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Leeway Foundation announces 2019 Transformation Awardees

Leeway Transformation Awards
Friday, December 27, 2019
... $15,000 per awardee is in affirmation of their commitment to their communities and art for social change. This year’s ... and work samples in this two-stage process. The 2019 panel second stage was facilitated by Philadelphia based ... gender assigned at birth. Leeway Foundation announces 2019 Transformation Awardees ...

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2019 Grants for Philadelphia Artists, Organizations

Philadelphia Orchestra
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 21, 2019)— The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced 39 ... region’s cultural organizations and artists. The 2019 awards total more than $8.4 million and provide funding ... grants include two new areas of support. In addition to the Center’s longstanding annual fellowships for ...
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Philadelphia's Lenfests receive Carnegie Medal for their extraordinary philanthropy

Thursday, October 5, 2017
... Lenfest (center, with medals) at the Carnegie Medal for Philanthropy luncheon at the New York Public Library. NEW ... Marguerite and H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest are used to giving ovations. Tuesday afternoon they received one at a ... seven other recipients accepted the 2017 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. The national honor is awarded every two years ...
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15Nov2017

Arts & Culture Funders Webinar - Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy

Wednesday, November 15, 2017
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Webinar
... recent report, Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy . Not Just Money  explores inequitable patterns ... urban and rural communities. It concludes with ideas how to move toward a new era of more equitable and inclusive cultural philanthropy. During this webinar we will: Unpack findings ...

City of Philadelphia Selected for $1 Million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge Grant to Fund Temporary Public Art Project that Addresses Gun Violence in Germantown

Bloomberg Art Challenge
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
... of Philadelphia announced today that it has been selected to receive $1,000,000 as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies ... with gun violence into poetry, which will be used to create public art installations in the neighborhood of ...
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24Sep2020

Arts & Culture Funders Meeting

Thursday, September 24, 2020
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
      Philanthropy Network’s Arts & Culture Funders will be discussing statewide trends and how arts nonprofits are adapting their models in response to COVID-19. Presenters include: Laurie Zierer, Pennsylvania ...

Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts Unveil “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
... & CEO, Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (11/7/2019) — The Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts today ... Martinez, Lead Muralist. “This mural is a testament to community philanthropy,” Ramos said.  “We knew that the artist, ...
07Feb2022

Arts and Culture Funders Community of Practice

Monday, February 7, 2022
2:00pm - 3:15pm
VIDEO CONFERENCE
... has written, spoken, and consulted on systemic racism in philanthropy.  We will discuss the importance of language, equitable access to grantmakers, the power imbalance in grantmaking, and ... of Race, Poverty, and More , By Trabian Shorters, June 26, 2019 Chronicle of Philanthropy Article: #PhilanthropySoWhite ...
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"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding

Published: 
12/2017
By Mike Scutari for Inside Philanthropy |  This article from Inside Philanthropy predicts the top arts philanthropy trend for ... 2018 will be institutional funders' intensifying efforts to boost equitable funding and access to the arts. It ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

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Monday, October 7, 2019
Leewaylogo.jpg (Ocotber 7, 2019) - Today, the Leeway Foundation announced $55,000 in ... producers in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a range of social change issues. The fall 2019 cycle of grantees highlights a trend in cultural ...

Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Awards 22 Grants to Philadelphia Arts and Cultural Organizations

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
STOCKTON RUSH BARTOL FOUNDATION AWARDS 22 GRANTS TO PHILADELPHIA ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS Five ... next round of grants will be available in the winter of 2019 on the Foundation’s website at www.bartol.org with an ... at the intersection of arts, education, community and philanthropy, grounded in our belief that deeply meaningful ...
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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 , ... where equality and justice are the norm. Both media and philanthropy play important roles in supporting movements ... learn together and be affirmed. The Role of Media and Philanthropy I see IPMF’s legacy as amplifying community ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives Much-Needed Support to Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Thursday, June 27, 2019
PHILADELPHIA—(June 27, 2019)— The Philadelphia Cultural Fund today announced $223,918 in grants to 13 cultural organizations that use arts to enrich the ... of young people, ages 5 to 18, throughout the city. These 2019 Youth Arts Enrichment (YAE) Grants aim to encourage and ...
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The Presser Foundation Announces Over $1.3 Million in a Special Round of Grants to Music Organizations

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
... 29, 2020 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating impact on the ... they are aching to continue their important work.”  2019-20 Special Round of General Operating Support Grantees ... States dedicated solely to music education and music philanthropy. The Presser Foundation supports a broad range ...
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William Penn Foundation awards $11.8 million in Arts & Culture funding

Thursday, May 30, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (May 30, 2019) – Today the William Penn Foundation announced $11.8 ... These grants offer unrestricted operating support to a range of arts and culture organizations that contribute ... foster creativity that enhances civic life, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. The Foundation’s ...

Bartol Foundation Awards 18 Grants to Philadelphia Arts & Cultural Organizations

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Thursday, July 25, 2019
... announced today that it will distribute $95,000 in grants to 18 Philadelphia arts and cultural organizations. The ... with information on each grantee is available here . The 2019 roster of grantees reflects the Bartol Foundation’s ... priorities, will be announced in the fall of 2019.  Bartol Foundation Awards 18 Grants to Philadelphia ...
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15Mar2024

Arts and Culture Funders Community of Practice

Friday, March 15, 2024
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
... Humanities and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance to gather the voices of Pennsylvania’s cultural, arts, and ... and community groups. The two primary goals were to continue tracking the post-pandemic recovery and regrowth ... educate grantmakers and practitioners about the latest trends, inspire future research, and help build a stronger ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $2.68M to 339 Arts Organizations Across the City

Friday, March 29, 2019
PHILADELPHIA—(March 26, 2019]—On March 26 and 27 at City Hall, The Philadelphia ... Cultural Fund will announce the recipients of its 2019 Art & Culture Grants. The awards total $2.68 million and ... that utilizes its rare, authentic-period artifacts to educate and create awareness of the impact of  slavery ...
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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 of dollars in neighborhood ... after the Rebuild’s first groundbreaking, we invite to join a conversation about how collaborative funding can ... Presentation Slidedeck (1.22.20) Rebuild by the Numbers 2019 14 Rebuild Projects to Get Excited About in 2020 One ...

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