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Watershed Protection

Opinion: Rolling back clean water protections will hurt our communities

Monday, December 24, 2018

Every one of us has the basic, human right to clean, drinkable water. Our health, our communities, and our economy depend on it.

Watershed Protection

How land trusts play a starring role in the drama to ensure clean drinking water sources

Monday, December 10, 2018

Clean, drinkable water flowing freely out of a kitchen tap. So many of us take it for granted even though we cannot live without it.

Great Learning

This innovative intake system model aims to shorten wait times for social services

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

The formula for how the length of wait times for city social services impacts people in need is simple, according to Carlita Owens, a licensed...

Great Learning

Two-thirds of Philly kids can’t read at grade level. Can a library in a barbershop change that?

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Great Learning

Turning chores into classrooms: New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

Monday, September 10, 2018

If you’re grocery shopping in Philadelphia over the next year you might run into a cherubic cartoon character named A.J.

Creative Communities

WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION CONTINUES COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE ARTS WITH $9.4 MILLION IN NEW GRANTS

Thursday, September 6, 2018

PHILADELPHIA (September 6, 2018) – Today the William Penn Foundation announced $9.4 million in new funding for 20 arts and cultural organizations.