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Roadmap for Growth event highlights business and school partnerships

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
... 29 at Girard College, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce hosted Roadmap for Growth: Exploring Business ... to invest in education because it means a stronger future workforce. PECO views investing at both ends of the ... of the program is available here.

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

Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Via The Philadelphia Inquirer The  U.S. Census Bureau report ... facing our city. Every day I am reminded that one in four of our residents lives in poverty — struggling to make ends meet, put food on the table, and keep a roof over their heads. I see it on my weekly visits to ...

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 children ... Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is convening the weeklong event for funders, national and state leaders, partners in ... in the effort to share successful practices in a series of presentations, discussions and panels. Representatives ...
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Special Funder Briefing: City of Philadelphia FY 2022 Budget

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
In the face of declining revenues, increased community needs due to ... Five-Year budget plan . The updated strategy outlines Philadelphia’s COVID recovery efforts while addressing ... City's Fiscal Year 2022 budget considerations, followed by a participatory discussion with funders. MATERIALS ...

Impact100 Philadelphia awards five grants totaling $284,750

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Philadelphia, PA — Impact100 Philadelphia has announced the award of $284,750 in unrestricted funds to five nonprofit ... determined by the vote of Impact100 members. Rock to the Future Grant Amount: $28,250 Focus Area: Arts & Culture Rock ...

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

Thursday, February 17, 2022
Press release Philadelphia (February 17, 2022) – Today, FCM Hospitality (FCM), and eight of the hospitality company’s restaurants - Liberty Point, ... of this experience. "These students might be some of our future staff members and Philadelphia’s next restaurant ...

Wawa Donates 3,000 Appreciation Kits to the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to Distribute to The School District of Philadelphia Essential Employees

Wawa and The Fund for the SDP
Monday, March 15, 2021
SDP_WawaDonations.jpg PHILADELPHIA—(March 12, 2021)--To mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wawa and The Fund for the School ... the urging of the School District itself, wanted to find a way to acknowledge the work done by support staff over the ...
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Philanthropy represented on new Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention

Philadelphia City Council
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Despite a recent deduction in Philadelphia’s official poverty rate, the city continues to see the highest rate of concentrated poverty of any major U.S. city. Earlier this ...

Nine School District of Philadelphia Schools Awarded “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

The Fund for the SDP
Thursday, May 21, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, PA—(May 21, 2020)— The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia has awarded grants to nine School District of ... specific student populations. The funded initiatives have a particular focus on grade-level reading proficiency by ...
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Pew Awards $3.25M to Philadelphia Nonprofits to Support Students and Address Food Insecurity

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... will grow to serve 5,000 students; launch an evaluation of the program model; identify new or expanded revenue ... while positively impacting Philadelphia in the future. Additionally, our venture grant to Sharing Excess ...

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

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, April 3, 2020 —   The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia announced today it has received a $100,000 ... they need now will ensure that they are prepared for the future."  “Amid all the challenges of this crisis, I’m ...
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Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $500,000 Grant to Elevate 215 in Support of Philadelphia Education

Friday, December 22, 2023
... learning outcomes and build a diverse teacher workforce in Philadelphia. The investment in Philadelphia education will provide support for a number of Elevate 215’s core initiatives, which aim to improve ...
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The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia School announces $5M gift for laptops to get students online

The Fund for the SDP
Friday, March 27, 2020
... The Roberts Family Donates $5 Million For Laptops to Help Philadelphia Students Start Online Classes by Mid-April Funding Will Help Support the Purchase of 50,000 Chromebooks by The Philadelphia School District for ... District of Philadelphia announced today it has received a $5 million contribution from Aileen and Brian Roberts, and ...

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
Press release via The Pew Charitable Trusts PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded a total of $5.41 million in grants to five Philadelphia nonprofits to ... the zoo to adjust its revenue model to better weather future challenges and to position it over time to boost ...

The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia Awards Grants Designed to Increase Projects in STEM and Inspire Black, Latinx and Female Students

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, PA—(June 17, 2021)— The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia has announced 16 winning public-school ... High School, Northeast Philadelphia, High School of the Future, West Philadelphia; and Samuel Fels High School, ...

City of Philadelphia Launches “PHLConnectED”

Thursday, August 6, 2020
Read the full press release here . Coalition of Business, Nonprofit, Philanthropic, and Civic Leaders ... Partner with the City to Provide Support The City of Philadelphia today announced  PHLConnectED , a collaboration to connect up to 35,000 low-income K-12 ...

Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education

Cross Sector Collaborations for Education
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01/2020
... pages, PDF) While cross-sector collaborations in support of local education reform show promise, they also often face challenges. A new report from Teachers College, Columbia ... that view collaboration as a distraction, to the expense of setting up effective data management systems, to engaging ...
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