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

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... of history and culture? Philadelphia is about to find out. Next month the Department of Planning and Development will ... In its April 2019 final report Mayor Kenney’s Historic Preservation Task Force recommended an ongoing ... Where the City should survey and how it should begin What the City should survey and how What to document and ...

Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation

Leeway Foundation
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
... in collaboration with their communities. Leeway’s Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women and trans* artists and ... with a staff member for one-on-one support. The next Art and Change Grant deadline is March 1, 2022.   ABOUT ...
14May2019

Equitable Grantmaking in the Arts & Culture Sector

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... join us for Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia's next Arts & Culture Funders Group session on Tuesday, May ...

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

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
... leaders attended the grant award ceremony in the Mayor’s reception room. “Our city is all the more vibrant and ... of the arts is not an option, it is an essential part of what defines us as a first class city.” Since 1991, the ...

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

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... Northend Christian CDC  preserves and improves Detroit’s North End Historic Community by providing opportunities for ... and claim decision making authority.”    Over the next two years, the Fund will partner with the aforementioned ... Fund’s Co-Director Erik Takeshita.

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or ... Brazil-native and longtime activist in women’s, LGBTQIA, Latine, immigrant, and arts and culture ... with a staff member for one-on-one support.  The next deadline for the Transformation Award is May 15, 2024. ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $2.68M to 339 Arts Organizations Across the City

Friday, March 29, 2019
... and cultural organizations in Philadelphia. This year’s grantee list is the largest in its 28-year history and a 19 ... Artistic Director Joan Myers Brown. At the March 27 event, the Cultural Fund will recognize ... volunteer and make a financial contribution. Part of what we at the Cultural Fund underwrite is making these ...
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Releases Economic & Social Impact Study

Arts Culture and Economic Prosperity
Friday, May 3, 2024
... social impact study of the Greater Philadelphia region’s nonprofit arts and culture industry. The study found ... of $3.3 Billion annually, based on data from the Americans for the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 (“AEP6”) survey ... by nonprofit arts and culture organizations and the event-related spending by their audiences. The Greater ...
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17May2021

Arts & Culture Funders Meeting

Monday, May 17, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Adaptations: Arts & Culture . We have designed the next three meetings this year around this theme. Our next ... this year. We'll hear from: Paula Marincola, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Karl Blischke , Pennsylvania Council on ... Survey: March 2021 Freelancer Guilded Cooperative - U.S. Federation of Worker Co-ops (USFWC) Fiscal Sponsorship ...

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

GPCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
... Aden has been appointed by the Board of Directors as its next president and CEO. The appointment of Aden concludes the Cultural Alliance’s comprehensive 12-month national search and welcomes a ... she will be that same compelling voice – and leader – for the Cultural Alliance,” said Catherine M. Cahill, ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives Much-Needed Support to Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Thursday, June 27, 2019
... avenues. Many of the children are living in Philadelphia’s most underserved, impoverished communities. “It’s an ... supporting these young artists and we’re grateful for the continued financial assistance,” Cultural Fund ... Silzle. “Arts programs for youth do more than mentor the next Mozart. They provide a safe space where young people can ...
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Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Awards 22 Grants to Philadelphia Arts and Cultural Organizations

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
... 2018 roster of grantees reflects the Bartol Foundation’s commitment to supporting cultural organizations that ... of $7,500 each were made to: Sister Cities Girlchoir for their Saturday Girlchoir Academy that builds singers and ... Foundation. Updated guidelines and applications for the next round of grants will be available in the winter of 2019 ...
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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 ...

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
... The Streets Are Talking—led by the City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE), ... the project.   “Poetry will be a powerful outlet for the Germantown community to collectively process and mend ... of Philadelphia.   The project will be developed over the next two years.
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Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

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Friday, January 17, 2025
... working at the intersection of art and social change for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term ... Chosen from a competitive pool of applicants, this year’s cohort includes artists who have showcased years of ... with a staff member for one-on-one support. The next deadline for the Transformation Award is May 15, 2025. ...

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

PHC Cares
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
... goal of this fund is to assist in sustaining the state’s cultural infrastructure by advancing humanities programs, ... continue to provide important services and programs to our communities,” said Laurie Zierer, PHC’s executive ... which became law on March 27, 2020. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) received funding allocated to the 56 ...

Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
... that Pia Agrawal will join the Leeway Foundation as our new executive director beginning January 27, 2025. Pia is ... administrator and grantmaker with a demonstrated passion for curating and resourcing community-based arts and artists. ... country, including several years working in Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. Most recently, Pia served as the ...
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The Leeway Foundation Announces $48,950 in Support to 22 Individual Artists and Cultural Producers

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Friday, October 16, 2020
At the Leeway Foundation the true heart of our programming and the work of our community relies on in ... and feminism were highlighted as trending areas of focus for this round.    Leeway’s Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to ...
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William Penn Foundation Announces Another $11.6 Million for COVID Emergency Action

Monday, March 30, 2020
... the urgent needs of organizations. New Emergency Fund for Early Education Today we are pleased to join with ... Penn Foundation and a $2 million grant from Vanguard’s Strong Start for Kids Program™ will launch the ... you through this challenging time.  We don’t yet know what mid- and long-term needs will be, but our priority is to ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... we shared our plans to review and update the Foundation’s grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how ... organizations, large and small – who are the experts on what your neighborhoods, constituents, and stakeholders need. ...

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