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Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein to Retire

Ron Bernstein
Friday, November 1, 2019
... students into local nonprofits, where students learn to solve community problems and achieve real objectives while ... County Commissioner. “His work is a testament to what we can accomplish on a local level to improve the lives of our ... Leadership Council of the Institute of Behavioral Health, Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia, and the ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... past half century, Lawncrest the city rec center has — for better and for worse — remained largely the same. A ... experience vast disparities. Wealthier neighborhoods can more easily raise money from residents. Rec centers with ... diverse and younger. Our goal was to better understand how rec centers are being used in these neighborhoods that ...

Regional Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grant Awards

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
... investments we are announcing today are a small part of creating the change needed to ensure individuals, families, ... to support a resident-driven neighborhood planning process for the Haddington and Cobbs Creek neighborhoods of West ... for the years to come, and to strategize together about how best to build on existing assets in the community, while ...

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

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... committee chair.  Ms. Hill serves as a board of director for the Brandywine Health Foundation.  Under Ms. Hill’s ... strategic plan focuses on three priorities and outlines future investments to improve the social, economic, ... priorities include: helping people live healthy and well; creating healthy spaces and places for people to thrive; and, ...

William Penn Foundation announces Creative Communities Grants

Thursday, December 13, 2018
... hope that sharing a list of recently approved grants can foster greater synergy, coordination, and communication ... are unique, shared community assets and examples of how citizen stewardship of shared land builds community ... to experiment with ideas that engage new audiences, creating more art, for more people, in more places. Grants ...
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Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... Foundation CEO Frances Sheehan (l) joins the Foundation's current CEO Vanessa Briggs at the podium to celebrate the ... more than four decades and the first major accomplishment for the Brandywine Health Foundation. The Brandywine Health ... the City of Coatesville and investing in its economic future by supporting first-rate facilities and services for ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... begun on 24 of the 64 sites approved by City Council for Rebuild funding. Rebuild is Philadelphia’s historic ... With the support of the William Penn Foundation , Philanthropy Network has hosted a member-directed Rebuild ... Agreement . To learn more about Rebuild, including how to invest, visit Philanthropy Network Greater ...

City Announces $360,000 in Grants to Improve Quality of Life in Kensington through Fourth Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

KCR Fund
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... . “We are laser-focused on improving the quality of life for the residents of Kensington through the many programs we ... A new video about the KCR Fund also contains b-roll that can be used by broadcast media and/or linked to print ... Borders Providence Center RAWtools Philly Rock to the Future Servant Partners Simple Homes Fuller Center Small ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
... Playground is now a space where children and families can safely play and recreate.” Rebuild has completed over ... said Rebuild Executive Director Kira Strong. “We know how important a safe and well designed park, playground or ... Mayor Jim Kenney’s first budget as a part of his vision for a more equitable Philadelphia, Rebuild seeks to improve ...

Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
... to identify local, regional and national resources that can help uplift and improve the quality of life for families, individuals and communities in the Philadelphia ... by utilizing business principles and strategies to solve social problems with the ultimate goal of empowerment ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The Rebuild Oversight Board ... including an interactive map (check it out here - you can explore sites in your neighborhood!), and a detailed ... Monthly's City Lab blog talks the challenges of urban philanthropy and the innovative ideas cities' are ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
As many of you are aware, Philanthropy Network with the support of William Penn ... a philanthropic investment and engagement framework for Rebuild, the city’s joint public-private partnership to ... Funders of all sizes, interest areas, and priorities can have their support matched through a fund established at ...

Rebuild Update - December 2018

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Philanthropy Network is pleased to announce an 18-month grant ... As an added incentive, William Penn will match   $1 for every $2 raised  in other philanthropic and public ... available online. To learn more about Rebuild, including how to invest, visit Philanthropy Network Greater ...

Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... Department of Planning and Development PHILADELPHIA— How should a city recognize centuries of history and culture? ... project ends in December 2022 the City will have a plan for an ongoing, city-wide survey of historic and cultural ... In its April 2019 final report Mayor Kenney’s Historic Preservation Task Force recommended an ongoing ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation Awards $1.25M in Grants

Tuesday, July 30, 2019
... that affect the health of their lifestyle; collectively it can impact and improve the entire community’s needs,” ... were awarded toward organizations for (Priority Area #1c) creating and promoting social networks involving healthy ...

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

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of ... at home, and our research shows that improving housing can improve health,” said Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD, Chief ... embedded across our eight lines of business and reflects how we help fuel the global economy, build trust and ...

Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
[ Philadelphia, PA ] – Today, the Regional Foundation announced $4,750,000 in ... multi-year funding is designed to assist the foundation’s grantee partners to start or sustain momentum in their ... neighborhood revitalization efforts with stable funding for at least five years. Three of the grants represent new ...

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

Tuesday, November 21, 2017
... might have assumed that,  at least by now , the project’s funding was set in stone. While that’s largely true, there still are a few unknown variables for financing for Rebuild, Mayor Jim Kenney’s massive attempt to rewrite the future of the city’s rec centers, libraries, playgrounds, ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation Announces Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Phase Two Grant Recipients

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
... resiliency and center its work around racial equity, for the first time in the foundation's history, the grant ... financial losses due to COVID-19 and help to sustain their future viability through general operating grants or journey ... equity community of practice.  This is what responsive philanthropy is all about - ensuring that our nonprofit ...

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