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William Penn Foundation awards $11.8 million in Arts & Culture funding

Thursday, May 30, 2019
... William Penn Foundation announced $11.8 million in funding for 35 arts and culture organizations. These grants offer unrestricted ... Bucks County Historical Society Mercer Museum Center for Art in Wood Center for Emerging Visual Artists Clay Studio ...
07May2020

Arts & Culture Funders: COVID-19, Government Budget Cuts, & the Impact on the Arts

Thursday, May 7, 2020
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
... 2020-2021 budget which would eliminate the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and all funding for the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. This year the Cultural Fund provided over ...

Brandywine Health Foundation announces over $320K in grants to benefit greater Coatesville

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
... committee chair.  Ms. Hill serves as a board of director for the Brandywine Health Foundation.  Under Ms. Hill’s leadership, we ... Brandywine YMCA The Bridge Academy and Community Center Chester County Food Bank ChesPenn Health Services Chester ...

William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed

Thursday, June 6, 2019
... operating support grants totalling $11.8 million to  arts and culture organizations in the region. This funding provides flexible ... ,  Great Learning William Penn Foundation announces grants for Creative Communities, Great Learning and Watershed ...

Opinion | As Philly’s historical organizations struggle, partnerships are key by Nadya K. Shmavonian

Historical Society photo by Heather Khalifa
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Via the Philadelphia Inquirer In February,  the Philadelphia History Museum ... has laid off 30 percent of its staff  as it searches for a viable strategic alliance. Philadelphia is the birthplace of our ... Fund supported  the merger of the University of the Arts with the Philadelphia Art Alliance  that allowed the survival of a ...

Brandywine Health Foundation Announces Healthcare & Economic Relief Fund Phase Two Grant Recipients

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
...  In an effort to support organizational resiliency and center its work around racial equity, for the first time in the foundation's history, the grant committee required ...

City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative

Monica Munn
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
... Philadelphia, PA (January 15, 2020)   – Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, in partnership with the City’s Office of Workforce ...

Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts Unveil “Strength in our Bonds” Centennial Legacy Mural

Philadelphia Foundation Centennial Mural Dedication
Friday, November 8, 2019
... PA (11/7/2019) — The Philadelphia Foundation and Mural Arts today dedicated the foundation’s Centennial Legacy Mural “Strength in ... their neighborhoods, what aspirations they held for their communities in the future, and to give residents a role in the ...

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
... out major improvements to the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center in North Philadelphia and the Heitzman Recreation Center in Harrowgate. ... grant awards to pre-qualified nonprofit organizations for three additional projects at the Olney Recreation Center, the Vare ...
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Putting Art to Work

Color me Back mural. Photo by Steve Weinik
Monday, August 5, 2019
BY  PATRICK BILOW   for The Philadelphia Citizen In the southeast concourse at SEPTA’s ... the first installation in a 28 week pilot program by Mural Arts Philadelphia called Color Me Back, a same day work and pay program that ... The program, which launched on April 23 and is funded by grants from The Barra Foundation and The Sheller Family Foundation, holds a ...

Philadelphia Foundation Fund Supports Community-based Programs in Northwest Philadelphia

East Mt Airy Neighbors
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
... Sat., Nov. 9 at the United Lutheran Seminary’s Brossman Center-Benbow Hall, 7301 Germantown Ave. Tickets are available online at ... were invited to submit Letters of Interest (LOI) to apply for the EMAN grants. Following a review, a select group of applicants were ...

COVID-19 Philanthropic Response Funds for Greater Philadelphia

... in this Together" Fund hosted by Nationalities Service Center Geographically-focused Bucks County Bucks County ... $4 million from emergency COVID-19 fund (06.30.20) Pew Announces $1M to Support Vulnerable Philadelphia-Area Residents Amid ...

The Board of Directors of the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn Announces Two New Changes for 2019

Diana Doherty and Joanne Kline
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
... is known to many of the local nonprofit and community groups for her philanthropic management and consulting work. Diana served on the Board ... the VNA Foundation of Greater North Penn, as the Foundation announces a change in its status from a public charity to a private foundation ...
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17Sep2019

2019 Pennsylvania Community Foundation Gathering

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 to Wednesday, September 18, 2019
State College, PA
... your colleagues from community foundations across the state for this exciting opportunity to once again gather for two days of professional ... foundation.  AGENDA Tuesday, September 17, 2019 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM      Registration Opens 12:00 PM ...
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United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey announces $1 million challenge to boost regional Census Outreach Efforts

Philly Counts
Thursday, October 24, 2019
... and accurate census count in 2020, announcing a match for every new donation up to $500,000, raising $1 million in new funding to ... United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey announces $1 million challenge to boost regional Census Outreach Efforts ...

Philadelphia Foundation launches $1 million Key to Community Grants Program

Tuesday, April 9, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 8, 2019) – The Philadelphia Foundation today launched its $1 million Key to Community Grant Program with a request for grant proposals from Greater Philadelphia nonprofits. Ultimately, the ... will be accepted through April 29, 2019. In total, nine grants will be awarded across the three categories: three first-place $200,000 ...
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Brandywine Health Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant from Philadelphia Foundation

BHF Cohort
Monday, June 15, 2020
... that they are the recipients of a $100,000 grant from Philadelphia Foundation’s donor-advised funds. This grant is in support of ... Health Foundation. “Their generosity and passion for community focused work allows us to substantially affect real change, by ...
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The Philadelphia Foundation and Catchafire Announce Partnership to Provide Volunteer Skills to Greater Philadelphia Nonprofits

Tuesday, March 13, 2018
... analytics project, graphic design and animation assistance for a podcast collection. "It was great to work with people who had the ... Eagan, Director of Development and Communications at the Center for Grieving Children. The Center used Catchafire to revamp its budget ...
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