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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... working to close opportunity gaps and address the growing impact of violence on local residents. The awards ... Skills Initiative (WPSI) has been awarded a Pew Fund for Health and Human Services (Pew Fund) growth grant ... its core training program, many of whom have experienced an average of 31 weeks of unemployment; increase the number ...

City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... receive support from the Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund), a public-private-community partnership ... that are focused on improving the quality of life for residents in the communities that have been impacted by ... Building Resilience & Addressing Community Trauma "I have served on the community input group for the last two ...

October 2018 Rebuild Update

Friday, October 19, 2018
... highlighted how Rebuild investors have joined forces in an unprecedented public–private partnership to move projects and communities forward together. Speakers were Michael DiBerardinis of the ... joins as Compliance Manager. Rebuild held a networking event on October 9 th for minority and woman owned ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 2, 2020 Contact: ... Rebuild initiative. Strong has served in that role in an interim capacity since November, and before that, as ... as an outstanding leader able to drive these projects forward with a sense of urgency and deep commitment to ...

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

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... )--Comcast today announced the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, providing $5 million dollars of grants to hundreds of ... of all sizes transform their business. Powered by an advanced network, and backed by 24/7 customer support, ... by leading industry associations as one of the fastest growing providers of Ethernet services. For more information, ...

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

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
... Monica Munn, Senior Director of the WES Mariam Asefa Fund Philadelphia, PA (January 15, 2020)   – Welcoming ... City’s Office of Workforce Development, announced today an 18-month initiative to advance employer-informed immigrant ... Assefa Fund for funding this opportunity, and I look forward to driving positive results for our city through this ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... trails and public spaces,” McCaney said. “But for the city as a whole to thrive, these kinds of high ... Director of Creative Communities and National Initiatives. An innovative public/private partnership between the William ... investment opportunities in neighborhoods that are growing and present potential economic growth, ideally ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
... with the City of Philadelphia's Rebuild initiative for November 2017: November 1  - The Rebuild Oversight Board ... the next meeting. November 15 - Rebuild announced that 21 local nonprofits were qualified as Project Users.  Only ... released data about Philadelphia neighborhoods, including an interactive map (check it out here - you can explore sites ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... Security Services. The developments have served as an economic engine for the community, providing jobs and ... of the partnerships and everyone that have helped us move forward. Beech Companies consists of several different ... provides grants to small businesses; the Beech Scholarship Fund, which provides scholarships to neighborhood students; ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... been qualified as Project Users, the entities responsible for managing Rebuild projects.  These qualified nonprofits, ... and libraries across Philadelphia.  We are looking forward to getting started on projects next year.”   In ... and Diversity and inclusion : ability to implement an Economic Opportunity Plan; and evidence of and/or ...

Accelerating Job Growth and Business Formation Among BIPOC Community Should be a Priority for Philadelphia’s Next Mayor

Vision Philadelphia - Economic Development: Access to Capital for Philadelphia’s Diverse Business Owners
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
... President of The Barra Foundation . “The next mayor has an important opportunity to prioritize partnership ... M. Yasmina McCarty, CEO and President of New Growth Innovation Network, and Kevin S. Dick, President and CEO of Carolina Small Business Development Fund, builds on the 2021 Philadelphia Equitable ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... public facilities throughout the city took another step forward this week, with key legislation passing favorably out ... The positive movement hasn’t, however,  fully ended an ongoing war of words between Kenney and dissenting council ... “As you can see, this site is a perfect candidate for Rebuild. You all have dealt with a failing roof, flooding ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
At an event in South Philadelphia, Mayor Jim Kenney was joined ... following a request from the Mayor to City Council to fund Rebuild through the City’s capital budget in an effort ... City confirmed that Rebuild will fund a new master plan for Vare, which is expected to launch later this year. The ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... how the whole process is going to roll out. Like how  local nonprofits can get involved with the improvement ... Councilman Bobby Henon Rob Dubow , director of finance for the City of Philadelphia Harold Epps , deputy managing director of commerce for the City of Philadelphia Anne Fadullon , director of ...

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
... workforce development and job training opportunities for nearly 2,000 Philadelphians, as well as continued support ... of 2021  as part of the Foundation’s Family Recovery Fund, an initiative supporting both direct grantmaking and matching ...

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... associations known as advisory councils “raise funds for programming, and increasingly for basics like air ... engage those new supporters, particularly teens, remains an open question.” In Sturgis, youth who wanted the ... and practice of power. She has worked as a strategy and innovation consultant with a focus on networks and platforms. ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... a philanthropic investment and engagement framework for Rebuild, the city’s joint public-private partnership to ... nonprofit  IMPACT Services  will deliver an improvement project at the Heitzman Recreation Center.  ... and priorities can have their support matched through a fund established at National Philanthropic Trust  by the ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... past half century, Lawncrest the city rec center has — for better and for worse — remained largely the same. A ... the neighborhood lacks for a convenient grocery store. An aging library sits at one end of the strip, next to the ... rec center and a dusty double-wide trailer that serves as an outpost of the DA’s office. But besides the pool ...