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The William Penn Foundation, founded in 1945 by Otto and Phoebe Haas, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Greater Philadelphia region through efforts that foster rich cultural expression, strengthen children’s futures, and deepen connections to nature and community. In partnership with others, the Foundation works to advance a vital, just, and caring community.

Annual Report

Visit our Grant Center to learn more about the funding priorities and objectives in our three grant areas, find out if your organization's work may fit, and the steps to take before applying.

Many reports sponsored or published by the William Penn Foundation are available through the Foundation Center's PubHub, a searchable repository of annotated links to reports and issue briefs.

What's New
Help Philadelphia plan its future

The Philadelphia City Planning Commission, with support from the Foundation, is creating PHILADELPHIA2035: a new comprehensive plan to guide Philadelphia’s growth and development for the next several decades. This will be a public process with many opportunities for citizens to participate, starting in May and June 2010.

Foundation announces effort to develop Philly journalism collaborative
To ensure our region’s capacity for high-quality public affairs journalism, the Foundation will make a series of targeted investments intended to establish an independent journalism collaborative.The effort is informed by a new report from J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.

Diverse coalition secures $23 million to create a world-class network of trails
Greater Philadelphia received extraordinarily good news this week when the Federal government awarded $23 million in stimulus funding to local agencies that will help to establish a bi-state regional trail network.




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