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John Churchill appointed Knight Foundation’s Philadelphia program director

John Churchill
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Press release via Knight Foundation Miami, FL – Knight Foundation is pleased to ... the appointment of  John Churchill  as the new  Philadelphia program  director. A lifelong resident of ... a significant role in fostering a more vibrant and engaged community. Through initiatives such as Reimagining the Civic ...
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The Mayor’s Fund For Philadelphia is now The Philadelphia City Fund

Philadelphia City Fund
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Press release PhilaCityFund__tag_two-line_brick.png PHILADELPHIA, PA February 9, 2023 – With the launch of its new website,   www.philacityfund.org, the Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia officially has become the Philadelphia ... charitable fiscal sponsor and grantmaker, whose work supports improvements that benefit all Philadelphians. ...
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Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Barbara Silzle
Monday, April 11, 2022
BarbaraSilzle2022.png April 11, 2022 -- The board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces that its Executive Director, Barbara Silzle, ... sectors. She served as Executive Director of The Leeway Foundation, a private foundation that invests in women and ...
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Update from the Greater Philadelphia Nonprofit Repositioning Fund

Nonprofit Repositioning Fund
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
... Shmavonian After a little over two years in business, the Fund appears to be well ensconced within the region’s ... team we will now be able extend our experience in Philadelphia to help build the field of nonprofit ... collaboration work in partnership with the Lodestar Foundation, and they engage in a range of other activities ...

Rebuild Philadelphia

... centers, playgrounds, and libraries across the City of Philadelphia as a way to fight poverty and strengthen neighborhoods. In November 2016,  William Penn Foundation announced a $100 million commitment to Rebuild ... foundation’s funding will be used to establish a pooled fund, with $1 given for every $2 raised.  Joining William ...
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Healing Hurt People: Implementing a Hospital- and Community-based Violence Intervention Program

Tuesday, November 14, 2023
11:00am - 12:30pm
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Join the Stoneleigh Foundation and Drexel University's Healing Hurt People ... approach for addressing the mental health needs of Philadelphia youth impacted by community violence. Over the past two decades, hospital- based .....

Philadelphia Foundation’s Black Community Leaders Fund Makes $800,000 in Grants to 24 Organizations

Philadelphia Foundation
Monday, November 8, 2021
PHILADELPHIA, PA (11/8/2021) — Philadelphia Foundation today announced the latest cohort of grant recipients from its Black Community Leaders Fund, which supports Black-led nonprofits that serve Black ...

William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Press Release PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2020)  – William Penn Foundation (WPF) today announced $2.6 million in additional ... access.   Grants were awarded to: Philly Summer Jobs Fund (Philadelphia Youth Network)  to expand and adapt the ...

More Than $1 Million in Fellowships Awarded to 12 BIPOC Artists Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Program

Tuesday, December 6, 2022
...  | #phlculturaltreasures  PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 6, 2022) — The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in collaboration with The Barra Foundation, Neubauer Family Foundation, William Penn ... The Wyncote Foundation was founded in 2009 and supports efforts that strengthen and enrich culture, ...
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Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council Partners with Philadelphia Foundation

Greater Philadelphia Corporate Volunteer Council
Friday, November 22, 2019
GPCVC_PF.png Philadelphia, PA (Nov. 21, 2019) -- The Greater Philadelphia ... Council (GPCVC) is now partnering with the Philadelphia Foundation to help strategically guide corporate volunteerism ... volunteers to provide sustained support to our nonprofit community. The GPCVC’s focus on employee volunteerism will ...
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City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Foundation and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Launch PHL COVID-19 Fund

PHL COVID-19 Fund Partners
Thursday, March 19, 2020
... : March 19, 2020 For the City: press@phila.gov | For the Philadelphia Foundation: Melissa Fordyce, 856-430-4661, ... 330-208-5554, adouglas@uwgpsnj.org   The new PHL COVID-19 Fund will assist non-profits on the frontline of the ...
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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 ... Safety (CJPS) today announced the 5th Cohort of Targeted Community Investment Grants (TCIG). 46 grantees with grants ... Community Investment Grant program funds community-based violence prevention programs and activities that ...

COVID-19 Philanthropic Response Funds for Greater Philadelphia

... support to address the effects of COVID-19 in Greater Philadelphia, including where grants were directed, who the ... Business Relief (11.12.20) Philadelphia Worker Relief Fund: Investing in workers who were left behind (10.26.20) ... Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 (10.05.20) William Penn Foundation Awards Racial Equity and COVID-19 Relief Grants ...

Pew Appoints Donna Frisby-Greenwood as Vice President for Philadelphia Programs

Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
... will join the organization as vice president for Philadelphia programs, effective Oct. 3, 2022. In this role, ... serving as president and chief executive officer of The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, which ... program director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, executive director of After-School All-Stars ...

Philadelphia Arts Groups to Lift Diverse Voices with $923,600 in Funding from Knight Foundation

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – March 7, 2018 – From diversifying arts ... will receive $923,600 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The groups are large and small, ranging from the ... Photo Art Center, which will expand its successful community programming with new Knight funding, and the ...
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GreenLight Raises New $3.5 Million Fund to Combat Systemic Poverty in Philadelphia

Omar Woodard
Monday, September 14, 2020
Omar_6ABC.jpg Philadelphia, PA – GreenLight Fund, with support from over 25 families, corporate, and ... Fund III includes 10 returning individual, corporate, and foundation investors: Burke Family Foundation, Hess ...

Ellen Hwang Will Lead Knight Foundation Investments in Philadelphia

Ellen Hwang
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Ellen Hwang will join the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as the program director based in Philadelphia. She is leader in driving and building programs ... Hwang will work with local leaders and other community members to find and invest in opportunities that ...
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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 ... our mission to nurture that talent by providing funds to community minded organizations that serve our children in a ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces its 2020 Art & Culture Grants

Thursday, March 26, 2020
... Philly arts organizations get $2.9M from city’s cultural fund during coronavirus closures by Peter Crimmins pcf.jpg PHILADELPHIA—(March 24, 2020)— The Philadelphia Cultural ... Resourced through the City budget, the Cultural Fund supports the largest and broadest community of arts and ...
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