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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
... enterprises are invited to apply.   PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative ... Budget Act as an investment to address racial disparities in the City of Philadelphia. City Council’s transfer ... Individual artists (with a total annual income of $60,000 or less) can apply for a grant of $1,000. Small nonprofit ...

BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 Emergency Grants to Area Cultural Institutions

BLBB Charitable
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... charitable giving arm of BLB&B Advisors, LLC, announced grants this week of $40,000 to several northern Montgomery County and Bucks County ... pandemic. Grants were awarded to The County Theater in Doylestown, The Ambler Theater, The Bucks County ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives Much-Needed Support to Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Thursday, June 27, 2019
... The Philadelphia Cultural Fund today announced $223,918 in grants to 13 cultural organizations that use arts to ... the lives of young people, ages 5 to 18, throughout the city. These 2019 Youth Arts Enrichment (YAE) Grants aim to ... charge to the youth participants. The maximum grant is $20,000. These grants provide essential support for programs ...
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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 COVID-19 pandemic, pivoting from its usual project grants for individual public programs and events. The new ... The 2021 recovery project grants are awards of up to $400,000 for a single organization or an aggregate of up to ...

Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Philadelphia-Area Cultural Groups and Artists

BalletX company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow’s Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of BalletX.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
... the future of several of the most prominent institutions in the city and $1 million in unrestricted fellowships to 12 local ... have been named Pew Fellows in the Arts, receiving $85,000 each, which is an additional $10,000 per artist this ...
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An Open Letter to Arts Funders: Create a Pooled Loan Fund

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
... As many of you know, most mid-sized arts organizations in the United States have less than three months of cash in ... sector consultants, we have worked with arts groups for over 25 years on building financial sustainability. We ... and supports 39,699 FTE jobs. In Philadelphia more than 55,000 FTEs are employed by arts and cultural organizations and ...

PA Humanities announces Wingspan: $2.25 million to 24 BIPOC and rural organizations

PA Humanities Wingspan
Thursday, December 7, 2023
... 7, 2023) - Today PA Humanities announced $2.25 million in funding to 24 organizations from across the Commonwealth ... is providing multi-year grants ranging in size from $50,000 to $100,000. This financial support can be used for ... tools to lead change in their communities. PA Humanities announces Wingspan: $2.25 million to 24 BIPOC and rural ...
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Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Announces Partnership with Small But Mighty Arts

Tuesday, March 20, 2018
... a ‘win-win ’ Bartol Foundation Will Fund Ten Micro-Grants of $500 Each Distributed by Small But Mighty Arts to ... they need to advance or complete a creative project in the community. “By partnering with Small But Mighty ... established artists.     Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Announces Partnership with Small But Mighty Arts ...
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Fels Fund Awards Arts & Culture Grants

Samuel S. Fels Fund
Friday, June 29, 2018
... Board of Directors of the Samuel S. Fels Fund approved 22 grants to 19 arts and culture organizations. Most organizations received a two-year commitment for general support. Fels' Arts & Culture grants totaled ... next year. Grant recipients are: African American Museum in Philadelphia Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture ArtWell ...

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
... designed to support arts, culture and creativity working in partnership with Black, Indigenous and people of color ... to receive two-year, unrestricted grants of up to $200,000 per year. Four emerging artists will receive two- year ... active civic participation. “Philadelphia is a wonderful city with great organizations and artists. Our goal in ...
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Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation

Leeway Foundation
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
In a time of global unrest and uncertainty, Leeway Foundation ... Visual Arts/Media Arts, $2,500 Kristin Auer of Center City, Multidisciplinary, $2,500 Lex Wiley of Mantua, Folk ... from their gender assigned at birth.

The Presser Foundation Will Give Nearly $1.5 Million in General Operating Support Grants to Music Organizations

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
... release  The Presser Foundation will award $1,445,500 in grants to 148 music organizations throughout the Greater ... with 52 organizations operating with budgets under $100,000. This year's grantees demonstrate strong commitments to ... Future Settlement Music School Sharim v’Sharot* Singing City Singing Hearts Choir Inc. Southeastern Pennsylvania ...
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16May2022

Arts and Culture Community of Practice

Monday, May 16, 2022
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
Join the Arts & Culture Funders Community of Practice on Monday, May 16th at 2pm. We’ll reflect on ...  with Arreon Harley-Emerson about centering racial equity in grantee relationships, language, and processes.  ... lead a conversation about the current implications of the City of Philadelphia's budget on the arts and culture ...
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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
By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to ... largest foundation devoted solely to giving in the region. The William Penn Foundation is instituting a broad set of changes — from the kinds of projects and organizations ... Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds ...

The Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations Introduce $13M Funding Collaborative

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Press release via William Penn Foundation In 2021, the Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations ... joined together to more deeply understand the needs of organizations utilizing art and culture to address ... wealth to working-class communities of color.    Center for Transforming Communities  provides cultural programming ...

William Penn Foundation awards $11.8 million in Arts & Culture funding

Thursday, May 30, 2019
... Today the William Penn Foundation announced $11.8 million in funding for 35 arts and culture organizations. These grants offer unrestricted operating support to a range of ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... Cabral As anti-racist protests sweep across the country in the middle of a pandemic that has exposed structural inequalities, ... and reimagine and create a new normal that is better for the world, one where equality and justice are the norm. ...

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

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
... Pony. Many of the organizations lift the voices of the city’s cultural communities through high-quality arts ... receiving funding include:  Kimmel Center  ($20,000) - Bringing the latest in contemporary performance to Philadelphia with the U.S. ...
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