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New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... The task involves numbers and mathematical concepts such as estimation. And the sign itself is carefully constructed ... 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 ...
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Philadelphia Health Partnership Designates Funds to Support the Launch of Two New Early Childhood Programs

Thursday, September 8, 2022
... Health Partnership (PHP) announces its support of two new programs focused on the health and well-being of young ... of the new Fund’s purpose,” said Ann Marie Healy, Executive Director of Philadelphia Health Partnership. ... Board Chair of Philadelphia Health Partnership.“The Foundation has been focused on improving equity in health in ...

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 part of its Salem Smart Start for Parents and Children ...

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 ... Memorial , and other cultural institutions in the city, as well as organizations like  Congreso de Latinos Unidos ... families."   " William Penn Foundation Launches New Initiative to Connect Cultural Institutions, Literacy, ...
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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 ... programs and the way we’ll operate in the years ahead. As of this summer, our approach will be focused on one ...

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

Thursday, September 6, 2018
... detailed analysis of existing local supply and demand. As access to pre-K becomes more common, childcare could be ... the work includes collaborations with the William Penn Foundation in Philadelphia, the Richard W. Goldman Family ... 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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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 ... 750 families with tablet computers that can also serve as mobile internet hot spots with unlimited high-speed data. ...

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 ... on families’ basic needs and children’s education as Philadelphians continue to be impacted by the Covid-19 ... direct grantmaking and matching funds, the William Penn Foundation awarded grants to dozens of organizations ...

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 ... end of third grade. This sets up a significant challenge as fourth grade marks the point where children move from ... and CEO of United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, will speak at The Institutes. The Moonshot Moment ...
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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 ... The demand for such programs has increased in recent years as home visiting services have become a critical component of ... models can typically independently provide," said Sarah Hexem Hubbard, Esq, executive director of NNCC. "We ...

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 ... for single mother households. The grant is the result of a new initiative, the Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County ... & CEO Kristina Valdez, and Grant Writer Michael Vanelli, as well as Mandy Mundy, Bucks County Foundation’s Executive ...

Vanguard awards $1.63M to childhood learning effort

Friday, April 27, 2018
... ,  @MercBiz  on Twitter Pictured: Carra Cote-Ackah, director of Vanguard’s Community Stewardship efforts, ... In addition to Vanguard’s grant, the William Penn Foundation also presented a three-year $987,000 grant to the ... it is supported by Vanguard’s employees — or crew as they are referred to by the company. READ MORE . Vanguard ...
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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 ... year of the partnership. The program will be maintained as part of the District’s early literacy efforts in all ...
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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 ... that we still need to reach,” said Mitchell Little, Executive Director of CEO , which has coordinated the ... might share in the city’s prosperous future. It serves as the Community Action Agency (CAA) for the City of ...

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 progress they have ...
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23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Education Voters of PA Presentation   - Susan Spicka, Executive Director Education Law Center Presentation - Deborah Gordon Klehr, Executive Director Other Resources/website links: ARTICLE| A ...

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

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... Rebuilding Together Philadelphia and Habitat for Humanity, as well as minority- and women-owned contractors identified ... Equity Officer of the Center for Health Equity and Medical Director of the Community Asthma Prevention Program at ... commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals, and ...

Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
... of promoting literacy and preventing the phenomenon known as “summer slide” have been expanded to include ... 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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