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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
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, ... aid in the recovery of Philadelphia’s arts and culture community from the impact and loss of revenue due to the ... Illuminate the Arts Grant came from the City’s General Fund. OACCE staff along with members of the Task Force make ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce 22 Grant Recipients for Tax Credit Outreach

Friday, January 13, 2023
The community-based organizations will serve as messengers to ... about the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit PHILADELPHIA - The Office of Community Empowerment and ... Opportunity (CEO) and Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation (Scattergood) today announced the award of grants ...
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Philly Counts releases Final Report on 2020 Census Operation

Philly Counts
Friday, January 29, 2021
Press release Philly Counts.png PHILADELPHIA — Philly Counts 2020 , the City’s effort to ... executed by Philly Counts, that addressed individual and community outreach on the ground and engaged partner ... Count Committee members and their subcommittees, built the foundation for this outreach, and community partners across ...

PAHWF Awards Over $1 Million in Fall Grant Round

Thursday, December 19, 2019
... Dec. 19, 2019—The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded $1,126,826 to 37 nonprofits, schools, ... Behaviors-Parks program area, $69,300 was awarded to fund five projects with the aim of improving parks, ... Athletic Club—Fitnesstown USA V Pottstown Branch- Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA—Strength through Sports ...

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

Monday, May 17, 2021
... 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 from the effort . ... Philadelphia continues to add partners from our business community; The GIANT Company’s commitment through this ...

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

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... Wes Somerville & Sidney Hargro When the coronavirus hit Philadelphia, the impact on our region’s economy and ... more than a dozen charitable funds to support the community. Within weeks, tens of millions of philanthropic ... were left out? With these questions in mind, the Lenfest Foundation and William Penn Foundation funded Philanthropy ...

Mayor Kenney Signs Executive Order Establishing Philly Counts 2020

City of Philadelphia
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
... Reyes  sarah.reyes@phila.gov  (215) 686-6210   PHILADELPHIA — Today, Mayor Jim Kenney signed an Executive ... Count Committee. Joined by Deputy Managing Director of Community Services Joanna Otero-Cruz, Executive Director for ... Philadelphia receives its fair share of funds for federal supports and services and appropriate congressional ...
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Future Think: Philanthropy, COVID-19, and the ‘Next’ Normal

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Thursday, January 28, 2021
... Hargro Originally published in Independence Blue Cross Foundation's Journal of Change, Volume 10, Issue 1 In January ... givers would be needed and needed urgently. In the Greater Philadelphia region, more than 20 disaster-relief funds sprang up to address the needs, led by the PHL COVID Fund co-directed by the Philadelphia Foundation and the ...

Philly parents, don't leave the city when your kids reach school age | Opinion

Friday, March 23, 2018
... time to leave the city. So goes a familiar refrain in Philadelphia, repeated every time  new census data show more ... million in funding — from the district, the William Penn Foundation , the Lenfest Foundation, and others — teachers ... of Philadelphia public schools, Weinbaum leads a team that supports efforts to improve teaching and learning from early ...
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Philanthropy Network selects Christine Robinson as its new President

Christine Robinson
Friday, October 21, 2022
The Board of Directors of Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia is pleased to announce Christine Robinson as the ... of the nation’s leading foundations, including the Ford Foundation (as co-architect of the six-year initiative to ... E. Casey Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, the Moriah Fund, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.  Among her other ...
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A look ahead to 2022

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Monday, November 29, 2021
... we are grateful for the dedication of regional funders and community partners who continue their tireless efforts to ... want to learn, connect, and lead social change in Greater Philadelphia. New and Ongoing Learning Opportunities ... Made to Measure ,” is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It will involve Philanthropy Network working in ...
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$10.6 Million Boost Will Close Key Gaps In Regional Circuit Trails Network

Friday, June 1, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (June 1, 2018)  – Within the last six months, ... received a combined $10.6 million from the William Penn Foundation toward their continued work to build multi-use ... technical assistance and administer a competitive re-grant fund for planning, design, and construction of new trails. ...
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Pennsylvania Humanities Council Announces $780,500 in Emergency Relief Grants

PHC Cares
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, PA (August, 4, 2020) -- Pennsylvania Humanities ... the COVID-19 pandemic. Called PHC CARES, the goal of this fund is to assist in sustaining the state’s cultural ... United States, including PHC, to distribute to humanities-based nonprofits financially impacted by the coronavirus. PHC ...

Vanguard awards $1.63M to childhood learning effort

Friday, April 27, 2018
... Pictured: Carra Cote-Ackah, director of Vanguard’s Community Stewardship efforts, speaks with children and ... a $1.63 million grant to Drexel University’s West Philadelphia Action for Early Learning initiative. The grant ... In addition to Vanguard’s grant, the William Penn Foundation also presented a three-year $987,000 grant to the ...
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On the Table Philly returns for 2018

Thursday, September 20, 2018
The Philadelphia Foundation with support from the John S. and James L. Knight ... residents and inspire solutions to strengthen communities in the Greater Philadelphia region by hosting open dialogues ... experiences. The Philadelphia Foundation is one of 10 community foundations across the U.S. participating in On the ...

Putting Values into Action: Building Mission & Impact-Aligned Operations

Putting Your Foundation's Values into Action
Monday, March 17, 2025
... (002).png By Chris Capato At Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) we are committed to centering racial equity ... but not limited to multi-year unrestricted funding, community-led grantmaking, and streamlined applications and ... a national organization that maintains a large presence in Philadelphia. While the daily operations ran smoothly, any ...
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May 2019 Update: Rebuild is on the move!

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
... approved by City Council for Rebuild funding. Rebuild is Philadelphia’s historic investment in the city’s parks, ... to businesses. With the support of the William Penn Foundation , Philanthropy Network has hosted a ... .   The Rebuild Collaborative Fund , a donor-advised fund established by the William Penn ...

The Council on Foundations opens 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey

2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey
Friday, March 8, 2024
... the most comprehensive guide to compensation information in the philanthropic sector, which grantmaking organizations ... set salary, benefits, and board policies. Both Council on Foundation members and non-member grantmakers are welcome and ... The sector is served best when everyone participates in the GSB Survey.  All survey participants receive a ...
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