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How you can help Philly reimagine our civic spaces

Friday, June 15, 2018
... important lesson learned: community engagement is crucial to creating a common vision for Philadelphia’s civic spaces ... a national initiative piloted in Philadelphia that seeks to revitalize civic spaces, and counter the economic and ... Park Conservancy and Patrick J. Morgan is the Knight Foundation’s project director in Philadelphia.   How you ...

Philly dominates Knight Cities Challenge … again

Monday, June 12, 2017
...  |   benderw@phillynews.com You want ideas for how to make cities more successful? Philadelphia has a million ... grants that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation  offers annually  to 26 cities. The foundation evaluated more than 4,500 proposals – 637 from ...
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Putting Art to Work

Color me Back mural. Photo by Steve Weinik
Monday, August 5, 2019
... on April 23 and is funded by grants from The Barra Foundation and The Sheller Family Foundation, holds a lottery every morning from Monday to Thursday at Love Park, where 10 people are selected to ... specialists who connect them with social and behavioral health services and potential opportunities for long term ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... lots. Nevertheless, Beech Companies set out try to convince banks, businesses, homeowners and North ... to the COVID pandemic. “We’ve come full circle as a foundation,” Scott said. “I am proud to be a part of it, ... which makes loans to small businesses; the Alston-Beech Foundation, which provides grants to small businesses; the ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... sessions ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of ... ) initiative — From ‘Reimagining the  Civic Commons  to Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure.’ “Philadelphia has ... improving a park helps improve the local economy and the health and wellbeing of local residents. We’ve seen this ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... (about 100 Philadelphians attended the first meeting!) to the public and will be held quarterly. Stay tuned for ... as Project Users.  Only Project Users will be eligible to apply for grants to work on Rebuild projects.  See the list of Project Users ...

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, ... initiative  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 million capital investment to ... for choosing Rebuild sites include data on poverty, health, drug offense, and economic growth potential. As the ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... hundreds of millions of dollars in capital improvements to neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. ... and all are in need of critical facilities upgrades due to years of lack of investment and deferred maintenance.  ... a historic $100 million commitment from the William Penn Foundation.  “Rebuild came to Moss this spring and hit the ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... parks and libraries, two neighborhoods offer a road map to getting this overhaul right. Even as Lawncrest, the ... in part based on factors like a neighborhood’s poverty, health data, drug offense rates and the potential for ... 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 ...
29Apr2021

Chester County Funders Meeting

Thursday, April 29, 2021
9:00am - 10:30am
Video Conference
... .  Additionally, a representative from the Chester County Health Department will provide an update on the vaccination ... its most vulnerable citizens. Funders are also encouraged to provide updates regarding their own grantmaking focus and ...
26Feb2019

Creating a Data-Informed Community for Our Work

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
8:15am - 10:00am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... Time Funders and Small Funders Roundtable are excited to invite you to a discussion on the importance and impact of ... sectors.
07Oct2020

Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
We are pleased to introduce our new webinar series, Setting the Table , ... Taking place every other month, this series invites guests to the virtual table to discuss a range of issues at the intersection of ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... Mayor Jim Kenney was joined by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson to announce Vare Recreation Center as the first project to receive investment from Rebuilding Community ... Infrastructure (Rebuild), the City’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in parks, ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... in recent months about how the whole process is going to roll out. Like how  local nonprofits can get involved ... with the improvement projects , or how the city plans to  engage the communities that will ultimately be the ones ... Council Janet Haas , board chair of the  William Penn Foundation Stacy Holland , educational consultant Floyd ...

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