Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model
The National Recreation and Park Association's annual conference highlights the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative.
The National Recreation and Park Association's annual conference highlights the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative.
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.
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.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced Vare Recreation Center as the first Rebuild project.
On Thursday, November 1, 2018, the Philadelphia Black Giving Circle (PBGC) will launch its inaugural grantmaking cycle to support Philadelphia’s Black-led/Black serving non-profits.
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey announced a $500,000 matching grant, with the goal ofraising $1 million in new funding to target greater engagement of historically undercounted groups in the city and region in the 2020 Census.
Kira Strong, who has served in an interim leadership role with Rebuild since November 2019, has been named as the new Executive Director.
Philadelphia will be among 12 cities targeted by Starbuck’s new $100 million Community Resilience Fund created to advance racial equity and environmental resilience.
A new report from the Urban Affairs Coalition reveals that Black-led nonprofits continue to struggle connecting with regional funders despite “racial reckoning.”