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William Penn Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce more than $8 million in Covid-19 Relief and Recovery Grants

Philadelphia Orchestra by Jeff Fusco
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
To continue to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... The Philadelphia Orchestra performs on stage at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. Photo credit: Jeff Fusco ...

Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
... on Us program  with the announcement of more than 20 new institutions being added to the roster of participating museums and cultural ... Art Institute (Williamstown, Mass.) Clinton Presidential Center (Little Rock, Ark.) Dallas Holocaust Museum (Dallas) ...
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The Presser Foundation Will Distribute $1.148 Million In Capital Support Grants This Year

Tuesday, May 3, 2022
... - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - In a continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Greater ... and their efforts, The Presser Foundation announces new Capital Support grants totaling $687,800 in single year ... one year The Grand Opera House - $40,000 in one year WCR Center for the Arts, Inc. - $50,000 in one year Zoellner Arts ...
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Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
... 2024 — We, the Leeway Board of Directors, are delighted to announce that Pia Agrawal will join the Leeway Foundation as our new executive director beginning January 27, 2025. Pia is a ... at the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts where she produced the Center’s public ...
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William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Via William Penn Foundation WPF new funding areas_horiz.png   OUR REVISED GRANTMAKING APPROACH: CONNECTING MORE PEOPLE TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES Last fall, we shared our plans to ... in the years ahead. As of this summer, our approach will be focused on one central idea: Let’s help make more lives ...

The Presser Foundation will distribute more than $787,000 In Capital Support Grants in 2024

Friday, May 3, 2024
Press Release The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce new Capital Support grants totaling $474,125 in ... Campus Kutztown University Christina Cultural Arts Center Drexel University Eastern University The Music School ...
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Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Awards 22 Grants to Philadelphia Arts and Cultural Organizations

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
STOCKTON RUSH BARTOL FOUNDATION AWARDS 22 GRANTS TO PHILADELPHIA ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS Five Micro-grants Also Awarded to Teaching Artists through New Partnership with Small But Mighty Arts Philadelphia, ... which engage and amplify voices that might otherwise be marginalized or silenced,” said Toni Shapiro-Phim, Chair ...
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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
... the Arts and Culture Task Force (Task Force) are pleased to announce that 934 of Philadelphia’s individual artists, ... Culture and the Creative Economy. “OACCE is excited to be able deliver this funding for a second year in partnership ... the arts following this challenging period, the Arts Center's presence as a voice and a resource for ...

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 ... Foundation announced today $1,170,000 in fellowships to 12 Philadelphia-area artists and cultural practitioners of ... either core support or risk capital to test and advance new ideas and approaches. www.barrafoundation.org    About ...
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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
... filmmaking community with grants totaling $1.3 million to filmmakers, festivals, and film organizations, with an ... million grant to help Resolve launch “Equally Informed Philly,” a project to provide rapid response public health ... news and information in multiple languages for the public, in response to COVID-19. “Community media ...
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07May2020

Arts & Culture Funders: COVID-19, Government Budget Cuts, & the Impact on the Arts

Thursday, May 7, 2020
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and all funding for the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. This year the Cultural Fund provided over $3 million in funding to 349 organizations across the city. The City is also ... scheduled start time. Those who register in advance will be emailed the dial-in information around 8:00 AM on the ...

Philadelphia City Council to Invest Over $3 Million in Local Arts Community

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
... This funding is a combination of an allocation from the New Normal Budget Act and additional advocacy in a recent ... ,  Green ,  Squilla  and  Bass  circulated a memo to Council leadership advocating for the financial ... $450,000 for Mural Arts Philadelphia $150,000 for the Mann Center $100,000 for the Greater Philadelphia Film Office ...
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William Penn Foundation awards $11.8 million in Arts & Culture funding

Thursday, May 30, 2019
... These grants offer unrestricted operating support to a range of arts and culture organizations that contribute ... to support mission-related expenses, to experiment with new artistic programming, and to explore approaches to ... Theater Bucks County Historical Society Mercer Museum Center for Art in Wood Center for Emerging Visual Artists ...

Pew Awards $7.7M to Philadelphia Human Services, Arts, and Civic Nonprofits to Expand Programs, Adapt Business Models

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
... Trusts announced today that it has awarded $7.7 million to five Philadelphia-area nonprofit organizations. These grants will help the recipients create and implement new strategies to adapt their programs, operations, and ... $1 million to support its partnership with the Kimmel Center to create a new parent organization, The Philadelphia ...

Bartol Foundation Awards 18 Grants to Philadelphia Arts & Cultural Organizations

Danse4Nia
Thursday, July 25, 2019
... announced today that it will distribute $95,000 in grants to 18 Philadelphia arts and cultural organizations. The ... their Bomba dance program. Four first-time grantees bring new perspectives and audiences to the roster of grantees:  ... contemporary modern dance company; Portside Arts Center for its after-school visual arts program; Project 440 ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... region. In total, the foundation awarded 71 grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of ... (MAP), Free Press, and the Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC) each a three-year grant to organize journalists, ... podcasting projects such as RadioCATA ($50,000), a New Jersey-based farmworker-run radio station by Comite de ...

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 ... Eleven fellowships totaling $1,185,000 have been awarded to Black, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous Philadelphia artists. ... The three-year initiative has infused $9.9 million of new funding into the greater Philadelphia region to support ...
05Dec2023

Arts & Culture Funders Community of Practice

Tuesday, December 5, 2023
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual
... organizations, programs, education—are invited to join us for a renewed convening of the Arts & Culture Funders ... meeting will take place on December 5, 2023, from noon to 1:00 PM, when together we will set a schedule and cycle of ...

Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding

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Monday, November 25, 2024
... Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding to 30 women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and ... Philadelphia with the 2024 Art and Change Grant (ACG). For over two decades, the Art and Change Grant has supported ... are made available on the Leeway website and may also be obtained by calling 215.728.9273 or emailing ...

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