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Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... SUAREZ | Via Nonprofit Quarterly . This year, employing a combination of city bonding authority—backed by a city ... year, only a little more than one fourth of the $232.59 that Minneapolis (which leads the rankings) spends. Jen ... and increasingly for basics like air conditioning and new floors.” While “wealthier neighborhoods can more ...

Community Foundation of South Jersey Announces Five Transform South Jersey Grant Recipients

Transform South Jersey Heart & Soul
Friday, February 21, 2020
... assets, and exercise collaborative leadership to create a more equitable region, today announced the Transform South ... were awarded grants of $100,000 to support initiatives that bring people together in order to build stronger, ... of South Jersey, the  Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Jersey Health Initiatives (the statewide grantmaking ...

Brandywine Health Foundation announces over $320K in grants to benefit greater Coatesville

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... totaling $322,340, bringing the Foundation’s total giving since it began awarding grants and scholarships in 2002 to more than $18 million. “Our new strategic plan and approach includes engagement of our ... important to the community.  We know all too often when a new strategic plan is implemented, that there are times, ...

Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein to Retire

Ron Bernstein
Friday, November 1, 2019
... of more than $5 million in grants and scholarships that support Bucks County nonprofit organizations and residents. FCP’s grant programs provide funding to a wide variety of organizations serving children, youth, and ... scope of services, as well as the construction of a new administration building, a new community service center, ...

William Penn Foundation announces Creative Communities Grants

Thursday, December 13, 2018
... grants totaling $9.7 million. We hope that sharing a list of recently approved grants can foster greater ... and communication among our grantees and can surface new opportunities to learn from each other and work ... Fund ($460,000)  to launch an Equitable Public Space Giving Project. The two-year project will help create, ...
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Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
... effort to identify local, regional and national resources that can help uplift and improve the quality of life for ... Images Marketing Communications. “This directory is especially important to those in need during the current ... and digital data that provide valuable information on a variety of subjects. It includes detailed descriptions of ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
...  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of America to launch the Block ... for the entire neighborhood. “CHOP has long understood that a child’s health is greatly influenced by factors that ... commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals, and ...

Rebuild Update - December 2018

Parkside Groundbreaking
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
... the City’s Rebuild Team , Philanthropy Network will hire a consultant to create a comprehensive fund development plan ... project will be completed in two phases, resulting in two new public athletic fields that will serve the Parkside community in West Philadelphia, ...

Knight Foundation invests $2.2 million in projects to advance Philadelphia’s public spaces and digital engagement

Photo courtesy Smith Memorial Playground
Friday, April 9, 2021
... The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $2.2 million investment in nine Philadelphia projects. Knight Foundation’s new support will bolster local programs that advance equitable community development and digital ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... approved by City Council for Rebuild funding. Rebuild is Philadelphia’s historic investment in the city’s ... single investment Rebuild has announced to date.  A $14 million grant to Make the World Better will enable the ... to meet residents' needs. Also recently announced was that Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) will deliver a ...

Regional Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grant Awards

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
... to 11 organizations throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. After several years, the foundation returned to investing in neighborhood revitalization that centers a resident-led planning process. Structured between 12 and 18 ...

Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
... to seven organizations throughout Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The Neighborhood Implementation ... program supports comprehensive community development plans that target specific neighborhoods, are resident-driven, and ... focus its work on “clean and safe” streets through a creative placemaking project that will empower residents ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... across Philadelphia. The announcement comes following a request from the Mayor to City Council to fund Rebuild ... tax in the first place,” said Mayor Kenney. “We know that every day we’re not investing to improve facilities ... announcement, the City confirmed that Rebuild will fund a new master plan for Vare, which is expected to launch later ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... L. Knight Foundation has been at the forefront of shaping a philanthropic investment and engagement framework for ... youth to learn, create, and so much more. In communities that face high rates of poverty, drug crimes, and health ... We are delighted to share this with you. Major change is possible, but it’s going to take all of us. Rebuild is ...

Wells Fargo Helps LISC Expand Financial Opportunity

Thursday, March 15, 2018
NEW YORK (March 15, 2018)—Wells Fargo is teaming up with ... largest nonprofit organizations supporting projects that revitalize struggling communities, investing more than ... and training services to more than 26,000 people, with a particular focus on the helping build the skills needed to ...
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As city waits on soda tax ruling, private sector pours on support for Rebuild

Tuesday, November 21, 2017
... Philly | By Malcolm Burnley Given all the news stories that have described Rebuild as a “ $500 million initiative ,” you might have assumed ... of those variables, which has received the most  press, is the never-ending lawsuit challenging the validity of the ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation announces community service award winners

Sam Brown and Sandra Simmons
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
... contributions to the Coatesville community. During a worldwide pandemic and major social unrest, Samuel Brown ... Youth Initiative Service Corp program, where he is now the Project Coordinator. He has served at the ... The Eastburn Award was made possible by inaugural funding from Dallas Krapf and the Krapf Bus Company, and ...
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Philly dominates Knight Cities Challenge … again

Monday, June 12, 2017
... for how to make cities more successful? Philadelphia has a million dollars’ worth. For the third consecutive year, ... million out of $5 million in urban-revitalization grants that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation  offers ... took the largest chunk of funding – again. “We ask for new ideas and I think that spirit of innovation is very ...
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Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
By Jen Kinney via NEXT CITY As the city plans a major investment in rec centers, parks and libraries, two ... next to the rec center and a dusty double-wide trailer that serves as an outpost of the DA’s office. But besides ... even as neighbors use the same old rec infrastructure in new ways. Baseball has waned in popularity, so the center’s ...

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