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The Presser Foundation announces more than $71,000 in new special project grants to music organizations

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
... for grants within three of the following categories: 1) pilot projects/programs, 2) first-time, ongoing ... The Foundation will also honor more than $61,000 in previous commitments. P eter Burwasser, Chair of the ... (Greater Philadelphia); undergraduate and graduate student awards (national); and assistance to retired music teachers ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council announces new grant program for cultural organizations affected by COVID-19

Monday, April 6, 2020
... announced Pop-Up Grants for Cultural Producers , a new grant program supporting efforts to sustain public engagement ... requirements, cultural organizations have canceled in-person programs, festivals, and other major events that ... medium sized non-profit organizations (budgets under $3 million). Interested individuals can work through local ...

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

Friday, May 3, 2024
... to announce new Capital Support grants totaling $474,125 in single year and multi-year grants to 16 music organizations. Grant payments made in 2024 for previous commitments total ... Music Academy - $20,000 World Cafe Live - $150,000 over two years Previous & Deferred Capital Project ...
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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
... groups are offering area nonprofits a total of $9 million in funding to help celebrate. That funding comes in the form ... organizations. >>CONTINUE READING Philly groups offer $9 million in funding for nonprofits celebrating the 250th ...

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Focus on Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Arts and History Organizations in 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
... reach and serve.” The 2021 recovery project grants are awards of up to $400,000 for a single organization or an ... area artists and organizations, first in May of 2020 with over $535,000 in additional unrestricted funds to its current ... period for recovery projects extends from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. About The Pew Center for Arts & ...

The Leeway Foundation Announces $48,950 in Support to 22 Individual Artists and Cultural Producers

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, October 16, 2020
... of our programming and the work of our community relies on in person connections. The realities of COVID have forced us ... and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia. The Fall 2020 Art and Change grantees are (in alphabetical ... (East Oak Lane), Crafts & Textiles/Literary Arts, $1,500 REGO THERESHEGO (West Center City), Media Arts/Music, ...
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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
... announced today that it has awarded two grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to help ... the region’s unique history and civic treasures. The awards include $1 million for the Free Library of ... support, the university will expand that number to 7,200 over three years. The grant will also support conservation of ...

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

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
...   To date, the collaborative has invested over $5.8 million in grantmaking and research. Six ... in five cities have received unrestricted, multiyear awards based on their long-term commitment to supporting ...
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Arts & Culture Funders: COVID-19, Government Budget Cuts, & the Impact on the Arts

Thursday, May 7, 2020
9:00am - 10:00am
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... Cultural Fund. This year the Cultural Fund provided over $3 million in funding to 349 organizations across the city. The ... Cultural Sector Layoffs & Furloughs RELATED NEWS: The $4.1 billion question: What’s to become of Philadelphia’s ...

Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... 900 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, visit philafound.org.   ...

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 ... the Transformation Award, Leeway offers the Art and Change Grant two times per year. These project-based grants of up to ... The 2020 Art and Change Grant deadlines are March 1 and August 1. Both applications will be available on the ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... collaborations, and organizations with budgets under $1 million. Addressing COVID and Systemic Racism Many of the  ... from national and local news outlets. Our hope is that over time these projects will become more visible and ...

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 a time of global unrest and uncertainty, Leeway Foundation ... fat queer, trans, and nonbinary femmes/fems, documenting over 50 years of disability advocacy, or using culinary arts ... support. The next Art and Change Grant deadline is March 1, 2022.   ABOUT LEEWAY The Leeway Foundation supports ...

Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... Ms. Sherman will be with the Foundation through January 1, 2025. On her decision to retire as CEO, Susan said ... 60% to the 90% by the time she departed, helped secure over $5 million in grant money from the Kellogg Foundation to ...
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Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... Association  (NRPA) concluded its  annual conference  in New Orleans, bringing together more than 7,000 park and ... annual meeting of the park and recreation community, over a three-day period conference attendees were presented ... is intended to reimagine civic assets and triggered a $500 million citywide effort to reinvest in parks and recreation ...

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
... will dole out millions to arts groups and artists in ‘severe financial straits’ By Peter Dobrin for the ... pandemic. COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL launches with $3.45 million in support, led by a $2.5 million grant from the ... $1B annually in direct organizational spending, spurring over $4.1B in total economic impact in the region according ...

Three new programs will help Berks County nonprofits navigate a post-pandemic future

Berks County Community Foundation
Monday, February 22, 2021
... 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 ... this link , or go to bccf.org and click on “Apply for a Grant” under the “Scholarships + Grants” section of the ...

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

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
... sector consultants, we have worked with arts groups for over 25 years on building financial sustainability. We are ... Philadelphia cultural organizations with budgets between $1 and $5 million have three months or less of operating cash in ...

Leeway Foundation Introduces Immediate Relief Funds for Individual Artists in the Launch of the 2021 Community Care Fund

Leeway Foundation Community Care Fund
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Leeway CCFund.png PHILADELPHIA – In response to the continuing financial impacts on the arts ... as a second branch of the Window of Opportunity (WOO) grant. The WOO Relief Fund went live in April 2020. From ... Care Fund will provide financial assistance of up to $1,000 to Leeway grant or award recipients experiencing ...

The Philadelphia Foundation Hosts Inspiring Exhibition of Art Created by Individuals Living with Dementia

Monday, September 10, 2018
... 900 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn more, visit  www.philafound.org . ...
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