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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
... operations, and business models to the changing needs of the residents and communities they serve. In doing so, the ... new grants are as follows: Project HOME  has been awarded a $3.5 million  growth grant  to expand its work to end and ... contributions that these nonprofit organizations are making to the well-being of Philadelphia’s residents and to ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... been qualified as Project Users, the entities responsible for managing Rebuild projects.  These qualified nonprofits, which were selected through a Request for Qualification process, will be eligible to ... to select Parks and Recreation and Free Library of Philadelphia facilities.   The following nonprofits will ...

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 ... experts, is charged with reviewing Rebuild's progress and making recommendations on program implementation. Oversight ... map (check it out here - you can explore sites in your neighborhood!), and a detailed Project Statement ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... million citywide initiative that’s seven years in the making, so you can bet that there have been a lot of questions in recent months about how the whole process is ... engage the communities that will ultimately be the ones most impacted by whatever changes are made to their ...

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
... Leader Joanna McClinton this week announced the approval of $4.5 million to invest in much needed improvements at the ... this past summer Rebuild unveiled new athletics courts and a soccer mini pitch as part of the first phase of the ... held their first community engagement and design event for the second phase of the project - residents can ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... Nonprofit Quarterly . This year, employing a combination of city bonding authority—backed by a city tax on soda ... response to gun violence. Kinney writes, “The very users most likely to be identified as part of the safety problem ... in the process early on and participation in decision making is a critical in addressing these challenges. But, as ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
... Strong and City Officials today celebrated the completion of a $1.1 million renovation project at Hancock Playground. The ... our communities that their city is invested in them by making critical investments in vital neighborhood spaces,” ...

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 ... and for worse — remained largely the same. A mash-up of two adjacent neighborhoods, Lawndale and Crescentville, ... asked park users how safe they felt at Lawncrest, the most common answer – 34 percent — was neutral. Only 46 ...
09Nov2023

Out-of-School-Time (OST) Funders Community of Practice

Thursday, November 9, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm
** NOTE LOCATION CHANGE**
... that this meeting will be held virtually via Zoom, instead of the planned in-person gathering at PA Humanities . Join ... to be insightful and impactful. We look forward to your active participation and rich insights! This event is open to Philanthropy Network members.     ...

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. ... residents in the design, programming and development of public spaces. “A truly thriving Philadelphia is an ... mass of projects that are addressing the community’s most pressing needs,” said Lilian Coral, Knight Foundation ...

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

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
... $1,048,204 in grant requests during the fall grant round of fiscal year 2017-2018 to 30 non-profit organizations, ... schools and municipalities . “These programs play a vital role in championing health and wellness in the ... organizations receiving funding during the Foundation’s most recent grant round: PRIORITY #1A: Promoting healthy ...

$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 ... southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. With the goal of an 800-mile system of interconnected trails, 329 miles of ... recreation, connecting communities to green spaces, and making neighborhoods more attractive places to live and work. ...
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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 ... parks, recreation centers, and libraries. Just over a year after the Rebuild’s first groundbreaking, we invite ... will include: Pati Codina , Community Development Director for Impact Services, a nonprofit managing Rebuild projects in ...

PAHWF Awards Over $1 Million in Fall Grant Round

Thursday, December 19, 2019
... $69,300 was awarded to fund five projects with the aim of improving parks, programming, and the built environment to ... FARM Royersford Outreach Inc.—General Operating Funds for Building and Program Save Our Land Save Our Towns ... PAHWF, to learn and share great information on how to lead a healthier life. You can follow the Foundation on Facebook, ...