William Penn Foundation announced recent grant awards of more than $27 million to advance Watershed Protection, Creative Communities and Great Learning in Philadelphia.
As one of eight funders who partnered to deliver a half-day workshop for their grantees, Diana Doherty shares valuable lessons about the challenges and benefits of funder collaboration.
At their 11th Annual Meeting, Impact100 Philadelphia voted to award $382,500 in grants to five organizations, including three $100,000 core mission grants and two $41,250 operating grants.
A $1.3 million grant from the William Penn Foundation will expand the national book choice and ownership program to every elementary school in Philadelphia.
Ron Bernstein, executive director or Foundations Community Partnership, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in the humanitarian category from the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce.
William Penn Foundation announced $11.8 million in unrestricted operating support for 35 arts and culture organizations in the Philadelphia region.
In a first for the city, the Equal Justice Center aims to connect low-income residents in need of free legal services with Philadelphia’s network of non-profit resources. by putting more than a dozen civil legal aid groups under one roof (via WHYY).
Reporting to the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania’s Census 2020 Complete Count Commission is requesting state funding be added to the 2019-20 budget totaling an amount equal to $1 per person currently residing in the state to ensure a complete and accurate census count in 2020.
At its first quarterly book club event, members of EPIP Philly discussed "Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance" by Edgar Villanueva.
YOUTHadelphia, the Philadelphia Foundation’s Youth-in-Philanthropy Committee, announced grants totaling $60,000 to be distributed to five nonprofits addressing what they identified as pressing concerns for teens: Youth Leadership, Policing and Gun Violence.
