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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 the Office of Arts, Culture and the ... Arts Grant Committee are pleased to announce that 730 of Philadelphia’s individual artists, small and mid-size ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Via The Philadelphia Tribune | Stephen Williams, Staff Writer Three ... try to convince banks, businesses, homeowners and North Philadelphia stakeholders like Temple University that is was ... its 30th anniversary at Vie by Cescaphe — two years later than originally planned due to the COVID ...
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 ... across the city: Investing equitably across communities in Philadelphia Complementing existing neighborhood ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... map to getting this overhaul right. Even as Lawncrest, the Philadelphia neighborhood, has transformed over the past half ... now dilapidated), and the community garden (just a few years old), the Lawncrest Recreation Center is almost exactly ... merely neutral. Surveyed park users between the ages of 15 and 19 — a target demographic for the city’s parks and ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the City of Philadelphia launched a high-profile, mayor-backed,  ... half of those from Lawncrest. Black males between 7 and 30 years old are the primary users at both centers. Teenagers ... point” at both centers. Respondents between the ages of 15 and 19 were less likely to feel safe and feel a positive ...

Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... The East Mount Airy Neighbors (EMAN) Community Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded ... grants to six nonprofits providing services to Northwest Philadelphia, with an emphasis on programs serving the East ... the EMAN Fund has provided community support through the Philadelphia Foundation.

Philadelphia Selected For New Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Friday, March 23, 2018
Today, PolicyLink is announcing that Philadelphia has been selected for the first cohort of the ... councilmembers, senior city staff, and community leaders. Philadelphia’s team includes: Eleanor Sharpe, Deputy ... Director, Department of Planning & Development, City of Philadelphia (lead applicant) Eric Bodzin, Legislative Aide, ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
Omar_6ABC.jpg Philadelphia, PA – GreenLight Fund, with support from over ... investors and supporters, today announced  GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III , a $3.5 million fund to scale ... Foundation, and the William Penn Foundation. With seven years of impact, GreenLight welcomes six new investors to ...

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

Comcast RISE
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
... an additional $1 million in total grants to more than 100 Philadelphia small businesses owned by women and people of ... that were awarded to 100 small businesses located in Philadelphia or Chester, PA, in 2021, and part of more than ... said Renee Harris, Stem Prep Academy. The last couple of years have been unsettling with the pandemic.

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Community Infrastructure ( Rebuild ) ... Civic Commons  to Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure.’ “Philadelphia has gained national attention in recent years because of the renaissance of Center City, which was ...

Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Despite a recent deduction in Philadelphia’s official poverty rate, the city continues to ... Pew Charitable Trusts ( Social Safety Net ); Pedro Ramos , Philadelphia Foundation ( Jobs and Education ); and Andrew ... Narrowing the Gap . Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty ...

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

Monday, May 16, 2022
... country since the program’s inception just 18 months ago PHILADELPHIA – May 12, 2022 – Comcast announced today a ... 14, eligible businesses in Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and the Twin Cities can apply for a $10,000 ...

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 Foundation and Mural Arts today dedicated the ...

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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Press release PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded $4.25 million to four Philadelphia nonprofits working to close opportunity gaps and ... (Pew Fund) growth grant totaling $3.5 million over five years to expand its successful workforce training program to ...

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
Press release Philadelphia, PA— What would Philadelphia look like if it had the fastest growth rate of ... is the question posed and answered in the latest Vision Philadelphia paper covering economic development ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
The  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity ... Program and improve children’s overall health in West Philadelphia. In Philadelphia residential segregation and economic inequality ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across Philadelphia.  We are committed to galvanizing the ... economic inclusion, and to strengthen neighborhoods across Philadelphia. Recreation centers, libraries, and parks are central to the fabric of Philadelphia’s communities.  They connect the city’s ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... cities, including Chicago , New York, Los Angeles , and Philadelphia piloting forms of guaranteed income programs.  Philadelphia has been a leader in these initiatives through ... Network members in learning about how the City of Philadelphia has been implementing this concept to provide ...

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
PRESS RELEASE via the City of Philadelphia Department of Planning and Development PHILADELPHIA— How should a city recognize centuries of history and culture? Philadelphia is about to find out. Next month the Department ...

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