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Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Press release via Leeway Foundation PiaLeewayFoundationAnnouncement121724.jpg   ... announce that Pia Agrawal will join the Leeway Foundation as our new executive director beginning January 27, 2025. Pia is a ...
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New director of Philly Cultural Fund has a message for the next mayor

Gabriela Sanchez
Monday, April 3, 2023
... Sanchez.png Starting today, Gabriela Serena Sanchez is the new executive director of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, overseeing the distribution of city funding as arts grants.   She starts the job in a time of transition ...

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 ... by providing them with high-quality baby items, such as blankets and onesies, printed with messaging that ... Philadelphia, Inc. ($495,000 over 24 months) to support a new, world-class design for park and transportation ...

Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... July 2024] It is with mixed emotions that the Independence Foundation Board of Directors announces the upcoming ... retirement of Susan Sherman, who will leave her role as President & CEO after a dynamic and highly successful ... Board has initiated a comprehensive process to select a new CEO and will consider both internal and external ...
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William Penn Foundation Announces Another $11.6 Million for COVID Emergency Action

Monday, March 30, 2020
To our grantees and partners, As the impact of the Coronavirus crisis on our community continues to grow, on Friday the William Penn Foundation held its second urgent board meeting in two weeks ... actions to support the urgent needs of organizations. New Emergency Fund for Early Education Today we are pleased ...

William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
The William Penn Foundation is pleased to announce our recently approved ... hope sharing this information may help inspire new areas of collaboration to build on the strengths of your ... an art gallery, which will be free and open to the public, as well as support for a conference center and programming of ...

The Presser Foundation Announces Nearly $2 Million in New Capital Support Grants

Monday, April 19, 2021
... education, and community engagement, The Presser Foundation announces new Capital Support grants to thirty-five musicorganizations. ... consider the equipment and supply needs of organizations as they continue to respond to the pandemic with innovative, ...
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Three new programs will help Berks County nonprofits navigate a post-pandemic future

Berks County Community Foundation
Monday, February 22, 2021
READING, PA (February 22, 2021) – Berks County Community Foundation is launching three new programs aimed at guiding nonprofits in our region into a ... are turning their attention to what comes next, as they evaluate the changes wrought by the pandemic and look ...

Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... Airy Neighbors (EMAN) Community Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded $69,700 in ... development responsive to the community’s need. As an initiative of Mt. Airy Schools Coalition (MASC), a ... combat negative perceptions of the city’s schools.

Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, November 25, 2024
Press release via Leeway Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA — Leeway Foundation announces ... the Art and Change Grant has supported artists who are, as beloved Philadelphia queer artist and activist Paul ... Mount Airy, & Kingsessing, Multidisciplinary, $2,500 Sarah Trad of Kensington, Media Arts, $2,500 Shavon Norris of ...

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

The Cuture and Community Power Fund
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Press release via William Penn Foundation In 2021, the Barr, Kresge, and William Penn ... the work of our grantee-partners and others. The Fund welcomes inquiries through its website from potential thought ... with experience and ideas to inform our path ahead, as well as funders and government agencies in these ...

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. This total represents major proactive investments as well as on-going support for programs throughout the ... and creation of a mission and vision statement within a new strategic plan. A grant of $25,000 was awarded to the ...

Bartol Foundation Awards 18 Grants to Philadelphia Arts & Cultural Organizations

Danse4Nia
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Philadelphia, PA—The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation announced today that it will distribute $95,000 in ... their Bomba dance program. Four first-time grantees bring new perspectives and audiences to the roster of grantees:  ... often don’t have access to the same resources as larger organizations and Bartol can step in to begin to ...
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Bartol Foundation names 2018 George Bartol Award Winner

Sister Cities Girlchoir
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Philadelphia, PA—The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation has selected Sister Cities Girlchoir (SCG) as the winner of the 2018 George Bartol Arts Education Award. ... throughout the U.S. through the Sistema Fellowship at the New England Conservatory.   Bartol Foundation names 2018 ...
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The Presser Foundation announces more than $71,000 in new special project grants to music organizations

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Press release The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce new Special Project single year and multi-year grants ... support to four new music organizations to the Foundation as they develop programming for music education, music ...
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Forman Arts Initiative and Philadelphia Foundation Launch Art Works, A New Grant Program to Support Arts and Culture in Greater Philadelphia

Forman Art Works
Friday, March 26, 2021
Press release via Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (3/25/ 2021) – Forman Arts ... and Philadelphia Foundation are launching Art Works, a new $3 million grant program for community-based ... Organizations must demonstrate how they are using the arts as an engine to transform their communities and create safe ...
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Bucks County Foundation Grants Boost Area Nonprofits

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The Bucks County Foundation (BCF) and its Board of Directors awarded more than ... in Bucks County,” said Kelly Krumenacker, President and Executive Director of Bucks County Children’s Museum. The ... individuals, families, and businesses through funds such as donor advised funds, scholarship funds, and the Fund for ...
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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 ... and social impact throughout Greater Philadelphia? As we continue to explore the future of funding and its ... of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Ashley Minner, and New York based public artist , Tomie Arai . The second stage ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, January 17, 2025
Press release via Leeway Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA [January 17, 2025] — In ... we use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, ... and poet living in the Land of Enchantment (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Ameerah Bad'r, and Denver-based nationally ...

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

Monday, April 6, 2020
... today announced Pop-Up Grants for Cultural Producers , a new grant program supporting efforts to sustain public ... sector is particularly vulnerable,” said Laurie Zierer, executive director of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. ... be accepted through April but the deadline may be extended as needed. This opportunity is open to small and medium sized ...

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