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12Feb2019

Equity in Action: Building Social Capital

Tuesday, February 12, 2019
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Esperanza Arts Center
... in its Arts and Culture scene with the recent openings of two major centers – Taller Puertorriqueño’s El ... invite you to join us at Esperanza’s new Arts Center as we hear from funders and nonprofits on: the inequities of ... to follow. Click here to register! Equity in Action: Building Social Capital ...

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

Friday, July 1, 2022
... the Arts grant program offers one-year or two-year grants of up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of $20,000 over two years to support new or ongoing efforts ... immigrants, and aging or returning citizens. “We recognize the importance of equitable access to art and ...
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... The foundation awarded the grants following a series of listening and learning sessions with local media-makers ... year,” said Nuala Cabral, IPMF’s program officer. “We understand that filmmaking not only fosters community, it ... and creative expression, as a pathway for building power with communities. Through grant-making and other ...
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COVID-19

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... protests sweep across the country in the middle of a pandemic that has exposed structural inequalities, ... In our recent grant cycle, the Community Voices Fund, we sought out projects and organizations that are reckoning ... and teaching artist who is deeply committed to the power of storytelling and media to build bridges of ...

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 million in support ... to sponsor the 2021 Greater & Greener  international conference in Philadelphia, reinforcing the identity of the ... should be made in implementing this work. Constituency Building Delaware Greenways, Inc. ($110,000 over 24 months) ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... will support the documentation, sharing, and preservation of community stories to advance social justice, build power, and strengthen local information networks. “The ... for movement building. Grant recipients include: Still We Rise Freedom Coalition ($25,000) — to support "We Free ...

Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
...   Philadelphia, PA, Monday, December 17, 2024 — We, the Leeway Board of Directors, are delighted to announce that Pia Agrawal will ... women and trans artists and putting the arts in service of building healthy, caring communities.” Pia shared the ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council announces new grant program for cultural organizations affected by COVID-19

Monday, April 6, 2020
... organizations migrating to virtual or other forms of distance-based cultural activities. “This crisis is ... vulnerable,” said Laurie Zierer, executive director of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. “Whether it's a ... discussion or a podcast with local creative entrepreneurs, we want to quickly give affected organizations the support ...

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Appoints Patricia Wilson Aden as President & CEO

GPCA
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
... (Patty) Wilson Aden has been appointed by the Board of Directors as its next president and CEO. The appointment ... culture community and as she returns home from Memphis, we have no doubt that she will be that same compelling voice ... talents in strategic planning, program delivery, and staff building. With deep Philadelphia roots and vital out-of-town ...
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The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Announce Awards from the $1.5 Million 2022 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 8, 2022
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative ... sectors including arts and culture venues, cultural event production, dance, design, education, fashion, literary ... Isaiah Thomas and Katherine Gilmore Richardson. We hope that this vital source of support for the local ...

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

BalletX by Chris Kendig
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
BalletX_credit_ChrisKendig.png Photo of Ballet X by Chris Kendig | Courtesy of the Philadelphia ... leaders and nonprofit cultural sector consultants, we have worked with arts groups for over 25 years on building financial sustainability. We are deeply concerned ...

Bartol Foundation names 2018 George Bartol Award Winner

Sister Cities Girlchoir
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
... has selected Sister Cities Girlchoir (SCG) as the winner of the 2018 George Bartol Arts Education Award. The Award is ... them to literally and figuratively raise their voices.  We are grateful to be able to support such inspiring ... artist team at SCG which embodies our mission to share the power of the arts to transform young women into not just ...
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William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... CONNECTING MORE PEOPLE TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES Last fall, we shared our plans to review and update the Foundation’s ... our grantmaking should evolve to meet the changing needs of communities across the region. After a comprehensive ... we are pleased to share that the Foundation’s Board of Directors has set the new direction for our grant programs ...

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists ... production to shift or transform the perception of power and/or privilege and the dynamics associated with ... social change. Through our grantmaking and other programs, we promote artistic expression that amplifies the voices of ...

William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
... Creative Communities grants totaling $2.6 million. We hope sharing this information may help inspire new areas of collaboration to build on the strengths of your work in ... be free and open to the public, as well as support for a conference center and programming of Theatre Esperanza—two ...

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces Over $10.2 Million in Pandemic Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Organizations and Fellowships for Artists

Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Thursday, September 9, 2021
... to organizations as they move forward from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a pivot from the Center’s ... presentations during pandemic-related public closures: “We were forced to reconsider our delivery methods in order to ... diverse audiences, as class size was no longer limited by building capacity or geographical distance. With this grant ...

City's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Shares Plans for 2021

OACCE
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Press release   OACCElogo.png PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) today ... the City’s creative community, OACCE is reimagining how we can continue to support and promote Philadelphia’s ...
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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 ... and grantees to reimagine our world and reclaim spaces of power through their socially engaged artistic and cultural ... social change.

William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
... staff, making it hard to identify and access sources of funding,” explained William Penn Foundation Chief ... “PCF has a process in place to reduce those barriers. We are pleased to be able to match the funding provided to ... the matching funds will also gain access to capacity-building workshops, including organizational development, ...
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Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation Awards 22 Grants to Philadelphia Arts and Cultural Organizations

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
... The Foundation supports organizations in a range of artistic disciplines with an emphasis on arts education ... will address issues of domestic and gun violence; and, Power Street Theatre Company, a collective of multicultural ... color. “Bartol has a new strategic vision through which we are re-affirming our commitment to organizations which ...
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