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

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... Detroit, Houston and Philadelphia can apply for $10,000 grants.   Additionally, over $2 million has been awarded to more than 20 community-based organizations and ... and City of Chester.) To help drive outreach about the program and provide additional support, training and ...

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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded $4.25 million to four Philadelphia nonprofits working ... 2,500 residents throughout the city. Three additional grants will aid Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel ... five years to expand its successful workforce training program to new neighborhoods and employment sectors. By ...

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
... 2022)  – The William Penn Foundation today announced 44 grants totaling more than $6 million to support workforce ... as continued support for families’ basic needs. These grants follow more than $8 million awarded in the  first half of 2021  as part of the ...

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

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
... today announced the recipients of the first round of grants from the Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR ... and families across these neighborhoods.” The KCR Fund awarded its first round of grants, totaling $200,000, to 20 ... uses, including overhead costs (e.g., salaries and rent), program costs, training, events, supplies, stipends, and ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024

The Foundation shares a high-level preview of their five funding programs and a new approach that’s designed to make the grant application process simpler and more transparent.

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

GSK
Thursday, November 15, 2018
... at GSK’s Navy Yard site. Ten local nonprofits were awarded $40,000 each in recognition of their outstanding ... a healthier Philadelphia region. This highly competitive program, in its 22 nd year, highlights organizations that are ...
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Pew Announces $6.8M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region's Vulnerable Adults

Monday, May 4, 2020
... current grantees—94 nonprofits with a total of 109 open grants serving vulnerable adults;  the elderly ; and  ... HERE for a list, categorized by funding goal, of the 2020 grants that the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services has awarded to organizations serving vulnerable adults in the ...

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

Better Tomorrows
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
... of the Collaborative Innovation Fund. Another $25,000 was awarded to an organization to support the Coatesville Black ... The Movement Community Development Corporation (MCDC) was awarded $25,000 to support uplifting community voice through ... The Alliance for Health Equity Releases $657,500 in Grants to Greater Coatesville Nonprofit and Grassroots ...

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 ... during the 2023 grant cycle, building upon $400,000 in grants that were previously distributed to 40 organizations ... have directed the distribution of at least $700,000 in grants by this summer is a source of great pride and shows ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... support they supplied along the way to get us here. This program would not be what it is without their expertise,” ... community themselves,” said  Matysik . Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national ...

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

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Four organizations awarded $1 million from Workforce Solutions Grant ... use the funds to launch a Manufacturing Career Accelerator Program (MCAP), which is built upon the successful 2017 ... utilize the funds to expand their Urban Tech 3.0 (UT3) program. In 2018, ULP began partnering with JobWorks, Inc., a ...

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
... cross-sector partnerships to leverage expertise, program and service delivery, and resources; and  Develop a ...

Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge

Thursday, October 8, 2020
... skills Enable 100% of workers who complete the program to get hired into union apprenticeships and ... AdvancingCities funding is the second-largest commitment awarded to the Rebuild program, building on the William Penn Foundation’s historic ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... regional funders, and the Scattergood Foundation. The grants were awarded to grassroots organizations that are focused on ... uses, including overhead costs (e.g., salaries and rent), program costs, training, events, supplies, stipends, and ...

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

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
... and refugees. Its   International Professionals Program   provides classroom-based and experiential training ... IPP, graduates can enroll in the   Immigrant Fellowship Program , a 12-week paid work-based learning opportunity with ... to strengthen the International Professionals Program and Immigrant Fellowship Program as part of a larger ...

Opinion | Solving Philly’s poverty issues takes consistent, relentless effort by Mayor Jim Kenney

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Mayor Kenney arugues that ultimately, the best ways to reduced Philadelphia's systemic, intergenerational poverty are to improve educational and economic opportunities, and to empower residents with the resources they need to get family-sustaining jobs.

Connelly and William Penn Foundations announce major support of workforce initiative

UCD Green City Works
Friday, December 20, 2019
... residents live within 1,000 feet of these parks. The grants from the Connelly Foundation and the William Penn ... Chase, both announced in Fall 2019. Together, the four grants total more than $2.5 million. Connelly and William ...

Citizens Bank Teams with LISC Across Workforce Development Initiatives

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
... More than $500,000 in Citizens Charitable Foundation grants are fueling education and training in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence while expanding pilot program for career development NEW YORK and PROVIDENCE, RI ... training needed to move into good jobs. The Bridges program offers basic education to help people reach the ...
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