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.
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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.
Reinventing Older Communities: Rethink. Recover. Rebuild.
The Foundation is pleased to support the fourth biennial Reinventing Older Communities conference, to be hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, May 12-14, 2010.
Foundation Receives $747 Million
Feather Houstoun, president of the William Penn Foundation, announced today that John C. Haas, the senior member of the Haas family, has directed $747 million to the Foundation, with instructions that it be used in perpetuity for the advancement of the Greater Philadelphia region.
Philadelphia Public Art: The Full Spectrum
A new study by PennPraxis explores Philadelphia’s public art inventory and identifies opportunities for the city to modernize and improve the policy systems that nurture it. According to the authors, Philadelphia has “an historic opportunity, with fresh leadership in the new Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, to improve upon and explore new forms of expression tied to our identity as a world-class city.”
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