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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 ... Philadelphia Cultural Fund will announce the recipients of its 2019 Art & Culture Grants. The awards total $2.68 ... Cultural Fund that helps distinguish Philadelphia as a place of diversity of expression and excitement,” ...
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Arts & Culture
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Regional Vibrancy and Sustainability
20Sep2021

Supporting Afghan Families Seeking Refuge in Philadelphia

Monday, September 20, 2021
9:00am - 10:00am
Video Conference
The United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover of the country has caused many Afghans to flee the country in ... to their association with the U.S. mission.  The City of Philadelphia is one of the selected cities to welcome ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Announces Release of Emergency Funding

Monday, April 20, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 20, 2020) – In response to the ... grants. These funds are intended to alleviate some of the unexpected economic pressure on the public interest ... community has long understood – that all of us are only as safe as our most vulnerable citizens. The Foundation ...
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COVID-19
12Jan2021

Delaware County Funders Meeting

Tuesday, January 12, 2021
9:00am - 10:30am
Video Conference
... join us for the first Delaware County Funders meeting of 2021! We invite you to participate in a cross-sector ... at this meeting. Speakers include:  Jennifer Egmont, United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey Jose ...

Common Goals, Different Approaches: How Five Cities Reimagined Their Public Spaces

Common Goals, Different Approaches
Published: 
04/2019
BY AARON WIENER| A new report from JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION showcases how Philadelphia and four other cities (Memphis, Detroit, Akron ... and Chicago) have reimagined their public spaces as part of a national initiative called Reimagining the Civic Commons ...
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Report
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Public Policy and Civic Engagement

Wawa Donates 3,000 Appreciation Kits to the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to Distribute to The School District of Philadelphia Essential Employees

Wawa and The Fund for the SDP
Monday, March 15, 2021
SDP_WawaDonations.jpg PHILADELPHIA—(March 12, 2021)--To mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wawa and The Fund for the School ... the urging of the School District itself, wanted to find a way to acknowledge the work done by support staff over the ...
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Regional Interest
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Children, Youth, and FamiliesDisaster ReliefEducation
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COVID-19

Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens: A Practice Guide

Published: 
11/2019
... Justice Lens: A Practical Guide centers the perspectives of racial justice activists first, and then of funders working on change in their institutions, to ... justice. This guide will be most useful to an audience of grantmakers who have already made or are close to making ...

Strong Foundations: Financial Security Starts with Affordable, Stable Housing – A Research Primer

Strong Foundations Housing Report
Published: 
01/2020
... families and for the 1 in 4 renters who spend 50% or more of their income on housing—and its effects ripple ... (EPIC) recognized rising housing costs and instability as critical threats to the financial security of American families and created a comprehensive research ...
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Affordable Housing/Housing and Shelter

Leading Philadelphia Civil Legal Aid and Social-Service Agencies Sign On to Become Founding Member Tenants in the First Collaborative Center of its Kind

Friday, March 8, 2019
Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA – (March 3, 2019) – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many of the city’s leading civil legal aid agencies and ... by the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, is setting a new national standard for inter‐agency collaboration, ...
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Legal AidSocial Justice

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