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Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
... announcement of more than 20 new institutions being added to the roster of participating museums and cultural ... first full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of every month in 2018, so they can experience more than 200 of the ... of Museums on Us partners  here .   Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program ...
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Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Press release via Leeway Foundation PiaLeewayFoundationAnnouncement121724.jpg   ... 2024 — We, the Leeway Board of Directors, are delighted to announce that Pia Agrawal will join the Leeway Foundation ... cities around the country, including several years working in Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. Most recently, ...
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PA Humanities announces $1.4 million in recovery funds to 92 organizations

PA SHARP
Thursday, December 16, 2021
... Press release Today PA Humanities announced $1.4 million in recovery funds to 92 Pennsylvania organizations. Called PA ... 24 percent of the total grantees and 23 percent of grants were to recipients in rural counties. “This PA SHARP ... BIPOC and new immigrant communities.  PA Humanities announces $1.4 million in recovery funds to 92 organizations ...
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Leeway Foundation Introduces Immediate Relief Funds for Individual Artists in the Launch of the 2021 Community Care Fund

Leeway Foundation Community Care Fund
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Leeway CCFund.png PHILADELPHIA – In response to the continuing financial impacts on the arts and culture community, Leeway Foundation is launching the WOO Community Care Fund in 2021. ...

Applications Open for $1.2 Million in Recovery Grants for the Humanities in Pennsylvania

PA SHARP
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
... is now accepting applications statewide for $1.2 million in pandemic recovery grants for organizations with a humanities-based mission and ... the American Rescue Plan), the initiative provides up to $20,000 in flexible funding to strengthen and grow the ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
Pedro Ramos, President & CEO, Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (11/7/2019) — The Philadelphia ... the foundation’s Centennial Legacy Mural “Strength in our Bonds” at its permanent location at 23rd and Market ... workshops and paint days were held throughout the region over a four-month period to gain insight into how individuals ...

Bartol Foundation names 2018 George Bartol Award Winner

Sister Cities Girlchoir
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Philadelphia, PA—The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation has selected Sister Cities Girlchoir (SCG) as the ... George Bartol Arts Education Award. The Award is given to an organization that provides sustained, meaningful exposure and participation in the arts; that demonstrates an active engagement in the ...
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William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Via William Penn Foundation WPF new funding areas_horiz.png   OUR REVISED GRANTMAKING APPROACH: CONNECTING MORE PEOPLE TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES Last fall, we shared our plans to ... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to ...

The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Launch $1 Million Illuminate the Arts Grant

OACCE
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
... organizations, and small creative enterprises are invited to apply.   PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia Office ... through Friday, May 28 .   The Illuminate the Arts Grants are a means to help sustain and stimulate the recovery ... Budget Act as an investment to address racial disparities in the City of Philadelphia. City Council’s transfer ...

Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
... March 7, 2018 – From diversifying arts board leadership to commissioning 25 Asian-American artists to create ... will receive $923,600 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The groups are large and small, ranging from the ... include:  Kimmel Center  ($20,000) - Bringing the latest in contemporary performance to Philadelphia with the U.S. ...
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City launches $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 12, 2024
... 11:59 p.m. The 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant is a means to help strengthen and financially uplift Philadelphia’s creative sector, particularly in Philadelphia’s Black and Brown communities, and those ... Applicants must be based in Philadelphia County. The 2024 grants will support: Individual artists with a 2023 total ...
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William Penn Foundation, Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds

Thursday, June 27, 2024
... Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to giving in the region. The William Penn Foundation is instituting a ...

More Than $1 Million in Fellowships Awarded to 12 BIPOC Artists Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Program

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
... Center for Arts & Heritage in collaboration with The Barra Foundation, Neubauer Family Foundation, William Penn ... who make a material difference in their communities over and above the already challenging work of sustaining ... primary areas of interest—Arts & Culture, Education, Health and Human Services—The Barra Foundation funds ...
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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Focus on Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Arts and History Organizations in 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
... will focus on assisting arts and history organizations in the Philadelphia region to recover from the effects of the ... area artists and organizations, first in May of 2020 with over $535,000 in additional unrestricted funds to its current ... responded to evolving pandemic-related public health and safety guidelines. The 2021 recovery grant ...

Pew Awards $7.7M to Philadelphia Human Services, Arts, and Civic Nonprofits to Expand Programs, Adapt Business Models

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
... needs of the residents and communities they serve. In doing so, the awards will help to house and support people ... use by addressing this population’s special needs. Over the next five years, the organization will add more than ... comprehensive services such as those for behavioral health and substance use disorder, particularly in the ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407 to 282 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
... and financial devastation to the arts sector for over the last two years. The Philadelphia Cultural Fund has ... allocation to PCF was reduced by over 20%, to $2.5M, but in December of 2021 City Council recognized the dire ... are likely to have less access to revenue sources such as foundation grants.  The Philadelphia Cultural Fund has long ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $914,517 to 205 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
... and the amount of each grant is significantly less than in past years. In 2020, $2,928,500 was awarded to 349 ... most likely have less access to revenue sources such as foundation grants.   PCF has long been an accessible and ... grantmaking. The peer review panel process involved over 115 volunteers spanning the local arts and culture ...
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43 organizations receive Barra Awards

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... the communities they serve.   This year, The Barra Foundation has awarded $2,150,000 to 43 exemplary ... from across the field of Arts & Culture, Education, Health and Human Services. In line with its mission to invest ... the Barra Awards provide $50,000 in unrestricted funding over a two-year period. Without unrestricted capital, ...
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Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... for Philadelphia programs, effective Oct. 3, 2022. In this role, Frisby-Greenwood will lead the organization’s ... local policy efforts, for partnering with the region’s health and human services organizations to support our most ... program director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, executive director of After-School All-Stars ...

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