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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
... Eleven fellowships totaling $1,185,000 have been awarded to Black, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous Philadelphia artists. ... in visual art, traditional craft, music, performance, and community-based art forms. Many of the artists have made a ... preserve a cultural heritage, shine a light on important community stories, and support other local creatives. The ...

Big Picture Alliance Named 2020 Bartol Award Winner

Monday, July 27, 2020
... and digital media arts.   The Award of $5,000 is given to an organization that provides sustained, meaningful ... an active engagement in the lives of its students and community; and that maintains high artistic standards for its ... a grant of $5,000 is made in memory of George Bartol, founder of the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, who believed ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Caralyn Spector
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
... Fund announces that it has engaged Caralyn Spector to serve as its Interim Executive Director, effective July ... , who will step down from her position on July 15, 2022 to explore other interests. “The board thanks Barbara ... person can bring their authentic selves. Caralyn is a co-founder of Spector|Gay Consulting with Val Gay and the senior ...
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The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Appoints Patricia Wilson Aden as President & CEO

GPCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
... and transformational arts and culture leader back to Philadelphia. Aden currently serves as president and CEO ... a powerful voice within Philadelphia’s arts and culture community and as she returns home from Memphis, we have no ... “lead, strengthen and amplify the voices of a cultural community that ignites creativity, inspires people and is ...
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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. ... this time when a great many arts organizations are forced to cancel their  programming because of the Coronavirus ... this year’s Cohen Award,” said Executive Director and Founder Vashti DuBois. “We are not just a museum but 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 ... – Young Artists Program $20,000 Continuing the spirit of founder Samuel Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial maintains a ... 3 charter schools, 2 parochial schools and 1 out-of-school partnership in the city of Philadelphia. The Print Center – ...
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BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 Emergency Grants to Area Cultural Institutions

BLBB Charitable
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... BLB&B Advisors, LLC, announced grants this week of $40,000 to several northern Montgomery County and Bucks County ... and leadership opportunities to preserve important community institutions in its own backyard. While BLBB ... “These institutions, especially the non-profit community movie theaters, often get overlooked in times like ...
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14May2019

Equitable Grantmaking in the Arts & Culture Sector

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... leaders who have adapted their grantmaking practices to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in both ...
22Jan2020

One Year of Rebuild: Collaborating to Advance Opportunity, Engagement and Equity in Neighborhoods

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
9:00am - 11:00am
Free Library of Philadelphia
Rebuild is the City of Philadelphia’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neighborhood ... neighborhood revitalization efforts Elevating the voice of community members Helping to strengthen and grow small, ... , Chair of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and CEO and Founder of Rodriguez Consulting, a minority owned business ...

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 ... Planning initiatives for nonprofit organizations seeking to better map their futures. Arts and culture programs, ... quarter of 2021 or in 2022. Projects aimed at connecting community members to each other in ways that help Berks ...

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

Friday, March 29, 2019
... the Cultural Fund supports the largest and broadest community of arts and cultural organizations in Philadelphia. ... that utilizes its rare, authentic-period artifacts to educate and create awareness of the impact of  slavery ... so humbled to accept for this hometown award,” said Founder/Executive Artistic Director Joan Myers Brown. At the ...
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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
... of Philadelphia announced today that it has been selected to receive $1,000,000 as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies ... in Germantown.   “Our project will help Germantown community members translate their experiences with gun ... broad partnerships with local businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations.
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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
... grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to help Philadelphia-area organizations recover from the ... Foundation to undertake a comprehensive planning and community engagement process to improve the Free Library’s ... thousands of pieces of our region’s history to schools, community centers, and library branches to engage ...
09Apr2020

Arts & Culture Funders COVID-19 Response Meeting

Thursday, April 9, 2020
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Network's 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 ...
15Nov2017

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

Wednesday, November 15, 2017
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Webinar
Arts foundations and nonprofit leaders are increasingly aware of ... urban and rural communities. It concludes with ideas how to move toward a new era of more equitable and inclusive ... that struggle with equitable practices, and strategies to overcome those challenges; and Learn of examples where ...

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
... offering area nonprofits a total of $9 million in funding to help celebrate. That funding comes in the form of the ... Foundation. The fund, announced Tuesday, is designed to give financial support to regional nonprofits’ programs ... historical importance, encourage widespread community participation, celebrate the diversity of the ...

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

PA Humanities Wingspan
Thursday, December 7, 2023
... - Today PA Humanities announced $2.25 million in funding to 24 organizations from across the Commonwealth that prioritize community-based humanities in their work. Called Wingspan , ... Kicking off in January 2024, this Wingspan Learning Community will meet regularly to discuss topics like ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... Silzle, will step down from her position on July 15, 2022 to explore other interests. Barbara has led the organization ... its grant panel process, and increased the number of small community-based organizations that receive important ... thank Barbara for her dedication to the arts and culture community and her inspired leadership of the Cultural Fund, ...
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Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... centuries of history and culture? Philadelphia is about to find out. Next month the Department of Planning and Development will begin a project to explore that question. When the project ends in December ... support the project. To ensure that preservation will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that ...

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