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$9.5 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Support 30 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Mural: The Talented Mr. Trotter: You Can Be Anything
Monday, September 19, 2022
... The 42 awards total $9.5 million: $7.2 million in project funding, plus $1.4 million provided as unrestricted general operating support for the 30 local ... grants, and $900,000 going to 12 Philadelphia-area artists as Pew Fellowships.   Many of the newly funded projects ...
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Philadelphia City Council to Invest Over $3 Million in Local Arts Community

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
... impact on Philadelphia’s artists and arts organizations. As Philadelphia strives to recover from the pandemic, the ... in the creative economy.  We thank you for welcoming GPFO as a Member of Philadelphia’s Illuminate the Arts family ...
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Bartol Foundation Awards 18 Grants to Philadelphia Arts & Cultural Organizations

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Thursday, July 25, 2019
... Arts Center for its after-school visual arts program; Project 440 for Doing Good, its social entrepreneurship ... often don’t have access to the same resources as larger organizations and Bartol can step in to begin to ...
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Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Awards 22 Grants to Philadelphia Arts and Cultural Organizations

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
... Artists Theatre serves the Liberian community with a project that will address issues of domestic and gun ... and Director of Programs for the Philadelphia Folklore Project.  “We are also pursuing new partnerships such as our micro-grant program with SBMA that will increase our ...
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$9 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Supports 28 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Pew Fellow Pepón Osorio, My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente, 2023, installation view at the New Museum, New York. Photo by Liz Ligon.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
... million to 28 local arts and heritage organizations for project funding, $1.3 million of which is provided as unrestricted general operating support. Plus, $900,000 in ... unrestricted funds will go to 12 Philadelphia-area artists as Pew Fellowships in the Arts. “Our newest grants ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Caralyn Spector
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
July 5, 2022 -- The board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces that it has engaged Caralyn Spector to serve as its Interim Executive Director, effective July 18, 2022 ... with Caralyn during this transitional period, especially as we distribute FY2022 funds to our grantees. Caralyn is a ...
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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 ... Wilson Aden has been appointed by the Board of Directors as its next president and CEO. The appointment of Aden ... culture leader back to Philadelphia. Aden currently serves as president and CEO of  The Blues Foundation  in Memphis, ...
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Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... that Donna Frisby-Greenwood will join the organization as vice president for Philadelphia programs, effective Oct. ... in the city, Frisby-Greenwood joins Pew after serving as president and chief executive officer of The Fund for the ... extensive connections with national and Philadelphia-area nonprofits. In addition to working with the School District ...

City launches $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 12, 2024
... “Although the Illuminate the Arts Grant originated as Covid-19 relief, it continues to address an important need as a funding opportunity serving individual artists and enterprises, as well as non-profits,” said Chief Cultural Officer Val ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... 11, 2022 -- The board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces that its Executive Director, Barbara Silzle, will ... nonprofit arts and philanthropy sectors. She served as Executive Director of The Leeway Foundation, a private ... City Council and the Mayor, promotes arts and culture as engines of social, educational and economic development ...
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The Philadelphia Cultural Fund distributes $2.67 million to a diverse mix of arts & culture organizations

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
... Taiko Drummers to well established institutions such as Taller Puertorriqueño and The Barnes Foundation, these ... not an option, it is an essential part of what defines us as a first class city.” Since 1991, the City of ... The number of grants awarded this year increased by 21, and 25 organizations were first time applicants. “At a ...

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

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... and Community Power Fund developed throughout 2022 with project Co-Directors Aviva Kapust and Erik Takeshita, and ... with experience and ideas to inform our path ahead, as well as funders and government agencies in these ...

Leeway Foundation Awards Nine Philadelphia Artists with $15,000 Transformation Award

Friday, December 21, 2018
... offers the Art and Change Grant two times per year. These project-based grants of up to $2,500 are awarded to women and ... we use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, ...

William Penn Foundation awards $11.8 million in Arts & Culture funding

Thursday, May 30, 2019
... organizations reflects a diversity of artistic disciplines as well as organizational sizes and operating budgets. It is intended ... Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Philadelphia Folklore Project Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Theatre ...

The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Launch $1 Million Illuminate the Arts Grant

OACCE
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
... Grants came from City Council’s New Normal Budget Act as an investment to address racial disparities in the City of ... Isaiah Thomas. “This is especially important as the City strives to ensure there are safe and fun ...

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
... COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL will support individual artists as well as small arts and culture organizations (Annual budgets no ... received from the Doris Duke  Charitable Foundation as well as Connelly, Independence, Lenfest and Victory ...

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

Monday, September 10, 2018
... will showcase a vibrant new art exhibit in its offices as part of a partnership with ARTZ Philadelphia.  The new ... commodity for someone living with a chronic illness such as dementia. Sylvia went to beauty school when she was young, ... Gallery, which was established in 2000 as a showcase for nonprofits using art programs to connect with the community ...
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Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

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Monday, August 24, 2020
... Spiral Q | Image photo by Rachael Warriner By Nuala Cabral As anti-racist protests sweep across the country in the ... and should do so without co-opting or  containing  them. As Program Officer at  Independence Public Media Foundation ... particularly systemic racism. The  Heaux History Project  does both, by exploring stories of sex workers of ...

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