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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... associations known as advisory councils “raise funds for programming, and increasingly for basics like air conditioning and new floors.” While ... savvy advisory councils might agitate effectively for renovations,” recreational centers in lower-income ...

How a corporate partner is helping YouthBuild Philly students become ‘green leaders’ in construction

YouthBuild Philly students
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
... since 2010 to provide materials and hands-on job training for students working in YouthBuild Philly’s building trades ... outside the classroom and exposure to career options. But for some of the students involved in the building trades ... worked with local contractor  Eureka Metal & Glass Services  to install a new glass technology called  ...
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Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... largest trade show showcasing the products and services of nearly 400 exhibitors. Packed full of ... trails and public spaces,” McCaney said. “But for the city as a whole to thrive, these kinds of high ... “I am extremely grateful to the Foundation not only for this overwhelming vote of confidence in Rebuild, but also ...

City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
... PA (January 15, 2020)   – Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, in partnership with the City’s ... is supported by a $242,000 grant from the World Education Services (WES)   Mariam Assefa Fund . Throughout the ... I greatly appreciate the WES Mariam Assefa Fund for funding this opportunity, and I look forward to driving ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... to announce Vare Recreation Center as the first project to receive investment from Rebuilding Community Infrastructure ... City confirmed that Rebuild will fund a new master plan for Vare, which is expected to launch later this year. The ... hub in South Philadelphia, a safe haven from gun violence for our youth, and essential for the programming it provides ...

Connelly and William Penn Foundations announce major support of workforce initiative

UCD Green City Works
Friday, December 20, 2019
... from the Connelly and William Penn Foundations . The funding will help to expand the reach of our West ... provides high quality design-build-maintenance landscaping services while transforming the way the industry trains, ... Philadelphia parks while also establishing a new model for parks maintenance that creates and sustains ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Via William Penn Foundation WPF new funding areas_horiz.png   OUR REVISED GRANTMAKING APPROACH: ... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how ... At this time, we’re sharing a high-level preview of our funding areas and a new approach that’s designed to make ...

City Announces $1 Million Investment in Organizations Developing Innovative Workforce Solutions

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... awarded $1 million from Workforce Solutions Grant for innovative solutions to support un- and under-employed ... in the difficult months ahead.” Organizations Awarded Funding The following four organizations have been selected to receive funding through the Workforce Solutions Grant, with ...
03Feb2021

Special Funder Briefing: City of Philadelphia FY 2022 Budget

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... increased community needs due to COVID-19, and calls for action and accountability on racial justice, state and ... lessons learned so far, as well as the region’s federal funding outlook and alignment with President Biden’s ... this video call, Maari Porter, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy , will provide an overview of the Kenney ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 2, 2020 Contact: ... of Community and Economic Development for the People’s Emergency Center before joining Rebuild in 2016. Prior to ... of color. $4.8 million raised to supplement beverage tax funding and a historic $100 million commitment from the ...

Accelerating Job Growth and Business Formation Among BIPOC Community Should be a Priority for Philadelphia’s Next Mayor

Vision Philadelphia - Economic Development: Access to Capital for Philadelphia’s Diverse Business Owners
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
... diverse small business community and set a new trajectory for economic growth and wealth-building. Philadelphia ... businesses. Although these communities account for more than half the city’s population, they own less ... committed to advancing promising solutions to improve city services and quality of life for all Philadelphians. Vision ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... past half century, Lawncrest the city rec center has — for better and for worse — remained largely the same. A mash-up of two ... that might. (The William Penn Foundation provided grant funding for the reporting and research and is also a ...

Opinion | Solving Philly’s poverty issues takes consistent, relentless effort by Mayor Jim Kenney

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
... centers and libraries where adults use computers to apply for jobs, and staff are forced to run outside to  administer ... to create 20 community schools that bring critical support services, such as food pantries, after-school programs, adult ... administration. All of us — government, businesses, nonprofits, philanthropy, and residents — must continue to ...

Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... of experts who research poverty and who provide direct services to people living below the poverty line. Each of the ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... the whole process is going to roll out. Like how  local nonprofits can get involved with the improvement projects , ... equity  to public spaces, something that more and more nonprofits are thinking about when it comes to  seeing who ... Councilman Bobby Henon Rob Dubow , director of finance for the City of Philadelphia Harold Epps , deputy managing ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The Rebuild Oversight Board ... the public and will be held quarterly. Stay tuned for details on the next meeting. November 15 - Rebuild announced that 21 local nonprofits were qualified as Project Users.  Only Project ...
14Jul2020

Workforce Development Panel Discussion

Tuesday, July 14, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
... who will discuss research findings and opportunities for engagement. Speakers include: Keith Wardrip, Community ...

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