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Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
... that Pia Agrawal will join the Leeway Foundation as our new executive director beginning January 27, 2025. Pia is a ... artists and I am honored to bring this energy back to the city I called home for so many years. I look forward to ...
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New director of Philly Cultural Fund has a message for the next mayor

Gabriela Sanchez
Monday, April 3, 2023
... Sanchez.png Starting today, Gabriela Serena Sanchez is the new executive director of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, overseeing the distribution of city funding as arts grants.   She starts the job in a time ...

Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... life. A recognized leader with extensive experience in the city, Frisby-Greenwood joins Pew after serving as president and chief executive officer of The Fund for the School District of ... a Master of Public Administration from Baruch College. Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for ...

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Appoints Patricia Wilson Aden as President & CEO

GPCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
... The Blues Foundation  in Memphis, TN and will assume this new role in January  2022. “Patty Wilson Aden has long ... deeper donor engagement. Prior to AAMP, she served as the executive director of the  Rhythm and Blues Foundation , ... . The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Appoints Patricia Wilson Aden as President & CEO ...
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Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
...  (NRPA) concluded its  annual conference  in New Orleans, bringing together more than 7,000 park and ... ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Community Infrastructure ( ...

Philadelphia City Council to Invest Over $3 Million in Local Arts Community

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Via Philadelphia City Council CityHall.jpg Philadelphia City Council has ... This funding is a combination of an allocation from the New Normal Budget Act and additional advocacy in a recent ... and vitality of the city itself,” said Barbara Silzle, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. ...
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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 ... construction The panel will be moderated by Rebuild Deputy Director David Gould , and panelists will include: Pati ...

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
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia announced today that it has been ... Chief Cultural Officer for the City of Philadelphia and Executive Director of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative ...
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William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
In November 2019, the William Penn Foundation Board of Directors approved grants of nearly $20 million in support ... its Creative Communities Program, totaling $1.6 million. City Parks Alliance, Inc. ($250,000 over 24 months)  to ... Philadelphia, Inc. ($495,000 over 24 months) to support a new, world-class design for park and transportation ...

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 ... can do their best work,” said Philadelphia Cultural Fund executive director Barbara J. Silzle. Twenty-eight organizations are ...
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Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
PRESS RELEASE via the City of Philadelphia Department of Planning and Development ... rapidly changing neighborhoods,” said Shawn McCaney, Executive Director of the William Penn Foundation. “We are pleased to ...

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

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
... organizations. The grants are resourced through the City of Philadelphia’s budget and supplemented by ... years of the pandemic,” said Philadelphia Cultural Fund Executive Director Barbara J. Silzle.  “The arts have long been a ...
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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
... organizations. The grants are resourced through the City budget and supplemented by donations. The 2021 Art & ... they  faced this year,” said Philadelphia Cultural Fund Executive Director Barbara J. Silzle. “We recognize the vital role ...
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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
... of several of the most prominent institutions in the city and $1 million in unrestricted fellowships to 12 local artists. New this year, the Center’s “Evolving Futures” awards ... Futures grants this year,” says Paula Marincola, executive director of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. ...
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City's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Shares Plans for 2021

OACCE
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Press release   OACCElogo.png PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) today shared its plans for new and returning programs to support Philadelphia's diverse ...
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03Feb2021

Special Funder Briefing: City of Philadelphia FY 2022 Budget

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
In the face of declining revenues, increased community needs due to ... in shaping their FY 2022 budgets. In July 2020, the City announced revisions to its FY21-FY25 Five-Year budget ... recovery priorities and regional recovery lessons. Budget Director Marisa Waxman will present the City's Fiscal Year ...

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

Friday, July 1, 2022
PECO has introduced a new competitive grants program that will help community-based ... the Arts grant program offers one-year or two-year grants of up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of $20,000 over two ... recover from the pandemic,” said Romona Riscoe Benson, Director, Corporate and Community Impact, PECO. “This new ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council announces new grant program for cultural organizations affected by COVID-19

Monday, April 6, 2020
... today announced Pop-Up Grants for Cultural Producers , a new grant program supporting efforts to sustain public ... sector is particularly vulnerable,” said Laurie Zierer, executive director of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. “Whether ...

William Penn Foundation, Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds

Thursday, June 27, 2024
... The William Penn Foundation is instituting a broad set of changes — from the kinds of projects and organizations ... been underway for a decade and roughly coincides with a new 10-year strategic plan. While the new giving priorities ... Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds ...

The Presser Foundation Announces Nearly $2 Million in New Capital Support Grants

Monday, April 19, 2021
... impact on the Greater Philadelphia Area’s rich ecosystem of music performance, education, and community engagement, The Presser Foundation announces new Capital Support grants to thirty-five musicorganizations. ... PRISM Quartet, Inc. Reading Symphony Orchestra Singing City Sruti Tempesta di Mare, Inc. Previous & Deferred Capital ...
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