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Knight Foundation gives $4M for citywide conversation about park over I-95

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
... citywide public engagement campaign will be designed to give all Philadelphians a chance to shape plans for a new waterfront park over I-95 at Penn's Landing, project ... meetings and include outreach outside of the affluent Center City neighborhoods closest to the waterfront. The ...
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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 ... in these initiatives through work by both the City and the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the University of ... City of Philadelphia has been implementing this concept to provide individuals and families with a flexible and ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... nonprofits have been awarded multi-million-dollar grants to carry out renovations at these sites. Conversations with ... will help determine what upgrades and improvements will be made to each park, recreation center, or library. On Saturday, May 4, the Rebuild team ...

Regional Foundation Announces $4.75 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation Neighborhood Implementation Grants
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
... Foundation announced $4,750,000 in Implementation Grants to seven organizations throughout Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The Neighborhood Implementation ... a youth programming space, and Kingswood Community Center, providing early learning education and senior citizen ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
...  (NRPA) concluded its  annual conference  in New Orleans, bringing together more than 7,000 park and ... ) initiative — From ‘Reimagining the  Civic Commons  to Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure.’ “Philadelphia has ... attention in recent years because of the renaissance of Center City, which was partly driven by a major investment in ...

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
... today announced 44 grants totaling more than $6 million to support workforce development and job training ... America   Beyond Literacy   Big Picture Philadelphia   Center for Employment Opportunities   Community Integrated ... Justice League   Justice at Work   La Puerta Abierta   Legal Clinic for the Disabled   Movement Alliance Project ...

Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... in recent months about how the whole process is going to roll out. Like how  local nonprofits can get involved ... plans to  engage the communities that will ultimately be the ones most impacted by whatever changes are made to ... one  is this Thursday, Nov. 2, at the  Mayfair Community Center .) Now, the Rebuild effort has its own oversight ...

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

Monday, March 9, 2020
The Housing for Everyone grants will fund projects supporting the refurbishing of existing housing properties to create much-needed affordable rental units CHERRY HILL, ... rental units for families, individuals, the elderly, new Americans, Veterans, the disabled, women and youth. ...

Regional Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grant Awards

Regional Foundation logo
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
... in Neighborhood Planning and Implementation Grants to 11 organizations throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. After several years, the foundation returned to ... to support a resident-driven neighborhood planning process for the Haddington and Cobbs Creek neighborhoods of West ...

Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come

Thursday, May 17, 2018
... Mayor Jim Kenney was joined by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson to announce Vare Recreation Center as the first project to receive investment from ... announcement, the City confirmed that Rebuild will fund a new master plan for Vare, which is expected to launch later ...

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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... Trusts announced today that it has awarded $4.25 million to four Philadelphia nonprofits working to close opportunity ... to expand its successful workforce training program to new neighborhoods and employment sectors. By partnering with ... throughout the city. Upon graduation, 95% of trainees will be connected to jobs with an average hourly rate of $18. The ...

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
... general election, mayoral candidates should consider how to bring together city resources and partners to drive much ... to the city’s diverse small business community and set a new trajectory for economic growth and wealth-building. ... action to close the racial wealth gap.” More papers will be released over the course of the year to spark dialogue ...

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... centuries of history and culture? Philadelphia is about to find out. Next month the Department of Planning and ... project ends in December 2022 the City will have a plan for an ongoing, city-wide survey of historic and cultural ... to support the project. To ensure that preservation will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that ...

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

Comcast RISE
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
... grants.   Additionally, over $2 million has been awarded to more than 20 community-based organizations and diverse ... to provide support to BIPOC-owned, small businesses.   NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Comcast today announced the ... total of 100 grants per city, or 500 grants overall, will be awarded in May 2021. The Investment Fund is the latest ...

Beech launches resources directory to support families, individuals and communities

BEECH 2020 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
... 2020 -- In celebration of its 30th Anniversary in service to the community, the Beech Companies, Inc., through Beech ... Dr. Keneth Scott. “The resources in this directory can be accessed from organizations, programs and digital data ... programs offered by the 107 HBCUs, the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, the digital Slave ...

October 2018 Rebuild Update

Friday, October 19, 2018
... forces in an unprecedented public–private partnership to move projects and communities forward together. Speakers ... The projects are:   Vare Recreation Center , Olney Recreation Center , Glavin Playground , ... what changes are made at each site. Rebuild welcomes two new staff members to the team! Tim Roundtree is Rebuild’s ...

Beech stands in the gap during funding crisis

Derrick Thomas and Ken Scott
Friday, February 7, 2025
... Alston-Beech Foundation has provided small program grants to non-profit organizations working to strengthen communities ... proud as the President of the Alston-Beech Foundation to be involved in philanthropy for 35 years,” stated Dr. ... in North Philadelphia communities. The Affordable Housing Center of PA provides housing counseling and support for ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... a Request for Qualification process, will be eligible to apply for Rebuild grants.  Grantees will work closely ... HACE; Impact Services Corporation; Mt. Airy USA; New Kensington CDC; Nicetown CDC; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; People's Emergency Center; Public Health Management Corp; Spring Garden CDC; The ...

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