William Penn Foundation announces Creative Communities Grants
The William Penn Foundation announced $9.7 million in grants for Creative Communities
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The William Penn Foundation announced $9.7 million in grants for Creative Communities
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.
(Philadelphia, PA) – The Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness, a participatory grantmaking initiative that aims to promote mental health among immigrant communities, is pleased to announce a $215,000 investment in three implementation grantees for its second grant cycle.
To continue to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the William Penn Foundation has partnered with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to collectively award more than $8 million in Relief and Recovery Support grants to local arts organizations.
Funding aims to reduce health disparities for patient and families living in West Philadelphia, extending CHOP’s overall community impact.
The new funding will help serve 7,724 Bucks County residents.
Mayor Kenney arugues that ultimately, the best ways to reduced Philadelphia's systemic, intergenerational poverty are to improve educational and economic opportunities, and to empower residents with the resources they need to get family-sustaining jobs.
ACEV, Global Foodbanking Network, and World Bicycle Relief have been named as honorees for the 2019 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Each is guaranteed an unrestricted financial award of $50,000 as well as executive training and support from the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania, and one grand prize winner will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds.
For foundations not sure how to get started with impact or mission-aligned investing, a first step is to look for opportunities in their own backyard by investing in CDFIs and supporting a local social enterprise.
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and Bucks-Mont Collaborative have partnered with The Regional Foundation Center (RFC) and Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) on a session
Administered by The Fund for School District of Philadelphia, the program's goals of promoting literacy and preventing the phenomenon known as “summer slide” have been expanded to include countering the "COVID slide," this year's loss of school instruction time to the pandemic.
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.
Support includes first-ever ‘growth grant’ to Benefits Data Trust, plus pandemic recovery assistance for Visit Philadelphia and Philadelphia Zoo.
Philadelphia’s individual artists, small and mid-size nonprofit arts organizations, and small creative enterprises are invited to apply through May 28.
Through this new public-private-community partnership, grants will support grassroots organizations and community groups in Kensington through community-driven, participatory grantmaking process.
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced that it has awarded $4.25 million to four Philadelphia nonprofits working to close opportunity gaps and address the growing impact of violence on local residents.