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William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how ... Board of Directors has set the new direction for our grant programs and the way we’ll operate in the ... and more resources. We will aim to do that particularly for groups of people who have often been shut out of ...
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Equitable Grantmaking in the Arts & Culture Sector

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
Please join us for Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia's next Arts & ... equity through arts and culture.

Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
... board leadership in the arts by providing scholarships for minority leaders to attend the Arts + Business Council's ... Hamilton Mansion at The Woodlands, using a piece of 19th century carved graffiti preserved at the site as a point ...  ($250,000) - To foster artistic excellence in music education and develop more diverse orchestral talent through ...
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William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
... awarded 22 grants, totaling almost $15 million, to support education in Philadelphia. Engaged Families grants were ... pilot and evaluate a music-based family engagement program for families of young toddlers in Philadelphia. The Lullaby ... to sponsor the 2021 Greater & Greener  international conference in Philadelphia, reinforcing the identity of the ...

City Announces Awardees of $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

2024 Illuminate the Arts Grants
Friday, November 8, 2024
... one of the ways Creative Philadelphia acknowledges artists for their vital role in shaping our City’s culture and the ... sectors including: arts and culture venues, cultural event production, dance, design, education, fashion, literary arts, media arts, music, ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $914,517 to 205 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
... (3) to ensure fair and apolitical access to public funding for a broad and diverse spectrum of arts organizations that ... been an accessible and vital source of financial support for Philadelphia’s smallest arts organizations – 71% of the grant recipients have annual operating budgets below $150,000. The grant amounts ...
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Pia Agrawal named incoming executive director of Leeway Foundation

Pia Agrawal
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
... administrator and grantmaker with a demonstrated passion for curating and resourcing community-based arts and artists. ... arts programs that highlight local artists (see below for Pia’s full bio). Germaine Ingram, chair of the search ... produced the Center’s public programming including the annual Mitchell Artist Lecture and site- specific ...
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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
... PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 19, 2022)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced its 2022 grants ... million provided as unrestricted general operating support for the 30 local organizations receiving project grants, and ... an important but under-recognized multicultural event in an exhibition and live performances that revisit the ...
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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Focus on Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Arts and History Organizations in 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
... PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 19, 2021)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) has announced that its 2021 ... COVID-19 pandemic, pivoting from its usual project grants for individual public programs and events. The new recovery ... to programming and audience relationships. Funding for individual artists will continue through the Center’s ...

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... 2023.png The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender ... producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term ...

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
... awardees who received a  2021 Illuminate the Arts Grant . For the 2022 grant, a diverse group of local individual ... sectors including arts and culture venues, cultural event production, dance, design, education, fashion, literary arts, media arts, music, ...

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 ... arts and culture industry generates $1.45 billion in annual economic activity and supports 39,699 FTE jobs. In ... and minimal due diligence efforts. Private foundation grantmakers who have experience with PRIs know what a ...

Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... Recreation and Park Association  (NRPA) concluded its  annual conference  in New Orleans, bringing together more ... were presented networking opportunities, hundreds of education sessions and the industry’s largest trade show ... trails and public spaces,” McCaney said. “But for the city as a whole to thrive, these kinds of high ...

Pennsylvania Humanities Council Announces $780,500 in Emergency Relief Grants

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
... $3,000 to $10,000, scaled to each organization’s average annual operating budget. The recipients represent museums, ... which became law on March 27, 2020. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) received funding allocated to the 56 ... making resources available to those who depend on them for education, connection, and inspiration. “The collective ...

Leeway Foundation awards 12 artists with the Transformation Award

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Friday, January 17, 2025
... working at the intersection of art and social change for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term ... through 60s – showcase a vision and intentional analysis for how art in community is a catalyst for social change. The ... The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender ...

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
... as part of their joint relief and recovery support effort for Philadelphia arts and culture organizations. Last March, ... The necessity of immediate, no-strings-attached funds for individual artists was clear to us– particularly for the women, trans, and gender nonconforming artists and ...

William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
... of the natural environment, and offer platforms for cultural expression. Grants were awarded to: Nueva ... be free and open to the public, as well as support for a conference center and programming of Theatre Esperanza—two ... for arts and culture organizations, funding for arts education programs to work in Philadelphia schools, and we ...

Big Picture Alliance Named 2020 Bartol Award Winner

Monday, July 27, 2020
... Alliance  as the winner of the 2020 George Bartol Arts Education Award. Big Picture Alliance engages, educates and ... and community; and that maintains high artistic standards for its faculty and students. “In the past few months, we ... was an investment in arts education.   As part of its annual grant review process, the Foundation designates one ...
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Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... to foster empathy and to create an inclusive home for artists, audiences, and students. They provide theater ... an online learning center 24/7 for students in grades K-7. Education Focus Area Finalist: C.B. Community Schools C.B. ... will be announced on June 4th, and celebrated at their Annual Meeting on June 7th. Impact100 Philadelphia announces ...

Bartol Foundation names 2018 George Bartol Award Winner

Sister Cities Girlchoir
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
... (SCG) as the winner of the 2018 George Bartol Arts Education Award. The Award is given to an organization that ... and community; and that maintains high artistic standards for its faculty and students.   The George Bartol Arts ... in arts education for its children. As part of its annual grant review process, the Foundation designates one ...
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