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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 ... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how ... we will learn directly from you – the nonprofit leaders, community members, and organizations, large and small – who ...

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 ... City District’s commitment to economic opportunity and community placemaking.  WPF’s support will enable a ... Philadelphia parks while also establishing a new model for parks maintenance that creates and sustains ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... work with City to select 36 grassroots organizations and community groups to receive $360,000 to address the community ... City government, regional funders, and the Scattergood Foundation. The grants were awarded to grassroots ... decisions. “The Kensington Community Resilience Fund is one of the grantmaking initiatives created during this ...

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 ... Philadelphia   Center for Employment Opportunities   Community Integrated Services   Congreso de Latinos Unidos ... Penn Foundation, founded in 1945 by Otto and Phoebe Haas, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Greater ...

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 ... sessions ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of ... the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department, Rebuild is intended to reimagine civic assets and triggered a $500 ...

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

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
... of the first round of grants from the Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund), a ... crisis in Kensington.  Core to the KCR Fund’s approach is a participatory grantmaking process that elevates resident ... of generous support from the following funders: The Douty Foundation, Scattergood Foundation, K10 Kids Foundation, ...

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

Thursday, June 27, 2024
By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to giving in the region. The ...

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 ... in Coatesville by 2026.  “Collective Impact lays the foundation for iterative and aligned responses to the needs of the underserved in our community.  Working together, our local service agencies can ...

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, ... 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 ...

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
... of Color-owned business formation and job creation? This is the question posed and answered in the latest Vision ... much needed capital to the city’s diverse small business community and set a new trajectory for economic growth and ... the city. ” said Kristina Wahl, President of The Barra Foundation . “The next mayor has an important opportunity ...

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

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... operating grants will be distributed to grassroots, community-based organizations, addressing quality of life ... City government, regional funders, and the  Scattergood Foundation , focused on building resilience and improving ... the first and second grant cycles. New for this cycle is an operating and facilitation partnership with the ...

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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... Initiative to help create paths to economic mobility for nearly 2,500 residents throughout the city. Three ... growing number of adults and children who have experienced community violence. More details on the grants: University ... to jobs with an average hourly rate of $18. The award is one of the largest in University City District’s ...

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

Monday, May 4, 2020
... dedicated to assisting the most vulnerable people in our community,” Romens added. “Now, more than ever, we are incredibly thankful to these ... deadlines, and revise their payment schedules. The goal is to enable grantees to make the crucial day-to-day ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... Philadelphia stakeholders like Temple University that is was the time to invest. Today, there is a multi-million ... The developments have served as an economic engine for the community, providing jobs and opportunities for neighborhood ... to the COVID pandemic. “We’ve come full circle as a foundation,” Scott said. “I am proud to be a part of it, ...

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 ... We are committed to galvanizing the philanthropic community around this project, convening a small member-led ... We are delighted to share this with you. Major change is possible, but it’s going to take all of us. Rebuild is ...

Comcast RISE to Award $5 Million in Grants to BIPOC-Owned, Small Businesses

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... over $2 million has been awarded to more than 20 community-based organizations and diverse chambers of ... overall, will be awarded in May 2021. The Investment Fund is the latest extension of  Comcast RISE , the multi-year, ... Comcast Corporation and president, Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation. “Through the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, we ...

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 ... next one  is this Thursday, Nov. 2, at the  Mayfair Community Center .) Now, the Rebuild effort has its own ... Council Janet Haas , board chair of the  William Penn Foundation Stacy Holland , educational consultant Floyd ...

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 ... for jobs in fast-growing fields such as health care. ”It is vital that we work together to ensure that people have the ... for income growth. The services are offered through community-based Financial Opportunity Centers (FOC) sponsored ...
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Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... Gap, a report identifying strategies to alleviate poverty. Now, City Council has established a Special Committee on ... Trusts ( Social Safety Net ); Pedro Ramos , Philadelphia Foundation ( Jobs and Education ); and Andrew Frishkoff , ...

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