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Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... – The East Mount Airy Neighbors (EMAN) Community Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded $69,700 in ...

Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... The premier annual meeting of the park and recreation community, over a three-day period conference attendees were ... sessions ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Community Infrastructure ( Rebuild ) ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... serving neighborhoods most impacted by COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, May 7, 2021 | The City today announced the ... and Opportunity (CEO) and Bread & Roses Community Fund to support grassroots neighborhood nonprofit ... said Mitchell Little, executive director of CEO. “As CEO supports our communities during the recovery, we must center ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... hundred-million-dollar grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the City of Philadelphia launched a high-profile, mayor-backed,  ... classes.” They do the hard relational work. This supports tailored programming, but it also leaves room for ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... Philanthropy Network with the support of William Penn Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has ... recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across Philadelphia.  We are committed to galvanizing the ... and priorities can have their support matched through a fund established at National Philanthropic Trust  by the ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... map to getting this overhaul right. Even as Lawncrest, the Philadelphia neighborhood, has transformed over the past half ... (replaced two decades ago, now dilapidated), and the community garden (just a few years old), the Lawncrest ... investment, and one that might. (The William Penn Foundation provided grant funding for the reporting and ...

City Launches “Kensington Community Resilience Fund”

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
... participatory grantmaking process   The City of Philadelphia announced the “Kensington Community Resilience Fund,” ( KCR Fund ) a public-private-community partnership ... noted by Jennifer Leith, Executive Director of the Douty Foundation ,“This is an approach to funding support that ...

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
Knight_SmithPlaygorund.jpg PHILADELPHIA — April 8, 2021 — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $2.2 million investment in nine ... support will bolster local programs that advance equitable community development and digital innovation in city ...

William Penn Foundation announces Creative Communities Grants

Thursday, December 13, 2018
William Penn Foundation Announcement The William Penn Foundation is ... spaces, we awarded a grant to  Bread and Roses Community Fund ($460,000)  to launch an Equitable Public Space Giving ... of the School District and early care facilities in Philadelphia. A grant was awarded to the  Free Library of ...
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Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, August 3, 2020 -- In celebration of its 30th Anniversary in service to the community, the Beech Companies, Inc., through Beech Community ... Bank, Beech Community Services and the Alston Beech Foundation. To access the Beech Community Resources Directory ...

Foundations Community Partnership Founder Ron Bernstein to Retire

Ron Bernstein
Friday, November 1, 2019
... 2019) – Ron Bernstein, Executive Director of Foundations Community Partnership (FCP), has announced his retirement ... nonprofit organizations and residents. FCP’s grant programs provide funding to a wide variety of organizations ... of Behavioral Health, Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Health Funders ...

City announces first round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund grant recipients

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
KCR Fund.png PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia today ... of the first round of grants from the Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund), a ... of generous support from the following funders: The Douty Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, K10 Kids Foundation, ...

Philadelphia: Building a Stronger City Through Public Spaces

Thursday, May 24, 2018
In this post Patrick Morgan , program director for Philadelphia at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, reflects on the role of public spaces in creating ... between people and their city and fostering greater community connection, trust and involvement. Philadelphia: ...

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
PRESS RELEASE via the City of Philadelphia Department of Planning and Development ... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the project. To ensure that preservation will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that ...

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

Thursday, July 21, 2022
The  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity ... Block Builds, which will extend the hospital’s evidence-based  Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus (CAPP+)  to make ...

Beech stands in the gap during funding crisis

Derrick Thomas and Ken Scott
Friday, February 7, 2025
Press release PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7, 2025 – Eighteen non-profits in ... $25,000 in small program grants through its Alston-Beech Foundation . The grants are especially helpful during the ... and over 300 college scholarships through its scholarship fund . During the pandemic, the foundation provided $1,000 ...

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
KCRFund logo.png PHILADELPHIA (July 11, 2024) — Today, the City of ... in the fourth cycle of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund). The KCR Fund was launched in 2021 as a ... community members, City government, and the Scattergood Foundation to address the harms caused by the opioid and ...
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Pennsylvania Foundation Convening: Promoting Community Health

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 to Thursday, November 8, 2018
The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center
As a community of foundations across Pennsylvania, we are stronger ... Health Funders Collaborative, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, and Northeastern Pennsylvania Grantmakers.  ... 7: 11:30 AM - 8:30 PM Day 2: Concurrent Sessions Community Foundation Annual Gathering November 8: 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Announces Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Phase Two Grant Recipients

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Brandywine Health Foundation recently announced the recipients of the Recovery ... Phase grants of their Healthcare and Economic Relief Fund. Over $373,000 will support general operations of ... of the COVID-19 pandemic. A 2017 study conducted by the Philadelphia Foundation, The Financial Health of ...

Regional Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grant Awards

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Philadelphia, PA (Dec 20, 2023) – Today the Regional Foundation announced $2,000,000 in Neighborhood Planning and ... Gateway CAP will receive $125,000 over 18 months to fund a neighborhood planning process for the town of ...

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