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40 Pew Environment Group 1948 experienced a major environmental catastrophe, a yellow killersmog over the Monongahela River, caused by a byproduct of steelmaking at a factory in Donora, Pa. Nearly half of the town’s 14,000 residents were affected, with 22 dying within days. It led to the Air Pollution Control Act of 1955, the nation’s first piece of federal legislation on this issue. In addition, there was an oil crisis that year, with calls for voluntary reductions in the use of gasoline, fuel oil and natural gas. ing this survey, the forum, as part of Pew’s election-year coverage, creates religious profiles of all presidential contenders, including religious biographies and interactive tools, so that users can compare the candidates. Culture The Cultural Data Project grows to include more than 2,000 organizations, 80 grants programs and 57 funders in Pennsylvania, Maryland and California, with plans to launch in New York, Massachusetts and Illinois in 2009. The project also garners support from national funders and arts service organizations and gains recognition for providing reliable, comprehensive information about the cultural sector. Data gathered from organizations in the Philadelphia region is used in “2008 Portfolio,” published by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, providing compelling analyses of topics such as arts attendance by children and school groups, healthcare costs and Internet fund raising. The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage funds over 800 performances, exhibitions and events attended by more than 500,000; and its six Artistic Initiatives in dance, historic heritage, music, theater, visual arts and discipline-specific fellowships, plus the Cultural Management Initiative, give grants to approximately 100 artists and organizations. The center also helps strengthen arts groups and provides marketing support to increase audiences. An example of innovative programming supported by the center is an exhibition by Pennsylvania artist Mark Dion at Bartram’s Gardens, in Philadelphia, the home of America’s first great botanist, John Bartram; Dion retraces one of Bartram’s famous trips through colonial America and, like his predecessor, gathers artifacts and draws pictures of what he experiences. Some 1,200 people attend the show, and more than 7,000 people from around the world participate via the Web. Technology also extends the audience for a series of short films on Pew’s 2007 arts fellows. After the movies debut at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, more than 46,000 individuals view them on a DVD included in the program’s annual catalogue, on its Web site and on YouTube. In addition, technological innovation helps give immediacy to history in two projects supported by the Heritage Philadelphia Program. The Rosenbach Museum and Library launches 21st Century Abe, a dynamic online exhibition interpreting Abraham Lincoln’s legacy for teenagers and young adults. And the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia begins a survey of important historic sites in the city with a process that pairs the latest mapmaking software with the expertise of leading historians; the project will lay the groundwork for a more strategic approach to preserve the city’s historic treasures. Among the excellent reviews of Pew-supported exhibitions and performances, the play Chekhov Lizardbrain by the Pig Iron Theatre Company of Philadelphia is “the gem of the Off Off Broadway season,” according to New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood, who puts it on his list of the top theater events of 2008. The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance launches Engage 2020, which aims to double audience participation in arts and culture over the next
Pew Prospectus 2009 milestones 2008 41 12 years. With additional support from Euisit, the Wallace velisi tis Foundation augiat. Put lut and ut augueraese the Philadelphia Foundation, the alliance conducts research on the shifting trends in audience demographics and consumer behavior, creates tools to help organizations measure participation and enhances marketing support. This includes upgrades to the successful PhillyFunGuide, an online calendar of events, and Funsavers, which features discounted tickets. Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia The Pew Fund provides servicedelivery funding to 122 nonprofit organizations in the Philadelphia area, allowing them to help more than 65,000 individuals and families throughout the region. In addition, the program helps 27 agencies make a number of important organizational adjustments. These include strengthening staff’s ability to assess program performance, putting in place new technologies that improve agency financial-management and monitoring capacities, ut vullum and delismolor the planning for Vullaortisit retirement of senior management and other leadership transitions. The Pennsylvania Health Law Project uses operating support from Pew to ensure that state regulations for assisted living, a newly created category of long-term care in Pennsylvania, adequately protect consumer health and safety. The Pew Fund’s Programs Adjusting to a Changing Environment continues to offer timely information and technical assistance to local agencies on critical trends and developments in health and human services. One session enables the leadership of Pew Fund organizations and other nonprofits to engage with key appointees of Philadelphia’s new mayor regarding the direction of crucial services for vulnerable individuals and families. Civic Initiatives The Philadelphia Program launches the Philadelphia Research Initiative to produce reports about critical issues facing the city. A model for the kind of studies it will carry out is the report released by Pew, in partnership Adelent with the alis Economy am, si euisi.quat League ipsum of Greater iuscill ametumsandre Philadelphia, on pension and healthcare costs for municipal workers. It finds that rising costs are outpacing increases in Philadelphia’s revenue, threatening the city’s ability to meet future pension and health-care obligations and squeezing resources for other city priorities. Pew partners with public and private funders to develop a plan for extensive landscape and roadway improvements on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway, home to many of the region’s most important cultural institutions. The Star-Spangled Banner Preservation Project culminates in the re-opening of the Pew-supported permanent viewing gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The gallery is part of a two-year renovation of the building’s core. The new exhibition uses multimedia displays and historic artifacts to tell the story of the nearly 200-year-old flag that inspired our national anthem.
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