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

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... via the CIty of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA - The Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) and Thomas ... Child Tax Credit from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six, and from $2,000 to $3,600 ... As a CAA, CEO awards Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funds to more than 20 programs that serve an ...

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) ... 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 ...
23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... reliant on local property values, which has resulted in deep inequality and inequity that disproportionately ... deep inequality in PA public schools. The suit is asking for a court order that will force the legislature to comply ... funding lawsuit, PA Schools Work is a  coalition  of organizations from across Pennsylvania representing urban, ...

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

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of America to launch the Block Builds Program ... commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals, and ...

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 health and well-being of young ... parents and caregivers. PHP awarded a three-year $248,281 grant to PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ...

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
... grants totaling more than $8 million to support nonprofit organizations focused on families’ basic needs and ... of organizations providing access to healthy food, support for families to stay in their homes, and enhanced K-12 ... are grateful for their guidance, which helped us allocate grant funds more quickly.” Later this year, the Family ...

New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... is that parents will see household tasks as opportunities for learning instead of chores to endure. Based on  research  that suggests parent-child interactions ... they have a replicable, effective formula, expanding to new locations won't require much more than the blessing of ...
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Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
PHILADELPHIA—(April 24, 2019)— The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia has awarded grants to ... 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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All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... The partnership is made possible by a $1.3 million lead grant from the William Penn Foundation , along with local and ... students with 49,554 books in 10 schools.  The new investment from the William Penn Foundation will help ... communities in the United States, there is just one book for every 300 children, compared to middle-income families ...
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William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... offer services and interact with families, from designing new online delivery models to significantly changing the ... Fund for Stabilization of Early Education, COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL Fund, and Step Up to the Plate. For more ... in the Philadelphia region. In 2020, the Foundation will grant more than $117 million to support vital efforts in the ...

William Penn Foundation Launches Informal Learning Initiative

Thursday, September 14, 2017
...  has announced the launch of a two-year, $2 million community-based initiative to connect children and families ... serve approximately 1,780 children and will make it easier for partners to take early learning programming directly to ... families."   " William Penn Foundation Launches New Initiative to Connect Cultural Institutions, Literacy, ...
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Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
... Salem Health and Wellness Foundation has awarded Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative a $25,000 planning grant as part of its Salem Smart Start for Parents and Children initiative, with a possibility of a ...

National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
...   Grade-Level Reading Week in Philadelphia to focus on community solutions to help children succeed in school and ... will arrive in Philadelphia beginning Tuesday, July 24 for Grade-Level Reading Week (GLR Week in Philadelphia), the ... and CEO of United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, will speak at The Institutes. The Moonshot Moment ...
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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 ... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how ... Board of Directors has set the new direction for our grant programs and the way we’ll operate in the years ...

Vanguard awards $1.63M to childhood learning effort

Friday, April 27, 2018
... Pictured: Carra Cote-Ackah, director of Vanguard’s Community Stewardship efforts, speaks with children and families at the Drexel Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. The program is funded by ... Start for Kids Program recently presented a $1.63 million grant to Drexel University’s West Philadelphia Action for ...
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Op-Ed: Families Need Child Care Resources Now More than Ever

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Friday, October 16, 2020
... health crisis, but it has exposed the existing crisis for quality and affordable child care as well. Parents have ... goes to child care. Elected officials, non-profits, and community partners need to ensure that this fact remains at ... to keep children safe while in their care. These two grant programs are part of a total $28 million Chester County ...

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 ... primary care setting and is made possible by a generous grant from the Vanguard Strong Start for Kids Program ™. This project is just one of several ...

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 ... becomes more common, childcare could be the next frontier for funders focused on early childhood learning and ... 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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19Apr2021

Education Funders Meeting

Monday, April 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
Please join us on Monday, April 19th for an Education Funders meeting. We will be joined by Uri Monson , CFO for the School District of Philadelphia, to provide a ... is open to Philanthropy Network members. RELATED READING In $5.2B budget proposal, mayor touts funding for education ...
27Jul2022

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

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
11:30am - 1:00pm
Philadelphia School District
... where he will meet students, families, District staff, and community members invested in our student’s achievement. And that means he needs to ...

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