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William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Press Release PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2020)  – William Penn Foundation ... Philadelphians of COVID-19 and the economic shutdown. In its fifth special meeting since March, the Board of Directors ... supports this summer. Grants were awarded to: The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium  of the non-profit ...

The Lenfest Institute announces $1.3 million in grants to support The Philadelphia Inquirer’s community-focused journalism

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Thursday, May 20, 2021
LenfestInst_May2021grants.png PHOTO: Heather Khalifa/Philadelphia Inquirer (May 20, 2021) The Lenfest Institute ... age. The Institute supports The Inquirer primarily through grantmaking targeted at product development and revenue ... other community news and information outlets, as part of its larger mission to ensure that all Philadelphians have the ...

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces Over $10.2 Million in Pandemic Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Organizations and Fellowships for Artists

Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
Thursday, September 9, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (Sept. 9, 2021)—The Pew Center for Arts & ... of a digital platform were informed by the success of its online presentations during pandemic-related public ... as a DJ, storyteller, and educator seeks to amplify Black culture and musical traditions.   Kambel Smith , who ...

The Giant Company and its Customers Raise $3.3 Million to Fight Food Insecurity in Local School Districts

Monday, May 17, 2021
CARLISLE, Pa., May 14, 2021 – Through its new Feeding School Kids initiative, The GIANT Company ... was formally announced today at James R. Ludlow School in Philadelphia with the help of The School District of Philadelphia School and Fund, who received more than $414,000 ...

Comcast RISE Investment Fund to Provide Additional $1 Million In Grants To Support Philadelphia Small Businesses

Monday, May 16, 2022
... country since the program’s inception just 18 months ago PHILADELPHIA – May 12, 2022 – Comcast announced today a ... of small businesses owned by people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian American owners, and ... the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, and its creative agency, Mnemonic, are designed to help ...

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Philly Counts announce third-round COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund grant recipients

COVID-19 PR Fund Round 3 Grant Recipents
Thursday, November 4, 2021
PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia’s Philly Counts ... related to COVID-19. In late October, the Fund awarded its third round of grants totaling $170,500 to 52 nonprofit ... as a catalyst for collective action, effective giving and positive change in Greater Philadelphia, and to ...

Wells Fargo's $425,000 grant to FINANTA will help expand its Affinity Group Lending program

Wells Fargo check presentation to FINANTA
Friday, October 4, 2019
... Affinity Group Lending model to up to 450 entrepreneurs in Philadelphia while also replicating the model in Alabama, ... Wells Fargo's $425,000 grant to FINANTA will help expand its Affinity Group Lending program ...
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The Philadelphia Cultural Fund distributes $2.67 million to a diverse mix of arts & culture organizations

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
... THE DIVERSE MIXTURE OF ARTS PROGRAMS ENRICHING CITY LIFE PHILADELPHIA — In a City Hall ceremony, hundreds of Philadelphia arts and culture organizations received 2.67 ... culture organization in the City which has demonstrated by its mission, programming, art-related work product, or ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... Foundation WPF new funding areas_horiz.png   OUR REVISED GRANTMAKING APPROACH: CONNECTING MORE PEOPLE TO MORE ... shared our plans to review and update the Foundation’s grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for ... in the coming weeks and months. Together, we can build Philadelphia’s future. CONTINUE READING >> William Penn ...

Bartol Foundation Awards 18 Grants to Philadelphia Arts & Cultural Organizations

Danse4Nia
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Philadelphia, PA—The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation ... and audiences to the roster of grantees:  Danse4Nia for its multicultural, contemporary modern dance company; ... of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and Founder of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.  “In this current climate, ...
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New report outlines the scale and scope of employer-driven philanthropy and volunteerism in Philadelphia

Report Cover - How Employers Give
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
... [May 15, 2019]  The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia are pleased to release “ How Employers Give: A ... The report provides data on how much employers are giving, the number of hours employees have spent ...

GSK Announces $10M Program to Advance Black People, Latinx People, Women in STEM

STEM Equity
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
RELATED COVERAGE: A $10 million pledge to get more Philly Black, Latinx people, women in STEM careers by Kristen A. Graham for the Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA | Global healthcare company GSK today announced ...

Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... will join the organization as vice president for Philadelphia programs, effective Oct. 3, 2022. In this role, ... that will strengthen the future of the city and its residents, which will serve to enhance Pew’s work in ... role, Frisby-Greenwood will oversee Pew’s portfolio of grantmaking and programmatic work in Philadelphia, which ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s YOUTHadelphia grants help Philly youth initiatives

Monday, May 28, 2018
Via The Philadelphia Tribune | By Eric Moody   Six local non-profit ... organizations received grants totaling $50,000 from The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children’s YOUTHadelphia program. The Philadelphia Foundation provides grants to low-income ...

The Philadelphia Foundation Hosts Inspiring Exhibition of Art Created by Individuals Living with Dementia

Monday, September 10, 2018
Press release via The Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (9/10/2018) – The Philadelphia Foundation ... organization will showcase a vibrant new art exhibit in its offices as part of a partnership with ARTZ ...
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Dr. L. Joy Gates Black named to the Board of Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation

Dr. L. Joy Gates Black
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
... is pleased to announce the election of Dr. L. Joy Gates Black to the Foundation’s Board of Directors.  “We are delighted to welcome Dr. Gates Black to the Crozer-Keystone Community Foundation Board,” ... president of Delaware County Community College since its founding.  She is the first woman and the first African ...
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Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge

Thursday, October 8, 2020
Press release PHILADELPHIA  — JPMorgan Chase today announced Philadelphia is one of seven winning cities in its AdvancingCities Challenge, part of the firm’s $500 ... opportunity to underserved communities, especially the Black and Latinx communities.   The AdvancingCities ...

GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
Omar_6ABC.jpg Philadelphia, PA – GreenLight Fund, with support from over ... that are experiencing poverty. Fund III exceeded its $3 million target, nearly doubling Fund II. “COVID laid ... bare the profound race and gender-based inequities facing Black, Latinx, and Asian communities. This latest Fund ...

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 homelessness, presented its first round of funding to four homeless service ... to address chronic homelessness in Philadelphia. Since its founding in 2019, PHLCares has raised more than $1 ...
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