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William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
... a four-year initiative providing small arts and culture organizations with general operating support grants and ... staff, making it hard to identify and access sources of funding,” explained William Penn Foundation Chief ... ecosystem since 1991 – was strategically selected for this initiative because of its longstanding relationships ...
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The Presser Foundation announces more than $71,000 in new special project grants to music organizations

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
... year and multi-year grants totaling $71,500 to 12 music organizations. This year, music organizations applied for grants within three of the following categories: 1) pilot ... grantees expanding their programs during a challenging funding year for the sector. From starting a new chamber ...
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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
Press release via the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage 2024 Fellows Cultural Treasures.png ... part of  Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures  (PCT), a funding initiative administered regionally through a ... to honor and celebrate BIPOC cultural groups, artists, and organizations. The three-year initiative has infused $9.9 ...

Fels Fund Awards Arts & Culture Grants

Samuel S. Fels Fund
Friday, June 29, 2018
... S. Fels Fund approved 22 grants to 19 arts and culture organizations. Most organizations received a two-year commitment for general support. Fels' Arts & Culture grants totaled ... next year. Grant recipients are: African American Museum in Philadelphia Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture ArtWell ...

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
... BalletX.  PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 24, 2024)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced today that it has ... 18 local arts and heritage organizations will receive funding to present timely and compelling public events and ... enjoy.” A full list of grantees and funded projects is available at  pewcenterarts.org/2024grants . Over $10 ...
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IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... Voices Fund grant recipients, with $800,000 awarded to 33 organizations and projects. These grants will support the ... community members with deep relationships and expertise in the fund’s focus areas reviewed all the proposals and ... violence through community-led storytelling, archives for building community power, community-centered news and ...

"A Goal of Justice." Behind a Push for Racial Equity in Arts Funding

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12/2017
By Mike Scutari for Inside Philanthropy |  This article from Inside ... funders' intensifying efforts to boost equitable funding and access to the arts. It features perspectives from ... people." Hillombo partners with community development organizations that are "building power by engaging community ...
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Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announces 2018 grants for Philadelphia artists & organizations

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has announced their newest grants in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists. The 2018 awards total more than $8.7 million and provide funding for 12 Pew Fellowships and 33 Project grants. 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
... with local businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations.   Healing Verse Germantown will engage ... a weekly phone line featuring healing poems and mental health resources, a public art exhibition of poems from the ... the project.   “Poetry will be a powerful outlet for the Germantown community to collectively process and mend ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... explore other interests. Barbara has led the organization for seven years. During this time, she has strengthened the ... process, and increased the number of small community-based organizations that receive important financial support from ... Fund. While City Council led the way for additional funding in the City’s FY2021 and FY2022 budget, the ...
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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
... Fund today announced $223,918 in grants to 13 cultural organizations that use arts to enrich the lives of young ... supporting these young artists and we’re grateful for the continued financial assistance,” Cultural Fund Executive Director Barbara Silzle. “Arts programs for youth do more than mentor the next Mozart. They ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives $232,886 to Support Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Monday, June 11, 2018
... the talent and potential of youth affiliated with 13 arts organizations throughout the city.  The Cultural Fund ... expenses; these grants provide additional support for programs specifically directed to serve Philadelphia ... Wister, Joseph Pennell and Anna L. Lingelbach.  Grant funding will support the expansion to a fourth school, ...
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Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
... works, a range of projects from nine Philadelphia arts organizations will receive $923,600 from the John S. and ... its successful community programming with new Knight funding, and the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, which is chronicling ... board leadership in the arts by providing scholarships for minority leaders to attend the Arts + Business Council's ...
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The Presser Foundation Announces More Than $332,000 in Special Project Grants for Music Organizations

Friday, October 25, 2024
... grants, totaling $332,750 to 22 innovative music organizations. This significant investment underscores the ... to fostering creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity in the Greater Philadelphia music scene. This year's grants, ... distributed to four partnerships General Operating Support for Newer Music Organizations: $80,500 granted to eleven ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council Announces $780,500 in Emergency Relief Grants

PHC Cares
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
... which became law on March 27, 2020. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) received funding allocated to the 56 humanities councils in the United ... staff, shifting to online formats, and making resources available to those who depend on them for education, ...

William Penn Foundation, Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds

Thursday, June 27, 2024
By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to ... a broad set of changes — from the kinds of projects and organizations it is interested in funding, to how groups may apply for money. Some of these ...

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 ... need. There is a growing need with shrinking government funding and program support for these services.

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 ... Cultural Fund, overseeing the distribution of city funding as arts grants.   She starts the job in a time of transition in the city leadership, with a ...

The Presser Foundation Will Distribute $876,000 in Capital Support Grants in 2023

Friday, May 5, 2023
... $524,700 in single year and multi-year grants to 20 music organizations. Grant payments made in 2023 for previous commitments total $604,800. A full listing by ... and technology needs. Five organizations will receive funding for the former, while 16 organizations will receive ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... selected as Finalists to receive a total of $420,000 in funding in 2021. Core Mission Grants Each of the following ... to foster empathy and to create an inclusive home for artists, audiences, and students. They provide theater ... Giveaways where free groceries, pet food and gun locks are available to neighbors. Impact100's 2021 grantees will be ...

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