The William Penn Foundation announced grants of $2.6 million in their Creative Communities program, which supports artistic and cultural expression that stimulates new viewpoints and helps create places and spaces where new cultural experiences and perspectives can be encountered and shared.
HealthSpark Foundation awarded over $316,000 in 10 Innovation Lab grants this year.
Local funders are partnering with the New York-based Edna McConnell Clark Foundation on the RISE (Readiness, Implementation, Sustainability for Effectiveness) Partnership, a two-year effort to invest $3 million to build the capacity of Philadelphia-area nonprofits to evaluate their impact.
The Philadelphia Foundation announced 43 projects selected for $1,000 “Activate” mini-grants to help transform ideas generated during last year’s On the Table Philly into tangible initiatives that will improve the Greater Philadelphia region.
The Philadelphia Black Giving Circle (PBGC), launched in 2018 to distribute pooled funds to nonprofits in the Philadelphia area that are black-led and black serving, has finished accepting applications for its first round of grantmaking.
The William Penn Foundation announced $9.7 million in grants for Creative Communities
Philadelphia Anchors for Growth & Equity, or PAGE, is a new citywide initiative that seeks to significant boost local purchasing by 13 city universities and hospitals,
Nov. 15 is National Philanthropy Day, a day when people around the country are invited to reflect and celebrate charitable acts — both financial gifts and acts of service for the benefit of others. I thought it only appropriate to acknowledge and celebrate the spirit of Gerry Lenfest on this day.
Via Philly.com | By Bill Golderer, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
