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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
... identity. The Center’s 2023 awards include $8.1 million to 28 local arts and heritage organizations for project ... support. Plus, $900,000 in unrestricted funds will go to 12 Philadelphia-area artists as Pew Fellowships in the ... “Our newest grants illustrate the arts’ contributions to understanding and reflecting on salient issues of the ...
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Mayor Jim Kenney Announces Neubauer Family Foundation as 2022 Mayor’s Magis Award Recipient

Thursday, June 30, 2022
... In Philadelphia, the Neubauer family is committed to improving K-12 urban education, believing that all ... School Leaders has already achieved significant results—higher retention rates of top educational leadership and ... Philadelphia’s visibility and diversity through citywide event creation, community engagement, and innovative ...
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Foundations Community Partnership Supports Local Nonprofits That Will Serve More Than 4,600 Bucks County Residents

Foundations Community Partnership
Thursday, October 17, 2024
... awarded its fall Partnership in Youth Services (PYS) Grant to 14 non-profit organizations serving children, young ... partnering with us for the first time, and we are grateful to all the nonprofits for their positive impact in the ... low-income high school students as they consider pursuing higher education. Free Fall Action Sports ($3,500) – to ...

$9.5 Million From The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to Support 30 Philadelphia Organizations and 12 Artist Fellowships

Mural: The Talented Mr. Trotter: You Can Be Anything
Monday, September 19, 2022
... organizations receiving project grants, and $900,000 going to 12 Philadelphia-area artists as Pew Fellowships.   Many ... works with ceramist Roberto Lugo on a public art project exploring pottery, poverty, and representation in Lugo’s ... an important but under-recognized multicultural event in an exhibition and live performances that revisit the ...
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City Launches “Kensington Community Resilience Fund”

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
... members, the City of Philadelphia, and regional funders to explicitly address the community impacts of the opioid ... too long with far too few resources. The KCR Fund is an opportunity to invest in this community and in the ... and to me it is really gratifying that this group is moving on this approach of trust-based community centered ...

New EPIP Philly Book Club Discusses "Decolonizing Wealth"

Decolonizing Wealth book cover
Friday, May 17, 2019
... read a book about philanthropy and wonder who you can call to discuss? This March, EPIP Philly launched our new ... little actions like understanding your own identity and moving to big items like considering transferring investment ... join us for the next one! EPIP Philly’s next book club event is June 27th. We’ll be discussing White Fragility by ...
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Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... truth, and fostering healing. Arundhati Roy speaks to this in her recent article  The pandemic is a portal , ... racism. The  Heaux History Project  does both, by exploring stories of sex workers of color in Philadelphia as ... to make them irresistible. Youth Set the Stage is an opportunity for several youth organizations to come together ...

City launches $1.5 Million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant

Monday, August 12, 2024
... 11:59 p.m. The 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant is a means to help strengthen and financially uplift Philadelphia’s ... it continues to address an important need as a funding opportunity serving individual artists and enterprises, as ... Individual artists who claim dependents are eligible for higher maximum income limits and should visit the application ...
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Getting Past Inertia: Ten Simple, Valiant Steps To Align Your Foundation’s Endowment With Your Mission – Or Not

Thursday, June 29, 2017
... judgment these days about your endowment. You use it only to grow more money when it could be doing that and much more. ... on a gold mine. The Surdna Foundation  recognized its opportunity and began down a path that is worth studying. ... on issues that match or complement your mission • Moving your money market funds to local banks and credit ...

Early Learnings on Building Foundation Openness

Friday, December 21, 2018
... Assessing a foundation’s performance is critical to its learning and improvement if it wants to be as ... Grantmakers that participated in the project reported a higher frequency of sharing their successes and failures with ... openness champions, and leadership buy-in are crucial for moving the needle towards greater openness. Both dialogue and ...
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Delaware County forms 2020 Census Complete Count Committee

Delaware County Census 2020
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
... assist in the administration of a census outreach strategy to encourage full participation in the 2020 federal census. ... Delaware County Complete Count Committee met on Oct. 29 to discuss a 2020 Census awareness campaign based upon their ... based on census data.” The 2020 Census provides an opportunity for everyone to be counted. State, and local ...
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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
... and Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia are pleased to release “ How Employers Give: A Look at Philanthropy and ... bono support provided by Philadelphia employers is much higher than what the survey data reports. “Our city becomes ... and civic leaders together to promote growth and create opportunity in our region. Our members represent eleven ...

Philadelphia Selected For New Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Friday, March 23, 2018
... cities will work together over the next year on strategies to fight displacement and build inclusive, prosperous cities. ... CEO of PolicyLink . “We hope this network will be an opportunity to sharpen these strategies, develop new and ... participants will first meet at the PolicyLink Equity Summit in Chicago, April 11-13, with one additional network ...

PHLCares Presents $500,000 in Grants to Four Philadelphia Homeless Service Organizations

Friday, February 25, 2022
... a business-led initiative investing in solutions to homelessness, presented its first round of funding to four homeless service organizations at a press conference ... homeless service providers and created even higher barriers for the vulnerable populations they serve,” ...
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Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge

Thursday, October 8, 2020
... part of the firm’s $500 million, five-year initiative to advance inclusive recovery and promote greater economic opportunity in cities. The collaborative will receive a $5 million philanthropic investment to connect diverse workers and businesses to well-paying jobs ...

Community Nonprofits Awarded $13.8 million To Renovate Cecil B. Moore and Heitzman Recreation Centers

Cecil B. Moore's karate students perform at the Rebuild launch celebration.
Friday, March 15, 2019
... announced the award of $13.8 million in grant funds to local nonprofits to carry out major improvements to the ... celebration.   “Rebuild is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to modernize and transform Philadelphia’s ... – 2 p.m. The Heitzman Recreation Center community launch event will be announced in the coming weeks. More details ...
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Philadelphia Foundation announces the 2022 Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia Honorees

PECO representatives receiving 2022 Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia award
Friday, June 24, 2022
... Points of Light and its local chamber partners, is pleased to announce The Civic 50 Greater Philadelphia 2022 honorees. ... initiative showcases how local companies of all sizes are moving social impact, civic engagement, and community to the ...

City's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Shares Plans for 2021

OACCE
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... today shared its plans for new and returning programs to support Philadelphia's diverse arts community in 2021. ... programs, launching today and later in the year, strive to provide Philadelphia residents with access to quality ... NEW: Arts Access TV Presenting Arts Access TV, a new opportunity for Philadelphia’s diversity of local artists ...
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Reflecting Forward: Philadelphia-Based Black Leaders’ Recommendations For Regional Funders

Report: Reflecting Forward: Philadephia-based Black Nonprofit Leaders’ Recommendations for Regional Funders
Monday, June 13, 2022
... Black-led nonprofits in Philadelphia are still struggling to connect with the region’s philanthropic community.   ... murder of George Floyd and other Black Americans in 2020 to raise money to support their work in the Philadelphia ... will be publicly released on Monday, June 13th at an event to be held from 3:00 – 4:30 PM at the Public, ...

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