Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia
Thursday, March 21, 2019
As many of you are aware, Philanthropy Network with the support of William Penn Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has ...
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October 2018 Rebuild Update
Friday, October 19, 2018
... in September. The session, “Harnessing the Power of Collaboration,” highlighted how Rebuild investors have ... forward together. Speakers were Michael DiBerardinis of the City of Philadelphia , David Gould of Rebuild , Sidney ... Greater Philadelphia , Shawn McCaney of William Penn Foundation , and Kristi Poling of The Barra Foundation . In ...
Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users
Friday, November 17, 2017
... to select Parks and Recreation and Free Library of Philadelphia facilities. The following nonprofits will serve as the first cohort of Project Users: Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha ... Services; Fairmount Park Conservancy; Free Library Foundation; Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia; HACE; Impact ...
Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... poverty rate, the city continues to see the highest rate of concentrated poverty of any major U.S. city. Earlier this year, Council issued ... Trusts ( Social Safety Net ); Pedro Ramos , Philadelphia Foundation ( Jobs and Education ); and Andrew Frishkoff , ...
03Feb2021
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 ... rates and racial equity/disparity, and persistent issues of concern including poverty, access to quality education and ... the region’s federal funding outlook and alignment with President Biden’s American Rescue Plan . During this video ...
New Lenfest initiative aims to connect more North Philadelphians to employment
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
... Attendees during the first meeting of the Lenfest North Philadelphia Workforce Initiative. ... get some people employed,” said Wes Somerville, director of the Lenfest Foundation . That was the message given during the first ...
Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play
Monday, September 11, 2017
... and for worse — remained largely the same. A mash-up of two adjacent neighborhoods, Lawndale and Crescentville, ... is sandwiched between the neglected urban expanse of North Philadelphia and the near-suburban neatness of the ... investment, and one that might. (The William Penn Foundation provided grant funding for the reporting and ...
Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge
Thursday, October 8, 2020
... — JPMorgan Chase today announced Philadelphia is one of seven winning cities in its AdvancingCities Challenge, part of the firm’s $500 million, five-year initiative to advance ... to the Rebuild program, building on the William Penn Foundation’s historic seed grant in 2016, and will unlock ...