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Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and ... respectability politics, filmmakers documenting community resistance and joy, playwrights combating medical ... production to shift or transform the perception of power and/or privilege and the dynamics associated with ...

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 ... Theatre Horizon’s mission is to use the transformative power of storytelling to foster empathy and to create an ... seek to serve as a vital public space in the Norristown community. During the pandemic they have provided a variety ...

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

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
... OF ARTS PROGRAMS ENRICHING CITY LIFE PHILADELPHIA — In a City Hall ceremony, hundreds of Philadelphia arts and ... than $50,000. Many of these groups have no paid staff. Power Street Theater Company is an excellent example of the type of community arts making that the Cultural Fund helps to sustain ...

Leeway Foundation announces the inaugural recipients of the IPMF Artist + Activist Residency

Leeway Foundation
Monday, December 13, 2021
... PA-Leeway Foundation recognizes the longstanding power of media artists and social-justice activists ... throughout the Greater Philadelphia region with $125,000 in funding to five inaugural Leeway x IPMF Media Artist + ... women, trans*, and gender nonconforming media artists in documenting, reframing, and/or amplifying the issues and ...

An Open Letter to Arts Funders: Create a Pooled Loan Fund

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
... As many of you know, most mid-sized arts organizations in the United States have less than three months of cash in the bank and no reserves such as endowments or other ... are protected by endowments and reserves. Small community-based arts organizations are often working hand to ...

Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, October 7, 2019
... 7, 2019) - Today, the Leeway Foundation announced $55,000 in funding for 31 individual women, trans* and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia, supporting their work to address a ... propose a project that impacts a larger group, audience or community; have financial need; and live in the Greater ...

Forman Arts Initiative and Philadelphia Foundation Launch Art Works, A New Grant Program to Support Arts and Culture in Greater Philadelphia

Forman Art Works
Friday, March 26, 2021
... launching Art Works, a new $3 million grant program for community-based organizations and emerging artists. Art ... designed to support arts, culture and creativity working in partnership with Black, Indigenous and people of color ... Philadelphia’s civic identity and have deep roots in its communities. “We’re looking to create long-term ...
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Fels Fund Awards Arts & Culture Grants

Samuel S. Fels Fund
Friday, June 29, 2018
... next year. Grant recipients are: African American Museum in Philadelphia Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture ArtWell ... Inc. Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc. Twelve Gates Arts In addition, three advocacy/organizing groups were awarded grants for a one-year cycle: Education Law Center POWER Youth United for Change For further details, visit the ...

The Rider-Pool Foundation Announces Grant Awards for Lehigh Valley Programs

The Rider-Pool Foundation
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
... Foundation of Allentown recently awarded $376,000 in funding. This total represents major proactive investments ... The Rider-Pool Foundation awarded six proactive awards in this cycle. A $105,000 grant was awarded to Ripple Community Inc. to accelerate the development of RCI Village, ...
14May2019

Equitable Grantmaking in the Arts & Culture Sector

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... discussion will focus on equitable grantmaking practices in the arts and culture sector. We will learn about the ...

Bucks County Foundation Grants Boost Area Nonprofits

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
... and its Board of Directors awarded more than $157,000 in grants to Bucks County area nonprofits in 2024. The Foundation’s latest competitive grant cycle ... Way of Bucks County HELP Truck Exhibit: Connecting Kids to Community, planned for late 2025. This collaborative project ...
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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 guiding nonprofits in our region into a post-pandemic period. These programs ... Arts and culture programs, exhibits, or events to be held in the fourth quarter of 2021 or in 2022. Projects aimed at ...
23Jun2020

Arts & Culture Funders COVID-19 Meeting

Tuesday, June 23, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
... will also share insights from comparable data gathered in other cities. This research will help provide a ... help funders as they think about how to support the arts community as it prepares to reopen. Registration closes promptly at the scheduled start time. Dial-in information will be made available within 24 hours of the ...

The Presser Foundation Announces More Than $332,000 in Special Project Grants for Music Organizations

Friday, October 25, 2024
... to fostering creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity in the Greater Philadelphia music scene. This year's grants, ... recipients Additionally, the Foundation will honor $43,000 in previous commitments, bringing the total impact of ... designed to engage and inspire the Greater Philadelphia community. Standout projects include the launch of the ...
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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
... that it has awarded two grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to help Philadelphia-area ... Foundation to undertake a comprehensive planning and community engagement process to improve the Free Library’s ... and archival materials representing 350 years of life in the region. “The Pew Charitable Trusts is pleased to ...

$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
... Center) announced its 2022 grants and fellowships today in support of cultural events and artistic work that will ... narratives. The 42 awards total $9.5 million: $7.2 million in project funding, plus $1.4 million provided as ... spaces and nontraditional venues such as a public park, a community recreation center, and a botanical garden, while ...
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BLBB Charitable Awards COVID-19 Emergency Grants to Area Cultural Institutions

BLBB Charitable
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
... pandemic. Grants were awarded to The County Theater in Doylestown, The Ambler Theater, The Bucks County ... Historical Society Mercer Museum, and ACT II Playhouse. In addition to its previous $25,000 grant to MontcoPA ... and leadership opportunities to preserve important community institutions in its own backyard. While BLBB ...
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The Philadelphia Foundation Hosts Inspiring Exhibition of Art Created by Individuals Living with Dementia

Monday, September 10, 2018
... the organization will showcase a vibrant new art exhibit in its offices as part of a partnership with ARTZ ... Mon., Sept. 17, 2018 through Fri., Jan. 25, 2019 at the Community Art Gallery of The Philadelphia Foundation , ... The exhibition features works created by participants in ARTZ Philadelphia ’s programs that are held in long-term ...
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Leeway Foundation announces 2019 Transformation Awardees

Leeway Transformation Awards
Friday, December 27, 2019
The Leeway Foundation announced $150,000 in funding for 10 individual women, trans* and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia. The $15,000 per awardee is in ... was facilitated by Philadelphia based cooperative and community organizer Mo Manklang. Panelists included ...

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