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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
... District’s 150 elementary schools and an estimated 40,000 kindergarten to third-grade students.  The partnership ... in the United States, there is just one book for every 300 children, compared to middle-income families who, on ... throughout Philadelphia schools and be part of this city’s concerted efforts to increase early ...
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Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact

Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact
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11/2021
... program, Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA . Along with updates on the status of the Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit, speakers will ... Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA, Part 2: Framing the Impact ...

Bank of America Commits Support to Help Philadelphia Students Start Remote-Learning Classes by Mid-April

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
... of Philadelphia announced today it has received a $100,000 contribution from Bank of America to give laptops to ... have the equipment they need to begin participating in remote learning. This gift from Bank of America will ... Philadelphia is integral to our community and all of our city’s children deserve the opportunity to be ...
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Pew Awards $5.41 Million to Five Philadelphia Nonprofits to Address Human, Economic Impacts of COVID-19

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Friday, April 9, 2021
... today that it has awarded a total of $5.41 million in grants to five Philadelphia nonprofits to address ... Philadelphia has received a Pew Fund venture grant of $250,000 over two years to provide full-day academic support and ... over two years to help meet the health needs of the city’s growing Latino immigrant communities—which already ...

FCM Hospitality and 8 Philadelphia restaurants donate to School District’s Culinary Arts Program in 12 schools

Thursday, February 17, 2022
... Street Pier, Craft Hall and Juno - announced their $50,000 donation of necessary food and supplies to all twelve culinary arts programs in the School District of Philadelphia (the District ). ... most popular permanent and temporary venues in the city. The donation includes proceeds and funds from eight of ...

Independence Blue Cross Foundation Collaborates with Temple University to Create a Pathway to Nursing for Students of Color

Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
... for students of color pursuing a  Bachelor of Science in Nursing  (BSN) degree at Temple University. In addition ... community. The Foundation has awarded more than $55M in grants to nonprofits and academic institutions in the ... comprised of nearly 170 full-time faculty and more than 4,300 students who embrace public health as a catalyst for ...
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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
... 2021) – The William Penn Foundation today announced 90 grants totaling more than $8 million to support nonprofit ... of organizations providing access to healthy food, support for families to stay in their homes, and enhanced K-12 learning opportunities. ...

Opinion | Solving Philly’s poverty issues takes consistent, relentless effort by Mayor Jim Kenney

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
... generational poverty is the greatest challenge facing our city. Every day I am reminded that one in four of our ... Beverage Tax (PBT) to provide quality pre-K to more than 5,000 children each year. Research tells us that quality early ... into new, City-supported affordable homes and more than 300 more homes are under construction. We're preserving more ...

Vanguard awards $1.63M to childhood learning effort

Friday, April 27, 2018
... with children and families at the Drexel Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. The program is funded by ... help to improve the quality of early childhood education in the West Philadelphia Promise Zone, according to a press ... William Penn Foundation also presented a three-year $987,000 grant to the Action for Early Learning initiative. Carra ...
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Pennsylvania establishes blueprint for successful collegiate recovery programs

Thursday, September 22, 2022
... — September 22, 2022 — The Association of Recovery in Higher Education ( ARHE ) announced yesterday that ... has the nation’s most and is the fastest growing state for collegiate recovery programs (CRPs), which support ... will have awarded nearly $70 million in charitable grants and to research in southeastern Pennsylvania. Learn ...

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 ... will arrive in Philadelphia beginning Tuesday, July 24 for Grade-Level Reading Week (GLR Week in Philadelphia), the ... is not only a great host community, but throughout the city many people and organizations are active in advancing ...
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Can one business improve schools with a single donation? It's happened before | Donna Frisby-Greenwood

Thursday, April 5, 2018
... Philadelphia’s public schools, it’s hard not to be in awe of the San Francisco company  Ripple  and its  $29 ... site DonorsChoose.org. The result? More than 35,000 teacher requests were instantly fully funded. And more ...
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Ruch Family Foundation Awards Richard R. Ruch Scholarship to Deserving College Student

Chester County Community Foundation
Thursday, June 25, 2020
... County Community Foundation (CCCF) is pleased to hold in trust the inaugural Richard R. Ruch scholarship awarded by ... Ruch’s late son, Richard, a $5000 scholarship per year for up to 4 years will now be awarded to deserving children ... $70 million in trust and annually awards $3.5 million in grants and scholarships. www.chescocf.org .   Ruch Family ...
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William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how ... our grantmaking should evolve to meet the changing needs of communities across the region. After a comprehensive ...
11Jun2020

Education Funders COVID-19 Meeting

Thursday, June 11, 2020
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Video Conference
... Funders invites you to join us on June 11, 2:00 – 3:00PM for a discussion on the education-related inequalities that ... is increasing social inequalities, particularly for people of color and lower-income communities. As education funders, ... This discussion will focus on two major current concerns in education: the digital divide and mental health in K-12 ...
20May2020

Weekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #10

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
10:15am - 11:15am
Video Conference
... global pandemic and the effect the outbreak is having in our own region, we hope you are all taking the necessary ... region. These calls will provide an opportunity for funders to update each other on the rapidly developing ... COVID-19 Fund Variety Show Fundraiser , Olivia Baackes, City of Philadelphia Affordable Housing Fund - Andrew ...

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