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Vanguard awards $1.63M to childhood learning effort

Friday, April 27, 2018
... speaks with children and families at the Drexel Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. The program is funded ... Strong Start for Kids Program recently presented a $1.63 million grant to Drexel University’s West Philadelphia ... help to improve the quality of early childhood education in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone, according to a press ...
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Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $8 Million from William Penn Foundation for Continued Relief Efforts Supporting Philadelphia Families

William Penn Foundation
Thursday, June 17, 2021
... Foundation today announced 90 grants totaling more than $8 million to support nonprofit organizations focused on ... and matching funds, the William Penn Foundation awarded grants to dozens of organizations providing access to healthy food, support for families to stay in their homes, and enhanced K-12 learning opportunities. ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
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... reliant on local property values, which has resulted in deep inequality and inequity that disproportionately ... adequate funding in 2018-19, with a shortfall of at least $4.6 billion. The state’s inadequate and inequitable funding ... and districts across the Commonwealth. The Education Law Center-PA and Public Interest Law Center filed a lawsuit in ...

Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
... The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia has awarded grants to 10 district elementary schools to enhance literacy instruction for students in Kindergarten through third grades. These “Good to ... has identified specific outcome goals associated with its project and articulated how those goals will contribute to ...
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National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... Branan Jacobs, 941-893-1818   Grade-Level Reading Week in Philadelphia to focus on community solutions to help ... and families, will be at GLR Week. As a collaborative project, the Reading Rocket will visit several other GLR ... Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada — with 4,100 local organizations and 510 state and local funders ...
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All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... organization supporting book ownership and early reading in schools, along with the William Penn Foundation , today ... students.  The partnership is made possible by a $1.3 million lead grant from the William Penn Foundation , along ... cultivating literacy-rich communities.   During a pilot project, supported by the William Penn Foundation in the ...
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William Penn Foundation Launches Informal Learning Initiative

Thursday, September 14, 2017
... Foundation  has announced the launch of a two-year, $2 million community-based initiative to connect children and families in the city's low-income neighborhoods to informal ... ,  Children's Village , and the  People's Emergency Center  that have deep roots in the low-income communities ...
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William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Via William Penn Foundation WPF new funding areas_horiz.png   OUR REVISED GRANTMAKING APPROACH: ... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to ... for our grant programs and the way we’ll operate in the years ahead. As of this summer, our approach will be ...

Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
... program has been extended to June 25. Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes created Read to Succeed in 2012 to engage students who are entering kindergarten ... the readings. Week 3 will include writing skills, and Week 4 will incorporate science. All sessions feature fun and ...
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19Apr2021

Education Funders Meeting

Monday, April 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
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... a high-level overview of how the American Rescue Plan Act funding will be allocated. Donna Frisby-Greenwood, President ... is open to Philanthropy Network members. RELATED READING In $5.2B budget proposal, mayor touts funding for education as ...

New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... Ellis weighs some bananas at the Island Avenue Shoprite in Southwest Philadelphia while shopping with her ... you might run into a cherubic cartoon character named A.J. Though his wide smile and trendy haircut impart a sense of ... laboratory. A.J. is the face of "Talk It Up," a pilot project aimed at inspiring interaction among parents and ...
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