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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
Press release Philadelphia, PA— What would Philadelphia look like if it had the fastest ... and partners to drive much needed capital to the city’s diverse small business community and set a new trajectory ... for these and other minority communities. The next mayor has a critical role to implement solutions to this ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... recent news and developments with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The ... and will be held quarterly. Stay tuned for details on the next meeting. November 15 - Rebuild announced that 21 local ... innovative ideas cities' are implementing to address them. What's New at Rebuild (November 2017) ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... $500 million initiative  called “Rebuild.” Rebuild’s purpose is to employ a public $500 million capital ... prepares to announce the first round of Rebuild sites, Next City partnered with urban designer at Gehl to survey ... come with, how long they stay, how safe they feel, and what would make them feel safer. Kinney writes, “the data ...

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 ... trails and public spaces,” McCaney said. “But for the city as a whole to thrive, these kinds of high ... along the way to get us here. This program would not be what it is without their expertise,” said  Philadelphia ...

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 ... and Fairhill neighborhoods. The KCR Fund is a game changer for empowering civic groups and residents by providing them ... 20 years, I appreciated the opportunity to be a voice for our neighborhood through the KCR Fund. I have seen the ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... that are focused on improving the quality of life for residents in the communities that have been impacted by ... administration that makes me incredibly proud.  It shows what can be done when a community partners with the City to ... received a grant in rounds 1 or 2. “KCR Fund’s participatory grantmaking approach is unique since it ...

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

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... today announced the launch of the 2023 grant cycle for the  Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund) , a ... grants by this summer is a source of great pride and shows what we can accomplish when community, philanthropy, and the ... Youth Hockey and Education  said, “The KCR Fund’s participatory grantmaking model was unique and unlike ...
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
Join the next Chester County Funders Community of Practice for a conversation with Kimberly Andrews, Executive Director ... and Girls. Kimberly will share highlights from the Fund’s 2022 Blueprint Report: Lighting a Path , the first and only ...

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 economic mobility for nearly 2,500 residents throughout the city. Three ... and security of Philadelphians at this critical moment as our region starts to emerge from the pandemic.” “Our ...

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. ... turnover playing out gradually on the foundation’s board. Founded by the Haas family with fortunes amassed ... biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
At an event in South Philadelphia, Mayor Jim Kenney was joined by ... Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild), the City’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in ... community engagement process so neighbors can help shape what the new site will look like. “I cannot stress enough ...

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 ... Philadelphia and the near-suburban neatness of the city’s far northeast. Best known for hosting one of the city’s ... City public spaces, in the outlying neighborhoods, this is what has kept rec centers running: neighbors and residents, ...

October 2018 Rebuild Update

Friday, October 19, 2018
Rebuild was featured at Exponent Philanthropy ’s National Conference that was held in Philadelphia in ... community engagement to begin in the winter to help decide what changes are made at each site. Rebuild welcomes two new ... joins as Compliance Manager. Rebuild held a networking event on October 9 th for minority and woman owned ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
...   Rebuild is a $500 million citywide initiative that’s seven years in the making, so you can bet that there have ... local businesses’ interest in the initiative. (The  next one  is this Thursday, Nov. 2, at the  Mayfair ... Councilman Bobby Henon Rob Dubow , director of finance for the City of Philadelphia Harold Epps , deputy managing ...

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

Monday, May 4, 2020
... announced today that it will provide $6.8 million over the next three years to 38 Philadelphia-area nonprofits serving some of the region’s most vulnerable adults, including those struggling with ... said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia, which has ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... been qualified as Project Users, the entities responsible for managing Rebuild projects.  These qualified nonprofits, ... Nicetown CDC; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; People's Emergency Center; Public Health Management Corp; Spring ... We are looking forward to getting started on projects next year.”   In total, Rebuild received 31 responses to ...

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 ... centers and libraries where adults use computers to apply for jobs, and staff are forced to run outside to  administer ... in new City revenue to the School District over the next five years. This will allow us to expand early literacy ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... we shared our plans to review and update the Foundation’s grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how ... organizations, large and small – who are the experts on what your neighborhoods, constituents, and stakeholders need. ...

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

Better Tomorrows
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
... Innovation Fund (Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - The Alliance for Health Equity (The Alliance) is proud to release $620,000 ... building based on each nonprofit and grassroots partner’s request. Collaborative Innovation Fund Recipients ... fall of 2022. Learn more about The Alliance by visiting our website , and stay updated on our work, upcoming events, ...

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