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An Open Letter to Arts Funders: Create a Pooled Loan Fund

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
... Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area, philanthropic foundation leaders and nonprofit cultural sector consultants, we have worked with arts groups for over 25 years on building financial sustainability. We are ... up and running in the wake of this unprecedented public health emergency requires immediate action and planning now. ...

$9.5 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Support 30 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Mural: The Talented Mr. Trotter: You Can Be Anything
Monday, September 19, 2022
... Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced its 2022 grants and fellowships today in support of cultural events and artistic work that will ... experiences while evolving approaches to visitor services, health, and safety. The Center’s new grants affirm that the ...
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25Mar2020

Arts & Culture Funders COVID-19 Response Meeting

Wednesday, March 25, 2020
11:00am - 12:15pm
Video Conference
... information as well as ask questions. You must be logged in to the website in order to register. If you have technical ... and arts organizations to help them through the COVID-19 health crisis. Philadelphia Artists and Arts Organizations ... COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants Arts & Culture ...

$9 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Supports 28 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Pew Fellow Pepón Osorio, My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente, 2023, installation view at the New Museum, New York. Photo by Liz Ligon.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
40 new grants will fund artists and public events that connect art ... has awarded 40 grants and fellowships totaling $9 million in support of Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and ... The Clay Studio will consider the relationship between health and working with clay in an exhibition featuring ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives $232,886 to Support Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Monday, June 11, 2018
... 11, 2018  -- The 2018 Philadelphia Cultural Fund grants will foster the talent and potential of youth ... the city.  The Cultural Fund announced $232,886 in grants to cultural organizations that use arts to enrich ... the program from 13 to 40 students in grades 6 through 12 over 8 years.  The 2018-19 MusiCore expansion pilot program ...
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BIPOC Artists Receive More than $1 Million in Fellowships Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Program

Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures 2024 Fellows
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
... regionally through a collaboration among The Barra Foundation , Neubauer Family Foundation, The Pew Center for ... and cultural workers who make a material difference in their communities over and above the already challenging work of sustaining ...

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 ... by Steve Weinik In the first 13 weeks of the program, over 430 participants received payments totaling more than ... specialists who connect them with social and behavioral health services and potential opportunities for long term ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $2.68M to 339 Arts Organizations Across the City

Friday, March 29, 2019
... will announce the recipients of its 2019 Art & Culture Grants. The awards total $2.68 million and will provide 339 ... and broadest community of arts and cultural organizations in Philadelphia. This year’s grantee list is the largest in ... that utilizes its rare, authentic-period artifacts to educate and create awareness of the impact of  slavery ...
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Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... annual meeting of the park and recreation community, over a three-day period conference attendees were presented ... sessions ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of ... improving a park helps improve the local economy and the health and wellbeing of local residents. We’ve seen this ...
14May2019

Equitable Grantmaking in the Arts & Culture Sector

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... discussion will focus on equitable grantmaking practices in the arts and culture sector. We will learn about the ...
17May2021

Arts & Culture Funders Meeting

Monday, May 17, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
We are excited to announce our meeting theme this year is  Pandemic ... Council on the Arts Judilee Reed , William Penn Foundation Denise Brown & Melissa Hamilton , Leeway ... Resources Leeway Community Care Fund (slidedeck) Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance COVID-19 Economic ...

Philly groups offer $9 million in funding for nonprofits celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States

Fireworks_Wawa Welcome America
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
... groups are offering area nonprofits a total of $9 million in funding to help celebrate. That funding comes in the form of the ... for the Semiquincentennial, a joint effort by the Connelly Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, the Pew Charitable ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
...  them. As Program Officer at  Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , which supports community media in the ... from national and local news outlets. Our hope is that over time these projects will become more visible and ... for youth to explore issues like COVID’s impact, mental health and the upcoming election. As someone who has worked ...

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... 11, 2022 -- The board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces that its Executive Director, Barbara Silzle, will ... While City Council led the way for additional funding in the City’s FY2021 and FY2022 budget, the Mayor’s ... sectors. She served as Executive Director of The Leeway Foundation, a private foundation that invests in women and ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Caralyn Spector
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
July 5, 2022 -- The board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces that it has engaged Caralyn Spector to serve as its ... that seamlessly continues the essential work of the Fund in support of our grantees. The search committee is charged ... on the Creative Communities team of the William Penn Foundation (2018-2020) where her portfolio focused on ...
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The Philadelphia Cultural Fund distributes $2.67 million to a diverse mix of arts & culture organizations

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
... OF ARTS PROGRAMS ENRICHING CITY LIFE PHILADELPHIA — In a City Hall ceremony, hundreds of Philadelphia arts and ... organizations received 2.67 million in Art & Culture Grants from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund for 2018. The ...
07Feb2022

Arts and Culture Funders Community of Practice

Monday, February 7, 2022
2:00pm - 3:15pm
VIDEO CONFERENCE
... who 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 ... 12, 2019 Resource: Sample language shared by Bartol Foundation Resource: DEI vocabulary via the Avarna Group ...
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Three new programs will help Berks County nonprofits navigate a post-pandemic future

Berks County Community Foundation
Monday, February 22, 2021
READING, PA (February 22, 2021) – Berks County Community Foundation is launching three new programs aimed at guiding nonprofits in our region into a post-pandemic period. These programs ... in the same town or across the county. Up to $100,000 in grants may be awarded through each of these programs. Because ...

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