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Pew Awards $4.25 Million to 4 Philadelphia Nonprofits to Expand Economic Opportunities and Address Growing Impacts of Community Violence

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... the growing impact of violence on local residents. The awards include a grant to University City District’s West ... Initiative to help create paths to economic mobility for nearly 2,500 residents throughout the city. Three ... Services (Pew Fund) growth grant totaling $3.5 million over five years to expand its successful workforce training ...

City of Philadelphia Selected for $1 Million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge Grant to Fund Temporary Public Art Project that Addresses Gun Violence in Germantown

Bloomberg Art Challenge
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
... announced today that it has been selected to receive $1,000,000 as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art ... the project.   “Poetry will be a powerful outlet for the Germantown community to collectively process and mend ... the City of Philadelphia.
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City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... today announced the launch of the 2023 grant cycle for the  Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund) , a ... City government, regional funders, and the  Scattergood Foundation , focused on building resilience and improving ... programs and organizations will receive funding.  “Over the last five years, we have seen how community-driven ...

New coalition to tackle Philadelphia's gun violence

Sharman Matlock-Turner, president and CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition
Sunday, November 20, 2022
... Naiser Warren-Robinson As gun violence and crime continues to plague the city of Philadelphia, businesses, nonprofits, ... do to help curb the issue. In response, the Philadelphia Foundation and the William Penn Foundation, in partnership ... Danielle Outlaw have expressed their appreciation for the coalition, welcoming the support in efforts to end ...

City Announces Final Round of Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program Awardees

Wednesday, December 8, 2021
... organizations that will collectively receive more than $7 million in funding, bringing the total amount distributed ... through this program to the total $13.5 million allocated for the Community Expansion Grant program. The final awardees ... Grants, including $13.5 for Community Expansion Grant awards. This is a major piece of the historic $155.7 million ...
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12Jul2023

Courageous Conversations about Gun Violence in Pennsylvania

Wednesday, July 12, 2023
12:00pm - 2:15pm
Free Library of Philadelphia, Skyline Room
According to CeaseFirePA , 1,600 Pennsylvanians die from gun violence every year. 3,000 ... Person Arts, Philly’s premiere storytelling nonprofit, for a boxed lunch and EXPERIENCE their powerful gun violence ... Our City, Joel Seay of the Jarell Seay Love and Laughter Foundation and Anton Moore founder of Unity in the ...