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Regional Foundation Announces $1.95 Million in Grant Awards

Thursday, July 13, 2023
... Humanity of Greater Newark will receive $300,000 to build on the last 5 years of implementation in Newark’s West and ... health and their cornerstone priorities are neighborhood building, healthy homes, community wellness, economic ... the community’s Resource Hub, coordinated by staff and a local resident, to support connections to programs and ...
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Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
... New Jersey. Specifically, AtlantiCare will focus its work on “clean and safe” streets through a creative placemaking project that will empower residents ... justice, wellness and social services, and community building.  Public safety and creative placemaking are ...

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 ... the foundation has awarded over 500 grants to non-profit, community-based organizations and over 300 college ... Services and the Alston Beech Foundation. Located on Cecil B. Moore Avenue in the heart of North Philadelphia, ...

Philadelphia Selected For New Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Friday, March 23, 2018
... of ten cities will work together over the next year on strategies to fight displacement and build inclusive, ... Development Corporations The city teams will advance a range of strategies, including renter protections, ... initiative provides policy research, data, and capacity-building and implementation support to city governments and ...

Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... the healthcare landscape in the greater Coatesville area. A decade later, more than 20,000 people have walked though its doors. On Wednesday night, 60-plus donors, stakeholders, public ... to our donors, our volunteers, our grantees, and our community partners,” said Vanessa Briggs, President and CEO ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... the last year. Kira-Strong-Headshot.jpg Rebuild, a signature initiative of Mayor Kenney’s Administration ... parks, rec centers, and libraries. I look forward to building on the great work our team is doing to deliver excellent ...
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The Promise: A New Anti-Poverty Model for an Equitable Recovery

Thursday, September 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
In 2020, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey teamed up with the City of Philadelphia to launch a first of its kind collaboration between government, ... Philadelphia Poverty Action Plan, to design and build a community-informed, evidence-based strategy that addresses ...

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

Monday, March 9, 2020
... development organizations from Maine to Florida a total of $3.75 million through its Housing for Everyone ... grant competition. This year's competition focused on organizations working to refurbish existing housing ... by 2030 towards community giving in four areas critical to building an inclusive tomorrow – Financial Security, a more ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... today announced  GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale solutions to systemic challenges ... two of the nation’s best early literacy and asset-building models, ParentChild+ and Compass Working Capital, ... and a vote of confidence in GreenLight’s long-term focus on community need, evidence, and local fit,” said Kat ...

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

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... over $2 million has been awarded to more than 20 community-based organizations and diverse chambers of ... People of Color (BIPOC)-owned, small businesses. Beginning on March 1 through March 14, eligible businesses in Atlanta, ... Houston and Philadelphia specified areas can apply for a $10,000 grant at  www.ComcastRISE.com . A total of 100 ...

William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
... to: Carnegie Hall Corporation to pilot and evaluate a music-based family engagement program for families of young ... news outlet Chalkbeat and establish a local focus on early learning efforts, challenges, and successes in ... should be made in implementing this work. Constituency Building Delaware Greenways, Inc. ($110,000 over 24 months) ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... projects are fully in motion, with work already begun on 24 of the 64 sites approved by City Council for Rebuild ... single investment Rebuild has announced to date.  A $14 million grant to Make the World Better will enable the ... at Vare Recreation Center, which includes funding critical building repairs and upgrading facilities to meet ...

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

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... Philadelphia small businesses owned by women and people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian ... Comcast RISE Investment Fund initially launched in 2020 as a response to help small business owners of color who were ... small businesses nationwide to apply.

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
... follow more than $8 million awarded in the  first half of 2021  as part of the Foundation’s Family Recovery Fund, ... offer relevant skills, certifications, or credentials, and a connection to in-demand jobs that pay a living wage and ... Philadelphia   Center for Employment Opportunities   Community Integrated Services   Congreso de Latinos Unidos ...

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 ... (replaced two decades ago, now dilapidated), and the community garden (just a few years old), the Lawncrest ... missing; playground equipment lies snapped and unusable on the ground. The center is dark, crowded, hot and  not ...

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

Monday, May 16, 2022
Eligible small businesses can apply for a $10,000 grant from the Comcast RISE Investment Fund, ... of the Comcast RISE Investment Fund initiative. Beginning on June 1, and through June 14, eligible businesses in ...

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

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... approach includes engagement of our donors, partners, and community members throughout the year. We are pleased to have ... important to the community.  We know all too often when a new strategic plan is implemented, that there are times, ... Health Foundation for the critical work they are doing on behalf of the Greater Coatesville community. Brandywine ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
PHILADELPHIA -  Today, Rebuilding Community Infrastructure (Rebuild) announced that 21 local ... These qualified nonprofits, which were selected through a Request for Qualification process, will be eligible to ... Nicole Westerman.  “These are nonprofits we can rely on to transform parks, recreation centers and libraries ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Receives Grant in Support of Coatesville Food Truck Project

Coatesville Food Truck
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
... Food Truck.jpg (Coatesville, Pennsylvania) – Using a targeted regional commitment to address food insecurity, in ... healthcare services, basic needs like rent or putting food on the table,” said Staci Scott, Executive Director of ... priority within the region and supports inspiring positive community change. Partnering with the Brandywine Health ...

Regional Foundation LLC Takes Next Step In Evolution With New Leadership

Kevin Dow
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
... of Kevin Dow as its first executive director. Dow is a long-term resident of the Philadelphia region, with decades of finance, philanthropy, and community and economic development experience. Keviin_Dow.jpg ... with support from the search firm Bridge Partners. "On behalf of the entire Board, I am thrilled that Kevin ...

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