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Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... announced that 21 local nonprofits have been qualified as Project Users, the entities responsible for managing ... Services; Fairmount Park Conservancy; Free Library Foundation; Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia; HACE; Impact Services Corporation; Mt. Airy USA; New Kensington CDC; Nicetown CDC; Pennsylvania Horticultural ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... to businesses. With the support of the William Penn Foundation , Philanthropy Network has hosted a ... , a donor-advised fund established by the William Penn Foundation at the  National Philanthropic Trust, is now ... Rebuild and, with a 1:2 match from the William Penn Foundation , will further leverage philanthropic and public ...

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 ... even as neighbors use the same old rec infrastructure in new ways. Baseball has waned in popularity, so the center’s ... investment, and one that might. (The William Penn Foundation provided grant funding for the reporting and ...

Philadelphia: Building a Stronger City Through Public Spaces

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... director for Philadelphia at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, reflects on the role of public spaces in creating ...

As city waits on soda tax ruling, private sector pours on support for Rebuild

Tuesday, November 21, 2017
... Given all the news stories that have described Rebuild as a “ $500 million initiative ,” you might have assumed ... as a public-private partnership, with the William Penn Foundation ’s  $100 million commitment  leading the way. ... The latest sign came earlier this month, when the Knight Foundation awarded the Fairmount Park Conservancy  $3.28 ...
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Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the ... include our residents. I’m grateful to the William Penn Foundation for continuing to support our preservation ... efforts.” “By shining a spotlight on the cultural as well as the historic dimensions of preservation, we hope ...
22Jan2020

One Year of Rebuild: Collaborating to Advance Opportunity, Engagement and Equity in Neighborhoods

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
9:00am - 11:00am
Free Library of Philadelphia
... will use Rebuild projects in Kensington and Harrowgate as examples of how Rebuild is advancing the following ... projects in Kensington and Harrowgate Quaiser Abdullah , President and CEO of Statera Coaching and Leadership ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... Kenyatta Johnson to announce Vare Recreation Center as the first project to receive investment from Rebuilding ... announcement, the City confirmed that Rebuild will fund a new master plan for Vare, which is expected to launch later ... engagement process so neighbors can help shape what the new site will look like. “I cannot stress enough that Vare ...
26Feb2019

Creating a Data-Informed Community for Our Work

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
8:15am - 10:00am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... on the importance and impact of data in our work as change agents. Please join us on Tuesday, February 26th ... sectors.

The Alliance for Health Equity Releases $657,500 in Grants to Greater Coatesville Nonprofit and Grassroots Organizations

Better Tomorrows
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
... and nonprofit partnerships, equaling 18 organizations as the recipients of the Collaborative Innovation Fund. ... access. The Collaborative Innovation Fund was formed as a result of a community-wide survey highlighting the ... partnerships. The Collaborative Innovation Fund highlights new or existing partnerships between grassroots and nonprofit ...

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project Awarded $4.5 Million in State Funding

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project
Thursday, April 28, 2022
... and libraries – and this past summer Rebuild unveiled new athletics courts and a soccer mini pitch as part of the first phase of the project.     The grant ... to address the historic recreation center and gymnasium as well as other potential site improvements.   “I want to ...

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