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

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
... to give all Philadelphians a chance to shape plans for a new waterfront park over I-95 at Penn's Landing, ... project officials said Monday. Supported by a $4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... a philanthropic investment and engagement framework for Rebuild, the city’s joint public-private partnership to ... We are committed to galvanizing the philanthropic community around this project, convening a small member-led ... they deserve more. This week Rebuild announced the first grant awards to nonprofit partners, granting a total of $13.8 ...

Foundation Building

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
... to step down from her post after leading the organization for 19 years. — Photo by: Abdul Sulayman/Tribune Chief ... neighborhoods in Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. “We’ve really been focusing all of our ... leadership, the foundation has transformed its grant-making strategy and developed a nationally recognized ...
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Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... past half century, Lawncrest the city rec center has — for better and for worse — remained largely the same. A ... even as neighbors use the same old rec infrastructure in new ways. Baseball has waned in popularity, so the center’s ... and one that might. (The William Penn Foundation provided grant funding for the reporting and research and is also a ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... begun on 24 of the 64 sites approved by City Council for Rebuild funding. Rebuild is Philadelphia’s historic ... Saturday, May 4, the Rebuild team joined the Grays Ferry community to celebrate the start of the largest single ... announced to date.  A $14 million grant to Make the World Better will enable the nonprofit to ...

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
... to the 2022 Brandywine Hospital closure, leaders from the community and in nearly 20 local and county organizations ... care model would be an accessible, effective resource for Greater Coatesville. The combined studies led The ... services the existing Coatesville LINK, will introduce a new “on-demand” service to allow community members easier ...

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

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... conference held at one of the city’s public facilities in dire need —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North Philadelphia community hub will begin to receive renovations with $8 ... “As you can see, this site is a perfect candidate for Rebuild. You all have dealt with a failing roof, flooding ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... Temple’s Morgan Hall, a 24-story residence hall for students with a food court on the first floor. Now, ... The developments have served as an economic engine for the community, providing jobs and opportunities for neighborhood ... small businesses. “We’re here to provide service in the community,” said Kenneth Scott, Beech President & ...

The Foundation for Delaware County awards over $1M to local nonprofits, launches COVID-19 Response Fund

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
In its second major round of grantmaking, The Foundation for Delaware County awarded $1,055,488 in grant awards to 52 area nonprofits. Grants were awarded in ...

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
... project ends in December 2022 the City will have a plan for an ongoing, city-wide survey of historic and cultural ... The William Penn Foundation will provide a $250,000 grant to support the project. To ensure that preservation will be community-driven, the project will create a strategy that ...

October 2018 Rebuild Update

Friday, October 19, 2018
... and Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center.  The nonprofit for each project is expected to be selected later this year. That will allow community engagement to begin in the winter to help decide ... what changes are made at each site. Rebuild welcomes two new staff members to the team! Tim Roundtree is Rebuild’s ...
02Nov2023

Guaranteed Income: Innovative Philadelphia Programs Designed to Combat Poverty

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Virtual Conferencing
... income was part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for fighting poverty.  Today, that concept is experiencing a ... with implementation in many cities, including Chicago , New York, Los Angeles , and Philadelphia piloting forms of ... Hall , Director of Financial Inclusion, from the Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity;  David Pate , Chair ...
21Feb2017

Chester County Funders: Meeting with Commissioners

Tuesday, February 21, 2017
8:30am - 10:00am
West Chester, PA
... colleagues located or providing funding in Chester County for a meeting of the Chester County Funders.  During this ...
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
... much larger scale. Join us to hear from a panel of partner organizations that are working with Rebuild to realize the ... neighborhood revitalization efforts Elevating the voice of community members Helping to strengthen and grow small, ... will include: Pati Codina , Community Development Director for Impact Services, a nonprofit managing Rebuild projects in ...
07Oct2020

Setting the Table: Reimagining Wealth & Capitalism

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Video Conference
We are pleased to introduce our new webinar series, Setting the Table , co-hosted by Sidney ... Greater Philadelphia and Marcus Walton , CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations . Taking place every other month, this series ...

Brandywine Health and Housing Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, May 4, 2018
... of the Brandywine Health and Housing Center opening in Coatesville. Ten years ago, the opening of the Brandywine ... to our donors, our volunteers, our grantees, and our community partners,” said Vanessa Briggs, President and CEO ... more than four decades and the first major accomplishment for the Brandywine Health Foundation. The Brandywine Health ...
01Feb2018

Chester County Funders: Coatesville Update- Collaborative Partnerships

Thursday, February 1, 2018
8:30am - 10:30am
Coatesville, PA
Please join the Chester County Funders for a panel discussion on collaborative partnerships in the Coatesville community. The panel will include representatives from the  ...
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Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... is a $500 million citywide initiative that’s seven years in the making, so you can bet that there have been a lot of ... next one  is this Thursday, Nov. 2, at the  Mayfair Community Center .) Now, the Rebuild effort has its own ... Councilman Bobby Henon Rob Dubow , director of finance for the City of Philadelphia Harold Epps , deputy managing ...

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