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Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild) announced that 21 local nonprofits have been qualified as Project ... These qualified nonprofits, which were selected through a Request for Qualification process, will be eligible to ... HACE; Impact Services Corporation; Mt. Airy USA; New Kensington CDC; Nicetown CDC; Pennsylvania Horticultural ...

Pew Awards $7.7M to Philadelphia Human Services, Arts, and Civic Nonprofits to Expand Programs, Adapt Business Models

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded $7.7 million to five Philadelphia-area ... These grants will help the recipients create and implement new strategies to adapt their programs, operations, and ... new grants are as follows: Project HOME  has been awarded a $3.5 million  growth grant  to expand its work to end and ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
    Here is a round-up of recent news and developments with the City of ... on the next meeting. November 15 - Rebuild announced that 21 local nonprofits were qualified as Project Users.  ... ideas cities' are implementing to address them. What's New at Rebuild (November 2017) ...

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project Awarded $4.5 Million in State Funding

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project
Thursday, April 28, 2022
... and libraries – and this past summer Rebuild unveiled new athletics courts and a soccer mini pitch as part of the first phase of the ...   “The Francis J. Myers Rec Center is a critical hub that many of our neighbors, especially our young people, rely ...

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... SUAREZ | Via Nonprofit Quarterly . This year, employing a combination of city bonding authority—backed by a city ... year, only a little more than one fourth of the $232.59 that Minneapolis (which leads the rankings) spends. Jen ... and increasingly for basics like air conditioning and new floors.” While “wealthier neighborhoods can more ...

Rebuild Update - December 2018

Parkside Groundbreaking
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
... the City’s Rebuild Team , Philanthropy Network will hire a consultant to create a comprehensive fund development plan ... project will be completed in two phases, resulting in two new public athletic fields that will serve the Parkside community in West Philadelphia, ...

Knight Foundation invests $2.2 million in projects to advance Philadelphia’s public spaces and digital engagement

Photo courtesy Smith Memorial Playground
Friday, April 9, 2021
... The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $2.2 million investment in nine Philadelphia projects. Knight Foundation’s new support will bolster local programs that advance equitable community development and digital ...

$10.6 Million Boost Will Close Key Gaps In Regional Circuit Trails Network

Friday, June 1, 2018
... partners in the regional Circuit Trails Coalition received a combined $10.6 million from the William Penn Foundation ... multi-use trails throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. With the goal of an 800-mile system of ... Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced that the federal government approved a $12 million TIGER ...
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PAHWF Awards Over $1 Million in Fall Grant Round

Thursday, December 19, 2019
... HEARTH (Helping Elderly Adults Remain in Their Homes) New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Church—Peer Recovery ... area residents, providing education, funding, and programs that motivate people to adopt healthy lifestyles. Visit ... PAHWF, to learn and share great information on how to lead a healthier life. You can follow the Foundation on Facebook, ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
By Jen Kinney via NEXT CITY As the city plans a major investment in rec centers, parks and libraries, two ... next to the rec center and a dusty double-wide trailer that serves as an outpost of the DA’s office. But besides ... even as neighbors use the same old rec infrastructure in new ways. Baseball has waned in popularity, so the center’s ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards over $1M in fall 2017 grant round

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
... schools and municipalities . “These programs play a vital role in championing health and wellness in the ... Area Health & Wellness Foundation’s (PAHWF) mission is to enhance the health and wellness of area residents, providing education, funding and programs that motivate people to adopt healthy lifestyles. Visit ...
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 ... parks, recreation centers, and libraries. Just over a year after the Rebuild’s first groundbreaking, we invite ... Join us to hear from a panel of partner organizations that are working with Rebuild to realize the program’s ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
... and City Officials today celebrated the completion of a $1.1 million renovation project at Hancock Playground. The ... “Rebuild is an opportunity to show our communities that their city is invested in them by making critical ... neighborhood spaces,” said Mayor Kenney. “With these new improvements, Hancock Playground is now a space where ...

City Council and Mayor Kenney play nice as rec center ‘rebuild’ advances

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... this week, with key legislation passing favorably out of a City Council committee on Monday. The positive movement ... council members who remain critical of the agreements that the mayor has struck with labor unions to diversify ... million Rebuild initiative. “As you can see, this site is a perfect candidate for Rebuild. You all have dealt with a ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
Via Generocity | By  Albert Hong  / STAFF   Rebuild is a $500 million citywide initiative that’s seven years in the making, so you can bet that there ...