Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia welcomed new officers and directors for 2018-19, who were elected by the membership on April 10, 2018 at organization's 30th Annual Members’ Meeting.
Newly-elected officers of the organization are:
In November, the William Penn Foundation Board of Directors approved grants of nearly $20 million in support of Great Learning, Great Public Spaces and Watershed Protection.
$250,000 from William Penn Foundation will support a plan for an ongoing, city-wide survey of historic and cultural assets.
William Penn Foundation announces new emergency fund for early education and $6.6 million in general Ooerating support grants for arts and culture organizations.
The COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL fund will serve individual artists as well as small and mid-sized cultural organizations whose operations have been devastated by the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
To continue to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the William Penn Foundation has partnered with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to collectively award more than $8 million in Relief and Recovery Support grants to local arts organizations.
As tens of millions of philanthropic dollars were being distributed for emergency COVID-19 response in this region, the William Penn and Lenfest Foundations funded Philanthropy Network and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy to gather and examine data about the relief grantmaking.
he William Penn Foundation today announced 90 grants totaling more than $8 million to support nonprofit organizations focused on families’ basic needs and children’s education as Philadelphians continue to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stuart A. Clarke will oversee a $30 million annual grant portfolio as William Penn Foundation's new Program Director of Watershed Protection.
An additional $1.5 million in support for the fund also was announced, including contributions from William Penn Foundation ($1million), Wells Fargo ( $250,000), TD Bank ($100,000) and Philadelphia Health Partnership, Santander Bank and the Samuel S. Fels Fund ( $50,000 each).
