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William Penn Foundation Joins Other Funders to Support Black Community Leaders Fund
Thursday, November 18, 2021
   William Penn Foundation Announces $1 Million Commitment to Support the Black Community Leaders Fund
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Great Learning
The communities are side by side. They have wildly different education outcomes – by design.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
PHILADELPHIA – Tomea Sippio-Smith still remembers how depressed she felt after participating in an eighth grade math competition decades ago.
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14 Philadelphia Nonprofits Awarded Funding Through William Penn Foundation Racial Equity Grant Fund
Monday, October 4, 2021
Panel of community members awards $415,000 on behalf of the Foundation
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Look to Philadelphia for smart ways to invest new early learning funds | Opinion
Monday, September 13, 2021
Philadelphia is home to programs that are ready-made for expansion with new federal funding.
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Great Learning
Philly is a force behind a new book that helps infants and adults alike share the joys of reading aloud
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
A book designed to appeal to very young children — and help parents begin regularly reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers — has been...
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Money moves: More than $13M has been awarded to local nonprofits in the past few months
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
See who got funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Independence Public Media Foundation, Patricia Kind Family Foundation, the...
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