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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 will expand Book Trust’s program to reach all of the District’s 150 elementary schools and ... K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month ...
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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 million community-based initiative to connect children and families in the city's low-income ... ,  Children's Village , and the  People's Emergency Center  that have deep roots in the low-income communities ...
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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
The  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of America to launch the Block Builds Program and improve children’s ... an expanded partnership with CVS Health to deliver free flu vaccine vouchers to underserved communities, ...

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 ... March, the Board of Directors approved a series of grants to immediately support multiple elements of recovery, ... Point PHL is providing 2,000 meals per day at sites in Center City, Kensington and South Philadelphia. Many funders ...

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: CONNECTING MORE PEOPLE TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES 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
Via Inside Philanthropy | By Caitlin Reilly The Reinvestment Fund is coordinating efforts in several cities to expand access to high quality childcare using detailed ... the work includes collaborations with the William Penn Foundation in Philadelphia, the Richard W. Goldman Family ...
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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
PHILADELPHIA (June 17, 2021) – The William Penn Foundation today announced 90 grants totaling more than $8 million to support nonprofit organizations focused on families’ ... foster creativity that enhances civic life, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. In 2021, the ...

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 ... grant within six months. The goal of the initiative is to improve the health, safety and well-being outcomes for ... to collaborate with the Salem Health & Wellness Foundation, county stakeholders, young parents and their ...

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 ... (FCP) recently announced the award of a $75,000 grant to Souderton-based Along the Way in support of its Bucks ... 2nd and 3rd shifts. Along The Way started by providing free in-home childcare in 2016, serving only low-income ...

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 ... will receive a total of $192,000 in City funding to conduct grassroots outreach to maximize the number of ... work to make it permanent. According to research from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University, ...

National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... 941-893-1818   Grade-Level Reading Week in Philadelphia to focus on community solutions to help children succeed in ... PHILADELPHIA (July 19, 2018) – More than 700 educators, foundation executives and national leaders in early childhood ... Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is convening the weeklong event for funders, national and state leaders, partners in ...
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Philadelphia Health Partnership Designates Funds to Support the Launch of Two New Early Childhood Programs

Thursday, September 8, 2022
... and caregivers. PHP awarded a three-year $248,281 grant to PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) ... Board Chair of Philadelphia Health Partnership.“The Foundation has been focused on improving equity in health in ... and equitable early care and education. Education Law Center – A one-year program grant of $50,000 for legal ...

Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
R2S.png PHILADEPHIA, PA — (June 22, 2020) — The Read to Succeed Summer Program (R2S), a free program with a track record of boosting reading skills ... Philadelphia nonprofit funded in part by the William Penn Foundation, Waterman II Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation, ...
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23Jun2021

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, Grantmakers of ... Pennsylvania Grantmakers invite funders and practitioners to join us on Wednesday, June 23rd from 2:00 – 3:15 PM to ... and districts across the Commonwealth. The Education Law Center-PA and Public Interest Law Center filed a lawsuit in ...

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 ... for Kids Program recently presented a $1.63 million grant to Drexel University’s West Philadelphia Action for Early ... In addition to Vanguard’s grant, the William Penn Foundation also presented a three-year $987,000 grant to the ...
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Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
... for the School District of Philadelphia has awarded grants to 10 district elementary schools to enhance literacy ... $20,000 to nearly $75,000, are funded by the William Penn Foundation. The grants totaled $535,826. The Good to Great ... foster creativity that enhances civic life, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. In partnership with ...
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Op-Ed: Families Need Child Care Resources Now More than Ever

Child Care
Friday, October 16, 2020
... are working harder than ever. COVID-19 has not only proven to be a public health crisis, but it has exposed the existing ... partners need to ensure that this fact remains at the center of their discussions for how to help those ... also severely impacted by COVID-19.  Non-profits, philanthropy, government and local businesses can and must ...

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

Thursday, September 5, 2019
... Systems Integration: Leveraging Primary Care to Enhance Home Visiting and Other Early Childhood Supports," ... home visiting model will be led by PolicyLab, a research center at CHOP dedicated to informing practice and policy to ... research. Founded in 2008, PolicyLab is a Center of Emphasis within the CHOP Research Institute, one of ...
19Apr2021

Education Funders Meeting

Monday, April 19, 2021
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... Uri Monson , CFO for the School District of Philadelphia, to provide a high-level overview of how the American Rescue ... will facilitate the conversation. Please come ready to ask questions and engage. We will also take a few minutes ... as possible for all of you. This session is open to Philanthropy Network members. RELATED READING In $5.2B budget ...

New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... a sense of whimsy, A.J. has a serious task. He wants to transform your daily supermarket trip into a learning ... appears on small, laminated signs and prompts shoppers to play a quick game. One example: In the produce section of ... initiative doesn't require much money. The William Penn Foundation is spending $190,000 over two years to seed the ...
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