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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 ... access to healthy food, support for families to stay in their homes, and enhanced K-12 learning opportunities. ... are grateful for their guidance, which helped us allocate grant funds more quickly.” Later this year, the Family ...

Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
... based in Salem County, New Jersey that has distributed over $58 million in grants to agencies and organizations in Salem ... of South Jersey. Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative ...

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
Doylestown, PA (July 15, 2024) – Local grant makers BLBB Charitable , Bucks County Foundation (BCF) ... award of a $75,000 grant to Souderton-based Along the Way in support of its Bucks Pathway Project, a comprehensive ... . Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County Awards $75,000 Grant ...

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

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
... schools to enhance literacy instruction for students in Kindergarten through third grades. These “Good to Great” grants, ranging in size from $20,000 to nearly $75,000, are funded by the ... School District of Philadelphia developed this smart new grant program as a way to help schools build on the progress ...
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William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
...  – William Penn Foundation (WPF) today announced $2.6 million in additional support for efforts that address the ... mobile testing van, the Consortium plans to test more than 1,500 early learning program staff. Public Health Management ... vital efforts in the region. William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
...  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of America to launch the Block Builds ... Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus (CAPP+)  to make over 100 homes in West Philadelphia healthier, directly ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six, and from $2,000 to $3,600 for children ... 75,000 Philadelphians move out of poverty, so we invested $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan funding towards outreach ... Agency (CAA) for the City of Philadelphia. As a CAA, CEO awards Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds to more ...

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

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... primary care setting and is made possible by a generous grant from the Vanguard Strong Start for Kids Program ™. ... is just one of several investments totaling more than $5 million made by Vanguard and its employees to support ... boosting school readiness for children near its operations in Philadelphia, Phoenix and Charlotte. Children’s ...

All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... students.  The partnership is made possible by a $1.3 million lead grant from the William Penn Foundation , along ... help expand the Book Trust program in Philadelphia schools over the next four years.  In the coming year, Book Trust ...
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Op-Ed: Families Need Child Care Resources Now More than Ever

Child Care
Friday, October 16, 2020
Families in Chester County are working harder than ever. COVID-19 has ... will pay $2,649 a month while the average housing cost is $1,285 for that same family. COVID-19 has particularly exposed ... care, Chester County Government has made available $10 million in child care assistance for families who are forced ...

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

Thursday, September 8, 2022
... parents and caregivers. PHP awarded a three-year $248,281 grant to PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ... TO THREE . PHP’s grant will support a HealthySteps pilot in West Philadelphia at the CHOP Primary Care location in Cobbs Creek , which will join a national network of ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... CONNECTING MORE PEOPLE TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES Last fall, we shared our plans to review and update the ... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to ... Board of Directors has set the new direction for our grant programs and the way we’ll operate in the years ...

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

Thursday, September 6, 2018
... Reilly The Reinvestment Fund is coordinating efforts in several cities to expand access to high quality childcare ... answers. Since then, the  foundation has put about $20 million into the Fund for Quality, which is housed and ... childcare facilities. The goal is to add another 1,400 by 2020. The emphasis of the projects in Philadelphia ...
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Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
... State Senator Vincent Hughes created Read to Succeed in 2012 to engage students who are entering kindergarten through third grade in literacy over the summer months. The program's goals of promoting ... additional viewing on the Read to Succeed website. Week 1 focuses on fluency skills and reading strategies. Week 2 ...
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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 ... state leaders, partners in early childhood education, and over 360 local community coalitions involved in the effort to ... solution areas that have proven to be critical. They are 1) ensuring school readiness and supporting parents as their ...
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Read by 4th Initiative
27Jul2022

Listening and Learning Session with SDP Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington, Sr.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
11:30am - 1:00pm
Philadelphia School District
Over the course of his first 100 days, School District of ... families, District staff, and community members invested in our student’s achievement. And that means he needs to ...

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 ... -- If you're grocery shopping in Philadelphia over the next year you might run into a cherubic cartoon ... money. The William Penn Foundation is spending $190,000 over two years to seed the project -- much of that going ...
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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 ... Read by 4th  campaign, is expected to serve approximately 1,780 children and will make it easier for partners to take ...
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