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Forman Arts Initiative and Philadelphia Foundation Launch Art Works, A New Grant Program to Support Arts and Culture in Greater Philadelphia

Forman Art Works
Friday, March 26, 2021
... launching Art Works, a new $3 million grant program for community-based organizations and emerging artists. Art ... to support arts, culture and creativity working in partnership with Black, Indigenous and people of color ... programming and advocacy,” said Michael Forman, co-founder of the Forman Arts Initiative. “Through FAI’s ...
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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 ... ) initiative — From ‘Reimagining the  Civic Commons  to Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure.’ “Philadelphia has ... and National Initiatives. An innovative public/private partnership between the William Penn Foundation, the Knight ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... truth, and fostering healing. Arundhati Roy speaks to this in her recent article  The pandemic is a portal , ... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , which supports community media in the Philly region, I’ve been reflecting ... respond to this moment with a sense of urgency, trust of community and commitment. In our recent grant cycle, the ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
... Leeway Foundation awarded $180,000 in unrestricted support to 12 women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and ... five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work. Leeway received a record number of ... showcase a vision and intentional analysis for how art in community is a catalyst for social change. The 2024 ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for community-centered, BIPOC-led media organizations and ... region. In total, the foundation awarded 71 grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of community media-making ($3.2 million), narrative shift around ...

PECO Announces New Powering the Arts Grant for Community-Based Organizations in Southeastern PA

Friday, July 1, 2022
... introduced a new competitive grants program that will help community-based organizations reach new and diverse audiences and reduce barriers to their participation.  The Powering the Arts grant program ... said Romona Riscoe Benson, Director, Corporate and Community Impact, PECO. “This new grant will not only ...
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
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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 of dollars in neighborhood ... neighborhood revitalization efforts Elevating the voice of community members Helping to strengthen and grow small, ... , Chair of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and CEO and Founder of Rodriguez Consulting, a minority owned business ...

Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
... grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to help Philadelphia-area organizations recover from the ... Foundation to undertake a comprehensive planning and community engagement process to improve the Free Library’s ... thousands of pieces of our region’s history to schools, community centers, and library branches to engage ...

"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding

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12/2017
... 2018 will be institutional funders' intensifying efforts to boost equitable funding and access to the arts. It ... for the benefit of black people." Hillombo partners with community development organizations that are "building power by engaging community in planning and strategy," and works with primarily ...
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