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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 collectively award more than $8 million in Relief and Recovery Support grants to local arts organizations. These ... the funding collaboration with the Mellon Foundation for Philadelphia arts organizations, William Penn's board of directors also approved Relief and Recovery ...

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 ...

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

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
... more opportune time as we learn about nonprofits shifting from programming to survival in response to the COVID-19 crises,” says Frances Sheehan, foundation ... on an individual basis." Learn more about the foundation's competitive awardees and census grantees . The above grant ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... professionals, citizen advocates and industry suppliers from around the country. The premier annual meeting of the ... hundreds of education sessions and the industry’s largest trade show showcasing the products and services of ... Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Community Infrastructure ( Rebuild ) ...

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
Knight_SmithPlaygorund.jpg PHILADELPHIA — April 8, 2021 — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $2.2 ... drivers and decision-makers of the change and to benefit from the opportunities that come from development.”  ...

Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Impact100 Philadelphia announced the eight organizations selected as ... Focus Area Finalist: Theatre Horizon Theatre Horizon’s mission is to use the transformative power of storytelling ... serving time behind bars. They support women in reentry, from the time of release, to establish and achieve goals ...

Impact100 Philadelphia awards five grants totaling $284,750

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Philadelphia, PA — Impact100 Philadelphia has announced the ... million to regional nonprofits since the organization’s founding in 2008. Each of the following organizations has ... for over 1,100 Philadelphia County children and teens from under-resourced zip codes in schools, community ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... with the support of William Penn Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has been at the forefront ... recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across Philadelphia.  We are committed to galvanizing the ... but they deserve more. This week Rebuild announced the first grant awards to nonprofit partners, granting a total of ...

Philadelphia: Building a Stronger City Through Public Spaces

Thursday, May 24, 2018
In this post Patrick Morgan , program director for Philadelphia at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, reflects on the role of ... and engaged communities, and how recent investments in Philadelphia are creating deeper connections between people ...
22Jan2020

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 ... driving change on a much larger scale. Join us to hear from a panel of partner organizations that are working with ...

William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
... totaling almost $15 million, to support education in Philadelphia. Engaged Families grants were awarded to: ... service agencies. ($716,500 over 36 months)   Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation to develop, pilot, and ... who are raising their grandchildren. Learnings from the report will be shared with the broader Philadelphia ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... 267-251-3064, maita.soukup@phila.gov   Rebuild2.jpg PHILADELPHIA - Managing Director Brian Abernathy today ... Kira Strong as the new Executive Director of the City’s Rebuild initiative. Strong has served in that role in an ... tax funding and a historic $100 million commitment from the William Penn Foundation.  “Rebuild came to Moss ...

PAHWF Awards Over $1 Million in Fall Grant Round

Thursday, December 19, 2019
... Services of Montgomery County—Strengthening Pottstown's Families Project Family Services of Montgomery ... Homes) New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran Church—Peer Recovery Support Program Pottstown Area Police Athletic ... Athletic Club—Fitnesstown USA V Pottstown Branch- Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA—Strength through Sports ...

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

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation
Friday, August 20, 2021
... Bank, and Period Supplies Programs Pottstown Children’s Discovery Center—Pottstown Children's Discovery Center ... physical and emotional health. Creative Health Services—COVID Relief & Recovery Fund Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester ...

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

Thursday, June 27, 2024
By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to giving in the region. ... Penn Foundation is instituting a broad set of changes — from the kinds of projects and organizations it is interested ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Press Release   Rebuild Hancock Playground.png PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Kenney alongside Council President ... is made possible by Rebuild, the Kenney Administration’s signature initiative to invest hundreds of millions of ... centers and libraries. Proposed in Mayor Jim Kenney’s first budget as a part of his vision for a more equitable ...

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

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
PHILADELPHIA, PA (December 5, 2017)  –  Independence ... Seaport Museum  has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to open River Alive! – a ... Museum. “It will continue to connect us with the area’s waterways by showcasing the importance of the Delaware ...
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