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Leeway Foundation announces 2019 Transformation Awardees

Leeway Transformation Awards
Friday, December 27, 2019
... nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia. The $15,000 per awardee is in affirmation of ... their communities and art for social change. This year’s cohort includes artists continuing five generations of ... or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth. Leeway Foundation ...

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... artists and cultural producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done ... visual artist, curator, and folklorist from Baltimore, Maryland, Ashley Minner, and Brazil-native and longtime activist in women’s, LGBTQIA, Latine, immigrant, and arts and culture ...

Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Press release Susan Sherman 2024.jpg [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2024] It is with mixed ... service to the Foundation. The Independence Foundation’s Board has initiated a comprehensive process to select a new ... the State Board of Nursing Licensing exam passage rate from 60% to the 90% by the time she departed, helped secure ...
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Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

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Friday, January 17, 2025
Press release via Leeway Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA [January 17, 2025] — In December 2024, ... Award applications in 2024 – a 49% increase from the previous year and the second largest amount received ... Chosen from a competitive pool of applicants, this year’s cohort includes artists who have showcased years of ...

Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation

Leeway Foundation
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
... in collaboration with their communities. Leeway’s Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to ... trans* artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia. The Fall 2021 Art and Change grantees are (in ... or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth. Leeway Foundation ...

The Presser Foundation Will Give Nearly $1.5 Million in General Operating Support Grants to Music Organizations

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
... grants to 148 music organizations throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area. This year, the number of applications and ... The Foundation received 142 proposals, a notable increase from 121 the previous year. Thirty-four new organizations ... operating with budgets under $100,000. This year's grantees demonstrate strong commitments to several key ...
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14May2019

Equitable Grantmaking in the Arts & Culture Sector

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
Please join us for Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia's next Arts & Culture Funders Group session on Tuesday, May ...

Big Picture Alliance Named 2020 Bartol Award Winner

Monday, July 27, 2020
... Picture Alliance engages, educates and empowers Philadelphia youth through filmmaking and digital media ... often underrepresented.” Big Picture Alliance’s mission is to engage, educate and empower Philadelphia ... This year’s award is made possible in part through gifts from Mr. Bartol’s children. Read more  about past awardees ...
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William Penn Foundation awards $11.8 million in Arts & Culture funding

Thursday, May 30, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (May 30, 2019) – Today the William Penn ... Leonard C. Haas, Chair of the William Penn Foundation’s Art Review Committee. This round of Core Support grants was ... that increase educational opportunities for children from low-income families, ensure a sustainable environment, ...
15Nov2017

Arts & Culture Funders Webinar - Not Just Money: Equity Issues in Cultural Philanthropy

Wednesday, November 15, 2017
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Webinar
... a special webinar session where Helicon Collaborative’s Co-Director Holly Sidford will share findings from their recent report, Not Just Money: Equity Issues in ... data profiles on funding patterns in 10 cities, including Philadelphia . Arts & Culture Funders Webinar - Not Just ...

Bank of America Announces 2018 Museums on Us® Program

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
... on Us provides Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust credit and debit cardholders free general admission on the first full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of every month in ... (Daytona Beach, Fla.) Museum of the American Revolution (Philadelphia) Museum of the City of New York (New York City ...
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William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
... of collaboration to build on the strengths of your work in Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. The Foundation works to support ... Park community arts center was developed with input from residents, business owners and community leaders, and ...

The Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations Introduce $13M Funding Collaborative

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... diaspora in New Orleans.    Asian Arts Initiative  in Philadelphia advances racial equity and understanding by ... Northend Christian CDC  preserves and improves Detroit’s North End Historic Community by providing opportunities for ...

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
By Nick Vadala for the Philadelphia Inquirer PhilaFundersCollab250.jpg The 250th ... of the United States is just around the corner, and four Philadelphia groups are offering area nonprofits a total of ... nonprofits’ programs that will commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. “The Funder ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... we shared our plans to review and update the Foundation’s grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place ... or systemic inequities. And we will learn directly from you – the nonprofit leaders, community members, and ... in the coming weeks and months. Together, we can build Philadelphia’s future. CONTINUE READING >> William Penn ...
14Apr2025

Arts Funders Listening Session

Monday, April 14, 2025
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual via Zoom
On behalf of Philanthropy Network's Arts Funders Group, we invite you to join us for a virtual ... as one of Yamaha's 40 under 40 music educators and Philadelphia Magazine's "Luminary Leader," whose organization ... and genderqueer composers. Cookie Diorio , a multifaceted Philadelphia-based artist who combines classical vocal ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $500,000 in Grants Awarded to Local Independent Filmmakers

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Press release PHILADELPHIA, April 17, 2025—The Independence Public Media ... (IPMF) announces $500,000 in grants to support Greater Philadelphia's emerging and professional independent filmmakers. The ...

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

Friday, May 5, 2023
... and music education organizations in the Greater Philadelphia Area. Capital projects typically include the ... perspective on the needs of music organizations in Greater Philadelphia, the Foundation again considered applications ... - $255,000 in multi-year grants Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia - $20,000 in one year Darlington Arts Center - ...
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William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed

Thursday, June 6, 2019
... totaling more than $2.8 million to support education in Philadelphia. As part of the Creative Communities program, ... also seeks to model the recommendations of the Mayor’s Historic Preservation Task Force to expand preservation ... in historic and culturally significant neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Through the New Audiences/New Places strategy, ...

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