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The Mayor’s Fund For Philadelphia is now The Philadelphia City Fund

Philadelphia City Fund
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Press release PhilaCityFund__tag_two-line_brick.png PHILADELPHIA, PA February 9, 2023 – With the launch of its new website,   www.philacityfund.org, the Mayor’s ... facilitating public-private partnerships, in addition to event management. He named a new executive director and a new ...
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Mayor Jim Kenney Announces Neubauer Family Foundation as 2022 Mayor’s Magis Award Recipient

Thursday, June 30, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2022) –  Mayor Jim Kenney today announced that the recipient of the Mayor’s Magis Award will be the Neubauer Family ... Philadelphia’s visibility and diversity through citywide event creation, community engagement, and innovative ...
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Mayor Kenney Cuts Ribbon at Hancock Playground

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Press Release   Rebuild Hancock Playground.png PHILADELPHIA - Mayor Kenney alongside Council President ... Strong and City Officials today celebrated the completion of a $1.1 million renovation project at Hancock Playground. The ...

Accelerating Job Growth and Business Formation Among BIPOC Community Should be a Priority for Philadelphia’s Next Mayor

Vision Philadelphia - Economic Development: Access to Capital for Philadelphia’s Diverse Business Owners
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Press release Philadelphia, PA— What would Philadelphia look like if it had the fastest growth rate of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-owned business ... to the city’s diverse small business community and set a new trajectory for economic growth and wealth-building. ...

Roadmap for Growth event highlights business and school partnerships

Tuesday, January 30, 2018
... 29 at Girard College, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce hosted Roadmap for Growth: Exploring Business ... to invest in education because it means a stronger future workforce. PECO views investing at both ends of the ... of the program is available here.

New director of Philly Cultural Fund has a message for the next mayor

Gabriela Sanchez
Monday, April 3, 2023
... Gabriela Serena Sanchez is the new executive director of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, overseeing the distribution of city funding as arts grants.   She starts the job in a time of transition in the city leadership, with a mayoral ...

City Council and Mayor Kenney play nice as rec center ‘rebuild’ advances

Thursday, May 24, 2018
... this week, with key legislation passing favorably out of a City Council committee on Monday. The positive movement ... in dire need —   Olney Rec Center . The hulking North Philadelphia community hub will begin to receive renovations ...

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, ... that embodied three key factors: A powerful vision for the future shaped by deep community engagement and a shared ...

Future Think: Philanthropy, COVID-19, and the ‘Next’ Normal

Map with pins
Thursday, January 28, 2021
... published in Independence Blue Cross Foundation's Journal of Change, Volume 10, Issue 1 In January 2020, we recorded ... givers would be needed and needed urgently. In the Greater Philadelphia region, more than 20 disaster-relief funds ... while simultaneously helping us imagine a better future. In our region and worldwide, artists offer voice and ...

Kenney names new board to oversee Mayor's Fund

Thursday, March 22, 2018
...  | cvargas@phillynews.com Mayor Kenney has appointed a new board to oversee the beleaguered Mayor’s Fund . The new nine-member board is part of a  reform plan  for the nonprofit set up to advance the ... about $12 million in grant money and revenue from the Philadelphia Marathon. Plans to restructure the fund began ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
BarbaraSilzle2022.png April 11, 2022 -- The board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces that its Executive ... transition plan and will share further details in the near future,” added Martinez. *** Barbara Silzle is a passionate ...
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Giving USA 2021: In a year of unprecedented events and challenges, charitable giving reached a record $471.44 billion in 2020

Giving USA 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Via the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Giving USA 2021: The Annual Report on ... 5.1% measured in current dollars over the revised total of $448.66 billion contributed in 2019. Adjusted for ... total giving increased 3.8%. (Please see below for a more detailed breakdown of the numbers for each ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Launches Highly Anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report at Community Event

The Fund for Women and Girls Blueprint speakers
Thursday, October 6, 2022
... is the first and only comprehensive needs assessment of women and girls in Chester County. This fourth edition of ... to address pressing needs in Chester County.    The event kicked off with a welcome from The Fund’s new ... and creativity to use this Blueprint to light a path to a future where women and girls have equality and security and ...
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Twelve Greater Philadelphia Foundations Pursue a More Equitable Future

Equit Cohort Kick-Off Meeting
Thursday, June 20, 2019
There are no shortage of articles and research projects depicting the Greater Philadelphia paradox. On the one hand, we are witnessing ... but all believe that it’s the start of a more equitable future for philanthropy and more importantly for communities ...
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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 ... funds to support the community. Within weeks, tens of millions of philanthropic dollars were distributed for ... Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy ...

Future-focused takeaways from the 2017 Philanthropy Network conference

Friday, November 3, 2017
... Network fall conference followed on the heels of what former Executive Director Maari Porter called a ... The 2017 conference took place yesterday at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel with a more alliterative title, “ ... of us. View the full story with Twitter highlights here . Future-focused takeaways from the 2017 Philanthropy Network ...

Every Voice, Every Vote grants $2.875 million to 71 Philadelphia media and community organizations to expand access to civic news and information

Tuesday, June 25, 2024
  More than 70 Philadelphia media organizations and community groups are ... residents to local government and track the progress of the city’s new  administration.   The 71 media and community organizations have been awarded a total of $2.875 million by The Lenfest Institute for ...
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Mayor Kenney Signs Executive Order Establishing Philly Counts 2020

City of Philadelphia
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
... release : January 29, 2019 | Published by :  Office of the Mayor | Contact : Sarah Reyes  sarah.reyes@phila.gov  (215) 686-6210   PHILADELPHIA — Today, Mayor Jim Kenney signed an Executive ... officially kicked off the City’s efforts to ensure a complete and accurate census in 2020. Every ten years, the ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $2.68M to 339 Arts Organizations Across the City

Friday, March 29, 2019
... Philadelphia Cultural Fund will announce the recipients of its 2019 Art & Culture Grants. The awards total $2.68 ... Artistic Director Joan Myers Brown. At the March 27 event, the Cultural Fund will recognize ... Fund staff to strengthen the organization and their future grant applications. “Besides the number of grants, ...
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Three new programs will help Berks County nonprofits navigate a post-pandemic future

Berks County Community Foundation
Monday, February 22, 2021
... programs aimed at guiding nonprofits in our region into a post-pandemic period. These programs will fund: Planning ... exhibits, or events to be held in the fourth quarter of 2021 or in 2022. Projects aimed at connecting community ... the changes wrought by the pandemic and look toward the future,” she added. “These grants from the Hawley and ...

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