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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407 to 282 Art and Culture Organizations Across the City

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
... has announced the recipients of its 2022 Art & Culture Grants. A total of $3,267,407 was awarded to 282 ... much needed general operating funds to small and mid-sized arts organizations at a time when the pandemic has caused ... disruption and financial devastation to the arts sector for over the last two years. The Philadelphia Cultural Fund ...
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Foundations, City of Philadelphia and key Arts & Culture organizations join together to launch $3.45M fund to meet the growing emergency need in this sector

PHL COVID-19 Arts Aid Fund Partners
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... by William Penn Foundation will dole out millions to arts groups and artists in ‘severe financial straits’ By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer   April 8, 2020 (PHILADELPHIA, ... region, contributing to its identity as a national center of creativity. The sector generates nearly $1B ...

Leeway Foundation announces spring 2020 Art and Change grants

Leeway Foundation 2020 Art & Change Grants
Friday, May 22, 2020
... Today, the Leeway Foundation announced $42,500 in funding for 17 individual women, trans* and gender nonconforming ... order): Andrea Walls (West Philadelphia), Visual and Media Arts, $2,500 Arielle Julia Brown (Mt. Airy), Performance and ... from their gender assigned at birth.   Leeway Foundation announces spring 2020 Art and Change grants ...

William Penn Foundation announces new Creative Communities Grants

Monday, March 18, 2019
... to build on the strengths of your work in Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. The Foundation works to support ... of the natural environment, and offer platforms for cultural expression. Grants were awarded to: Nueva ... to support the development of the Esperanza Arts Center, a multi-faceted public space in Hunting Park. ...

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

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
... A HOST OF CITY LEADERS HELP DISTRIBUTE $2.67 MILLION TO ARTS & CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE DIVERSE MIXTURE ... organizations received 2.67 million in Art & Culture Grants from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund for 2018.

The Philadelphia Foundation Hosts Inspiring Exhibition of Art Created by Individuals Living with Dementia

Monday, September 10, 2018
... large weavings. The banners and weavings will be offered for sale. About the Exhibition Title: “It Feels like ... by ARTZ Philadelphia at York Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in West Oak Lane. “It feels like freedom: I can do ... Philadelphia offers opportunities for interactions around arts and culture through programs designed to offer ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... 2020 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces a major investment in the local filmmaking ... and a deep understanding of the local film and media arts landscape. They awarded eighteen local filmmakers with ... news and information in multiple languages for the public, in response to COVID-19. “Community media ...
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PHLCares Presents $500,000 in Grants to Four Philadelphia Homeless Service Organizations

Friday, February 25, 2022
... Bethesda Project , Pathways to Housing PA , Resources for Human Development , and SELF, Inc. each received $125,000 ... homelessness in Philadelphia. Since its founding in 2019, PHLCares has raised more than $1 million from corporate ... hospitality sector leaders, the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, PREIT, and Wawa. Its goal is to bring the ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Media-Making and Digital Equity Grants to 33 Projects and Organizations

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... (IPMF) announces $2.6 million in its final round of grants for 2021. The grants focused support for community-centered ... access and increase adoption. Media, Inequality and Change Center (MIC Center) was awarded a two-year $211,000 grant to ... with a deep understanding of the local film and media arts landscape. This is IPMF’s second year practicing a ...

Leeway Foundation Announces $49,950 in Support To 23 Individual Artists Highlighting Practices of Reclamation Of LGBQA Social Movements and Cultural Preservation

Leeway Foundation
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
... over 50 years of disability advocacy, or using culinary arts to connect to ancestral Filipinx recipes and traditions, ... Change Grant provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women and trans* artists and ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for community-centered, BIPOC-led media organizations and ... (MAP), Free Press, and the Media, Inequality & Change Center (MIC) each a three-year grant to organize journalists, ... such as Al Bustan Seeds of Culture ($75,000), an Arab arts and language organization that is creating a multimedia ...

PA Humanities announces Wingspan: $2.25 million to 24 BIPOC and rural organizations

PA Humanities Wingspan
Thursday, December 7, 2023
... amplifying their voices, and cultivating new space for creativity and connection. The 24 grantees will make up ... communities, 12 which are located in rural counties and center equity. Kicking off in January 2024, this Wingspan ... in State College. “This grant will allow us to bring arts and humanities-based programming that has never before ...
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Susan K. Urahn Appointed Pew’s New President and CEO

Susan K. Urahn
Friday, March 20, 2020
Urahn.jpg WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced Susan K. Urahn as its ... Rimel, who is retiring after overseeing the organization for 32 years.   “We are incredibly pleased to announce Sue ... and state policy portfolio, Urahn helped launch the Pew Center on the States and served as the center’s director ...
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PECO Announces New Powering the Arts Grant for Community-Based Organizations in Southeastern PA

Friday, July 1, 2022
... reduce barriers to their participation.  The Powering the Arts grant program offers one-year or two-year grants of up to $10,000 per year for a maximum of $20,000 over two years to support new or ... contact Nancy Burd at nancy@theburdgroup.com . PECO Announces New Powering the Arts Grant for Community-Based ...
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability

Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards to Increase Health Food Access in Philadelphia

Reinvestment Fund Food Justice Initiative
Thursday, January 27, 2022
... not determine your food options, but that is the reality for too many Philadelphians. Food access differences across ... free food to people through mutual-aid programming that center the respect and dignity of neighbors in need. Since ... reinvestment.com .. Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative Announces New Grant Awards to Increase Health Food Access in ...

The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Arts and Culture Task Force Launch $1 Million Illuminate the Arts Grant

OACCE
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
... individual artists, small and mid-size nonprofit arts organizations, and small creative enterprises are ... through Friday, May 28 .   The Illuminate the Arts Grants are a means to help sustain and stimulate the recovery ... Isaiah Thomas and Katherine Gilmore Richardson, the funds for the Illuminate the Arts Grants came from City Council’s ...

City of Philadelphia Selected for $1 Million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge Grant to Fund Temporary Public Art Project that Addresses Gun Violence in Germantown

Bloomberg Art Challenge
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia announced today ... Are Talking—led by the City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE), in ... the project.   “Poetry will be a powerful outlet for the Germantown community to collectively process and mend ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation announces grants totaling $4.3 million

Media Mobilizing Project
Thursday, December 19, 2019
... million to six organizations representing key partners for advancing the foundation’s vision for the Philadelphia ... Project, Free Press, and the Media, Inequality, Change Center (MIC), focusing on violence, safety, and the impact of ... their existing grants and awards programs. First Person Arts will professionally digitize and archive the nearly ...
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The Nelson Foundation Announces June 2024 Grant Awards

The Nelson Foundation
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... to their mission and are making a positive impact for young people and the communities in which they live. This ... Voice Philly , Ordinarie Heroes , Parkesburg Point Youth Center , Philadelphia City Rowing , Project 440 , We REIGN ... our other grant partners here.    The Nelson Foundation Announces June 2024 Grant Awards ...

New Community Grants by Philadelphia City Fund Announced

Philadelphia City Fund
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... a little-known fact that a portion of the entrance fees for the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend directly benefit ... Philadelphia City Fund (PCF) to support its Community Fund grants, which are awarded to Philadelphia organizations that ... clinics and education resources Breastfeeding Resource Center, $15,000 to provide free, ongoing clinical lactation ...

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