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Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – March 7, 2018 – From diversifying arts board leadership to commissioning 25 ... arts organizations will receive $923,600 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The groups are large and ...
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Special Funder Briefing: City of Philadelphia FY 2022 Budget

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... Five-Year budget plan . The updated strategy outlines Philadelphia’s COVID recovery efforts while addressing urgent and emerging issues ...

Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... professionals, citizen advocates and industry suppliers from around the country. The premier annual meeting of the ... hundreds of education sessions and the industry’s largest trade show showcasing the products and services of ... Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Community Infrastructure ( Rebuild ) ...

William Penn Foundation Announces Another $11.6 Million for COVID Emergency Action

Monday, March 30, 2020
... Reinvestment Fund to announce a collaboration to support Philadelphia early learning providers who are struggling to ... caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A $5 million grant from William Penn Foundation and a $2 million grant from Vanguard’s Strong Start for Kids Program™ will launch the ...

Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
PRESS RELEASE via the City of Philadelphia Department of Planning and Development ... In its April 2019 final report Mayor Kenney’s Historic Preservation Task Force recommended an ongoing ... historic and cultural resources. This project is the first step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407 to 282 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
PHILADELPHIA—(July 12, 2022)— The Philadelphia Cultural ... grants are resourced through the City of Philadelphia’s budget and supplemented by donations. The Art & Culture ... heard. And the arts will be essential to Philadelphia’s recovery from the pandemic.” About the Philadelphia ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $914,517 to 205 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Press Release via Philadelphia Cultural Fund PCF Skyline.jpg   ... serve all corners of the city. Due to COVID-19, the City’s 2021 allocation to PCF was reduced by 68%, thus the number ...  And the arts will be essential to Philadelphia’s recovery from the pandemic.” CLICK HERE to download a PDF ...
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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
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... commitment to help Philadelphia-area organizations recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and to preserve and highlight the region’s unique history and civic treasures. The awards include $1 ...

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

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Via Philadelphia City Council CityHall.jpg Philadelphia City ... “COVID has had a devastating impact on Philadelphia’s artists and arts organizations. As Philadelphia strives to ... the pandemic, the arts will play a central role in the recovery of the city and its people.” Through the New ...
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Foundations, City of Philadelphia and key Arts & Culture organizations join together to launch $3.45M fund to meet the growing emergency need in this sector

PHL COVID-19 Arts Aid Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... in ‘severe financial straits’ By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer   April 8, 2020 (PHILADELPHIA, PA) – The City of Philade lphia’ s Office of Arts, Culture and the Cre ative Economy ... with $3.45 million in support, led by a $2.5 million grant from the William Penn  Foundation. OACCE, PCF and GPCA ...

Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Impact100 Philadelphia announced the eight organizations selected as ... Focus Area Finalist: Theatre Horizon Theatre Horizon’s mission is to use the transformative power of storytelling ... serving time behind bars. They support women in reentry, from the time of release, to establish and achieve goals ...

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
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... in achieving economic mobility; and bolster the city’s cultural and civic vitality, including supporting efforts ... to support its role in the Philadelphia tourism sector’s recovery. Studies have shown that more people relied on ...

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

Friday, March 29, 2019
PHILADELPHIA—(March 26, 2019]—On March 26 and 27 at City ... and cultural organizations in Philadelphia. This year’s grantee list is the largest in its 28-year history and a 19 percent increase since 2016. Recipients range from the small all-volunteer Lest We Forget Slavery Museum ...
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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
... for Arts & Heritage 2024 Fellows Cultural Treasures.png PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 17, 2024) — Eleven fellowships totaling ... grants are provided as part of  Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures  (PCT), a funding initiative ... about the 2024 Fellows HERE .) The fellowship awards range from $75,000 to $120,000 in unrestricted funds, with the ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives $232,886 to Support Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Monday, June 11, 2018
Philadelphia—June 11, 2018  -- The 2018 Philadelphia ... Many of the children are living in the Philadelphia’s most underserved and lowest income communities.  “At ... in foreign languages and gain exposure to visiting choirs from other regions and countries.    Fleisher Art Memorial ...
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Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... will join the organization as vice president for Philadelphia programs, effective Oct. 3, 2022. In this role, Frisby-Greenwood will lead the organization’s work across the region to advance critical public policy ... of Higher Education Foundation. Frisby-Greenwood graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in ...

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 & ... 39 grants today in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists. The 2019 awards total ... a Pew Fellows-in-Residence program will bring two artists from outside the region to live, work, and embed themselves ...
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Releases Economic & Social Impact Study

Arts Culture and Economic Prosperity
Friday, May 3, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (April 30, 2024) –  The Greater Philadelphia ... social impact study of the Greater Philadelphia region’s nonprofit arts and culture industry. The study found ... economic impact of $3.3 Billion annually, based on data from the Americans for the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia awards five grants totaling $284,750

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Philadelphia, PA — Impact100 Philadelphia has announced the ... million to regional nonprofits since the organization’s founding in 2008. Each of the following organizations has ... for over 1,100 Philadelphia County children and teens from under-resourced zip codes in schools, community ...

Bartol Foundation Awards 18 Grants to Philadelphia Arts & Cultural Organizations

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Thursday, July 25, 2019
Philadelphia, PA—The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation ... 2019 roster of grantees reflects the Bartol Foundation’s commitment to supporting cultural organizations that ... The Bartol Foundation supports diverse organizations from large to small, established and emerging. The Foundation ...
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