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Jun. 18, 2015 12:00 pm
Philly Arts is Getting 9.6 Million from Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Earlier this week, the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced 2015 Grants for Philadelphia Artists and Organizations. In its 10th year of grantmaking, the Center is providing total of more than $9.6 million will provide funding for 12 new Pew Fellowships, 34 Project grants, and three Advancement grants. “Our 2015 grantees exemplify the diverse […]
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Jun. 18, 2015 11:01 am
Bread & Roses Awards Grants to 48 Grassroots Groups
Earlier this week, Bread & Roses Community Fund announced its 2015 grantees. The grassroots funding group will provide grants to 48 grants to community groups in the Philadelphia region, including 15 Now Philly, Urban Creators, and Girls Justice League. Bread & Roses is a group of activists who are committed to supporting social justice by […]
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Jun. 17, 2015 2:30 pm
Women’s Way is Bringing the Conversation Together at Women’s Issues Summit
and the Women’s Advocacy and Outreach Center at Community College of Philadelphia want to network the organizations who are addressing pressing issues for women in Greater Philadelphia. The Women’s Issue Summit is ultimately designed to help shape Women’s Way funding and programmatic priorities for 2016. The organization is looking to have staff, particularly direct service, […]
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Jun. 17, 2015 1:55 pm
How Kiva Zip Plans to Draw New Lenders to Its Online Platform
Earlier this month, Kiva Zip Philadelphia held a pop-up event at Dilworth Park that connected local entrepreneurs with investors. The event was a part of an ongoing effort to leverage the online lending platform for small business development in city. The Kiva Zip platform, which was created by a San Francisco-based company, works like other […]
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Jun. 17, 2015 10:30 am
Explore History and Community Building with the History Truck
Throughout the month of June, the Philadelphia Public History Truck’s newest exhibit, “They Say They Gonna Build” explores the history of university expansion and community building in the spaces and places of North Philly closest to Temple University, where the boundaries between campus and community have never been clear. The exhibit, which is located at […]
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Jun. 16, 2015 1:30 pm
YOUTHadelphia Teens Award $50,000 in Grants
YOUTHadelphia, the Youth in Philanthropy Committee of The Philadelphia Foundation’s Fund for Children, announced last week that $50,000 in grants would be awarded to 10 organizations within the city of Philadelphia which serve young people. Each of the organizations will receive $5,000. YOUTHadelphia’s 22 spring committee participants met weekly since January to set priorities and […]
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Jun. 16, 2015 11:53 am
Event: How to Move Up in Nonprofit Leadership
The Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute‘s (NELI) will be hosting an information session about its upcoming Ascending Leadership Certificate Program on Tuesday, June 23. Geared toward rising leaders in the nonprofit sector, the certificate program aims to equip management staff toward moving into senior leadership. Focused on analyzing organizational systems and business functions, the workshop targets […]
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Jun. 15, 2015 3:48 pm
Talking Data and Transit at OpenAccessPhilly
The OSIsoft offices at 1700 Market was abuzz with Open Access Philly talks last Friday, June 12. OpenAccessPhilly, the monthly convening for all things civic, tech, and collaboration, hosted a transit-themed meeting, featuring local leaders in Philly transit and tech. OSIsoft David Doll of OSIsoft opened up this month’s convening with a discussion about facilities […]
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Jun. 10, 2015 1:34 pm
The State of Philly’s Impact Investment Scene, According to Investors’ Circle
The term “impact investing” has been revolutionized on a national scale, according to Philadelphia Investors’ Circle president and Robin Hood Ventures managing partner John Moore. Take clean tech for instance. Moore said that 20 years ago, the industry was considered an exclusively impact investor breeding ground. “It was pretty unclear that there was going to […]
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Jun. 5, 2015 2:15 pm
Next Stop: Democracy! Calls for Artists to Create a Better Voting Experience
“Next Stop: Democracy!”, a new Philadelphia-based voter engagement project, is now accepting artist submissions. The project will work with over 50 of Philadelphia area artists to create original “Vote Here” signs to be installed around the city on election day, November 3. The project looks to generate excitement and engagement through a city-wide art installation […]