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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
... Foundation today announced a $2.2 million investment in nine Philadelphia projects. Knight Foundation’s new ... the COVID-19 pandemic amplified a need for accessible public spaces and strategic digital engagement. In ... residents in the design, programming and development of public spaces. “A truly thriving Philadelphia is an ...

Rebuild Update - December 2018

Parkside Groundbreaking
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
... William Penn Foundation to continue engaging philanthropy in Rebuild , the ambitious public-private partnership to revitalize Philadelphia’s ... Rebuild Collaborative Fund at the National Philanthropic Trust to encourage funders of all sizes and capacities to ...

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
... this week announced the approval of $4.5 million to invest in much needed improvements at the Francis J. Myers ... McClinton, for her unwavering support and advocacy for public spaces like the F.J. Myers Recreation Center,” said ... held their first community engagement and design event for the second phase of the project - residents can ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
... initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. ... through diversity and inclusion.  Rebuild is a public private partnership made possible by the Philadelphia ... and sustained stewardship of nearly 10,200 acres of public land and waterways as well as through hundreds of ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... is a $500 million citywide initiative that’s seven years in the making, so you can bet that there have been a lot of ... the project’s mission of bringing about  equity  to public spaces, something that more and more nonprofits are ... meet quarterly throughout the next several years and for transparency’s sake, the meetings are also available for ...

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
... needs of the residents and communities they serve. In doing so, the awards will help to house and support people ... the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program and administered by the ... to serve, as it has for over 100 years, as a vital public space where Philadelphians unite and heal through ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... thriving town square for the neighborhood of modest single-family homes that surround it, especially popular with ... wait for anybody to do that,” says Hackett. Whereas public-private partnerships and private friends groups have ... found that litter is associated with eroded civic trust while more seating is associated with greater levels. ...

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

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
... living through nutrition, activities and programs in public and private schools to reduce obesity and encourage ... activity ($ 100,000). Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust- Community Recreation Center in Memorial Park PRIORITY ... Training Center - Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Family Services of Montgomery County- Building Resilience ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... 100 Philadelphians attended the first meeting!) to the public and will be held quarterly. Stay tuned for details on ... interactive map (check it out here - you can explore sites in your neighborhood!), and a detailed Project Statement ...  outlining operations through June 2019.  Rebuild in the News Plan Philly  explores possibilities beyond ...

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

Friday, June 1, 2018
... (June 1, 2018)  – Within the last six months, partners in the regional Circuit Trails Coalition received a combined ... and advance completion of the trails.   D&R Greenway Land Trust  to advance The Circuit in Burlington and Mercer ... National Heritage Corridor  to analyze potential new public access points to the Delaware Canal Trail, a portion ...
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Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... Horticultural Society; People's Emergency Center; Public Health Management Corp; Spring Garden CDC; The Enterprise Center; The Universal Companies; Trust for Public Land; and Urban Roots. “We’re excited to ... these organizations have decades of experience in design and construction and deep engagement with ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
...  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 million capital investment to “revitalize ... more than half of the over 400 facilities citywide. In some ways, Philadelphia is playing catch-up. According ... general, the more neutral or negative the sense of civic trust.” Apparently, the Kenney administration understands ...
09Nov2023

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

Thursday, November 9, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm
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... will be held virtually via Zoom, instead of the planned in-person gathering at PA Humanities . Join the ... PM. We're very excited to connect with you and engage in a lively conversation! The meeting will include time for: ... to your active participation and rich insights! This event is open to Philanthropy Network members.     ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... via Plan Philly   Mayor Jim Kenney’s plan to revamp public facilities throughout the city took another step ... progress at a press conference held at one of the city’s public facilities in dire need —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North ...

PAHWF Awards Over $1 Million in Fall Grant Round

Thursday, December 19, 2019
... Behaviors-Networks, and Physical and Emotional Health. In the Healthy Behaviors-Parks program area, $69,300 was ... Training Center—Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Family Services of Montgomery County—Strengthening Pottstown's Families Project Family Services of Montgomery County—Project HEARTH ...
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
... initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. ... impact. The discussion will use Rebuild projects in Kensington and Harrowgate as examples of how Rebuild is ... Preparing more people of color and women to achieve family sustaining careers in construction The panel will be ...