News and Perspectives

Today, the Fairmount Park Conservancy announced a $10 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to implement the transformation of Philadelphia’s iconic FDR Park.

In 2021, the Barr, Kresge, and William Penn Foundations joined together to more deeply understand the needs of organizations utilizing art and culture to address systemic and intersectional societal challenges.

By: Nathan Boon Senior Program Officer of Watershed Protection, William Penn Foundation Guest Contributor for The Philadelphia Citizen The water quality of the Delaware River is the best it has been in decades. Thanks to the efforts of local advocates to...

Imagine living less than a half mile away from a sprawling 300-acre public park without ever knowing it existed. Well, that was my experience before learning about Tacony Creek Park from Julie Slavet, Executive Director of Tookany/Tacony-Frankford...

The White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) recently kicked off a series of regional economic summits with a goal of connecting AANHPI communities directly with leaders and resources at the federal...

By: Jennifer Stavrakos Interim Director of the Great Learning Program, William Penn Foundation, Guest Contributor to Generocity In Philadelphia, more than 17,000 children are estimated to live in homes where grandparents provide their primary care. These...

Across the country, approximately 2.7 million grandparents are raising grandchildren.

Home visiting professionals will have access to financial and legal resources to address clients’ urgent needs

Ahead of National Grandparents Day, 8 organizations receive grants to provide a variety of supportive services to help ‘grandfamilies’ thrive PHILADELPHIA (September 7, 2022) – The William Penn Foundation today announced a set of three-year grants...