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Citizens Bank Teams with LISC Across Workforce Development Initiatives

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
... while expanding pilot program for career development NEW YORK and PROVIDENCE, RI (November 14, 2018)—Citizens ... Charitable Foundation.  This partnership will fund a range of employment services designed to help people to ... is one component of this program which is focused on giving back by investing in resources that create solutions ...
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October 2018 Rebuild Update

Friday, October 19, 2018
... what changes are made at each site. Rebuild welcomes two new staff members to the team! Tim Roundtree is Rebuild’s ... C. Jackson joins as Compliance Manager. Rebuild held a networking event on October 9 th for minority and woman ... processes and work collectively toward shared goals by giving through a fund established at National Philanthropic ...

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
... to the city’s diverse small business community and set a new trajectory for economic growth and wealth-building. ... and SourceLink. “There are untapped economic assets that already exist in Philadelphia,” said Anne Bovaird ...

Pew Announces $6.8M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region's Vulnerable Adults

Monday, May 4, 2020
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it will provide $6.8 million over the next three years ... COVID-19, the Philadelphia region was already home to a large number of working-age adults striving to overcome ... deadlines, and revise their payment schedules. The goal is to enable grantees to make the crucial day-to-day ...

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 ... areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how our ... across the region. After a comprehensive process that strongly centered stakeholder engagement, we are pleased ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... across Philadelphia. The announcement comes following a request from the Mayor to City Council to fund Rebuild ... tax in the first place,” said Mayor Kenney. “We know that every day we’re not investing to improve facilities ... announcement, the City confirmed that Rebuild will fund a new master plan for Vare, which is expected to launch later ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... L. Knight Foundation has been at the forefront of shaping a philanthropic investment and engagement framework for ... youth to learn, create, and so much more. In communities that face high rates of poverty, drug crimes, and health ... We are delighted to share this with you. Major change is possible, but it’s going to take all of us. Rebuild is ...

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 ...

Connelly and William Penn Foundations announce major support of workforce initiative

UCD Green City Works
Friday, December 20, 2019
Via University City District We are pleased to announce that we are the recipients of $895,000 in funds from the ... growth and pathways out of intergenerational poverty, with a particular focus on Green City Works (GCW). GCW, a ... at five West Philadelphia parks while also establishing a new model for parks maintenance that creates and sustains ...
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 ...

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

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
... challenge facing our city. Every day I am reminded that one in four of our residents lives in poverty — ... to make ends meet, put food on the table, and keep a roof over their heads. I see it on my weekly visits to ... created more than 250 jobs and the average hourly wage of new hires is $14.72. PBT also allows us to create 20 ...
15Feb2023

Chester County Funders Community of Practice: Blueprint Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Chester County

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
8:30am - 10:30am
Video Conference
... the next Chester County Funders Community of Practice for a conversation with Kimberly Andrews, Executive Director of ... from the Fund’s 2022 Blueprint Report: Lighting a Path , the first and only comprehensive needs assessment of ... and girls at the local, state, and national levels, with a deep dive on conditions in Chester County. The report ...

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

YouthBuild Philly students
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
... local YouthBuild school, they got to use and learn some new skills to improve their own classroom. Through a partnership between YouthBuild Philadelphia and  Saint-Gobain North America , a Malvern-based company that manufactures high-performance building materials, ...
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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 ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Invests $225,000 over two years in Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. at Chester County (OIC) for the Coatesville Homelessness and Unemployment Collective

The Alliance for Health Equity
Friday, December 17, 2021
... Pennsylvania) - The Alliance for Health Equity (AHE) is pleased to announce a two-year grant award in the amount of $225,000 to the ... 18-24; Create iterative processes and feedback loops that facilitate integration and coordination of transparent ...
14Jul2020

Workforce Development Panel Discussion

Tuesday, July 14, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
... Fund Philadelphia . Suggested Reading: Report: Exploring A Skills-Based Approach to Occupational Mobility (Federal ... & Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 6/2020) Brief: A Brief on Initial Unemployment Compensation Claimants ...
03Feb2021

Special Funder Briefing: City of Philadelphia FY 2022 Budget

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... lessons learned so far, as well as the region’s federal funding outlook and alignment with President Biden’s ... City's Fiscal Year 2022 budget considerations, followed by a participatory discussion with funders. MATERIALS ...

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