Rebuild Announces First Project to Launch, More to Come
Thursday, May 17, 2018
At an event in South Philadelphia, Mayor Jim Kenney was joined by ...
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GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia
Monday, September 14, 2020
With $3.5 million in support from over 25 families, corporate, and philanthropic investors and supporters, the GreenLight Philadelphia Fund III will scale solutions to systemic challenges identified by communities that are experiencing poverty.
Accelerating Job Growth and Business Formation Among BIPOC Community Should be a Priority for Philadelphia’s Next Mayor
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
... McCarty, CEO and President of New Growth Innovation Network, and Kevin S. Dick, President and CEO of Carolina ...
City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees
Monday, August 28, 2023
... regional funders, and the Scattergood Foundation. The grants were awarded to grassroots organizations that are ... to 36 organizations, which brings the total KCR fund grants to $760K over three years. KCR Fund follows “a ... training, events, supplies, stipends, and more. These grants are intended to give organizations and projects as ...
Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces
Friday, September 22, 2017
Supported by a record $100 million grant from the William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia launched a high-profile, mayor-backed, seven-year, $500 million initiative called “Rebuild” to revitalize neighborhood parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across the city.
City Council and Mayor Kenney play nice as rec center ‘rebuild’ advances
Thursday, May 24, 2018
... week , Kenney announced the latest progress at a press conference held at one of the city’s public facilities in ... eating pretzels and water ice as he spoke at the press conference, held on Tuesday. “I hope that you can rest a ...
Pew Awards $4.25 Million to 4 Philadelphia Nonprofits to Expand Economic Opportunities and Address Growing Impacts of Community Violence
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... 2,500 residents throughout the city. Three additional grants will aid Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel ... have experienced community violence. More details on the grants: University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills ... Advocates program have each been awarded Pew Fund venture grants of $250,000 over two years to support these violence ...
Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play
Monday, September 11, 2017
As the City's Rebuild initiative lays the groundwork for a major investment in rec centers, parks and libraries, two neighborhoods offer a road map to getting this overhaul right.
City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
A $242,000 grant from the World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund will support Engaging Immigrant Talent, an 18-month initiative to advance employer-informed immigrant workforce integration.
01Feb2018
Chester County Funders: Coatesville Update- Collaborative Partnerships
Thursday, February 1, 2018
8:30am - 10:30am
Coatesville, PA
... Light breakfast will be served. Registration: Philanthropy Network Members should click here to register. Attendees who do not have a Philanthropy Network username and password should RSVP directly to Kabria ...
Knight Foundation gives $4M for citywide conversation about park over I-95
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
A newly funded 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.
11Jun2020
Community-led Philanthropy during Crisis: How Giving Circles of Color Can Transform Traditional Philanthropy
Thursday, June 11, 2020
10:15am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... Equity, and Inclusion Committee Member of Philanthropy Network and Senior Director at Equal Measure . Panelists will ... Center, 2018) Report: AAPIP's National Giving Circle Network: A Framework for Democratized Philanthropy (Asian ... in Philanthropy, 2017) Website: Community Investment Network (CIN) RECORDING Community-led Philanthropy during ...
Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
$250,000 from William Penn Foundation will support a plan for an ongoing, city-wide survey of historic and cultural assets.
Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... and projects, thousands of houses. We've also given out grants to non-profits and scholarships.” On Monday, Beech ... businesses; the Alston-Beech Foundation, which provides grants to small businesses; the Beech Scholarship Fund, which ...
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
Join us to hear from a panel of partner organizations that are working with Rebuild to realize the program’s impact.
Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
... a final hearing before the end of the year. Philanthropy Network's Sidney Hargro and United Way's Bill Golderer are ...
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
... Lot , 34 Heather Road Registration is open to Philanthropy Network members and non-member funders. Delaware County ...