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Regional Foundation LLC Takes Next Step In Evolution With New Leadership

Kevin Dow
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
... -- The Board of Managers of the Regional Foundation LLC announced today the appointment of Kevin ... Keviin_Dow.jpg The Regional Foundation was created in December 2020 when The Wells Fargo Regional Foundation ... 1,000 charitable funds established by its donors and makes over 1,000 grants and scholarship awards each year. To learn ...

Comcast RISE Investment Fund to Provide Additional $1 Million In Grants To Support Philadelphia Small Businesses

Monday, May 16, 2022
... RISE Investment Fund, bringing the total to $16 million in grants across the country since the program’s inception ... mentorship and resources to help businesses succeed over the long-term. The program has partnered with Ureeka , ...

Comcast RISE Awards 100 Small Businesses in Philadelphia With $10,000 grants

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... Comcast announced it will award an additional $1 million in total grants to more than 100 Philadelphia small businesses owned ... mentorship and resources to help small businesses succeed over the long term. Comcast RISE stands for Representation, ...

City Announces Awardees of $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

2024 Illuminate the Arts Grants
Friday, November 8, 2024
2024 Illuminate the Arts Grants.png PHILADELPHIA – Creative Philadelphia (formerly ... and uplift Philadelphia’s creative sector, particularly in Philadelphia’s Black and Brown communities, and those ... @CreativePHL on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram City Announces Awardees of $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts ...

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

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Eligible businesses in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston and Philadelphia can apply for $10,000 grants.   Additionally, over $2 million has been awarded to more than 20 ... Comcast Corporation and president, Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation. “Through the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, we ...

City Announces Additional $30 Million in Funding for Rental Assistance and Small Business Relief

Thursday, November 12, 2020
... and nonprofits in Philadelphia will have received over $100 million in support and nearly $68 million has been ... “Direct rental assistance is critical to ensuring public health and housing security for thousands of ... the needs of small businesses impacted by COVID-19. City Announces Additional $30 Million in Funding for Rental ...

Five Local Organizations Receive $125k Grants from TD Bank to Develop Local Affordable Housing

Monday, March 9, 2020
... HILL, N.J., March, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's ... a more Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities and Better Health. For more, visit:  ... its inception in 2002, the Foundation has distributed over $230 million through more than 21,330 grants through ...

Foundation Building

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
... is the executive director of the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation. She is preparing to step down from her post after ... which is marking 20 years of revitalizing neighborhoods in Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. “We’ve ... in 20 communities in Philadelphia through its neighborhood grants program. As an example of its work, Armbrister ...
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Wells Fargo's $425,000 grant to FINANTA will help expand its Affinity Group Lending program

Wells Fargo check presentation to FINANTA
Friday, October 4, 2019
... Wells Fargo has announced a $425,000 grant award to FINANTA to help expand the nonprofit’s Affinity Group ... Affinity Group Lending model to up to 450 entrepreneurs in Philadelphia while also replicating the model in Alabama, ... Missouri and Nebraska. While the average loan size is just over $4,000, participants in the program have the potential ...
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Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts Unveil “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
Pedro Ramos, President & CEO, Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (11/7/2019) — The Philadelphia ... the foundation’s Centennial Legacy Mural “Strength in our Bonds” at its permanent location at 23rd and Market ... workshops and paint days were held throughout the region over a four-month period to gain insight into how individuals ...

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 ... Supreme Court. Read more about Vare Rec Center . Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come ...

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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... Drexel University, and Temple University Hospital in coordinating and expanding their hospital-based support ... Skills Initiative (WPSI) has been awarded a Pew Fund for Health and Human Services (Pew Fund) growth grant totaling $3.5 million over five years to expand its successful workforce training ...

Beech stands in the gap during funding crisis

Derrick Thomas and Ken Scott
Friday, February 7, 2025
... $25,000 in small program grants through its Alston-Beech Foundation . The grants are especially helpful during the ... Network Greater Philadelphia, the foundation has awarded over 500 grants to non-profit, community-based organizations ... environment, access to essential medical and mental health services, and the opportunity to work toward a ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... Philanthropy Network with the support of William Penn Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has ... framework and to support broad philanthropic engagement in Rebuild. We engaged in this work because we believe this ... world, to each other, and to opportunities to improve health and wellness.    They advance literacy, guide ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... Lawncrest, the Philadelphia neighborhood, has transformed over the past half century, Lawncrest the city rec center has ... in part based on factors like a neighborhood’s poverty, health data, drug offense rates and the potential for ... investment, and one that might. (The William Penn Foundation provided grant funding for the reporting and ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... hundred-million-dollar grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the City of Philadelphia launched a high-profile, ... told, the project aims to upgrade more than half of the over 400 facilities citywide. In some ways, Philadelphia is ... for choosing Rebuild sites include data on poverty, health, drug offense, and economic growth potential. As the ...
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Southwest Philly 2019: Tour of the Neighborhood and What We Can Do Next

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
9:00am - 4:30pm
Bartram's Garden
Please join us for our third session in our series on Southwest Philadelphia. This session will ... the community. Topics will include economic development, health, environment, use of green space, diversity and ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Rebuild projects are fully in motion, with work already begun on 24 of the 64 sites ... nonprofits have been awarded multi-million-dollar grants to carry out renovations at these sites. Conversations ... to businesses. With the support of the William Penn Foundation , Philanthropy Network has hosted a ...

GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... Philadelphia, PA – GreenLight Fund, with support from over 25 families, corporate, and philanthropic investors and ... communities. This latest Fund enables GreenLight to invest in Philadelphia’s post-COVID recovery with greater clarity ... Fund III includes 10 returning individual, corporate, and foundation investors: Burke Family Foundation, Hess ...

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
... and job creation? This is the question posed and answered in the latest Vision Philadelphia paper covering economic ... the city. ” said Kristina Wahl, President of The Barra Foundation . “The next mayor has an important opportunity ... the racial wealth gap.” More papers will be released over the course of the year to spark dialogue among ...

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