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

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... businesses in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston and Philadelphia can apply for $10,000 grants.   Additionally, ... providing $5 million dollars of grants to hundreds of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-owned, small ... the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, and its creative agency, Mnemonic, are designed to help ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... round-up of recent news and developments with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The Rebuild Oversight Board held its inaugural meeting at Kingsessing Recreation Center.  The ...

Connelly and William Penn Foundations announce major support of workforce initiative

UCD Green City Works
Friday, December 20, 2019
... . The funding will help to expand the reach of our West Philadelphia Sklils Initiative (WPSI) and support career ... the way the industry trains, advances, and supports its workforce. The Connelly Foundation has granted WPSI ... also includes work with Temple University's Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative (NPWI) and Philadelphia ...

Citizens Bank Teams with LISC Across Workforce Development Initiatives

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Press release via LISC Philadelphia More than $500,000 in Citizens Charitable ... is one component of this program which is focused on giving back by investing in resources that create solutions ...  The Citizens Charitable Foundation currently focuses its giving in three key  areas: helping people to manage ...
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New Lenfest initiative aims to connect more North Philadelphians to employment

Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL DÍA News
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
... Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. Photo: Jensen Toussaint/AL ... during the first official meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. The initiative is a flagship effort aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty that exists for many North Philadelphia ...
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City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... to address the community impact of the overdose crisis. PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia today announced the third round of grant ... over three years. KCR Fund follows “a participatory grantmaking process (“For Kensington, By Kensington”) ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... made to their libraries, recreation centers and parks . To its credit, the Rebuild team has been regularly hosting ... Michael DiBerardinis , managing director of the  City of Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy Bass , chair of the  ... Henon Rob Dubow , director of finance for the City of Philadelphia Harold Epps , deputy managing director of ...

October 2018 Rebuild Update

Friday, October 19, 2018
... Philanthropy ’s National Conference that was held in Philadelphia in September.  The session, “Harnessing the ... Speakers were Michael DiBerardinis of the City of Philadelphia , David Gould of Rebuild , Sidney Hargro of ... processes and work collectively toward shared goals by giving through a fund established at National Philanthropic ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
PHILADELPHIA -  Today, Rebuilding Community Infrastructure ... to select Parks and Recreation and Free Library of Philadelphia facilities.   The following nonprofits will ... year.”   In total, Rebuild received 31 responses to its Request for Qualification (RFQ) for Project Users and ...

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 William Penn ... Family Recovery Fund, an initiative supporting both direct grantmaking and matching funds to organizations providing ... a stronger future for their families and for the city of Philadelphia.”  The following organizations received ...

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 Philadelphia's poverty rates was disappointing, but not ... Systemic, intergenerational poverty has been a scourge on Philadelphia for as long as I can remember. It has ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... in dire need —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North Philadelphia community hub will begin to receive renovations ... approved Monday gets passed by the full Council  before its summer recess — Kenney indicated on Tuesday he has the ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... 267-251-3064, maita.soukup@phila.gov   Rebuild2.jpg PHILADELPHIA - Managing Director Brian Abernathy today ... of Mayor Kenney’s Administration made possible by the Philadelphia Beverage Tax, is investing hundreds of millions ... serves.” Strong oversaw revitalization efforts in West Philadelphia as Vice President of Community and Economic ...
14Jul2020

Workforce Development Panel Discussion

Tuesday, July 14, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
... Development Research Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Meg Shope Koppel, Chief Research Officer, Philadelphia Works Sylvie Gallier Howard, Acting Director, Department of Commerce at City of Philadelphia Sarah Steltz, Executive Director, West ...

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

Better Tomorrows
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
... was awarded to an organization to support the Coatesville Black Media Renaissance and $12,500 in discretionary funds ... to support uplifting community voice through Coatesville Black Media Renaissance (CBMR).    The Alliance for Health ...
14May2019

Workforce Development Panel Discussion

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
9:00am - 10:30am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia invites you to join us for a workforce ... Network offices (230 S. Broad Street, Suite 402, Philadelphia, PA 19130). We will be engaging in a ... be moderated by H.

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

YouthBuild Philly students
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
... Philly’s building trades track. At the YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School, students are working toward ... own classroom. Through a partnership between YouthBuild Philadelphia and  Saint-Gobain North America , a ...
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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 of millions of ... across the city: Investing equitably across communities in Philadelphia Complementing existing neighborhood ...

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