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Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
... on Us program  with the announcement of more than 20 new institutions being added to the roster of participating ... said Rena DeSisto, Bank of America global arts and culture executive. “Through programs like Museums on Us, Bank of ... Museum (Kingston, N.Y.) The Jewish Museum (New York City) Museum of Arts and Sciences (Daytona Beach, Fla.) ...
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Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... Board has initiated a comprehensive process to select a new CEO and will consider both internal and external ... who, while addressing issues related to the health of our city, never lost sight of the arts’ important role in ... a more humane & beautiful place.” said Jane Golden, Executive Director & Founder of Mural Arts Philadelphia. ...
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Arts & Culture Funders Webinar - Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy

Wednesday, November 15, 2017
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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... foundations and nonprofit leaders are increasingly aware of diversity and equity issues in the nonprofit cultural ... special webinar session where Helicon Collaborative’s Co-Director Holly Sidford will share findings from their recent ... communities. It concludes with ideas how to move toward a new era of more equitable and inclusive cultural ...

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
... The three-year initiative has infused $9.9 million of new funding into the greater Philadelphia region to support ... a vibrant cultural destination,” said Paula Marincola, executive director of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. “Artists are essential to a city’s vitality, and the 2024 Philadelphia’s Cultural ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants

Thursday, March 26, 2020
... via WHYY: Philly arts organizations get $2.9M from city’s cultural fund during coronavirus closures by Peter ... and people they serve,” said Philadelphia Cultural Fund Executive Director Barbara J. Silzle. “Our grants are responsible for ...
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$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 ... on salient issues of the moment,” says Paula Marincola, executive director of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. ... reflects the diversity, complexity, and vibrancy of our city and region, and it is gratifying to see the Center’s ...
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Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + Activist Residency

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... PA-Leeway Foundation recognizes the longstanding power of media artists and social-justice activists throughout the ... the range of projects and media,” said Leeway Foundation Executive Director Denise Brown. “We are grateful for the support for ...

Pennsylvania Humanities Council Announces $780,500 in Emergency Relief Grants

PHC Cares
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
... to our communities,” said Laurie Zierer, PHC’s executive director. “PHC CARES will help sustain this vital cultural ... to the systemic changes COVID-19 has wrought and find new, creative ways to fulfill our mission.”  ►LINK to ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Announces $200K in Youth Arts Impact Grants

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
... pandemic and to acknowledge their vital work to serve the city’s youth. The grantee organizations represent a wide ... threatened during the pandemic,” stated Cultural Fund Executive Director Barbara Silzle.  “When Philadelphia emerges from ...

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
... These grants will help the recipients create and implement new strategies to adapt their programs, operations, and ... families in achieving economic mobility; and bolster the city’s cultural and civic vitality, including supporting ... the impacts of the pandemic.” Kristin Romens , project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in ...

$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
... from the pandemic,” said Paula Marincola, the Center’s executive director. “The local arts community remains ... to visitor services, health, and safety. The Center’s new grants affirm that the arts will continue to play a vital ... stories portray the lives of Black Philadelphians in a city contending with the transformational effects of ...
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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 ... will expand its successful community programming with new Knight funding, and the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, which is ... Patrick Morgan, Knight Foundation’s Philadelphia program director. Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... organizations selected as Finalists to receive a total of $420,000 in funding in 2021. Core Mission Grants Each of ... job insecurity. CCATE recently purchased and moved into a new space, and is creating an edible garden and food ... and reduce trauma-related reactive violence in the City of Chester, PA. Its vision is to provide compassionate ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
... Greater Philadelphia region, working at the intersection of art and social change for the past five years or more, ... Brewerytown, Multidisciplinary Hazel Edwards of University City, Performance/Folk Arts  Lane Timothy Speidel of West ... and poet living in the Land of Enchantment (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Ameerah Bad'r, and Denver-based nationally ...

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces Over $10.2 Million in Pandemic Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Organizations and Fellowships for Artists

Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Thursday, September 9, 2021
... reshape business and revenue models, and develop new approaches to programming and public engagement ... a pandemic,” says Paula Marincola , the Center’s executive director. “Artists and organizations have not only ...

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

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... joined together to more deeply understand the needs of organizations utilizing art and culture to address ... economic development of people of the African diaspora in New Orleans.    Asian Arts Initiative  in Philadelphia ... says the Culture and Community Power Fund’s Co-Director Aviva Kapust.

The Rider-Pool Foundation Announces Grant Awards for Lehigh Valley Programs

The Rider-Pool Foundation
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
... and creation of a mission and vision statement within a new strategic plan. A grant of $25,000 was awarded to the ... important programs,” said Edward F. Meehan, MPH, Executive Director of The Rider-Pool Foundation.  “Our support, ...

William Penn Foundation Announces Another $11.6 Million for COVID Emergency Action

Monday, March 30, 2020
... actions to support the urgent needs of organizations. New Emergency Fund for Early Education Today we are pleased ... Regards, Janet Haas, M.D. Board Chair Shawn McCaney Executive Director William Penn Foundation Announces Another $11.6 ...

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

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
... & CEO of the Philadelphia Foundation; Jane Golden, Executive Director, Mural Arts Philadelphia and Ernel Martinez, Lead ... strengthen the bonds of different communities across the city of Philadelphia and the surrounding area. The mural is ...

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