News
Saint-Gobain gives $700K of love to LOVE Park
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Saint-Gobain will donate $700,000 in cash and construction resources to the new Welcome Center.
Community Improvement
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Philly dominates Knight Cities Challenge … again
Monday, June 12, 2017
For the third consecutive year, Philadelphia has dominated the Knight Cities Challenge, winning more than $1 million out of $5 million in urban-revitalization grants that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation offers annually to 26 cities.
Event
09Jun2017
The Story of a Block – A Tour of Chester’s Avenue of the States with Artists, Entrepreneurs & Urban Farmers
Friday, June 9, 2017
9:00am - 2:00pm
Chester, PA
Join Philanthropy Network along with the Place-Based, Arts & Culture, and Food Funders for an interactive site visit and tour of Chester’s downtown.
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Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model
Monday, October 2, 2017
The National Recreation and Park Association's annual conference highlights the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative.
Event
17Oct2017
Rebuild Site Visit
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Philadelphia, PA
Plan to join fellow Philanthropy Network members and the City’s Commissioner of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Kathryn Ott Lovell on Tuesday, October 17 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm for a site visit to the Francis J Meyers Recreation Center.
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Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces
Friday, September 22, 2017
Supported by a record $100 million grant from the William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia launched a high-profile, mayor-backed, seven-year, $500 million initiative called “Rebuild” to revitalize neighborhood parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across the city.
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Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play
Monday, September 11, 2017
As the City's Rebuild initiative lays the groundwork for a major investment in rec centers, parks and libraries, two neighborhoods offer a road map to getting this overhaul right.
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Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild
Monday, October 30, 2017
Seventeen stakeholders have been named to a new oversight board for the Rebuild initiative to improve Philadelphia's public spaces. Their first public meeting is 11/1.
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Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users
Friday, November 17, 2017
Rebuild announced that 21 nonprofits were qualified as Project Users and, as a result, are eligible to apply for grants to manage improvements to parks, rec centers, and libraries.
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As city waits on soda tax ruling, private sector pours on support for Rebuild
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Knight Foundation's $3.28 million grant to the Fairmount Park Conservancy to bolster residents' engagement in the city’s changing public spaces is "riding the wave" of Rebuild.
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