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Opportunity Alert! Applications are now open for the $1.5 million 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant! 🎉 🎉 🎉 Individual artists, small and mid-size nonprofit arts organizations, and small creative enterprises are invited to apply. Application deadline is September 13, 2024 ➡️ bit.ly/45bTWJn #IlluminateTheArts with Creative Philadelphia

Save the date! On September 21, from 12-4 PM, we're hosting a Back-to-School Mental Health Fair. Join us for a day filled with: Free community resources Workshops for all ages School supplies for the whole family We’re seeking dedicated volunteers and community partners to make this event impactful. If you're interested in tabling or helping out, please click the link below! Volunteer: https://bit.ly/472KQBl Workshop: https://bit.ly/4gd0VIU Table: https://bit.ly/4cQuWv4 #BackToSchool #MentalHealthMatters #CommunityFirst

Don't miss our annual Education Symposium happening next Friday, Sept. 6th from 10 am - 3 pm at Bartram's Garden!

The application cycle for the 4th round of #Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Forfeiture Fund grants is now open! Grants will range from $15,000 to $50,000, with an average grant size of $25,000. This application cycle is only open to programs providing trauma healing and support services to youth impacted by violence. Programs with a focus on youth directly impacted by violence and/or grieving and include formal therapeutic or healing components are encouraged to apply. Applications are due by September 20th. #Grants #GrantOpportunity Apply today ➡️https://lnkd.in/d68vmmbE

Registration is now open for the 2024-2025 Art-Reach Cohort! Check out this highlight reel featuring clips from last year's sessions covering topics like Soft Skills for Access, Disability Justice, ASL Interpretation, and the IDD Community. (Thank you to previous Art-Reach intern Avianna Miller for putting this together!) Want to learn more about the Cohort? Visit our website for the full schedule of this year's presenters, and register to join our year-long virtual professional development series: https://lnkd.in/esqip5xq Video Description - Clips of virtual presentations as part of the Art-Reach Cohort program, interspersed between promotional text on a dark blue background that reads "Art-Reach Cohort. Learn. Assess. Reflect. Art is a human right." 

 🎥 Excited to share "Live Lunch Convo: The Art of Storytelling with Dawn Frisby Byers from PA Humanities," hosted by Kyra Taylor of Erie's Black Wall Street! Learn more about our 50th anniversary Voices of History project and how we're celebrating important African American stories across Pennsylvania. https://lnkd.in/e_fF6KiJ

Join us for another hands-on clay workshop with Nitza Walesca Rosario this Saturday, August 24, from 10 AM to 12 PM at 3208 Kensington Ave! Create your unique tile, and we'll fire it for you to keep or install at the Open Kitchen Sculpture Garden. Open to all ages—families welcome! Be sure to arrive by 10 AM—we can't wait to see you there! https://bit.ly/487AFtT #weherekensington #muralartsphilly40

Happy #FundingFriday! Check out our latest roundup of arts & culture funding opportunities: 1. Philadelphia Foundation's Fall Grant Cycle | The Direct Service, Impact, and Advocacy grants will provide support to direct-service nonprofits that connect those they serve to multiple resources; nonprofits demonstrating programmatic impact and leadership in the community; and advocacy organizations advancing critical issues to bring about systemic changes: https://buff.ly/3X3UTm6 🚨COMPLETE YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE BY AUGUST 19TH 🚨DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 20TH 2. The Philadelphia Funder Collaborative welcomes funding requests from Philadelphia-region 501(c)(3) public charities that intend to plan and host programs that Inspire greater civic engagement, honor Philadelphia’s unique importance, celebrate the diversity of our city and the region through inclusive programming, and/or encourage widespread community participation in the events commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation’s independence: https://buff.ly/4cvMVa7 🚨DEADLINE TO SUBMIT LOI: AUGUST 30TH 3. The Hilles Fund Grants | prioritizes grants to programs that serve those with the greatest needs in Philadelphia with an operating budget of under $2 million, which provide low-income children, youth and women with pathways to economic independence and self-sufficiency. Program areas supported by the Hilles Fund are education, youth development and community development: https://buff.ly/3AsAiPB 🚨DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15TH 4. NDN Collective Community Action Fund | provided to frontline organizations, groups and individuals most impacted by local challenges, ensuring that resources and decision-making lies with those who are best equipped to solve pressing issues and address imminent threats: https://buff.ly/3AsAiz5 🚨 DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31ST #GrantOpportunities #FundingOpportunities #NonprofitFunding #GrantOpportunity