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BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 Emergency Grants to Area Cultural Institutions

BLBB Charitable
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... grants this week of $40,000 to several northern Montgomery County and Bucks County cultural institutions that continue ... and leadership opportunities to preserve important community institutions in its own backyard. While BLBB ... sound strategies yield meaningful and measurable outcomes for the people they serve. BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 ...
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16Feb2017

Arts and Culture Funders Roundtable: DEI in the Regional Arts and Culture Sector

Thursday, February 16, 2017
8:45am - 11:30am
Philadelphia, PA
Please join Philanthropy Network for the next Arts and Culture Funders Roundtable that will ... and inclusion (DEI) within the regional arts and culture community. Through a November 2016 Strategic Planning ...

New director of Philly Cultural Fund has a message for the next mayor

Gabriela Sanchez
Monday, April 3, 2023
By Peter Crimmins for WHYY | April 3, 2023 PCF_Gabriela Sanchez.png Starting today, Gabriela Serena Sanchez is the new executive director of the Philadelphia Cultural ... is a theater artist. Ten years ago, she co-founded the community-based company Power Street Theatre. “I didn’t ...

$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
... stories. PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 14, 2023)— The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced today that it has ... organizations for project funding, $1.3 million of which is provided as unrestricted general operating support. Plus, ... The African Presence on the Delaware.” William Way LGBT Community Center will produce a documentary film chronicling ...
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"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding

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12/2017
... the chair of its Thought Leader Forum on Racial Equity. He is also a commissioner on Pittsburgh’s Equal Opportunity ... Commission and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He is now Managing Partner of  Hillombo LLC , a Pittsburgh-based ... for the benefit of black people." Hillombo partners with community development organizations that are "building power ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants

Thursday, March 26, 2020
... the Cultural Fund supports the largest and broadest community of arts and cultural organizations in Philadelphia. The funding is critical at this time when a great many arts organizations ... because of the Coronavirus threat. This is especially true for small and mid-sized community-based organizations. ...
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PA Humanities announces $1.4 million in recovery funds to 92 organizations

PA SHARP
Thursday, December 16, 2021
... are on the ground, putting people first, by making spaces for new voices, supporting meaningful learning experiences, ... the PA SHARP Learning Network will build a statewide community of people passionate about creating inclusive, ... F. Lambert, President of York County Libraries. PA SHARP is an expansion of PA Humanities’ previous recovery work, ...
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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 ... ceremony in the Mayor’s reception room. “Our city is all the more vibrant and attractive because we have such a ...

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Caralyn Spector
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
... other interests. “The board thanks Barbara Silzle for her 7 years of service to the Cultural Fund and is committed to a thoughtful transition process that ... on the Creative Communities team of the William Penn Foundation (2018-2020) where her portfolio focused on ...
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Applications Open for $1.2 Million in Recovery Grants for the Humanities in Pennsylvania

PA SHARP
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
... Pennsylvania Humanities Council (PHC) today announced it is now accepting applications statewide for $1.2 million in pandemic recovery grants for ...

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

PHC Cares
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
... COVID-19 pandemic. Called PHC CARES, the goal of this fund is to assist in sustaining the state’s cultural ... this vital cultural infrastructure at a time when it is needed most.” PHC CARES is funded by the national ... which became law on March 27, 2020. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) received funding allocated to the 56 ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $914,517 to 205 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
... thus the number of grants and the amount of each grant is significantly less than in past years. In 2020, $2,928,500 ... most likely have less access to revenue sources such as foundation grants.   PCF has long been an accessible and ... scored grant applications and conducted site visits, with Community Impact serving as the most heavily weighted ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... Area Finalist: Theatre Horizon Theatre Horizon’s mission is to use the transformative power of storytelling to foster empathy and to create an inclusive home for artists, audiences, and students. They provide theater ... seek to serve as a vital public space in the Norristown community. During the pandemic they have provided a variety ...

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2019 Grants for Philadelphia Artists, Organizations

Philadelphia Orchestra
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 21, 2019)— The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced 39 grants today in support of ... the region to live, work, and embed themselves in the community, becoming part of the city’s vibrant arts scene for a year. Additionally, the Center is funding its first organizational collaboration, a ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives $232,886 to Support Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Monday, June 11, 2018
... our mission to nurture that talent by providing funds to community minded organizations that serve our children in a ... to serve Philadelphia youth.  The maximum YAE grant is $20,000.   Grantees represent a wide array of ... schools.    Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers – CHI Dance $10,000 Now in its second full year of programming CHI Dance exposes ...
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City launches $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 12, 2024
... 13, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. The 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant is a means to help strengthen and financially uplift ... our creative sector and enrich the quality of life for so many creatives in Philadelphia.”  Applicant ... geared to meet the needs of the local arts and culture community while providing funds quickly and efficiently. ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407 to 282 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
... disruption and financial devastation to the arts sector for over the last two years. The Philadelphia Cultural Fund ... (3) to ensure fair and apolitical access to public funding for a broad and diverse spectrum of arts organizations that ... are likely to have less access to revenue sources such as foundation grants.  The Philadelphia Cultural Fund has long ...
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23Jun2020

Arts & Culture Funders COVID-19 Meeting

Tuesday, June 23, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
... research will help provide a sector-wide perspective and is intended to help funders as they think about how to support the arts community as it prepares to reopen. Registration closes ...

$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
... PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 19, 2022)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced its 2022 grants ... spaces and nontraditional venues such as a public park, a community recreation center, and a botanical garden, while ... life and economic success of our region.” Following is a partial list of organizations and artists receiving ...
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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
... in Germantown.   “Our project will help Germantown community members translate their experiences with gun ... to engage and heal our communities.”   Philadelphia is one of just eight winners, selected from more than 150 ... the project.
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