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City's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Shares Plans for 2021

OACCE
Thursday, January 14, 2021
... programs to support Philadelphia's diverse arts community in 2021. OACCE’s programs, launching today and later in the year, strive to provide Philadelphia residents with ... The new website includes the return of the Arts Access Calendar, enhanced opportunities pages, and a section focused ...
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Regional Interest
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Arts & Culture
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Leadership, Culture and Community

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

Thursday, June 6, 2019
... totaling more than $2.8 million to support education in Philadelphia. As part of the Creative Communities program, ... with Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation in piloting a historic home repair program in Strawberry Mansion that demonstrates approaches to ...

What’s Race Got to Do With It? Equity and Philanthropic Evaluation Practice

Published: 
10/2018

An increasing number of foundations are embracing racial equity/equity as a core value, and it is influencing how they see themselves and operate. However, evaluation has for the most part remained untouched. Knowing how race/racism has influenced both, philanthropy and evaluation, deepens our understanding of how philanthropic evaluation practice may unintentionally reinforce racism. Equitable evaluation shifts the current evaluation paradigm to one that centers equity/racial equity, so that it is more aligned with the values and intentions of current day philanthropic endeavors.

Building Impact: A Closer Look at Local Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education

Cross Sector Collaborations for Education
Published: 
01/2020
 (209 pages, PDF) While cross-sector collaborations in support of local education reform show promise, they also ... Foundation, examined eight collaborations, including three in depth — Say Yes Buffalo, Milwaukee Succeeds, and  All ... data management systems, to engaging marginalized groups in the decision-making process. Building Impact: A Closer ...
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Report
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Sector Collaboration
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Education

The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change: Redlining by Another Name: What the Data Says to Move from Rhetoric to Action

Published: 
12/2019
... learn how leaders of Black-led social change organizations in the United States and U.S. Territories describe their ... well-being of existing Black social change infrastructure in this country. The second was to use this information to ... with Black-led organizations (BLOs) and Black communities. In late 2015, BSCFN was birthed from a partnership between ...

City Announces $1 Million Investment in Organizations Developing Innovative Workforce Solutions

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... — The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce—in partnership with Philadelphia's economic and workforce ... by long-standing racial inequity and injustice. In alignment with this commitment, the City, through the ... Grant, also announced an investment of $1 million in organizations and programs that will intentionally ...

Pew Awards $3.25M to Philadelphia Nonprofits to Support Students and Address Food Insecurity

Heights Philadelphia | Photo Credit Paola Nogueras
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
... Sharing Excess, which addresses food insecurity in the Greater Philadelphia region. Details on the grants are ... the organization. Heights Philadelphia was formed in 2022 after the merger of Steppingstone Scholars and ... that helped young Philadelphians enter and succeed in college, earn postsecondary credentials, and develop ...
25Aug2022

Direct Route: Cost Allocations | The Road to Understanding Cost Allocations and Implementing GAAP

Thursday, August 25, 2022
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Where: 
Webinar
... the ability to determine appropriate levels for pricing products or services, report true program costs when claiming ... presentation of cost allocations are common errors in nonprofit financial statements. Join YPTC’s Aimee ...
15Jun2023

Reimagining Philanthropy for the 21st Century: Tech, Trust-Based Philanthropy & Modern Grantmaking

Thursday, June 15, 2023
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Where: 
Webinar
Traditional philanthropic practices -- often involving top-down decision making and a culture of compliance -- have failed to advance nonprofits' potential for impact and innovation. A more effective and impactful approach to giving is possible when...

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