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Beech stands in the gap during funding crisis

Derrick Thomas and Ken Scott
Friday, February 7, 2025
... . The grants are especially helpful during the atmosphere of uncertainty surrounding the reorganization of the federal ... during the national emergency. “I'm proud as the President of the Alston-Beech Foundation to be involved in ... for 35 years,” stated Dr. Kenneth Scott, president and CEO of the Beech Companies. Beech is one of the oldest and ...

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 ... this unique time in our nation’s history,” said Beech CEO/President Dr. Keneth Scott. “The resources in this ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... in the making, so you can bet that there have been a lot of questions in recent months about how the whole process is ... of  Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Siobhan Reardon , president of the  Free Library of Philadelphia Greg Allen , ... on Parks and Recreation Valerie Cofield , president and CEO of the  Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Announces Union Community Care Selected as Core Provider of Healthcare Services at Coatesville's Brandywine Center

The Brandywine Center
Thursday, January 16, 2025
... integrated healthcare services to meet the evolving needs of the Greater Coatesville community as part of AHE’s ... access for folks as they need it,” said Kevin Ressler, President & CEO of AHE. “Union’s innovative approach and expertise in ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... a few mom-and-pop shops sprinkled here and there, remnants of the riots of the 1960s. The surrounding area had abandoned ... service in the community,” said Kenneth Scott, Beech President & CEO. “We are very proud that we’ve leveraged over $2.3 ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... from around the country. The premier annual meeting of the park and recreation community, over a three-day period ... than worth their investment,” said  Barbara Tulipane , President and CEO of the  NRPA . “Not only are the amenities something ...
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
Rebuild is the City of Philadelphia’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions ... Rodriguez , Chair of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and CEO and Founder of Rodriguez Consulting, a minority owned ... projects in Kensington and Harrowgate Quaiser Abdullah , President and CEO of Statera Coaching and Leadership ...
07Oct2020

Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
... series, Setting the Table , co-hosted by Sidney Hargro , President, Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Marcus Walton , CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations . Taking place ... invites guests to the virtual table to discuss a range of issues at the intersection of philanthropy, racial equity ...

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 ... go beyond medical care,” said Ron Keren, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Children’s Hospital ... by the pandemic in Philadelphia,” said Jim Dever, president, Bank of America Greater Philadelphia. ...

City Launches “Kensington Community Resilience Fund”

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
... participatory grantmaking process   The City of Philadelphia announced the “Kensington Community ... noted by Jennifer Leith, Executive Director of the Douty Foundation ,“This is an approach to funding support that ... of $500,000 by the end of year one (2021). Joe Pyle, President of the Scattergood Foundation , implored other ...

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 announced the recipients of the first ... Trauma Community Advisory Committee Member Maria Gonzalez, President of HACE, noted the importance of this new fund to ... of generous support from the following funders: The Douty Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, K10 Kids Foundation, ...

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

Friday, May 7, 2021
... May 7, 2021 | The City today announced the launch of the N, a partnership between the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Bread & Roses Community Fund to support grassroots ... The community-driven process, the first of its kind for CEO, advances equity by returning control to the community so ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... Nonprofit Quarterly . This year, employing a combination of city bonding authority—backed by a city tax on soda ... hundred-million-dollar grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the City of Philadelphia launched a high-profile, ... board diversity report ), Lawncrest advisory council president Claudia Quinton said she understands that the ...

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 more informed and engaged ...

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

Tuesday, November 21, 2017
... Mayor Jim Kenney’s massive attempt to rewrite the future of the city’s rec centers, libraries, playgrounds, and parks. One of those variables, which has received the most  press, is ... as a public-private partnership, with the William Penn Foundation ’s  $100 million commitment  leading the way. ...
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Philly dominates Knight Cities Challenge … again

Monday, June 12, 2017
... Knight Cities Challenge, winning more than $1 million out of $5 million in urban-revitalization grants that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation  offers annually  to 26 cities. The foundation ... surprised that Philadelphia took the largest chunk of funding – again. “We ask for new ideas and I think ...
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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 PHILADELPHIA— How should a city ... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the ...
26Feb2019

Creating a Data-Informed Community for Our Work

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
8:15am - 10:00am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia’s Out of School Time Funders and Small Funders Roundtable are ... to invite you to a discussion on the importance and impact of data in our work as change agents.

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