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The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts

Monday, May 17, 2021
... with its customers, more than $3.3 million was raised to address the issue of childhood hunger throughout local public school districts in the communities it serves. The total donation was formally announced today at James R. Ludlow School in Philadelphia with the help of The School District of ...

United Way launches new funding cycle

Monday, October 16, 2017
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) is happy to announce the launch of the FY 2019-2021 funding process. In order to qualify for funding, an organization must ...
11May2017

Out-of-School Time Funders Meeting: Community Collaborations for Collective Impact – A Continuing Conversation

Thursday, May 11, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
Philadelphia, PA
... meeting will focus on the City of Philadelphia’s efforts to build a strong sense of government and community ... by providing young people with activities that promote health, well-being and achievement.
29Oct2020

Small Funders Roundtable Meeting

Thursday, October 29, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
... Network and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy to track and analyze more than $40 million in grants from 13 shared funds established to address COVID-19 ...

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project Awarded $4.5 Million in State Funding

Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project
Thursday, April 28, 2022
... McClinton this week announced the approval of $4.5 million to invest in much needed improvements at the Francis J. Myers Recreation Center in Southwest Philadelphia.   Francis J. Myers Recreation ...
15Mar2023

OST Funders Community of Practice: Youth at the Helm: What Funders can Learn from Youth Organizers and Advocates

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Video Conference
Registration open to Network members and nonmember funders. New members and ... leading the charge to advocate for themselves, and how one foundation has translated that into youth-led grant ... to learn firsthand about the deep and varied needs in their communities and collaborate with peers to fund ...

Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
... State Senator Vincent Hughes created Read to Succeed in 2012 to engage students who are entering kindergarten through third grade in literacy over the summer months. The program's goals of promoting ... Philadelphia nonprofit funded in part by the William Penn Foundation, Waterman II Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation, ...
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04Mar2025

Looking Ahead: Out of School Time (OST) Developments for Philadelphia

Tuesday, March 4, 2025
9:00am - 10:00am
Webinar
Following the Parker Administration's decision to expand the Extended Day/Extended Year out-of-school time ... coordination and additional resources will be essential to maintain high-quality programs for a growing number of ... from PYSC , Laura Johnson from Sunrise , who leads the Greater Philadelphia Extracurricular Collaborative (GPEC); ...
04Jun2020

Out-of-School Time (OST) Funders COVID-19 Meeting

Thursday, June 4, 2020
10:30am - 12:00pm
Video Conference
... Network’s Out-of-School Time Funders invite you to join us for an informal conversation on June 4th from ... 12:00 AM. We will hear from Phil Fitzgerald, Philadelphia Foundation , on how COVID-19 has impacted their grantmaking ... more flexible and responsive. Mindy Aldridge, The Nelson Foundation , will provide an update on how she is seeing ...
17Nov2022

Out of School Time Funders Community of Practice

Thursday, November 17, 2022
9:00am - 10:30am
Virtual via Zoom
... Join the Out of School Time Funders Community of Practice to learn about state and local perspectives on recent OST ... update on the local state of out of school time programs in Philadelphia, how organizations are adapting to the ... support quality OST programs for kids from every zip code. Greater Philadelphia Extracurricular Collaborative : Local ...
28Feb2017

Out of School (OST) Community Collaborations for Collective Impact and Positive Youth Development

Tuesday, February 28, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
Philadelphia, PA
In recent years, the importance of the out-of-school time ... programming for children and youth has grown in response to the needs of working families. Out-of-school programs ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
... the Kenney Administration’s signature initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. ... can safely play and recreate.” Rebuild has completed over 40 capital projects in neighborhoods across the city to ...

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