William Penn Foundation program director for Great Learning Elliot Weinbaum urges parents to visit their neighborhood schools and see the great teaching happening in Philadelphia's public schools before deciding to leave the city in search of something better.
The William Penn Foundation announced the appointment of Hilary Rhodes as the organization’s new director of evaluation and learning.
William Penn Foundation awarded a $2.6 million grant to Independence Seaport Museum to open River Alive! – a landmark exhibition focusing on the Delaware River and its watershed as a living, ever-changing system whose health and sustainability is vital to our lives.
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.
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.
On October 10, The Philadelphia Foundation hosted a Funder/Grantee Reception to celebrate the accomplishments of PA is Ready!
The National Recreation and Park Association's annual conference highlights the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative.
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.
William Penn Foundation has announced the launch of a two-year, $2 million community-based initiative to connect children and families in the city's low-income neighborhoods to informal literacy-rich learning opportunities.
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.
Please join us on Monday, January 23rd, from 3:00 - 4:30 PM to hear from the initiators and leaders of the Civic Coalition to Save Lives, a broad civic effort to drive the adoption of evid
Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild) is Mayor Jim Kenney’s visionary seven year, $500 million initiative to invest in neighborhood parks, recreation centers and libraries in the City of Philadelphia.