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The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Announce Awards from the $1.5 Million 2022 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 8, 2022
... Culture Task Force (Task Force) are pleased to announce that 934 of Philadelphia’s individual artists, small and ... and small creative enterprises have been  awarded a total of $1,500,000 through the 2022 Illuminate the Arts ... through the 2022 Illuminate the Arts Grant. This is a 45 percent increase in awardees from the 645 awardees ...

CCFWG’S 4th Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Chester County Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

2020 COC Collage
Thursday, November 12, 2020
... of Change Event on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, in a virtual format. The event raised over $27,000 in support of ... “The collective goal of our programs is to create new avenues for women to learn our industry and to advance ... of us are blessed with people and resources in our lives that serve as our lighthouse. Not everybody has that… I ...

City Announces $1 Million Investment in Organizations Developing Innovative Workforce Solutions

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... and workforce development partners—today announced a renewed strategic commitment to address workforce ... challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and that have been exacerbated by long-standing racial inequity ... Authority will utilize the funds to develop and launch the new Green Retrofit Immersive Training (GRIT) Program, which ...

Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... and philanthropy responded by establishing more than a dozen charitable funds to support the community. Within ... fourth highest COVID-19 death rate across the 10 counties. Giving in counties outside of Philadelphia was mostly aligned ... with some exceptions. For example, Cumberland County in New Jersey had the lowest grant awards per capita ($0.62) but ...

Reggie Shuford Appointed President and CEO of the Independence Foundation

Reginald T. Shuford
Monday, January 13, 2025
... will begin his post on February 18, 2025. He stated: “As a former grantee, I have admired the Independence ... am absolutely thrilled Reggie Shuford has agreed to be our new leader and confident he will move the Foundation forward ... Scholars, an organization based in Wilmington, N.C., that gives grants to marginalized high school students on ...
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YOUTHadelphia 2019 Announces $60,000 In Grants

Thursday, May 16, 2019
... of nonprofit finances and outreach,” said Pedro A. Ramos, Philadelphia Foundation President & CEO. “We ... in philanthropy with youth involved in the Teen Giving Project of the Jewish Federation of Philadelphia. ... Eagles and the Philadelphia Phillies when they built their new stadiums. Grants are made to organizations within the ...
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Philadelphia to benefit from $100M Starbucks initiative to advance racial equity

Starbucks
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... will be one of the first cities to benefit from a $100 million Starbucks initiative meant to "advance racial ... Color (BIPOC) neighborhoods." The company also announced that it is partnering with the Smithsonian’s National ... Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, ...

Bank of America Commits Support to Help Philadelphia Students Start Remote-Learning Classes by Mid-April

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
... District of Philadelphia announced today it has received a $100,000 contribution from Bank of America to give laptops ... community to address the impact of the coronavirus.” The new laptops will be distributed along with the laptops ... home,” said Superintendent William R. Hite, Jr. ,Ed.D. " Giving students the resources, tools, and confidence they ...
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Parks & Rec and RecPhilly announce the 10 local entrepreneurs selected as finalists for Making Space program

Wednesday, March 1, 2023
... Commissioner of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. The new entrepreneur-in-residence program attracted more than 600 ... invited to run their business in under-utilized space in a Philadelphia recreation center. In exchange, the ... really excited and inspired by the Making Space finalists that I’ve been working with and coaching through this ...

Carrolle Perry Devonish, former director of the Philadelphia Foundation and celebrated philanthropy expert, has died at 85

Carrolle Perry Devonish
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
... philanthropy, and mentor, died Wednesday, May 3, of a heart condition while traveling in Bogota, Colombia. Mrs. ... of philanthropists with community service organizations that addressed inequities regarding education, arts and ... “African Americans were seen as recipients of giving and not necessarily the givers,” she said in 2008. ...

Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
... in response to COVID-19. Many of these businesses that have been deemed ‘not essential’ by the Department ... halted, even as cities and whole states are on lockdown. A majority of those jobs are held by women. In fact, one in ... by women has been designated as essential according to a  New York Times  analysis  of census data crossed with the ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia announces Mariah Casias as Vice President, Learning & Evaluation

Mariah Casias
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
... Philadelphia is pleased to announce Mariah Casias as our new Vice President of Learning and Evaluation. In this ... She also recently contributed to research on guidance for giving and grantmaking during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ... with Bread & Roses Community Fund and has volunteered for a range of community programs in the Philadelphia region. She ...
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PHLCares Presents $500,000 in Grants to Four Philadelphia Homeless Service Organizations

Friday, February 25, 2022
PHILADELPHIA - PHL Cares fund of Philadelphia Foundation, a business-led initiative investing in solutions to ... Convention Center Authority, PREIT, and Wawa. Its goal is to bring the city’s business community together to ... help individuals experiencing homelessness. It is our hope that these grants provide opportunities to the non-profits to ...
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$9 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Supports 28 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Pew Fellow Pepón Osorio, My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente, 2023, installation view at the New Museum, New York. Photo by Liz Ligon.
Thursday, September 14, 2023
40 new grants will fund artists and public events that connect art with healing, explore cultural identity, and ... “From contemplating experiences of living through a pandemic to interpreting multifaceted cultural identities, ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity announces the Judy Spangler Memorial Scholarship

Judy Spangler
Monday, May 8, 2023
... - The Alliance for Health Equity is honored to announce a new scholarship opportunity, the Judy Spangler Memorial ... Judy's vibrant, joyful and intentional leadership that had a monumental impact on the lives of many.   I had ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... their scope of support for the legal aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to nearly 40 ... support for legal services agencies in Philadelphia that provide access to free or low-cost legal services via ... legal matters in the public interest. "The Bar Foundation is in a unique position to identify sector-wide needs and ...

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