$4.9M for digital literacy in Pennsylvania
To help more Pennsylvanians find jobs, the commonwealth granted funds to a dozen organizations expanding or starting digital literacy programs.
Also in this month’s grant-heavy Money Moves, the Wistar Institute got funding from the National Science Foundation and the City of Philadelphia awarded workforce grants to four local projects.
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News Incubator: What else to know today
• Students from Launchpad, a Philly workforce development program, came up with nine ideas to increase diversity, equity and inclusion at tech companies. [Technical.ly]
• Separate from its NSF grant, the Wistar Institute received a $10 million anonymous donation to support its Center of Advanced Therapeutics, expected to be completed in February 2025. [Philly Biz Journal]
• Benefits Data Trust named Wendy Starner as the organization’s new CEO, replacing Trooper Sanders. Starner was previously the nonprofit’s chief financial officer. [BDT]
• Philadelphia has declared a heat health emergency from 8 a.m. tomorrow until midnight on Saturday. Here’s a list of cooling centers, pools and emergency numbers. [City of Philadelphia]
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Sarah Huffman is a 2022-2024 corps member for Report for America, an initiative of The Groundtruth Project that pairs young journalists with local newsrooms. This position is supported by the Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
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