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Seventeen-member oversight board named for Rebuild

Monday, October 30, 2017
... in the making, so you can bet that there have been a lot of questions in recent months about how the whole process is ... Center .) Now, the Rebuild effort has its own oversight board, which is “charged with reviewing Rebuild’s ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... today appointed Kira Strong as the new Executive Director of the City’s Rebuild initiative. Strong has served in that ... for Design and Construction, leading over $126 million of new investment in 61 parks, recreation centers, and ... Kira-Strong-Headshot.jpg Rebuild, a signature initiative of Mayor Kenney’s Administration made possible by the ...
09Sep2021

The Promise: A New Anti-Poverty Model for an Equitable Recovery

Thursday, September 9, 2021
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Virtual
In 2020, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey teamed up ... at United Way, with a separate 15-member governing board, three content-specific advisory groups, and ...

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

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... Nonprofit Quarterly . This year, employing a combination of city bonding authority—backed by a city tax on soda ... color increased by 133 percent.” Echoing many nonprofit board leaders ( see the latest BoardSource board diversity ...

What's New at Rebuild (November 2017)

Monday, December 4, 2017
    Here is a round-up of recent news and developments with the City of ... for November 2017: November 1  - The Rebuild Oversight Board held its inaugural meeting at Kingsessing Recreation ...

Brandywine Health Foundation announces over $320K in grants to benefit greater Coatesville

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... “Our new strategic plan and approach includes engagement of our donors, partners, and community members throughout the ... new grantmaking committee chair.  Ms. Hill serves as a board of director for the Brandywine Health Foundation.  ...

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

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
... and purpose,” said Omar Woodard, Executive Director of GreenLight Philadelphia. Fund III fuels the next phase of ... even more in the near term,” said John Simon, Board Chair and Co-founder of GreenLight Fund. GreenLight ...

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 ... full proposals. Philadelphia Foundation staff and EMAN board members conducted site visits with each of the ...

City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
  IMG_1680.jpg Monica Munn, Senior Director of the WES Mariam Asefa Fund Philadelphia, PA (January 15, ... Pennsylvanians, in partnership with the City’s Office of Workforce Development, announced today an 18-month ... Center for New Pennsylvanians has a 16-year track record of delivering workforce development programs focused on ...

Beech celebrates neighborhood transformation over 30 years

Beech Companies Christine Brown and Kenneth Scott
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
... a few mom-and-pop shops sprinkled here and there, remnants of the riots of the 1960s. The surrounding area had abandoned homes and ... theater, retail and apartment complex at the intersection of Broad and Cecil B. Moore Avenue; one block away on North ...

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
... follow more than $8 million awarded in the  first half of 2021  as part of the Foundation’s Family Recovery Fund, ... and their families,” said Janet Haas, M.D., Board Chair of the William Penn Foundation. “The programs ...

May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... are fully in motion, with work already begun on 24 of the 64 sites approved by City Council for Rebuild funding. ... joined the Grays Ferry community to celebrate the start of the largest single investment Rebuild has announced to ... to provide services to businesses. With the support of the William Penn Foundation , Philanthropy Network has ...
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
... on Friday, September 23 from 9:30 - 1:30 pm for a tour of Upper Darby, the second largest municipality in our ... accessible public transit, as well as the rich diversity of residents who represent dozens of cultures from around the world. The tour will include ...

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