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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 ... sessions ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of ... said McCaney, who also serves as William Penn Foundation’s Director of Creative Communities and National ...

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund distributes $2.67 million to a diverse mix of arts & culture organizations

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
... institutions such as Taller Puertorriqueño and The Barnes Foundation, these cultural venues are essential to the ... of less than $50,000. Many of these groups have no paid staff. Power Street Theater Company is an excellent example ...

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

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... program director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, executive director of After-School All-Stars ... of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education Foundation. Frisby-Greenwood graduated from the University of ...

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... sectors. She served as Executive Director of The Leeway Foundation, a private foundation that invests in women and trans artists who are ... to Leeway, Barbara served on the board of the Valentine Foundation and worked for several Philadelphia arts ...
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43 organizations receive Barra Awards

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... the communities they serve.   This year, The Barra Foundation has awarded $2,150,000 to 43 exemplary ... different disciplines and networks helps them discover new ideas and better solutions to problems. To identify ... or enable us to try a new idea." Visit the Barra Foundation's website to view the list of Awardees . Related ...
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Arts and Culture Funders Roundtable: DEI in the Regional Arts and Culture Sector

Thursday, February 16, 2017
8:45am - 11:30am
Philadelphia, PA
... member  Denise Brown , Executive Director of the Leeway Foundation, and  Chrissie Bonner , a graphic illustrator and ...

Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the ... include our residents. I’m grateful to the William Penn Foundation for continuing to support our preservation ... Identify means to engage the public Recommend appropriate staff and resource levels Tie together work across City ...

More Than $1 Million in Fellowships Awarded to 12 BIPOC Artists Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Program

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
... Center for Arts & Heritage in collaboration with The Barra Foundation, Neubauer Family Foundation, William Penn Foundation, and Wyncote Foundation ... either core support or risk capital to test and advance new ideas and approaches. www.barrafoundation.org    About ...
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IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... November 21, 2024—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund ... decisions are always final, without influence from IPMF staff and board. This community-led approach aligns with the foundation’s commitment to share power with communities ...

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

PHC Cares
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
... continue to serve their communities by retaining staff, shifting to online formats, and making resources ... to the systemic changes COVID-19 has wrought and find new, creative ways to fulfill our mission.”  ►LINK to ...

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

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
... This funding is a combination of an allocation from the New Normal Budget Act and additional advocacy in a recent ... in the recovery of the city and its people.” Through the New Normal Budget Act, City Council set aside $3 million for ...
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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 selected to receive $1,000,000 as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge, a program that supports temporary public art projects addressing an ur

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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 ... to bring more tourists back to Greater Philadelphia. The new grants are as follows: Project HOME  has been awarded a ... playful learning activities at home. Frazierita Klasen , senior vice president leading Pew’s work in Philadelphia, ...

City's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Shares Plans for 2021

OACCE
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... the Creative Economy (OACCE) today shared its plans for new and returning programs to support Philadelphia's diverse ... said Kelly Lee, Chief Cultural Officer.  NEW: Visit Creativephl.org OACCE launched a brand-new version ... FY21 budget includes funds to support four full-time staff members and OACCE programs, a $1M allocation to the ...
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The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Announce Awards from the $1.5 Million 2022 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 8, 2022
... zip codes. 78 percent of these awardees report that their staff is 75-100 percent BIPOC employees. On average, these ... the Arts Grant came from the City’s General Fund. OACCE staff along with members of the Task Force make up the ... is more important than ever,” shared Bill Rhoads, Senior Vice President of Esperanza Arts Center. “The ...

$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 ... Donna Frisby-Greenwood, The Pew Charitable Trusts’ senior vice president leading the organization’s work in ... Rennie Harris in a three-year residency to present new dance works along with a selection of his dance ...
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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 Arts & Heritage, William Penn ... The three-year initiative has infused $9.9 million of new funding into the greater Philadelphia region to support ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants

Thursday, March 26, 2020
... less than $150,000; of those most have few, if any, paid staff which speaks to both the community commitment to the ... their panel’s anonymous feedback from Cultural Fund staff to strengthen their own organizations and their future ...
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