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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, ... and increasingly for basics like air conditioning and new floors.” While “wealthier neighborhoods can more ... has a center that was rebuilt in 2013 and “gleams like new.” Lawncrest, two miles way, “is sandwiched between ...
23Sep2022

Delaware County Funders’ Community of Practice: Funders’ Tour of Upper Darby, Our Region’s 2nd Largest Municipality

Friday, September 23, 2022
9:30am - 1:30pm
Tour
... Square) Portia Kamara, Executive Director, Multicultural Family Services  Layla DeLuria, Executive Director, Centro ... 11:00 AM Workforce Development Panel (bus ride to site of new Upper Darby campus for Delaware County Community College, ... Schoener, Director, Upper Darby Arts & Education Foundation Special Guests: State Sen. Tim Kearney and State ...
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
... Preparing more people of color and women to achieve family sustaining careers in construction The panel will be ... Abdullah , President and CEO of Statera Coaching and Leadership Consulting, a partner on Rebuild’s workforce ...

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... step to implement that recommendation. The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the ... include our residents. I’m grateful to the William Penn Foundation for continuing to support our preservation ... said Shawn McCaney, Executive Director of the William Penn Foundation. “We are pleased to support the City’s efforts ...

October 2018 Rebuild Update

Friday, October 19, 2018
... Greater Philadelphia , Shawn McCaney of William Penn Foundation , and Kristi Poling of The Barra Foundation . In September,  eligible nonprofits  applied to ... what changes are made at each site. Rebuild welcomes two new staff members to the team! Tim Roundtree is Rebuild’s ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... neighborhoods, including about 1,200 recently built single-family homes. On Cecil B. Moore Avenue, from Broad to 20th ... to the COVID pandemic. “We’ve come full circle as a foundation,” Scott said. “I am proud to be a part of it, ... which makes loans to small businesses; the Alston-Beech Foundation, which provides grants to small businesses; the ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... with implementation in many cities, including Chicago , New York, Los Angeles , and Philadelphia piloting forms of ... Stacey Kallem , Director of Maternal, Child and Family Health, Philadelphia Department of Public Health;  ...

The Alliance for Health Equity Launches the Equity Health Center to address Health Access in Greater Coatesville

Equity Health Network Providers
Thursday, April 6, 2023
... services the existing Coatesville LINK, will introduce a new “on-demand” service to allow community members easier ... to health and social service appointments and work. The new electronic fare system will now meet the modern ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Mayor Jim Kenney’s plan to revamp public facilities throughout the city took another step forward this week, with key legislation passing favorably out of a City Council committee on Monday.

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

The grant to FINANTA is part of the company’s national push to increase access to capital and technical assistance for Diverse Small Businesses.

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Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... by:  Ken Knickerbocker Pictured: Former Brandywine Health Foundation CEO Frances Sheehan (l) joins the Foundation's current CEO Vanessa Briggs at the podium to ... Vanessa Briggs, President and CEO of the Brandywine Health Foundation. “Our community has benefited greatly from this ...
21Feb2017

Chester County Funders: Meeting with Commissioners

Tuesday, February 21, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
West Chester, PA
... have the opportunity to present to the funder’s group new community and philanthropy initiatives which will impact ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... Council Janet Haas , board chair of the  William Penn Foundation Stacy Holland , educational consultant Floyd ...
18Apr2018

Building Community: Creating Community Schools, Helping Communities Thrive

Wednesday, April 18, 2018
8:00am - 10:30am
Philadelphia, PA
...                Jeanette Arthur, Chubb Charitable Foundation 10:15 AM        Final Q&A 10:30 AM ...

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