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City Launches Fund to Support Philadelphia Organizations Pursuing Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
... the Philadelphia Thriving Communities Bridge Fund to support local, community-based organizations in accessing ... “The Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program is an important step towards making federal funding and ... through funding programs in the Philadelphia region in arts and culture, children and families, democracy and civic ...
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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 ... in the region. The William Penn Foundation is instituting a broad set of changes — from the kinds of projects and ... of the family’s fourth generation. Preparation for an eventual generational handoff has been underway for a ...

The Foundation for Delaware County awards over $1M to local nonprofits, launches COVID-19 Response Fund

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
... for Delaware County awarded $1,055,488 in grant awards to 52 area nonprofits. Grants were awarded in the areas of ... census outreach. "Our grant awards could not have come at a more opportune time as we learn about nonprofits shifting ... challenges and will work with each organization on an individual basis." Learn more about the foundation's ...

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 ... in 2008. Each of the following organizations has received an award as determined by the vote of Impact100 members. ...

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 ... providing a variety of charitable services impacting the arts and culture, education, environment and vulnerable ... .  To create a fund or support an existing fund, contact Mandy Mundy at ...
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Knight Foundation invests $2.2 million in projects to advance Philadelphia’s public spaces and digital engagement

Photo courtesy Smith Memorial Playground
Friday, April 9, 2021
... In Philadelphia, Knight support will advance work to address these issues while also including residents in the ... of public spaces. “A truly thriving Philadelphia is an equitable Philadelphia,” said Ellen Hwang, Knight ... canopy along the community’s public right-of-way. Mural Arts Philadelphia – $250,000  To establish resident-led ...

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, ... $8 million in Relief and Recovery Support grants to local arts organizations. These unrestricted operating support ...

William Penn Foundation awards $2.6M to support River Alive! Project

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... a $2.6 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to open River Alive! – a landmark exhibition focusing on ... to the Delaware and its watershed. As well as being an economic driver through its port facilities, the River ...
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Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... for Rebuild, the city’s joint public-private partnership to revitalize parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and ... nonprofit  IMPACT Services  will deliver an improvement project at the Heitzman Recreation Center.  ... As these and other projects roll out, Philadelphia-area funders are invited to join your peers, including William ...

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 review and update the Foundation’s grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how our ...

William Penn Foundation Welcomes Stuart Clarke as New Program Director of Watershed Protection

Stuart A. Clarke
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
... areas of critical importance in the watershed; and efforts to broaden equitable public access to and engagement with the ... “He will be a valuable addition to our team and an important thought leader for the Foundation and the ... all,” said Jamie Baxter, Director of the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network. “He is a consummate thought leader who ...
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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 ... $100,000, as determined by the vote of Impact100 members. Arts & Culture Focus Area Finalist: Theatre Horizon Theatre ... power of storytelling to foster empathy and to create an inclusive home for artists, audiences, and students. They ...

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 ... over 36 months) People’s Emergency Center to pilot an evidence-based home visiting program designed to meet the ... neighborhood parks in West Philadelphia.   Village of Arts and Humanities, Inc. ($475,000 over 20 months) to ...

PAHWF Awards Over $1 Million in Fall Grant Round

Thursday, December 19, 2019
... Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded $1,126,826 to 37 nonprofits, schools, and municipalities during the fall ... to fund 26 projects.  These projects are intended to create and promote social networks involving healthy living. ... area’s online community, Mission Healthy Living, an initiative of PAHWF, to learn and share great information ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards over $1.4 million to community organizations

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation
Friday, August 20, 2021
... Area Health & Wellness Foundation awarded $1,451,405 to 33 nonprofits, schools, and municipalities during the ... to fund 16 projects.  These projects are intended to create and promote social networks involving healthy living. ... Purpose—General Operating Save Alliance Foundation  d.b.a. GreenAllies—The Community Empowerment Project: Building ...

William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed

Thursday, June 6, 2019
... four Great Leanring grants totaling more than $2.8 million to support education in Philadelphia. As part of the Creative ... to Shakespeare in Clark Park to support an expanded summer 2020 season to include two new works of ... operating support grants totalling $11.8 million to  arts and culture organizations in the region. This funding ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards over $1M in fall 2017 grant round

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
... during the fall grant round of fiscal year 2017-2018 to 30 non-profit organizations, schools and municipalities . ... Time Health * Wellness Council of Boyertown- Continuing to Create a Culture of Wellness YWCA Tri-County Area- Strategic ... area’s online community, Mission Healthy Living , an initiative of PAHWF, to learn and share great information ...

$10.6 Million Boost Will Close Key Gaps In Regional Circuit Trails Network

Friday, June 1, 2018
... partners in the regional Circuit Trails Coalition received a combined $10.6 million from the William Penn Foundation toward their continued work to build multi-use trails throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. With the goal of an 800-mile system of interconnected trails, 329 miles of The ...
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