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Philadelphia Cultural Fund Gives Much-Needed Support to Youth in 13 Local Arts and Culture Groups

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
Thursday, June 27, 2019
PHILADELPHIA—(June 27, 2019)— The Philadelphia Cultural Fund today announced $223,918 in grants to 13 cultural organizations that use ... goals, and strengths. It’s gratifying to know that these community-minded organizations can help serve our children and help channel ...
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About Rebuild Philadelphia

... parks, recreation centers and libraries in the City of Philadelphia. Through these investments, Rebuild will improve public spaces, ... in Rebuild. In 2017, with the support of William Penn Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , Philanthropy ...

GreenLight Fund is bringing a new model of financial empowerment to Philadelphia

Friday, July 27, 2018
... By  Julie Zeglen | Via Generocity GreenLight Fund Philadelphia  has announced its newest portfolio company:  Compass Working ... $600,000. Its funders are Josh Kopelman, Burke Family Foundation, Santander Bank, Lenfest Foundation, Marc and Leah Singer, William ...
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Program Series

... and collaborative initiatives from within the funding community. Members offer first-hand accounts of how they decided to initiate ...

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... hundred-million-dollar grant  from the William Penn Foundation, the City of Philadelphia launched a high-profile, mayor-backed,  seven-year, $500 million ...

First Hospital Foundation is Now Philadelphia Health Partnership

Thursday, February 1, 2018
  PHILADELPHIA – February 1, 2018 – After 20 years of supporting nonprofit ... throughout Greater Philadelphia, First Hospital Foundation is now Philadelphia Health Partnership: a Foundation for Healthy ... across professional boundaries and between practitioners and community members.” PHP’s emphasis on partnership reflects its belief ...

William Penn Foundation announces Creative Communities Grants

Thursday, December 13, 2018
William Penn Foundation Announcement The William Penn Foundation is pleased to ... spaces, we awarded a grant to  Bread and Roses Community Fund ($460,000)  to launch an Equitable Public Space Giving Project. The ... mission of the School District and early care facilities in Philadelphia. A grant was awarded to the  Free Library of Philadelphia ...
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Bartol Foundation Awards 18 Grants to Philadelphia Arts & Cultural Organizations

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Thursday, July 25, 2019
Philadelphia, PA—The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation announced today that it will distribute $95,000 in grants to 18 Philadelphia arts and cultural organizations. The Foundation supports organizations in a range of artistic disciplines with an emphasis on ...
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Connelly and William Penn Foundations announce major support of workforce initiative

UCD Green City Works
Friday, December 20, 2019
... . The funding will help to expand the reach of our West Philadelphia Sklils Initiative (WPSI) and support career growth and pathways ... advances, and supports its workforce. The Connelly Foundation has granted WPSI $450,000 over three years to support its expansion. ...

Leeway Foundation Awards Nine Philadelphia Artists with $15,000 Transformation Award

Friday, December 21, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – Today, Leeway Foundation announced $135,000 in grants to nine women and trans* artists and ... for one-on-one support. ABOUT LEEWAY: Leeway Foundation supports women and transgender artists and cultural producers working in ...

Philadelphia Foundation’s YOUTHadelphia grants help Philly youth initiatives

Monday, May 28, 2018
Via The Philadelphia Tribune | By Eric Moody   Six local non-profit ... received grants totaling $50,000 from The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children’s YOUTHadelphia program. The Philadelphia Foundation ...

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

Monday, September 10, 2018
Press release via The Philadelphia Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA (9/10/2018) – The Philadelphia Foundation ... highlights The Philadelphia Foundation’s Arts & Culture Fund, a permanent endowment that supports local arts organizations’ efforts ...
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PA is Ready! receives $150k in funding to support immigration services

Friday, April 6, 2018
A total of $150,000 in grants from the Ford Foundation , JPB Foundation , and Open Society Foundations will support ... 2018/19. The funding is part of a program supported by The Philadelphia Foundation to match contributions received by May 31, 2018.   ...
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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 been at the ... parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, and libraries across Philadelphia.  We are committed to galvanizing the philanthropic community ...

The Philadelphia Foundation Announces On The Table Philly “Activate” Mini-Grants

Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Philadelphia, PA (Jan. 14, 2019) – The   Philadelphia Foundation   has announced 43 projects selected for $1,000 “Activate” ... conversations energized people’s thinking around important community issues,” said Philadelphia Foundation President & CEO Pedro A. ...
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Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness announces first grantee cohort

Wednesday, June 20, 2018
... to grant more than $200,000 to ten organizations in Greater Philadelphia. (Philadelphia, PA) – The Community Fund for Immigrant ... our region,” said Joe Pyle, President of the Scattergood Foundation. “Yet they often face unique and complex barriers to being well. ...
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Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play

Monday, September 11, 2017
... to getting this overhaul right. Even as Lawncrest, the Philadelphia neighborhood, has transformed over the past half century, ... investment, and one that might. (The William Penn Foundation provided grant funding for the reporting and research and is also a ...

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