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Philadelphia the Latest City to Team Up with Funders on Digital Equity in Schools
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Philadelphia has become the latest major city to announce its schools will open virtually and that it has formed a public-private partnership to...
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William Penn Foundation Supports Equitable Internet Access for Philadelphia Students
Thursday, August 6, 2020
PHLConnectED will provide reliable internet access to approximately 35,000 households.
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Free internet coming for 35,000 Philly families: city, schools, Comcast to spend $17M on digital equity plan
Thursday, August 6, 2020
With the start of the school year just weeks away, city officials on Thursday announced a plan to provide free internet access for 35,000 low-income...
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William Penn Foundation Pursues Economic Equity with New Grants Supporting Immediate Relief for Workers, Journalism on Family-Sustaining Job Creation
Friday, July 10, 2020
William Penn Foundation (WPF) today announced two grants supporting immediate economic relief and future work opportunity in the region.
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Philly’s new $1.7 million fund helps cash economy workers left out of COVID stimulus
Thursday, July 9, 2020
The coronavirus has dealt a crushing blow to the tens of thousands of people who work in the region’s cash economy and were consequently unable to...
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What will the ‘Future of Work’ look like? The Inquirer received a $500,000 grant to find out.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
The William Penn Foundation has awarded The Inquirer and its owner, the nonprofit Lenfest Institute, a $500,000 grant to support a yearlong...
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