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

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... from Workforce Solutions Grant for innovative solutions to support un- and under-employed Philadelphians.  Workforce ... lift Philadelphians out of poverty. PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce—in ... of Commerce, anchor institutions, employer partners, community organizations, and workforce development ...

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

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
KCR Fund.png PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia today announced the recipients of the first round of grants from the Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund), a ... between community members, the City, and regional funders to explicitly address the community impacts of the opioid ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
Kensington residents work with City to select 36 grassroots organizations and community groups to receive $360,000 to address the community ...

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
... today announced 44 grants totaling more than $6 million to support workforce development and job training ... build a stronger future for their families and for the city of Philadelphia.”  The following organizations ... Philadelphia   Center for Employment Opportunities   Community Integrated Services   Congreso de Latinos Unidos ...

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

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Thirty $10,000 general operating grants will be distributed to grassroots, community-based organizations, addressing quality of life ... Kensington, Harrowgate, and Fairhill PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia today announced the launch of the 2023 ...

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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... Trusts announced today that it has awarded $4.25 million to four Philadelphia nonprofits working to close opportunity ... the growing impact of violence on local residents. The awards include a grant to University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative to help ...

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

GSK
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Ten nonprofits will each receive $40,000 to support healthy eating, youth mentorship, employment ... organizations that are working hand-in-hand with the community to improve health. “Healthy communities support ...
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Comcast RISE to Award $5 Million in Grants to BIPOC-Owned, Small Businesses

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... grants.   Additionally, over $2 million has been awarded to more than 20 community-based organizations and diverse chambers of ... grant at  www.ComcastRISE.com . A total of 100 grants per city, or 500 grants overall, will be awarded in May 2021. The ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... appointed Kira Strong as the new Executive Director of the City’s Rebuild initiative. Strong has served in that role ... hundreds of millions of dollars in capital improvements to neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. ... efforts in West Philadelphia as Vice President of Community and Economic Development for the People’s ...

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

Monday, May 4, 2020
... it will provide $6.8 million over the next three years to 38 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving some of the ... dedicated to assisting the most vulnerable people in our community,” Romens added. “Now, more than ever, we are ... youth, and their families —flexibility in using their awards. They may, for example, shift their funding from ...

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

Better Tomorrows
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
... - The Alliance for Health Equity (The Alliance) is proud to release $620,000 in support over two years to eight ... 501(c)3 grassroots and nonprofit partnerships, equaling 18 organizations as the recipients of the Collaborative ... Collaborative Innovation Fund was formed as a result of a community-wide survey highlighting the pressing need for ...
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Special Funder Briefing: City of Philadelphia FY 2022 Budget

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
In the face of declining revenues, increased community needs due to COVID-19, and calls for action and accountability on ... in shaping their FY 2022 budgets. In July 2020, the City announced revisions to its FY21-FY25 Five-Year budget ...

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

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
... Center for New Pennsylvanians, in partnership with the City’s Office of Workforce Development, announced today an 18-month initiative to advance employer-informed immigrant workforce integration, ... the Office of Workforce Development. “We are thrilled to support this innovative partnership among the Office of ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... Quarterly . This year, employing a combination of city bonding authority—backed by a city tax on soda ... initiative  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 million capital investment to ... residents for their input. He said he focuses on what the community needs in general, and then looks at how the ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... The premier annual meeting of the park and recreation community, over a three-day period conference attendees were ... Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Community Infrastructure ( ... ) initiative — From ‘Reimagining the  Civic Commons  to Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure.’ “Philadelphia has ...

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 ... City District’s commitment to economic opportunity and community placemaking.  WPF’s support will enable a ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... Burnley via Plan Philly   Mayor Jim Kenney’s plan to revamp public facilities throughout the city took another step forward this week, with key ... —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North Philadelphia community hub will begin to receive renovations with $8 ...

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
... paper covering economic development opportunities in the city. As the city moves toward the general election, mayoral candidates should consider how to bring together city resources and partners to drive much needed capital to the city’s diverse small business community and set a new trajectory for economic growth and ...

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

Thursday, June 27, 2024
... Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to ... a broad set of changes — from the kinds of projects and organizations it is interested in funding, to how groups may ... Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds ...

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

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... deduction in Philadelphia’s official poverty rate, the city continues to see the highest rate of concentrated poverty of any major U.S. city. Earlier this year, Council issued Narrowing the Gap, a ...

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