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

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Via The Philadelphia Inquirer The  U.S. Census Bureau report  released last week on ... All of us — government, businesses, nonprofits, philanthropy, and residents — must continue to work ...  @PhillyMayor Opinion | Solving Philly’s poverty issues takes consistent, relentless effort by Mayor Jim Kenney ...

GSK awards Greater Philadelphia nonprofits making a dynamic IMPACT on health outcomes

GSK
Thursday, November 15, 2018
... employment opportunities and other social determinants of health. [Philadelphia, PA, Nov 15] GSK today announced the GSK IMPACT Award Winners in a ceremony at GSK’s Navy Yard site. Ten local nonprofits were awarded $40,000 ... Awards are presented in partnership with The Philadelphia Foundation. “We’re proud to work with GSK on both these ...
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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 ... Last fall, we shared our plans to review and update the Foundation’s grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place ...

Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... hundreds of education sessions and the industry’s largest trade show showcasing the products and services of ... sessions ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of ... improving a park helps improve the local economy and the health and wellbeing of local residents. We’ve seen this ...

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
(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - The Alliance for Health Equity (AHE) is pleased to announce a two-year grant ... Homelessness and Unemployment Collective.    Coatesville's Collective Impact Initiative will help people live healthy ... in Coatesville by 2026.  “Collective Impact lays the foundation for iterative and aligned responses to the needs ...

Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $6 Million from William Penn Foundation for Workforce Development and Pandemic Recovery Efforts

William Penn Foundation
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Press release via the William Penn Foundation   PHILADELPHIA (January 4, 2022)  – The ... in the  first half of 2021  as part of the Foundation’s Family Recovery Fund, an initiative supporting both direct ... the support of funders in the region:   African Family Health Organization   Bread & Roses Community ...

Connelly and William Penn Foundations announce major support of workforce initiative

UCD Green City Works
Friday, December 20, 2019
... trains, advances, and supports its workforce. The Connelly Foundation has granted WPSI $450,000 over three years to ... The expansion also includes work with Temple University's Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative (NPWI) and ... clients include Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Brandywine Realty Trust, uCity Square, the Philadelphia ...

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

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Despite a recent deduction in Philadelphia’s official poverty rate, the city continues to see the ... be released at a final hearing before the end of the year. Philanthropy Network's Sidney Hargro and United Way's Bill ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Releases $657,500 in Grants to Greater Coatesville Nonprofit and Grassroots Organizations

Better Tomorrows
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
... Fund (Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - The Alliance for Health Equity (The Alliance) is proud to release $620,000 in ... building based on each nonprofit and grassroots partner’s request. Collaborative Innovation Fund Recipients ... Coatesville Kids to College to receive $80,000. Community Youth, & Women’s Alliance (CYWA) & Stages Arts Initiative & ...

William Penn Foundation, Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds

Thursday, June 27, 2024
... Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to giving in the region. The William Penn Foundation is instituting a broad set of changes — from the ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... Philanthropy Network with the support of William Penn Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has been at the forefront ... world, to each other, and to opportunities to improve health and wellness.    They advance literacy, guide ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... City government, regional funders, and the Scattergood Foundation. The grants were awarded to grassroots ... grant: Alyssa Bigbee DBA Rebel Arts By Faith Eternal Health Care DBA By Faith Health And Healing Centro Nueva ... received a grant in rounds 1 or 2. “KCR Fund’s participatory grantmaking approach is unique since it ...

City announces first round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund grant recipients

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
... the opioid crisis in Kensington.  Core to the KCR Fund’s approach is a participatory grantmaking process that ... leaders:     Public Safety and Gun Violence     Youth Development (birth to age 24)     Workforce ... of generous support from the following funders: The Douty Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, K10 Kids Foundation, ...

Citizens Bank Teams with LISC Across Workforce Development Initiatives

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
... Philadelphia More than $500,000 in Citizens Charitable Foundation grants are fueling education and training in ... up from minimum wage jobs and stabilize their family’s financial outlook. Fueled by a Citizens Charitable ... need to compete for jobs in fast-growing fields such as health care. ”It is vital that we work together to ensure ...
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Pew Announces $6.8M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region's Vulnerable Adults

Monday, May 4, 2020
... Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving some of the region’s most vulnerable adults, including those struggling with homelessness, mental health issues, and extended unemployment. The funding will ... serving vulnerable adults;  the elderly ; and  children, youth, and their families —flexibility in using their ...

City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... City government, regional funders, and the  Scattergood Foundation , focused on building resilience and improving ... Chief Development Strategist at KCR Fund grantee Ed Snider Youth Hockey and Education  said, “The KCR Fund’s participatory grantmaking model was unique and unlike ...

Pew Awards $4.25 Million to 4 Philadelphia Nonprofits to Expand Economic Opportunities and Address Growing Impacts of Community Violence

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... The awards include a grant to University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative to help create paths to ... Skills Initiative (WPSI) has been awarded a Pew Fund for Health and Human Services (Pew Fund) growth grant totaling ... five years to expand its successful workforce training program to new neighborhoods and employment sectors. By ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... hundred-million-dollar grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the City of Philadelphia launched a high-profile, ... $500 million initiative  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 million capital ... for choosing Rebuild sites include data on poverty, health, drug offense, and economic growth potential. As the ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... Services; Fairmount Park Conservancy; Free Library Foundation; Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia; HACE; Impact ... Nicetown CDC; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; People's Emergency Center; Public Health Management Corp; Spring Garden CDC; The Enterprise ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild), the City’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in ... the City’s capital budget in an effort to streamline the program and get projects started. “Recreation centers like ... South Philadelphia, a safe haven from gun violence for our youth, and essential for the programming it provides to keep ...

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