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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
PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 9, 2021)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced 42 grants ... cultural organizations. $900,000 goes to Pew Fellowships, awarded to 12 individual artists working in music, visual ... COVID-19 pandemic. In a pivot from the Center’s usual project grants for individual public programs and events, ...

William Penn Foundation awards $11.8 million in Arts & Culture funding

Thursday, May 30, 2019
... Review Committee. This round of Core Support grants was awarded to the following organizations: Asian Arts Initiative ... Theater Bucks County Historical Society Mercer Museum Center for Art in Wood Center for Emerging Visual Artists ... Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Philadelphia Folklore Project Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Theatre ...

$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 ... The 42 awards total $9.5 million: $7.2 million in project funding, plus $1.4 million provided as unrestricted ... nontraditional venues such as a public park, a community recreation center, and a botanical garden, while others will ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... films with a commitment to social justice. The foundation awarded the grants following a series of listening and ... filmmaking community. The foundation also awarded a $1.5 million, three-year operating support grant to Resolve ... to help Resolve launch “Equally Informed Philly,” a project to provide rapid response public health and ...
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$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 awarded 40 grants and fellowships totaling $9 million in ... million to 28 local arts and heritage organizations for project funding, $1.3 million of which is provided as ...
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Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... by  Louis Bolling , Contributor Yesterday the  National Recreation and Park Association  (NRPA) concluded its  ... Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Community Infrastructure ( Rebuild ) initiative — ... attention in recent years because of the renaissance of Center City, which was partly driven by a major investment in ...

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
... projects addressing an urgent civic issue.   The winning project Healing Verse Germantown: The Streets Are ... Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE), in collaboration with artistic leads Trapeta Mayson and ... @CreativePHL.   City of Philadelphia Selected for $1 Million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge Grant ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $2.68M to 339 Arts Organizations Across the City

Friday, March 29, 2019
... said Philadelphia Cultural Fund executive director Barbara J. Silzle. Twenty-eight organizations are first-time ... “I’m proud that in addition to benefitting established Center City institutions, the City can meaningfully support ... and PHILADANCO! and its leader and national treasure Joan Myers Brown are such deserving recipients of this award.” ...
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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Focus on Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Arts and History Organizations in 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
... PCAH2015.jpeg PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 19, 2021)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) has announced that ... effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, pivoting from its usual project grants for individual public programs and events. The ... period as more resilient and sustainable and will be awarded to those seeking to adapt and reshape their ...

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

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
... PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 6, 2022) — The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in collaboration with The Barra ... on the artists follows below. These fellowships are awarded as part of the regional component of America’s ... artist; executive director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project  Wit López : multidisciplinary visual artist, ...
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William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
... 2024 – The William Penn Foundation (WPF) recently awarded $8 million to the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (PCF) to manage a ... organizations with small operating budgets under $1.5 million. “Many small arts and culture organizations have ...
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Fels Fund Awards Arts & Culture Grants

Samuel S. Fels Fund
Friday, June 29, 2018
... Girls Rock Philly Intercultural Journeys, Inc. Jazz Bridge Project Just Act Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble ... Inc. Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement Scribe Video Center, Inc. Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc. Twelve Gates Arts In addition, three advocacy/organizing groups were awarded grants for a one-year cycle: Education Law Center ...

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
... groups are offering area nonprofits a total of $9 million in funding to help celebrate. That funding comes in the form ... will commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. “The Funder Collaborative aims to support ...

Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Philadelphia-Area Cultural Groups and Artists

BalletX company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow’s Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of BalletX.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
... of BalletX.  PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 24, 2024)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced today that it has awarded  $10.2 million to 39 Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and artists , including $3.5 million to help ensure the future of several of the most ...
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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
... organizations, and small creative enterprises have been  awarded a total of $1,500,000 through the 2022 Illuminate the ... version of this initiative, will continue to be a project of the city. An arts-rich Philadelphia is a better ... the arts following this challenging period, the Arts Center's presence as a voice and a resource for ...

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 ... million and provide funding for 12 Pew Fellowships and 27 project grants. This year’s grants include two new areas of ... for Public Events, Exhibitions, and Performances are awarded in amounts up to $400,000, with an additional 20 ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... in the Philadelphia region. In total, the foundation awarded 71 grants to organizations and projects working in ... of color. In 2019 IPMF awarded Movement Alliance Project (MAP), Free Press, and the Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC) each a three-year grant to organize journalists, ...

The Presser Foundation Will Distribute $1.148 Million In Capital Support Grants This Year

Tuesday, May 3, 2022
... one year The Grand Opera House - $40,000 in one year WCR Center for the Arts, Inc. - $50,000 in one year Zoellner Arts ... - $183,100 in single year grants Berks Youth Chorus - $4,000 Beyond the Bars - $25,000 Bowerbird - $5,000 Central PA ... $20,000 The Crossing - $12,000 Previous & Deferred Capital Project Commitments - $660,000 in Multi-Year Grants Curtis ...
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