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Forman Arts Initiative and Philadelphia Foundation Launch Art Works, A New Grant Program to Support Arts and Culture in Greater Philadelphia

Forman Art Works
Friday, March 26, 2021
... and Philadelphia Foundation are launching Art Works, a new $3 million grant program for community-based ... extraordinary setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new program will select four organizations annually to ... (FAI), founded by Michael Forman and Jennifer Rice, is a new organization dedicated to supporting community-based arts ...
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Parks & Rec and RecPhilly announce the 10 local entrepreneurs selected as finalists for Making Space program

Wednesday, March 1, 2023
... Commissioner of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. The new entrepreneur-in-residence program attracted more than 600 ... has worked on projects with brands such as Converse, New Balance, and the WNBA. Halaby plans to teach young people ... said Ellen Hwang, Knight Foundation’s Philadelphia Director , “and Making Space is an innovative way to do ...

City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... community.  The KCR Fund anticipates $300,000 in new funding will be distributed during the 2023 grant cycle, ... 40 organizations during the first and second grant cycles. New for this cycle is an operating and facilitation ... pride and shows what we can accomplish when community, philanthropy, and the public sector come together.” The KCR ...

Philadelphia Foundation Announces Fund Focused on Black-Led Nonprofits Serving Black Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... Black-led organizations have less access to financial networks than majority-led organizations. The report notes ... in Greater Philadelphia,” said Marcy Scott Lynn, Director of Global Impact Partnerships at Facebook. ... Black Community Leaders Fund, contact Philip Fitzgerald, Executive Director of Grantmaking, at  ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... that we still need to reach,” said Mitchell Little, Executive Director of CEO , which has coordinated the City’s outreach ...

Largest Study on Narratives in Philanthropy Shows Sector’s Messaging Creates Confusion, But Better Stories Can Build Trust

Report - Philanthropy's New Voice
Thursday, April 4, 2024
... Interest Communications  today announced the release of  Philanthropy’s New Voice , the largest study ever of narratives in ... said the Center for Public Interest Communications Director and report co-author Ann Searight Christiano. ...
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Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announces 2018 grants for Philadelphia artists & organizations

Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
... Projects that examine and interpret history in new ways, such as an exhibition at the Mütter Museum ... piece at the National Constitution Center  shedding new light on the history of slavery in the US and the passage ... of musical genres and artistic legacies, including a new composition by Pew Fellow  Odean Pope  highlighting ...
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IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... justice, build power, and strengthen local information networks. “The Community Voices Fund allows us to conduct a ... share power with communities traditionally excluded from philanthropy while also being impacted by harmful and racist ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... leaders from communities traditionally underrepresented in philanthropy, with a special emphasis on LGBTQ+, AAPI and ... so justice is possible," said Roxann Stafford, managing director of the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation ...

Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants

Thursday, March 26, 2020
... and people they serve,” said Philadelphia Cultural Fund Executive Director Barbara J. Silzle. “Our grants are responsible for ... to be the recipient of this year’s Cohen Award,” said Executive Director and Founder Vashti DuBois. “We are not ...
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Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
... the foundation announced its first set of grants and a new partnership with Bread & Roses Community Fund. The ... its grantsmaking processes, and about what she believes philanthropy can do better. Generocity: Independence Public ... CONTINUE READING>> Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’ ...
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City Announces Third Round of Kensington Community Resilience Fund Grantees

Monday, August 28, 2023
... House Inc. Firm Hope Baptist Church (Fiscal sponsor by New Kensington Community Development Corporation) ... Eastern Pennsylvania & Delaware Divisional Headquarters New Day Drop-In Center The Simple Way Urban Extreme Youth ...

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