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

GPCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
... Wilson Aden has been appointed by the Board of Directors as its next president and CEO. The appointment of Aden ... Aden currently serves as president and CEO of  The Blues Foundation  in Memphis, TN and will assume this new role in January  2022. “Patty Wilson Aden has long ...
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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 of transition ... leaving to campaign for that position, and a new council president on the way. I want a mayor who values the power and ...

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
Press release via Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (3/25/ 2021) – Forman Arts ... and Philadelphia Foundation are launching Art Works, a new $3 million grant program for community-based ... Organizations must demonstrate how they are using the arts as an engine to transform their communities and create safe ...
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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 ... by providing them with high-quality baby items, such as blankets and onesies, printed with messaging that ... Philadelphia, Inc. ($495,000 over 24 months) to support a new, world-class design for park and transportation ...

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

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... that Donna Frisby-Greenwood will join the organization as vice president for Philadelphia programs, effective Oct. 3, 2022. ... program director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, executive director of After-School All-Stars ...

William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
The William Penn Foundation is pleased to announce our recently approved ... hope sharing this information may help inspire new areas of collaboration to build on the strengths of your ... an art gallery, which will be free and open to the public, as well as support for a conference center and programming of ...

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

Monday, April 19, 2021
... education, and community engagement, The Presser Foundation announces new Capital Support grants to thirty-five musicorganizations. ... consider the equipment and supply needs of organizations as they continue to respond to the pandemic with innovative, ...
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Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... July 2024] It is with mixed emotions that the Independence Foundation Board of Directors announces the upcoming ... retirement of Susan Sherman, who will leave her role as President & CEO after a dynamic and highly successful ... Board has initiated a comprehensive process to select a new CEO and will consider both internal and external ...
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The Presser Foundation announces more than $71,000 in new special project grants to music organizations

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Press release The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce new Special Project single year and multi-year grants ... support to four new music organizations to the Foundation as they develop programming for music education, music ...
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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 ... are turning their attention to what comes next, as they evaluate the changes wrought by the pandemic and look ...

Foundations, City of Philadelphia and key Arts & Culture organizations join together to launch $3.45M fund to meet the growing emergency need in this sector

PHL COVID-19 Arts Aid Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Related coverage: New fund sparked by William Penn Foundation will dole out millions to arts groups and artists ... COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL will support individual artists as well as small arts and culture organizations (Annual ... from the Doris Duke  Charitable Foundation as well as Connelly, Independence, Lenfest and Victory Foundations. The ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... August 2, 2022—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for ... reflect on what we’ve learned in our first three years as an organization, and hone our vision for media making that ... podcasting projects such as RadioCATA ($50,000), a New Jersey-based farmworker-run radio station by Comite de ...

William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
WPFLogo 2024.png Press release via William Penn Foundation PHILADELPHIA, November 18th, 2024 – The ... to apply for PCF’s Art & Culture Grants. This year, as part of PCF’s strategic planning, they will develop a ... cultural community," said Patricia Wilson Aden, President & CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural ...
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Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
... will receive $923,600 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The groups are large and small, ranging from the ... will expand its successful community programming with new Knight funding, and the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, which is chronicling the history of cabaret as an art form. “The arts bring us together like little ...
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The Presser Foundation Announces Over $1.3 Million in a Special Round of Grants to Music Organizations

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Related coverage: Recipients call Presser Foundation awards of more than a half million dollars ... projects totaling $795,000, including $545,000 in new commitments and $250,000 satisfying previous commitments, ... enthusiasts depend on them. Our Trustees pledge to serve as responsible stewards advancing the art of music and ...
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Bucks County Foundation Grants Boost Area Nonprofits

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The Bucks County Foundation (BCF) and its Board of Directors awarded more than ... things happen in Bucks County,” said Kelly Krumenacker, President and Executive Director of Bucks County Children’s ... individuals, families, and businesses through funds such as donor advised funds, scholarship funds, and the Fund for ...
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Leeway Foundation announces 2019 Transformation Awardees

Leeway Transformation Awards
Friday, December 27, 2019
The Leeway Foundation announced $150,000 in funding for 10 individual ... and social impact throughout Greater Philadelphia? As we continue to explore the future of funding and its ... of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Ashley Minner, and New York based public artist , Tomie Arai . The second stage ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
Press release via Leeway Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA [January 17, 2025] — In ... we use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, ... and poet living in the Land of Enchantment (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Ameerah Bad'r, and Denver-based nationally ...

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

Thursday, June 27, 2024
... Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to giving in the region. The William Penn Foundation is instituting a broad set of changes — from the ... been underway for a decade and roughly coincides with a new 10-year strategic plan. While the new giving priorities ...

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
... million in unrestricted fellowships to 12 local artists. New this year, the Center’s “Evolving Futures” awards ... at a critical juncture following the pandemic, as the sector seeks to chart a path toward greater ... communities.” Donna Frisby-Greenwood, the senior vice president leading The Pew Charitable Trusts’ work in ...
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