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Leeway Foundation announces $180,000 in Transformation Awards
The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.
Philadelphia Health Partnership announces 2018 grant awards
Philadelphia Health Partnership announces 2018 grants to support Medical-Legal Partnerships, Children and Families, Immigrants and Refugees, and Community Voice and Leadership initiatives.
Systems transformation could have saved Daniel Prude’s life
Building on Arthur Evans' Legacy: Next Steps For Behavioral Health In Philadelphia
Scattergood Foundation president Joe Pyle urges Philadelphia to build on the accomplishments of Dr. Arthur Evans, who is stepping down after 12 years as Commissioner of the Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services.
How a Small Craft Navigates Shifting Tides
With services and supports to the community’s most vulnerable residents repeatedly at risk, First Hospital Foundation (now the Philadelphia Health Partnership) asks how it can most effectively target its resources to make a difference.
$10.6 Million Boost Will Close Key Gaps In Regional Circuit Trails Network
William Penn Foundation announces Creative Communities Grants
Hurricane Dorian: How to Help
While the full extent of Hurricane Dorian's impact on the Bahamas and beyond is still unfolding, there are critical needs for immediate and long-term relief and recovery.
The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls
In the new reality spurred by the COVID-19, women are on the frontlines of the pandemic which puts them at increased risk of infection, economic hardship and gender-based violence.
Beech commemorates memory of former CEO during COVID-19 pandemic
PHILADELPHIA, May 25, 2020 – The Beech Companies, Inc., a small nonprofit founded to revitalize disadvantaged communities in Philadelphia would have been celebrating its 30th anniversary with a big dinner on May 28th. As fate would have it, the COVID-19 pandemic changed those plans.
William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia
In its fifth special meeting since March, the Foundation's Board of Directors approved a series of grants to immediately support multiple elements of recovery, including efforts to support early learning, youth programs and employment, and food access.
City Announces Additional $30 Million in Funding for Rental Assistance and Small Business Relief
New funding brings the City’s direct support for small businesses to $38.7 million and for rental assistance to $39.4 million since start of the pandemic.
Bridging Recovery to Equity
As we take our first steps toward some semblance of post-pandemic normalcy, we are at the crossroads of recovery and equity. How we define the success of our recovery is contingent on both our collective ability to move forward and how we actively demonstrate the value of equity.
Francis J. Myers Recreation Center Rebuild Project Awarded $4.5 Million in State Funding
Pennsylvania House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton this week announced the approval of $4.5 million to invest in much needed improvements at the Francis J. Myers Recreation Center in Southwest Philadelphia.
City and Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians Launch Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative
A $242,000 grant from the World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund will support Engaging Immigrant Talent, an 18-month initiative to advance employer-informed immigrant workforce integration.
Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets
On the Table Philly returns for 2018
OPINION | Instead of blaming government for Philly’s poverty problems, we must band together
Leeway Foundation announces $55,000 in Art and Change Grants
The Leeway Foundation announced $55,000 in funding for 31 individual women, trans and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers in Greater Philadelphia, to support their work addressing a range of social change issues.