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The Fund for Women and Girls Awards $15,600 to Create Change

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... (July 26, 2023) – The Fund for Women and Girls recently awarded $15,600 in grants to two local organizations – ... in Chester County. Cheyney University - Period Poverty Project ($7,500):  Cheyney University is partnering with the ... benefits in May. To date, The Fund has directed over $4.2 million to 95 non-profit organizations in Chester County ...
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Racial EquitySocial JusticeWomen and Girls

In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... they’ll work together to cover the state capital. The project, Spotlight PA , is the second recent collaboration ... government coverage. Last week, three news organizations in Oregon announced  the Oregon Capital Bureau . In 2014, a ... Media and Communication. The project has so far raised $1 million dollars toward its three-year goal of $2 million ...

The Fund for Women and Girls' Girls Philanthropy Program Awards Grants

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... them.  Over 18 years, GAB youth philanthropists have awarded more than $300,000 to agencies that target the needs ... through their Healthy Start program. Domestic Violence Center of Chester County received a $5,000 grant .  With ... Impact Grant awards. To date, The Fund has directed over $4 million to 86 non-profit organizations to strategically ...

Impact100 Philadelphia Awards $382,500 in Funding to Five Area Nonprofits

Impact100 Philadelphia 2019 Grant Awards
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
... Impact100 Philadelphia’s total giving to over $3.1 million dollars since its founding in 2008. Impact100’s ... Mission Grants of $100,000 Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project launched in 2014 to disrupt the way that sentencing ... to structured supports and services.   The Education Law Center’ s mission is to ensure access to a quality public ...
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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Focus on Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Arts and History Organizations in 2021

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
... PCAH2015.jpeg PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 19, 2021)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) has announced that ... effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, pivoting from its usual project grants for individual public programs and events. The ... period as more resilient and sustainable and will be awarded to those seeking to adapt and reshape their ...

Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... over the past half century, Lawncrest the city rec center has — for better and for worse — remained largely ... the community garden (just a few years old), the Lawncrest Recreation Center is almost exactly the same today as it was ... after work and school. Hackett and McDonald credit the rebuild for the transformation, and something else: their own ...

More Than $1 Million in Fellowships Awarded to 12 BIPOC Artists Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Program

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
... PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 6, 2022) — The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in collaboration with The Barra ... on the artists follows below. These fellowships are awarded as part of the regional component of America’s ... artist; executive director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project  Wit López : multidisciplinary visual artist, ...
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William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

Tuesday, November 19, 2024
... 2024 – The William Penn Foundation (WPF) recently awarded $8 million to the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (PCF) to manage a ... organizations with small operating budgets under $1.5 million. “Many small arts and culture organizations have ...
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TD Charitable Foundation Awards $7 million in Grants to 37 Non-Profits Supporting Housing for Marginalized Communities

TD Housing for Everyone
Friday, May 17, 2024
... America's Most Convenient Bank® , today announced it awarded a total of $7 million to 37 non-profits across the ... $175,000 Fort Lauderdale Independence Training & Education Center, Inc . (Ft. Lauderdale) – $175,000 Grand Avenue ... – $150,000 Michigan – Grant totaling $250,000 Pope Francis Center (Detroit) – $250,000 New Hampshire – ...
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Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $6 Million from William Penn Foundation for Workforce Development and Pandemic Recovery Efforts

William Penn Foundation
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
... basic needs. These grants follow more than $8 million awarded in the  first half of 2021  as part of the ... America   Beyond Literacy   Big Picture Philadelphia   Center for Employment Opportunities   Community Integrated ...   Legal Clinic for the Disabled   Movement Alliance Project (Camp Sojourner)   Philadelphia HUNE, Inc.   ...

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

Wednesday, July 20, 2022
... Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded $4.25 million to four Philadelphia nonprofits working to close ... new or emerging issues. Kristin Romens, the Pew Fund’s project director, said of the grants, “Pew is pleased to ...

Fels Fund Awards Arts & Culture Grants

Samuel S. Fels Fund
Friday, June 29, 2018
... Girls Rock Philly Intercultural Journeys, Inc. Jazz Bridge Project Just Act Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble ... Inc. Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement Scribe Video Center, Inc. Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc. Twelve Gates Arts In addition, three advocacy/organizing groups were awarded grants for a one-year cycle: Education Law Center ...

Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets

Lenfest Institute logo
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
... highlights of the Institute’s work, including  a $40 million matching gift program  to support local news and  a ... one recent Lenfest Institute program as “ a kick in the pants to America’s metro newspapers .” Last week, ... Maria Archangelo, wrote in an email that the Notebook’s project is the result of analysis of school data that ...
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PHLove Variety Show Raises Over $1.5 Million For PHL COVID-19 Fund Rapid Response Effort; 6th Round of Grant Recipients Announced

PHL Covid-19 Fund
Thursday, May 28, 2020
... regional organizations. Additionally, this week the Fund awarded $2.3 million to 85 nonprofits serving on the ... pandemic in the region, like Children's Crisis Treatment Center (CCTC) and Easterseals New Jersey – two ... In Partnership $50,000 Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project $30,000 Pennsylvania Prison Society $40,000 ...
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Philly groups offer $9 million in funding for nonprofits celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States

Fireworks_Wawa Welcome America
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
... groups are offering area nonprofits a total of $9 million in funding to help celebrate. That funding comes in the form ... will commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. “The Funder Collaborative aims to support ...

Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Philadelphia-Area Cultural Groups and Artists

BalletX company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow’s Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of BalletX.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
... of BalletX.  PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 24, 2024)—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage (the Center) announced today that it has awarded  $10.2 million to 39 Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and artists , including $3.5 million to help ensure the future of several of the most ...
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Douty Foundation releases $1.5 million in emergency funding amid COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... (April 6, 2020) – Since 1968, The Douty Foundation has awarded grants to small grassroots organizations and ... releasing more than 25% of its investment corpus, $1.5 million, to respond to the immediate and emergent needs of ... Foundation joins the Council on Foundations, National Center for Responsive Philanthropy and Grantmakers for ...

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
... organizations, and small creative enterprises have been  awarded a total of $1,500,000 through the 2022 Illuminate the ... version of this initiative, will continue to be a project of the city. An arts-rich Philadelphia is a better ... the arts following this challenging period, the Arts Center's presence as a voice and a resource for ...

$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

Coronavirus Testing by Tim Tai - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... providers on Wednesday announced the creation of the $2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to ... $2.5 million, $750,000 is dedicated to grants that will be awarded via an application process detailed below. The ...

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