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William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
In November 2019, the William Penn Foundation Board of Directors approved grants of nearly $20 ... recently awarded 22 grants, totaling almost $15 million, to support education in Philadelphia. Engaged Families grants ... families. ($683,208 over 36 months) People’s Emergency Center to pilot an evidence-based home visiting program ...

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 Penn Foundation has partnered with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ... The Philadelphia Orchestra performs on stage at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. Photo credit: Jeff Fusco ...

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 improve children’s ... an expanded partnership with CVS Health to deliver free flu vaccine vouchers to underserved communities, ...

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

Stuart A. Clarke
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Press release via the William Penn Foundation Clarke_WPF.jpg PHILADELPHIA (July 28, 2021) – ... areas of critical importance in the watershed; and efforts to broaden equitable public access to and engagement with the ... of Strategic Initiatives at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies, where he led strategic ...
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William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Via William Penn Foundation WPF new funding areas_horiz.png   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 ...

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

Thursday, June 6, 2019
The William Penn Foundation announced their recently approved grants including ... four Great Leanring grants totaling more than $2.8 million to support education in Philadelphia. As part of the Creative ... building on its strong history of drawing audiences to its free performances in West Philadelphia's Clark Park.  The ...

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

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
... been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to open River Alive! – a landmark exhibition focusing on ... foster creativity that enhances civic life, and advance philanthropy in the Philadelphia region. In partnership with ...
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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
... — April 8, 2021 — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $2.2 million investment in nine Philadelphia projects. Knight Foundation’s new support will bolster local programs that ... In Philadelphia, Knight support will advance work to address these issues while also including residents in the ...

Bucks County Foundation Grants Boost Area Nonprofits

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The Bucks County Foundation (BCF) and its Board of Directors awarded more than $157,000 in grants to Bucks County area nonprofits in 2024. The Foundation’s ... quality of life in Bucks County by encouraging permanent philanthropy, the Foundation offers donors, their families, ...
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Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards over $1.4 million to community organizations

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation
Friday, August 20, 2021
... Aug. 20, 2021—The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awarded $1,451,405 to 33 nonprofits, schools, and municipalities during the ... Program Boyertown Area Multi-Service—Ricketts Center Camp Rainbow—Life Skills Development Chester County ...

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

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
... December 6, 2017 – The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded $1,048,204 in grant requests during the fall grant round of fiscal year 2017-2018 to 30 non-profit organizations, schools and municipalities . ... Railroad Preservation Trust- Community Recreation Center in Memorial Park PRIORITY #1C: Creating and promoting ...

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

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
In its second major round of grantmaking, The Foundation for Delaware County awarded $1,055,488 in grant awards to 52 area nonprofits. Grants were awarded in the areas of ... response to the COVID-19 crises,” says Frances Sheehan, foundation president. “The foundation has committed to ...

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 instituting a broad set of changes — from the ...

Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
... the Kenney Administration’s signature initiative to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in neighborhood ... centers, and libraries. “Rebuild is an opportunity to show our communities that their city is invested in them ... and organizations in leading capital projects and the introduction of inventive programming. To learn more about ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... Philanthropy Network with the support of William Penn Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has ... for Rebuild, the city’s joint public-private partnership to revitalize parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and ... for major improvements to the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center in North Philadelphia and the Heitzman Recreation ...

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

Monday, October 2, 2017
... sessions ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of ... ) initiative — From ‘Reimagining the  Civic Commons  to Rebuilding Civic Infrastructure.’ “Philadelphia has ... attention in recent years because of the renaissance of Center City, which was partly driven by a major investment in ...

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 ... and transformed their lobby into an online learning center 24/7 for students in grades K-7. Education Focus Area ... people, continue to expand; recent activities include free swim classes at the West Philly YMCA and Community ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
... hundreds of millions of dollars in capital improvements to neighborhood parks, recreation centers, and libraries. ... and Economic Development for the People’s Emergency Center before joining Rebuild in 2016. Prior to that, she ... a historic $100 million commitment from the William Penn Foundation.  “Rebuild came to Moss this spring and hit the ...

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 ... giving of 302 women members, funds are being awarded to five nonprofit organizations. In addition, $4,000 has been ...

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