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BIPOC Artists Receive More than $1 Million in Fellowships Through Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Program

Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures 2024 Fellows
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
... for Arts & Heritage 2024 Fellows Cultural Treasures.png PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 17, 2024) — Eleven fellowships totaling $1,185,000 have been awarded to Black, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous Philadelphia artists. These unrestricted grants are provided ...

Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $500,000 Grant to Elevate 215 in Support of Philadelphia Education

Friday, December 22, 2023
... learning outcomes and build a diverse teacher workforce in Philadelphia. The investment in Philadelphia education will provide support for a number of ... to improve schools in Philadelphia that primarily serve Black and Hispanic/Latinx students and students from ...
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Philadelphia Cultural Fund to Award $2.68M to 339 Arts Organizations Across the City

Friday, March 29, 2019
PHILADELPHIA—(March 26, 2019]—On March 26 and 27 at City Hall, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund will announce the recipients of its 2019 Art & Culture Grants. The awards total $2.68 million ...
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Accelerating Job Growth and Business Formation Among BIPOC Community Should be a Priority for Philadelphia’s Next Mayor

Vision Philadelphia - Economic Development: Access to Capital for Philadelphia’s Diverse Business Owners
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Press release Philadelphia, PA— What would Philadelphia look like if it had the fastest growth rate of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-owned business ...

The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia announces Kathryn Epps Roberson as the next President and Chief Executive Officer

Kathryn Epps Roberson
Thursday, June 15, 2023
... to maximizing resources for the betterment of the city of Philadelphia and all Philadelphians, and brings unmatched ... across the public and private sector around addressing Philadelphia’s talent priorities, and was instrumental in ... digital platform and the only one-stop-shop in the Greater Philadelphia region to connect and foster collaboration ...
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Pew Awards $7.7M to Philadelphia Human Services, Arts, and Civic Nonprofits to Expand Programs, Adapt Business Models

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded $7.7 million to five Philadelphia-area nonprofit organizations. These grants will ... been awarded a $3.5 million  growth grant  to expand its work to end and prevent chronic street homelessness in ...

Pew Announces $1.85M to Strengthen the Free Library of Philadelphia and Improve Access to Drexel University’s Atwater Kent Collection

Free Library of Philadelphia
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded two grants totaling $1.85 million in its ongoing commitment to help Philadelphia-area organizations recover from the impacts of ...

Pew Awards $5.41 Million to Five Philadelphia Nonprofits to Address Human, Economic Impacts of COVID-19

The Pew Charitable Trusts
Friday, April 9, 2021
Press release via The Pew Charitable Trusts PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that ... it has awarded a total of $5.41 million in grants to five Philadelphia nonprofits to address COVID-19’s health and ... five years, to help the organization significantly expand its capacity to connect low-income Philadelphia-area ...

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 ... create site-specific works, a range of projects from nine Philadelphia arts organizations will receive $923,600 from ... like the Philadelphia Photo Art Center, which will expand its successful community programming with new Knight funding, ...
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United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey names Bill Golderer as President & CEO

Bill Golderer
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) has named Bill ... impact restaurant that creates jobs and returns revenue to Philadelphia’s most impoverished citizens. UWGPNSJ’s ... is the right leader for the organization as it channels its efforts to fight poverty. “In Bill, United Way has ...
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13Feb2020

Food Funders & Stakeholders Meeting #2 - Reality Bites: Hunger on the Rise in Philadelphia and What We Can Do About It

Thursday, February 13, 2020
1:30pm - 4:30pm
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Over the last six years, hunger and food insecurity in Philadelphia has risen 22 percent in contrast to a decrease across the region and the nation. -  Philadelphia Hunger Report 2018 , Hunger Free America, ...
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DAY 2 CONCURRENT SESSION | Participatory Grantmaking - Exploring Different Models

... will showcase several different models for participatory grantmaking. Each panelist will share about their model, ... institutional support, and lessons learned from the actual grantmaking process. Panelists: Shira Hodges , COVID-19 ... Group, Inc. DAY 2 CONCURRENT SESSION | Participatory Grantmaking - Exploring Different Models ...
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10/07/2021
11:00am - 12:00pm
12Jan2021

2021 and Beyond: Can funders maintain their new grantmaking practices to scale impact

Tuesday, January 12, 2021
1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Virtual
... positioned to learn from, and continue to embed, better grantmaking approaches beyond the current period? Join ... . Together, we will explore how funders have changed their grantmaking practices, and how to maintain and further ... ahead. 2021...

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