Jill Fink, TMF’s Executive Director, wrote an Op-Ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer on the importance of shopping local this holiday season and always.
On our 167th anniversary, The Inquirer profiled The Merchants Fund and highlighted our long history, those we’ve served, and the work ahead. Read the full article: The Merchants Fund has been a godsend to the smallest of businesses during the pandemic
Mark Abrams checks in with TMF about grants for businesses impacted by the civil unrest.
On April 22, 2020 Mark Abrams of KYW news interviewed our Executive Director about how The Merchants Fund is supporting small businesses during the pandemic.
On November, 10 2016, Finanta honored TMF with a local event convening grantees, TMF staff and board, Finanta staff, and local community partners. Twenty-six clients were awarded just over $246,000 in grants with the integral help of Finanta’s resources and relationships with small business owners in the area.
What exactly does The Merchants Fund do? Well, for starters, do you believe in Santa?! Suzette Parmley with Philly.com wrote this article about The Merchants Fund, as well as, Baum’s Dancewear and N.R.S. Boutique. In addition to our routine grant cycles process, it highlights our history and accomplishments over the years.
The Philadelphia Food Advisory Council (FPAC) put together an easy digestible report that pulls together resources helping business owners, local government, and residents understand 20 Issues and Opportunities, and Recommendations facing the Philadelphia food systems. The FPAC “facilitates the development of responsible policies that improve access for Philadelphia residents to culturally appropriate nutritionally sound and […]
