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

PA Humanities Wingspan
Thursday, December 7, 2023
... organizations from across the Commonwealth that prioritize community-based humanities in their work. Called Wingspan , this new grant program is part of PA Humanities’ 50th anniversary celebration. Its ... Jefferson County Historical Society (Jefferson County) Keystone Oral Histories (Dauphin County) Knoxville Public ...
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Philly groups offer $9 million in funding for nonprofits celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States

Fireworks_Wawa Welcome America
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
... The 250th birthday of the United States is just around the corner, and four Philadelphia groups are ... for the Semiquincentennial, a joint effort by the Connelly Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, the Pew Charitable ... historical importance, encourage widespread community participation, celebrate the diversity of the ...

Impact100 Philadelphia awards five grants totaling $284,750

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
... in-school, after school, and during the summer at no cost for over 1,100 Philadelphia County children and teens from under-resourced zip codes in schools, community locations, and juvenile justice facilities. Only ...

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 ... film, visual arts, literature, and multidisciplinary and community-based art forms: Daryl Kwasi Burgee, Vashti Dubois, ... . America’s Cultural Treasures is a national initiative created by the Ford Foundation to ...
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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
... this difficult period, Philadelphia’s cultural community has demonstrated great resilience and creativity, ... earned revenue potential. Thom Collins , The Barnes Foundation’s Neubauer Family executive director and ... in order to sustain the educational programming that is central to the Barnes’ mission. Our move to online ...

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

GPCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
... Aden currently serves as president and CEO of  The Blues Foundation  in Memphis, TN and will assume this new role in ... a powerful voice within Philadelphia’s arts and culture community and as she returns home from Memphis, we have no ... of this role as a career possibility was unexpected, it is one that I embrace, especially as it has become important ...
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An Open Letter to Arts Funders: Create a Pooled Loan Fund

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
... are protected by endowments and reserves. Small community-based arts organizations are often working hand to ... Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area, philanthropic foundation leaders and nonprofit cultural sector consultants, ... The intrinsic value of art and culture in people’s lives is more apparent and urgent than ever. Cultural organizations ...
14May2019

Equitable Grantmaking in the Arts & Culture Sector

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... Feldman Brandt , Executive Director, Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation The Bartol Foundation has been intentional to ...

Big Picture Alliance Named 2020 Bartol Award Winner

Monday, July 27, 2020
The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation has selected  Big Picture Alliance  as the ... filmmaking and digital media arts.   The Award of $5,000 is given to an organization that provides sustained, ... an active engagement in the lives of its students and community; and that maintains high artistic standards for its ...
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17May2021

Arts & Culture Funders Meeting

Monday, May 17, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
We are excited to announce our meeting theme this year is  Pandemic Adaptations: Arts & Culture . We have designed ... Council on the Arts Judilee Reed , William Penn Foundation Denise Brown & Melissa Hamilton , Leeway ... PM -  The Future of Virtual Programming Resources Leeway Community Care Fund (slidedeck) Greater Philadelphia Cultural ...
09Apr2020

Arts & Culture Funders COVID-19 Response Meeting

Thursday, April 9, 2020
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Arts & Culture Funders invites all funders to join us for continued conversation on collaborative and individual efforts to support the arts and culture community in response to COVID-19. We look forward to your ... payments - Provided by Susan Sherman, Independence Foundation Bartol Foundation suggested Amy Smith as great ...

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 ... in visual art, traditional craft, music, performance, and community-based art forms. Many of the artists have made a ... work.  The Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures program is a component of America’s Cultural Treasures, which was ...
15Nov2017

Arts & Culture Funders Webinar - Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy

Wednesday, November 15, 2017
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Webinar
... sector. However, despite this awareness, arts funding is getting less equitable, not more. Just 2 percent of all ... mirror national ones. Join the Arts & Culture Funders for a special webinar session where Helicon Collaborative’s ... levels; the lack of diversity among decision-makers (arts foundation staff and boards, individual donors and cultural ...

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... recognize centuries of history and culture? Philadelphia is about to find out. Next month the Department of Planning ... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the project. To ensure that preservation will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that ...

Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
... include $1 million for the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation to undertake a comprehensive planning and community engagement process to improve the Free Library’s ... years of life in the region. “The Pew Charitable Trusts is pleased to support two of our city’s most important ...

Putting Art to Work

Color me Back mural. Photo by Steve Weinik
Monday, August 5, 2019
... Suburban Station, a poorly-lit and once stained white wall now welcomes commuters with a 57-foot hand painted mural ... the real significance of the mural, unveiled this week, is less the art—and more the artists.  The mural is the ... on April 23 and is funded by grants from The Barra Foundation and The Sheller Family Foundation, holds a lottery ...

Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Releases Economic & Social Impact Study

Arts Culture and Economic Prosperity
Friday, May 3, 2024
... of $3.3 Billion annually, based on data from the Americans for the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 (“AEP6”) survey ... Cultural Alliance. “The return on investment in the arts is undeniable, underscoring our continued calls for greater ... “lead, strengthen and amplify the voices of a cultural community that ignites creativity, inspires people and is ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... its grant panel process, and increased the number of small community-based organizations that receive important ... work of the Fund in support of our grantees. The board is developing a transition plan and will share further ... sectors. She served as Executive Director of The Leeway Foundation, a private foundation that invests in women and ...
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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 ... to problems. To identify Awardees, Barra turns to the community. A new slate of nominators, selected each grant ... grantees shifts the balance of power to nonprofits, which is rare, but it makes a lot of sense. After all, we know ...
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Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... serve to enhance Pew’s work in our hometown.” “Pew is highly regarded throughout Philadelphia for its thoughtful ... and for its contributions to the arts and culture community,” said Frisby-Greenwood. “I welcome this ... program director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, executive director of After-School All-Stars ...

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