious diseases. Please be sure to follow us on […]

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Creating Awareness About the 2020 Census

Every 10 years, the United States government conducts the census — a national accounting of every person living in every state, Washington, D.C., and five U.S. territories. Nonprofits of every size and type play a crucial role in making sure the communities they serve are properly represented in the census by “getting out the count” and, […]

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