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City Launches Fund to Support Philadelphia Organizations Pursuing Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Press release from the City of Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA – Today, the City’s Office of ... (OOS), in partnership with the Philadelphia City Fund, is launching the Philadelphia Thriving Communities ... awards. We are excited to partner with the William Penn Foundation , Green and Healthy Homes Initiative, and the ...
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Unprecedented program aims to ‘Rebuild’ Philadelphia, serve as national community investment model

Monday, October 2, 2017
... The premier annual meeting of the park and recreation community, over a three-day period conference attendees were ... sessions ,  Shawn McCaney  — now William Penn Foundation’s Executive Director , presented the City of Philadelphia’s Rebuild Community Infrastructure ( Rebuild ) ...

Rebuild: Strengthening Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia

Thursday, March 21, 2019
... Philanthropy Network with the support of William Penn Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has ... recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across Philadelphia.  We are committed to galvanizing the ... and priorities can have their support matched through a fund established at National Philanthropic Trust  by the ...

Knight Foundation invests $2.2 million in projects to advance Philadelphia’s public spaces and digital engagement

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Friday, April 9, 2021
Knight_SmithPlaygorund.jpg PHILADELPHIA — April 8, 2021 — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $2.2 million investment in nine ... support will bolster local programs that advance equitable community development and digital innovation in city ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Via William Penn Foundation WPF new funding areas_horiz.png   OUR REVISED ... we will learn directly from you – the nonprofit leaders, community members, and organizations, large and small – who ... in the coming weeks and months. Together, we can build Philadelphia’s future. CONTINUE READING >> William Penn ...

Impact100 Philadelphia announces 2021 grant finalists

Impact100 Philadelphia
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Impact100 Philadelphia announced the eight organizations selected as ... seek to serve as a vital public space in the Norristown community. During the pandemic they have provided a variety ... and reconnecting with family. They offer services and supports ranging from Welcome Home gift bags and holiday food ...

Impact100 Philadelphia awards five grants totaling $284,750

Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Philadelphia, PA — Impact100 Philadelphia has announced the ... consistent, high-quality, and student-driven music programs in-school, after school, and during the summer at no ... and teens from under-resourced zip codes in schools, community locations, and juvenile justice facilities. Only ...

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

Thursday, June 6, 2019
The William Penn Foundation announced their recently approved grants including ... totaling more than $2.8 million to support education in Philadelphia. As part of the Creative Communities program, ... Sub-Watershed grants include funding to: The Clean Water Fund - Pennsylvania ($250,000 over 18 months); Lighthawk ...

William Penn Foundation awards $2.6M to support River Alive! Project

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
PHILADELPHIA, PA (December 5, 2017)  –  Independence ... been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to open River Alive! – a landmark exhibition ... daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and see our full schedule of programs and events at  phillyseaport.org . About William ...
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Philadelphia: Building a Stronger City Through Public Spaces

Thursday, May 24, 2018
In this post Patrick Morgan , program director for Philadelphia at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, reflects on the role of public spaces in creating ... between people and their city and fostering greater community connection, trust and involvement. Philadelphia: ...

William Penn Foundation Welcomes Stuart Clarke as New Program Director of Watershed Protection

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Press release via the William Penn Foundation Clarke_WPF.jpg PHILADELPHIA (July 28, 2021) – The William Penn Foundation ... million annual grant portfolio, which includes investments in research, data gathering, and advocacy focusing on ...
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
The  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity ... Block Builds, which will extend the hospital’s evidence-based  Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus (CAPP+)  to make ...

William Penn Foundation announces new grants

Monday, December 16, 2019
In November 2019, the William Penn Foundation Board of Directors approved grants of nearly $20 ... totaling almost $15 million, to support education in Philadelphia. Engaged Families grants were awarded to: ... were awarded to: District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund to work with partners around Philadelphia to establish ...

William Penn Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce more than $8 million in Covid-19 Relief and Recovery Grants

Philadelphia Orchestra by Jeff Fusco
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
... the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the William Penn Foundation has partnered with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ... the funding collaboration with the Mellon Foundation for Philadelphia arts organizations, William Penn's board of ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards over $1.4 million to community organizations

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation
Friday, August 20, 2021
... Aug. 20, 2021—The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awarded $1,451,405 to 33 nonprofits, schools, and ... Behaviors-Schools program area, $287,655 was awarded to fund seven projects intended to improve educational ... Latinoamericana de Montgomery County (ACLAMO)—Pottstown Community Health Connections Program Boyertown Area ...

William Penn Foundation, Philly’s biggest foundation focused solely on the city, is changing what it funds

Thursday, June 27, 2024
By Peter Dobrin for the Philadelphia Inquirer Change is coming to Philadelphia’s largest foundation devoted solely to giving in the region. The William Penn Foundation is instituting a ...

The Foundation for Delaware County awards over $1M to local nonprofits, launches COVID-19 Response Fund

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
In its second major round of grantmaking, The Foundation for ... launched the  Delaware County COVID-19 Response Fund to provide immediate and longer-term resources to ...

Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awards over $1M in fall 2017 grant round

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
... December 6, 2017 – The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation has awarded $1,048,204 in grant requests during ... a vital role in championing health and wellness in the community, fulfilling the mission of the Foundation,” ... President Dave Kraybill said. Grant requests are submitted based on the following priority areas: 1A:  Promoting ...

Bucks County Foundation Grants Boost Area Nonprofits

Tuesday, November 26, 2024
The Bucks County Foundation (BCF) and its Board of Directors awarded more than ... Way of Bucks County HELP Truck Exhibit: Connecting Kids to Community, planned for late 2025. This collaborative project ... such as donor advised funds, scholarship funds, and the Fund for Bucks County, to support effective nonprofits and ...
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