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Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... Community Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded $69,700 in grants to six ... providing services to Northwest Philadelphia, with an emphasis on programs serving the East Mt. Airy ...

Beech stands in the gap during funding crisis

Derrick Thomas and Ken Scott
Friday, February 7, 2025
... 7, 2025 – Eighteen non-profits in Philadelphia received a boost when The Beech Companies, Inc. recently awarded ... Alston-Beech Foundation has provided small program grants to non-profit organizations working to strengthen communities ... and over 300 college scholarships through its scholarship fund . During the pandemic, the foundation provided $1,000 ...

Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts Unveil “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
... PA (11/7/2019) — The Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts today dedicated the foundation’s Centennial Legacy ... Martinez, Lead Muralist. “This mural is a testament to community philanthropy,” Ramos said.  “We knew that ... 1,000 residents who donated more than 2,000 hours to help create the mural. A paint day at the Cherry Street Pier drew ...

Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... centuries of history and culture? Philadelphia is about to find out. Next month the Department of Planning and ... ends in December 2022 the City will have a plan for an ongoing, city-wide survey of historic and cultural assets. ... preservation will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that invites communities to inform the ...

Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
... Foundation announced $4,750,000 in Implementation Grants to seven organizations throughout Eastern Pennsylvania, New ... initiatives. “The grants we announced today are an exciting next step in the journey of the Regional ... affordable housing construction and preservation, open space improvements, safety, providing for families and ...

Regional Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation logo
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
... in Neighborhood Planning and Implementation Grants to 11 organizations throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, and ... of the city. HPG will organize its neighbors through an intergenerational model and will explore themes for the ... and supporting small businesses, and use / adaptation of open spaces. HPG will also receive $20,000 in general ...

Community Foundation of South Jersey Announces Five Transform South Jersey Grant Recipients

Transform South Jersey Heart & Soul
Friday, February 21, 2020
Grantees will receive $100,000 in funding to help build stronger, healthier, and more economically ... County – Salem, through Stand Up for Salem “It was an extremely difficult decision to make, as all of the towns ... creative, engaged, sustainable communities. Dodge supports arts, education, environment, informed communities, and ...

New Community-Driven Grant Program Available for Community-Based Organizations

Friday, May 7, 2021
... 7, 2021 | The City today announced the launch of the N, a partnership between the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Bread & Roses Community Fund to support grassroots neighborhood nonprofit organizations ... both rare for government and philanthropy, but critical to an equitable recovery.” Nonprofit organizations that are ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... for Rebuild, the city’s joint public-private partnership to revitalize parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and ... nonprofit  IMPACT Services  will deliver an improvement project at the Heitzman Recreation Center.  ... As these and other projects roll out, Philadelphia-area funders are invited to join your peers, including William ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... corridor was little more than boarded-up storefronts with a few mom-and-pop shops sprinkled here and there, remnants of ... lots. Nevertheless, Beech Companies set out try to convince banks, businesses, homeowners and North ... Security Services. The developments have served as an economic engine for the community, providing jobs and ...

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 centers, parks and libraries, two neighborhoods offer a road map to getting this overhaul right. Even as Lawncrest, the ... the neighborhood lacks for a convenient grocery store. An aging library sits at one end of the strip, next to the ...

Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... the Foundation's current CEO Vanessa Briggs at the podium to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Brandywine Health ... the healthcare landscape in the greater Coatesville area. A decade later, more than 20,000 people have walked though ... in the greater Coatesville area, the Brandywine Center is an invaluable source of health and housing services for ...

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 Councilman Kenyatta Johnson to announce Vare Recreation Center as the first project to ... across Philadelphia. The announcement comes following a request from the Mayor to City Council to fund Rebuild ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... Burnley via Plan Philly   Mayor Jim Kenney’s plan to revamp public facilities throughout the city took another ... The positive movement hasn’t, however,  fully ended an ongoing war of words between Kenney and dissenting council ... indicated on Tuesday he has the votes to do so — it’ll open the door to a first cohort of more than 60 facilities ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... nonprofits have been awarded multi-million-dollar grants to carry out renovations at these sites. Conversations with ... single investment Rebuild has announced to date.  A $14 million grant to Make the World Better will enable the ... to deepen engagement in Rebuild among local and national funders.  In April, Philanthropy Network also contracted ...

Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
... 2020 -- In celebration of its 30th Anniversary in service to the community, the Beech Companies, Inc., through Beech Community Services, has published an online, digital community resources directory in an effort ... families & youth, seniors, veterans, business & commerce, arts & culture and more. Some of the more unique resources in ...
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 dollars in neighborhood ... parks, recreation centers, and libraries. Just over a year after the Rebuild’s first groundbreaking, we invite ... about how collaborative funding can advance individual funders’ priorities while also driving change on a much ...

Brandywine Health Foundation announces over $320K in grants to benefit greater Coatesville

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... since it began awarding grants and scholarships in 2002 to more than $18 million. “Our new strategic plan and ... and community members throughout the year. We are pleased to have provided general operating funds to 36 local ... important to the community.  We know all too often when a new strategic plan is implemented, that there are times, ...

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