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Bucks County Foundation Grants Boost Area Nonprofits

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
... Board of Directors awarded more than $157,000 in grants to Bucks County area nonprofits in 2024. The Foundation’s ... grant applications. The Foundation awarded funding to twelve selected nonprofits all providing a variety of ... Bucks County. Fall 2024 awards include a leadership gift to the Bucks County Children’s Museum to support the United ...
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William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
... recently awarded 22 grants, totaling almost $15 million, to support education in Philadelphia. Engaged Families grants ... and international practitioners, and sessions will explore how urban parks can advance local goals related to health, ... Red Flag Media ($150,000 over 24 months) for reporting and events via Grid Magazine that will connect a ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... OUR REVISED GRANTMAKING APPROACH: CONNECTING MORE PEOPLE TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES Last fall, we shared our plans to ... for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how our grantmaking should evolve to meet the changing needs ... inequities. And we will learn directly from you – the nonprofit leaders, community members, and organizations, ...

William Penn Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce more than $8 million in Covid-19 Relief and Recovery Grants

Philadelphia Orchestra by Jeff Fusco
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
To continue to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the William ... has partnered with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to collectively award more than $8 million in Relief and Recovery Support grants to local arts organizations. These unrestricted operating ...

Impact100 Philadelphia awards five grants totaling $284,750

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
... has announced the award of $284,750 in unrestricted funds to five nonprofit organizations in the region. Representing the ... giving of 302 women members, funds are being awarded to five nonprofit organizations. In addition, $4,000 has been ...

Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... ) initiative — From ‘Reimagining the  Civic Commons  to Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure.’ “Philadelphia has ... spaces,” McCaney said. “But for the city as a whole to thrive, these kinds of high quality public amenities must ... Parks and Recreation Department, Rebuild is intended to reimagine civic assets and triggered a $500 million ...
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One Year of Rebuild: Collaborating to Advance Opportunity, Engagement and Equity in Neighborhoods

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
9:00am - 11:00am
Free Library of Philadelphia
Rebuild is the City of Philadelphia’s initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neighborhood ... groundbreaking, we invite to join a conversation about how collaborative funding can advance individual funders’ ... , Community Development Director for Impact Services, a nonprofit managing Rebuild projects in Kensington and ...

William Penn Foundation, Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds

Thursday, June 27, 2024
... Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to giving in the region. The William Penn Foundation is ... projects and organizations it is interested in funding, to how groups may apply for money. Some of these shifts are ...

Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
... announced the eight organizations selected as Finalists to receive a total of $420,000 in funding in 2021. Core ... Finalist: Theatre Horizon Theatre Horizon’s mission is to use the transformative power of storytelling to foster empathy and to create an inclusive home for ...