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Philadelphia Health Partnership Designates Funds to Support the Launch of Two New Early Childhood Programs

Thursday, September 8, 2022
... 8, 2022) – Philadelphia Health Partnership (PHP) announces its support of two new programs focused on the ... The goal of the HealthySteps pilot is to improve child and family outcomes through early identification of needs, ... Board Chair of Philadelphia Health Partnership.“The Foundation has been focused on improving equity in health in ...

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
PHILADELPHIA (June 17, 2021) – The William Penn Foundation today announced 90 grants totaling more than $8 ... to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Through the  Family Recovery Fund , a one-year, $10 million initiative ... allocate grant funds more quickly.” Later this year, the Family Recovery Fund will support additional grantmaking in ...

William Penn Foundation Launches Informal Learning Initiative

Thursday, September 14, 2017
... News Digest The Philadelphia-based  William Penn Foundation  has announced the launch of a two-year, $2 ... skills. Partners in the initiative include the  Barnes Foundation , the  Franklin Institute , the  Academy of ... families."   " William Penn Foundation Launches New Initiative to Connect Cultural Institutions, Literacy, ...
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CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... Opportunity (CEO) and Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation (Scattergood) announced today that 17 local ... Committee/Community Revitalization Corp AMEC African Family Health Organization Why Not Prosper Supportive Older ... Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) CEO provides leadership on issues of economic justice by advancing racial ...

William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... Release PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2020)  – William Penn Foundation (WPF) today announced $2.6 million in additional ... offer services and interact with families, from designing new online delivery models to significantly changing the ... offered by PHA. To help mitigate learning loss and reduce family stress, 50 families with children ranging in age from ...

New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... initiative doesn't require much money. The William Penn Foundation is spending $190,000 over two years to seed the ... they have a replicable, effective formula, expanding to new locations won't require much more than the blessing of retailers. Read more... New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning ...
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Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation has awarded Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative a $25,000 planning grant as ... to collaborate with the Salem Health & Wellness Foundation, county stakeholders, young parents and their ...

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 ... Last fall, we shared our plans to review and update the Foundation’s grantmaking areas and practices, which had ...

The Starting Line: Behind a Push by Foundations to Expand Access to Childcare in Their Cities

Thursday, September 6, 2018
... the work includes collaborations with the William Penn Foundation in Philadelphia, the Richard W. Goldman Family Foundation in Atlanta and its surrounding counties, ... D.C., the Foundation for Newark’s Future in Newark, New Jersey, and the Nicholson and the Henry and Marilyn Taub ...
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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
... and early reading in schools, along with the William Penn Foundation , today announced a four-year partnership that ... students with 49,554 books in 10 schools.  The new investment from the William Penn Foundation will help ... Founded in Fort Collins, CO in 2001 by the Schatz Family and supporting one classroom of kids, Book Trust has ...
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Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
... $20,000 to nearly $75,000, are funded by the William Penn Foundation. The grants totaled $535,826. The Good to Great ... the School District of Philadelphia developed this smart new grant program as a way to help schools build on the ... : Books and resources to build The Nest, a dedicated family library General George G. Meade School: On-site ...
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Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County Awards $75,000 Grant

Members of the Along the Way team accept the $75,000 IMPACT Bucks Grant from a coalition of local funders
Monday, July 15, 2024
... – Local grant makers BLBB Charitable , Bucks County Foundation (BCF) , and Foundations Community Partnership ... anti-poverty, workforce development, childcare, and family support program for single mother households. The grant is the result of a new initiative, the Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County ...

National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... PHILADELPHIA (July 19, 2018) – More than 700 educators, foundation executives and national leaders in early childhood ... and CEO of United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, will speak at The Institutes. The Moonshot Moment ... by addressing the many factors that can contribute to family vulnerability, including low levels of literacy, ...
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals, and ... department in King of Prussia. In addition, its unique family-centered care and public service programs have brought ... a focus on our environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership. ESG is embedded across our eight lines of ...

Vanguard Supports First-of-Its-Kind Project Integrating Home Visiting Nurses into Pediatric Primary Care Setting

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched a new pilot program today aimed at improving the health and ... under-resourced pregnant mothers and families to promote family health, well-being and early learning. The demand for ... among the largest in the country. In addition, its unique family-centered care and public service programs have brought ...

Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
... . The R2S program will also host virtual Family Literacy Workshops weekly during the summer and ... Philadelphia nonprofit funded in part by the William Penn Foundation, Waterman II Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation, Tobias Harris and individual donations.   ABOUT ...
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