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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... ) initiative — From ‘Reimagining the  Civic Commons  to Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure.’ “Philadelphia has ... spaces,” McCaney said. “But for the city as a whole to thrive, these kinds of high quality public amenities must ... Parks and Recreation Department, Rebuild is intended to reimagine civic assets and triggered a $500 million ...
22Jan2020

One Year of Rebuild: Collaborating to Advance Opportunity, Engagement and Equity in Neighborhoods

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
9:00am - 11:00am
Free Library of Philadelphia
Rebuild is the City of Philadelphia’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neighborhood ... groundbreaking, we invite to join a conversation about how collaborative funding can advance individual funders’ ... , Community Development Director for Impact Services, a nonprofit managing Rebuild projects in Kensington and ...

New director of Philly Cultural Fund has a message for the next mayor

Gabriela Sanchez
Monday, April 3, 2023
... a mayoral election upcoming, much of City Council leaving to campaign for that position, and a new council president on ... culture sector healthy and thriving. Let us use the arts to help revitalize our city.” Unlike past directors of the ... “I quickly realized the power of community and how I wanted to be dedicated to Philadelphia,” Sanchez ...

Applications Open for $1.2 Million in Recovery Grants for the Humanities in Pennsylvania

PA SHARP
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
... the American Rescue Plan), the initiative provides up to $20,000 in flexible funding to strengthen and grow the humanities in Pennsylvania.   ... Council. “Through PA SHARP we have the opportunity to build on this essential recovery work by reimagining the ...

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
... Silzle, will step down from her position on July 15, 2022 to explore other interests. Barbara has led the organization ... during the years of the pandemic, which saw drastic cuts to the Fund’s budget, which had a ripple effect across the ... Fund in 2015 after years of service to Philadelphia’s nonprofit arts and philanthropy sectors. She served as ...
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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
... of Philadelphia announced today that it has been selected to receive $1,000,000 as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies ... with gun violence into poetry, which will be used to create public art installations in the neighborhood of ...
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The Leeway Foundation Announces $48,950 in Support to 22 Individual Artists and Cultural Producers

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Friday, October 16, 2020
... person connections. The realities of COVID have forced us to shift our mindset as an institution on how we continue to support our artists and grantees. Leeway ... Grants (ACG) to 22 artists leading the exploration of how we adapt art and community-based practices in the time of ...
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Independence Foundation Announces CEO’s Retirement

Susan Sherman
Thursday, July 11, 2024
... and more than three decades of distinguished service to the Foundation. The Independence Foundation’s Board has initiated a comprehensive process to select a new CEO and will consider both internal and ... the Foundation through January 1, 2025. On her decision to retire as CEO, Susan said “After thirty-one years as a ...
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07Feb2022

Arts and Culture Funders Community of Practice

Monday, February 7, 2022
2:00pm - 3:15pm
VIDEO CONFERENCE
... discussion exploring the relationship between funder and nonprofit through the lens of racial equity.  We will be ... will discuss the importance of language, equitable access to grantmakers, the power imbalance in grantmaking, and ... ‘You Can’t Lift People Up by Putting Them Down’: How to Talk About Tough Issues of Race, Poverty, and More , ...
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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
... COVID-19, Philadelphia’s Arts Community Continues to Adapt, Inspire, and Move Toward Recovery by Paula ... arts and history organizations in the Philadelphia region to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... programs and events. The new recovery grants are designed to help current and past Center grantee institutions emerge ...

Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards

Leeway Foundation 2023 Transformation Awardees
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
... Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and ... five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change wor k.  PHILADELPHIA (January 15, ... Award, moving $180,000 of unrestricted support to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... Voices Fund grant recipients, with $800,000 awarded to 33 organizations and projects. These grants will support ... sharing, and preservation of community stories to advance social justice, build power, and strengthen local ... focus areas reviewed all the proposals and decided how to allocate the $800,000 fund. The panel’s decisions ...

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
... filmmaking community with grants totaling $1.3 million to filmmakers, festivals, and film organizations, with an ... operating support grant to Resolve Philadelphia, a nonprofit dedicated to improving local journalism by ... they serve through collaborative, solutions-oriented reporting. Earlier in the year, IPMF provided a $1 million ...
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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
... identity. The Center’s 2023 awards include $8.1 million to 28 local arts and heritage organizations for project ... support. Plus, $900,000 in unrestricted funds will go to 12 Philadelphia-area artists as Pew Fellowships in the ... “Our newest grants illustrate the arts’ contributions to understanding and reflecting on salient issues of the ...
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07May2020

Arts & Culture Funders: COVID-19, Government Budget Cuts, & the Impact on the Arts

Thursday, May 7, 2020
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... year the Cultural Fund provided over $3 million in funding to 349 organizations across the city. The City is also expected to cancel or not renew some services contracts, which will ... a chance for funders to continue the conversation about how to support the arts community as it moves to reimagine ...

Philadelphia City Council to Invest Over $3 Million in Local Arts Community

Philadelphia City Hall
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
... ,  Green ,  Squilla  and  Bass  circulated a memo to Council leadership advocating for the financial ... Bass’ office gathered at Kings Gallery PHL in Germantown to announce this historic investment. In addition to money ... Cultural Fund is vitally important to hundreds of nonprofit arts organizations located throughout our city and ...
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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
... announced 42 grants today totaling more than $10.2 million to support the Philadelphia region’s artists and cultural ... but are emerging from this period with new perspectives on how the arts can become more sustainable and relevant and ... Neubauer Family executive director and president, explains how the Barnes’ newly funded research and expansion of a ...

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
... and emerging artists. Art Works is designed to support arts, culture and creativity working in ... open access and inclusion. Organizations must demonstrate how they are using the arts as an engine to transform their ... and Philadelphia Foundation principals and staff. Local nonprofit (or fiscally sponsored) organizations with budgets ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Caralyn Spector
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
... Fund announces that it has engaged Caralyn Spector to serve as its Interim Executive Director, effective July ... native and resident who has been working in the nonprofit and commercial arts sectors for more than 30 years. ... organizations, throughout the country, focusing on how cultural leaders, artists, and residents are making the ...
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Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... Community Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded $69,700 in grants to six ... will be celebrated at the “A Toast to Mt. Airy” event from 7 to 11 p.m. Sat., Nov. 9 at the United Lutheran ...

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