Over the course of the Foundation’s ongoing strategic review process, we have been exploring the natural connections between our public space and environmental grantmaking portfolios. With the synergies of natural and built environments in mind, our Public Space grantmaking strategy will shift from the current Creative Communities program to instead be part of the new environmentally focused grantmaking program that will roll out in late summer 2024.

This lateral shift will include some updates to our current Public Space strategy as part of the Foundation’s overall strategy revision process. To that end, our Public Space strategy will not be accepting any new inquiries or applications until new guidelines are available in August 2024. Please visit our Strategy Revision webpage over the next several months for more updates on our strategy revision process. Please email ccinfo@williampennfoundation.org with any questions.