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PECO Announces New Powering the Arts Grant for Community-Based Organizations in Southeastern PA

Friday, July 1, 2022
... introduced a new competitive grants program that will help community-based organizations reach new and diverse audiences and ... to preliminary analysis of a recent survey by the Greater Philadelphia Culture Alliance, PA Humanities, and PA Museums, ...
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William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
The William Penn Foundation is pleased to announce our recently approved ... of collaboration to build on the strengths of your work in Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. The Foundation ... Foundation's  Creative Communities program. The program supports artistic and cultural expression that stimulates new ...

William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed

Thursday, June 6, 2019
The William Penn Foundation announced their recently approved grants including ... totaling more than $2.8 million to support education in Philadelphia. As part of the Creative Communities program, ... Sub-Watershed grants include funding to: The Clean Water Fund - Pennsylvania ($250,000 over 18 months); Lighthawk ...

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

Friday, May 5, 2023
The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce new Capital Support grants totaling $524,700 in single year and multi-year grants to 20 music ... and music education organizations in the Greater Philadelphia Area. Capital projects typically include the ...
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City of Philadelphia Selected for $1 Million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge Grant to Fund Temporary Public Art Project that Addresses Gun Violence in Germantown

Bloomberg Art Challenge
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia announced today ... Philanthropies Public Art Challenge , a program that supports temporary public art projects addressing an urgent ... for this grant will be provided by the Philadelphia City Fund in its capacity as the dedicated fiscal sponsor for the ...
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The Presser Foundation Will Give Nearly $1.5 Million in General Operating Support Grants to Music Organizations

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Press release  The Presser Foundation will award $1,445,500 in grants to 148 music organizations throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area. This year, the number of applications and ... education and music philanthropy. The Presser Foundation supports music organizations working in a broad range of ...
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The Rider-Pool Foundation Announces Grant Awards for Lehigh Valley Programs

The Rider-Pool Foundation
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
ALLENTOWN, PA - January 23, 2019: The Rider-Pool Foundation of Allentown recently awarded $376,000 in funding. ... proactive investments as well as on-going support for programs throughout the Lehigh Valley with a focus on ... in this cycle. A $105,000 grant was awarded to Ripple Community Inc. to accelerate the development of RCI Village, ...

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 ... and music education organizations in the Greater Philadelphia Area. Capital projects include the construction ... impacting music students, their teachers, and the broader community.” 2024 Capital Support Grantees (in alphabetical ...
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The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Appoints Patricia Wilson Aden as President & CEO

GPCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
GPCA_logo.jpg September 21, 2021 (PHILADELPHIA, PA)  – The  Greater Philadelphia Cultural ... Aden currently serves as president and CEO of  The Blues Foundation  in Memphis, TN and will assume this new role in ... a powerful voice within Philadelphia’s arts and culture community and as she returns home from Memphis, we have no ...
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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 ... a $3.25 Million investment in the local arts and culture community. This funding is a combination of an allocation ... (through OACCE) $1,000,000 to the Philadelphia Cultural Fund $450,000 for Mural Arts Philadelphia $150,000 for 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
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... include $1 million for the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation to undertake a comprehensive planning and ... of the collection’s artifacts and, importantly, fund a new community lending program that will bring hundreds ...

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 ... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the project. To ensure that preservation will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that ...

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 continues to be led by our community and grantees ... Art and Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women and trans* artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia.

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announces 2018 grants for Philadelphia artists & organizations

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
... for Arts & Heritage has announced their newest grants in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists. ... to continue to support the region’s vibrant cultural community through our annual grant-making. This year’s ...
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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 ... have a combined economic impact of $3.3 Billion annually, based on data from the Americans for the Arts and Economic ... “lead, strengthen and amplify the voices of a cultural community that ignites creativity, inspires people and is ...
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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 ... nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia. The $15,000 per awardee is in affirmation of ... Textiles How can organizations work towards a method that supports artists’ basic needs, making way for innovation ...

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
...  them. As Program Officer at  Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , which supports community media in the ... In our recent grant cycle, the Community Voices Fund, we sought out projects and organizations that are ... both, by exploring stories of sex workers of color in Philadelphia as they navigate COVID-19. This project, which ...

William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
In November 2019, the William Penn Foundation Board of Directors approved grants of nearly $20 ... totaling almost $15 million, to support education in Philadelphia. Engaged Families grants were awarded to: ... were awarded to: District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund to work with partners around Philadelphia to establish ...

Pennsylvania Humanities Council announces new grant program for cultural organizations affected by COVID-19

Monday, April 6, 2020
phc.jpg PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The Pennsylvania Humanities Council (PHC) ... and other major events that bring people together to build community and uplift local economies. Pop-Up Grants for ... migrating to virtual or other forms of distance-based cultural activities. “This crisis is impacting ...

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