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The City of Philadelphia Announces the 5th Cohort for the Targeted Community Investment Grant Program

Thursday, July 14, 2022
PHILADELPHIA— The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Policy ... the TCIG grant in Cohort 4, I have to say it enabled us to open some doors to young people that may not have been ...

Statement: Including Immigrants and Refugees In Our Response to COVID-19

Immigrant Community courtesy Fels Fund
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly shifted the fundamentals of our daily lives. The challenges we face are unprecedented ... as communities, organizations, and governments mobilize to meet critical needs. We have been humbled by the ... sector’s response, both nationally and here in Greater Philadelphia. This spirit of “we are all in this ...

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund distributes $2.67 million to a diverse mix of arts & culture organizations

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
MAYOR JIM KENNEY AND A HOST OF CITY LEADERS HELP DISTRIBUTE $2.67 MILLION TO ARTS & ... THE DIVERSE MIXTURE OF ARTS PROGRAMS ENRICHING CITY LIFE PHILADELPHIA — In a City Hall ceremony, hundreds of ...
07Apr2020

Food Funders COVID-19 Response Meeting

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
2:15pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
... resources. Agenda Update from Cynthia Figueroa, Office of Children and Families, City of Philadelphia (as told by Robin Rifkin, Meeting Intentions) ...

Philadelphia Takes First Steps Toward City-wide Historic and Cultural Resources Survey

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
PRESS RELEASE via the City of Philadelphia Department of Planning and Development ... centuries of history and culture? Philadelphia is about to find out. Next month the Department of Planning and ...
09Apr2020

Arts & Culture Funders COVID-19 Response Meeting

Thursday, April 9, 2020
2:15pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... Network's Arts & Culture Funders invites all funders to join us for continued conversation on collaborative and ... to support the arts and culture community in response to COVID-19. We look forward to your participation. Resources ...

The Sarah Ralston Foundation Announces Successful Inaugural Year Funding Nonprofits that Serve Philadelphia’s Aging Population

The Sarah Ralston Foundation logo
Monday, January 29, 2024
Elders sixty and over represent 20% of Philadelphia’s population – a total of 316,478 aging men ... disappeared.” URDC helped them obtain funding from the City and secured a vetted, professional plumber to do the ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives $232,886 to Support Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Monday, June 11, 2018
Philadelphia—June 11, 2018  -- The 2018 Philadelphia ... Cultural Fund grants will foster the talent and potential of youth affiliated with 13 arts organizations throughout the city.  The Cultural Fund announced $232,886 in grants to ...
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Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
By Jen Kinney via NEXT CITY As the city plans a major investment in rec centers, ... map to getting this overhaul right. Even as Lawncrest, the Philadelphia neighborhood, has transformed over the past half ... and for worse — remained largely the same. A mash-up of two adjacent neighborhoods, Lawndale and Crescentville, ...

The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
... act In 2017, the world laughed when the young children of a professor burst into his home office during his  live ... is our new normal.  This new reality spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic has been more of a juggling act for women ... as men, the reality is that more women can directly relate to the professor’s experience. Even during the best of ...

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 & ... announced 42 grants today totaling more than $10.2 million to support the Philadelphia region’s artists and cultural ... to organizations as they move forward from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a pivot from the Center’s ...

National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... Branan Jacobs, 941-893-1818   Grade-Level Reading Week in Philadelphia to focus on community solutions to help children ... in the effort to share successful practices in a series of presentations, discussions and panels. Representatives ... is not only a great host community, but throughout the city many people and organizations are active in advancing ...
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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 ... Authority, PREIT, and Wawa. Its goal is to bring the city’s business community together to provide innovative, ...
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The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia Awards Grants Designed to Increase Projects in STEM and Inspire Black, Latinx and Female Students

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, PA—(June 17, 2021)— The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia has announced 16 winning public-school ... in the Philadelphia School District were invited to submit applications to receive funding for projects that focus on or ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
As many of you are aware, Philanthropy Network with the support of ... investment and engagement framework for Rebuild, the city’s joint public-private partnership to revitalize ... recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across Philadelphia.  We are committed to galvanizing the ...

City announces first round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund grant recipients

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
KCR Fund.png PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia today announced the ...

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey and Comcast Launch Nonprofit Finance Accelerator to Strengthen Nonprofit Community

Nonprofit Finance Accelerator
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Press release via United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey UW_NPOaccelerator.png   ... needs, work to keep their teams together and programs open, and reimagine ways of operating to achieve their ...

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