The Foundation is pleased to announce it recently awarded 113 grants totaling $43.9 million in its five grantmaking programs, supporting efforts to expand access to resources and opportunities that promote a more vital and just city and region for all.
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Arts and Culture
Expanding access to diverse, inclusive, and high-quality arts and culture experiences.
We awarded 14 grants totaling $4.7 million to arts and culture organizations playing a meaningful cultural and civic role in their communities. The three-year general operating grants help organizations to continue strengthening their commitment to equity, inclusion, and access and contributing to our region’s vibrancy.
African American Museum in Philadelphia ($366,300)
Bristol Riverside Theater Company ($366,300)
Camden Repertory Theatre ($190,080)
Clay Studio ($388,080)
Dance Iquail Inc. ($186,120)
Interact Inc. ($257,400)
Journey Arts ($223,740)
People’s Light and Theatre Company ($435,600)
PHILADANCO! ($352,440)
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates ($445,500)
Philadelphia Museum of Art ($445,500)
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia ($421,740)
Theatre Horizon ($263,340)
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History ($340,560)
We awarded 14 grants totaling $3.4 million to advance Arts Education School Partnership Programs. The grants below are for partnership programs designed to provide over 13,100 students with hands-on arts education at 75+ Philadelphia schools.
Acting Without Boundaries to conduct theater arts residency classes for students with physical disabilities. ($278,163 over 36 months)
ArtistYear to engage resident teaching artists to serve full-time in Philadelphia public schools to expand student access to arts education. ($480,000 over 36 months)
Center for Architecture to sustain and advance design education in Philadelphia schools. ($499,875 over 36 months)
Fabric Workshop and Museum to support its onsite studio program, as well as its high school apprentice training program. ($128,220 over 24 months)
Food Beatz (fiscally sponsored by Headlong Dance Theater) to support its bucket drumming residency program. ($59,143 over 24 months)
Main Line Art Center to host residencies at Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and Overbrook School for the Blind as well as collaborative workshops between the schools for students to design thematic public artworks. ($44,563 over 12 months)
Mamadêlê Foundation for its Afro-Brazilian Arts Residency Programs provided at several public schools in Northeast Philadelphia. ($56,150 over 12 months)
Mann Center for the Performing Arts to support its Music Industry Training Program for Philadelphia high school students. ($493,845 over 34 months)
Philadelphia Film Society for its PFS Residencies that support youth with hands-on filmmaking experiences. ($148,694 over 24 months)
Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. to connect West Philadelphia youth to impactful instrumental music instruction and education through its “School Ensemble Program.” ($588,000 over 36 months)
Philadelphia Youth Choral Ensembles to support “Find Your Instrument” weekly after-school choral lessons for youth in Philadelphia. ($57,000 over 24 months)
Photography Without Borders to provide after-school photo and video classes where students use cameras to share their stories through exhibits, videos, and published pieces. ($81,250 over 12 months)
Theatre Exile Company to host Paper Wings, a theater residency program aimed at uplifting and supporting young artists. ($184,500 over 36 months)
Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc. to deliver arts residencies in visual art, dance, or theatre to Philadelphia students. ($325,950 over 36 months)
We awarded three grants totaling $579,502 to advance Arts Education Teaching Artist Training Programs. The grants below are expected to reach 575 teaching artists with professional development and networking support to improve their practice and connect them to colleagues and additional resources.
Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School for a collaboration with Local Learning to offer training to teaching artist across Philadelphia to center culturally informed arts education. ($156,582 over 24 months)
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia to provide city-wide professional development for Philadelphia music teachers. ($162,920 over 24 months)
Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation to support trauma informed practice training and continued education for Philadelphia teaching artists. ($260,000 over 17 months)
We awarded one additional grant through the Arts and Culture program:
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance to support research, public engagement, and the development of policy recommendations to strengthen the arts and culture sector. ($1,040,400 over 36 months)
Children and Families
Supporting the healthy development and academic success of young Philadelphians.
We awarded 17 grants totaling $8.13 million over three years to advance Caregiver Supports. Each year, the grants below are expected to provide caregiver supports and opportunities for early learning for 5,479 pregnant and parenting families with young children.
Beyond Literacy to enhance early education outcomes through family literacy and interactive learning activities. ($574,966 over 36 months)
Children's Crisis Treatment Center to expand its parent/caregiver services and programs at a recreation center located in North Philadelphia. ($293,060 over 36 months)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to expand Reach Out and Read within pediatric primary care offices. ($513,000 over 24 months)
Food Trust to support multi-generational cooking classes for young children and caregivers. ($452,915 over 36 months)
Gemma Services to expand the Family Support Program through Family Check Up Online and Parent Cafés. ($343,673 over 24 months)
Historic Fair Hill to support family engagement and caregiver support workshops. ($231,313 over 36 months)
HopePHL to support their Family Connections Program. ($632,500 over 24 months)
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia to support the Parental Empowerment Program that provides individualized parental education supports to families. ($601,710 over 36 months)
Literacy Partners to support parent engagement and literacy classes through its La Fuerza de Familias Latinas program. ($508,050 over 36 months)
Musicopia to support the Philadelphia Lullaby Project. ($563,245 over 36 months)
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium to expand access to services through the Parents as Teachers program. ($747,500 over 36 months)
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia to provide family literacy programming to immigrant families across the city. ($628,451 over 36 months)
Once Upon A Preemie to support the NICU Nest: Read To My Preemie Program. ($165,000 over 36 months)
Oxford Circle Christian Community Development Association to support Parents as Teachers multi-lingual home visiting program for caregivers with children ages 0-5. ($835,449 over 36 months)
ParentChild+ to expand its family home visiting program for Philadelphia families. ($703,041 over 36 months)
Philadelphia City Fund to implement Parent Cafés across the city to strengthen family engagement. ($300,000 over 36 months)
Posibilidades Infinitas to support Creciendo Juntos: Early Autism Support Program. ($36,750 over 36 months)
We awarded 11 grants totaling $7.47 million over three years to advance our Prevent Homelessness objective. The grants below will provide critical, in-time supports including eviction and foreclosure prevention to help stabilize a family’s housing in the short-term and/or provide holistic supports that promote long-term stability. The proposed projects will help prevent homelessness for more than 4,400 families over the next three years including providing $2.5 million in direct housing stability assistance.
Community Legal Services ($690,000 over 36 months)
Congreso de Latinos Unidos ($897,000 over 36 months)
Clarifi ($845,250 over 36 months)
HopePHL ($678,500 over 24 months)
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia ($800,000 over 36 months)
Legal Clinic for the Disabled ($432,000 over 36 months)
Philadelphia Housing Authority ($640,750 over 36 months)
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center ($689,832 over 36 months)
Salvation Army ($575,000 over 36 months)
Urban League of Philadelphia ($920,000 over 36 months)
Women In Transition ($303,850 over 24 months)
We awarded 13 grants totaling $6.05 million over three years to advance our Teacher Preparation objective. The grants below are expected to directly impact 470 new and current elementary teachers, 185 school leaders, and 90 high school students over the grant period.
Center for Black Educator Development to expand its Teaching Academy program to two Philadelphia schools. ($575,000 over 36 months)
- Drexel University to support Partnerships for Success: Early Educator Certification Initiative (EECI). ($617,056 over 36 months)
- Elevate 215 to support coordination and collaboration efforts to recruit, develop and retain a diverse certified teacher workforce. ($670,812 over 29 months)
- Fund for the School District of Philadelphia to develop an certification program to support diverse educators on the path to Level 1 certification. ($658,731 over 36 months)
- Joyful Readers to support the Tutor-to-Teacher development program. ($145,524 over 30 months)
- National Center on Education and the Economy to support the statewide #PANeedsTeachers coalition to increase the number of certified teachers. ($417,250 over 26 months)
- Pennsylvania State University to support the Teacher Education Mentoring Program (T.E.M.P.) to support teacher retention. ($255,266 over 36 months)
- Philadelphia Charters for Excellence to support Philadelphia's Public Charter School Consortium - Teacher and Leader Pathways Initiative. ($106,000 over 26 months)
- Philadelphia City Fund to support a pipeline into teaching careers within the Octavius Catto Scholarship program at Community College of Philadelphia. ($754,578 over 36 months)
- Philadelphia Hebrew Public Charter School to pilot a Certification Navigator program for increasing the number of certified teachers in Philadelphia. ($482,250 over 24 months)
- Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter School to support the Teacher Pipeline Initiative to increase the number of certified teachers in Philadelphia. ($506,500 over 24 months)
- Teach Plus to recruit and train teachers of color as facilitators of and participants in the Philadelphia Affinity Group Network (PAGN). ($575,000 over 24 months)
- Urban Teacher Center to support mobilizing, developing, and retaining diverse, fully-certified Philadelphia educators in early grades. ($287,500 over 24 months)
We awarded one additional grant to advance our Prevent Homelessness and our Public Benefits objectives:
- National Nurse-Led Care Consortium to support the Family Advocacy and Integrated Resources (FAIR) fund supporting the basic needs of families receiving home visiting services. ($5,058,850 over 33 months)
Democracy and Civic Initiatives
Enabling more people to participate in democratic processes and finding collaborative ways for funders to accelerate improvement.
We awarded 14 grants totaling $2.5 million over approximately 20 months to advance our Voter Participation objective. The grants below are expected to directly engage over 518,000 potential voters across the state and impact millions of additional voters through media and journalism.
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania Inc. to better understand and address voter disengagement. ($236,250)
Asian Americans United to conduct voter outreach efforts including voter education and language access, in Philadelphia’s AAPI communities. ($135,500)
Citizens for Philadelphia’s Future to increase voter participation among college students in the Lehigh Valley. ($178,500)
Civic Nation to increase student voter participation in Pennsylvania through the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. ($84,750)
Civic News Company for Votebeat PA to help ensure voter access and trust in Pennsylvania elections through nonpartisan election reporting. ($276,000 over 29 months)
Franklin County Coalition for Progress Inc. to spread awareness of voter resources and increase voter participation in Franklin County, PA. ($24,188)
Make the Road States Inc. for Make the Road PA to increase voter participation in multi-racial working class communities across the state. ($459,663)
National Vote at Home Institute to increase participation and trust in elections with uniform standards for mail-in ballots. ($180,791)
OnePA Activist United to increase voter turnout and decrease the racial voter gap in Black working-class precincts in Pennsylvania. ($345,000)
Pennsylvania Prison Society to address practical barriers to voter engagement within jails and among formerly incarcerated people. ($175,500)
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts to increase education and messaging about the impact of judicial elections. ($120,000)
Public Interest Law Center to lower county and state-level barriers to voting and ensure that all votes cast by eligible voters are counted. ($120,000)
Spotlight PA to increase voter participation in Pennsylvania among new and underserved voters through its voter-centric journalism. ($180,000)
Unitarian Universalist Justice Pennsylvania to increase voter education and engagement in UU congregations across the state. ($34,125)
We awarded one additional grant to advance our Census Participation objective.
Research Foundation of the City University of New York to develop a website to help mobilize hard-to count-communities in Pennsylvania for the 2030 census. ($273,816 over 18 months)
Environment and Public Space
Protecting and improving natural areas and community spaces.
We awarded seven grants totaling $2 million to advance our Community Greening Plans objective. These grants are expected to establish or advance nine community-driven plans to improve and expand green space, benefiting over 268,000 residents of ten Philadelphia neighborhoods.
African Cultural Alliance of North America, Inc. to create a community-driven greening plan for Woodland Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. ($324,225 over 15 months)
Clean Water Fund - Pennsylvania to develop a neighborhood Green Vision Plan for West Philadelphia. ($414,150 over 20 months)
National Audubon Society - Audubon Mid-Atlantic to develop a community greening plan for the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. ($220,589 over 18 months)
Neighborhood Land Power Project to co-develop a resident-led community greening and stewardship plan in Haddington. ($125,000 over 24 months)
New Kensington Community Development Corporation to support the creation of a Kensington Green Space Plan. ($319,572 over 24 months)
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to develop Phase 2 of the Love Where You Live Community Greening Plan for Nicetown and Tioga. ($268,163 over 18 months)
The University of Pennsylvania - Penn Medicine Center for Health Justice to continue facilitating the Deeply Rooted collaborative, focusing on green space planning in West and Southwest Philadelphia. ($319,428 over 24 months)
We awarded 13 grants totaling more than $2.5 million to advance our Outdoor Programming objective. These grants are expected to impact more than 75,000 people in Philadelphia and Camden over the next three years.
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia to offer its Hunting Park community bike programming. ($98,125 over 36 months)
Black Girls with Green Thumbs (fiscally sponsored by the Influencing Action Movement Foundation) to support Grow and Walk Philly, a wellness initiative based in Northwest Philadelphia that uses gardening, open space access, and movement. ($85,950 over 36 months)
Discovery Pathways to provide outdoor programs empowering immigrant and refugee communities in South Philadelphia. ($226,000 over 36 months)
Historic Fair Hill Inc. to support gardening and other outdoor programming for Fairhill youth and community members. ($217,625 over 36 months)
Historic Germantown Preserved to offer programs at its member sites’ greenspaces in Germantown. ($210,250 over 24 months)
LUCY Outreach to activate urban trails and parks in Camden, NJ, through youth programming and organized bike rides and providing bike repair and training services. ($196,310 over 36 months)
National Audubon Society - Audubon Mid-Atlantic to provide environmental engagement programs in Strawberry Mansion at Philadelphia’s Discovery Center. ($129,640 over 36 months)
New Kensington Community Development Corporation to offer programming in community gardens for Kensington residents. ($175,201 over 36 months)
Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. to support the Circuit Trails Community Grant Program, which will increase access to outdoor recreation for underrepresented groups across Philadelphia. ($394,696 over 36 months)
Philadelphia City Fund (Philadelphia Parks and Recreation) for its Teen Takeover initiative to foster safety and belonging for teenagers in outdoor spaces. ($198,439 over 36 months)
Riverfront North Partnership (Delaware River City Corporation) to provide community programs along the Riverfront North Greenway in Northeast Philadelphia. ($186,200 over 12 months)
UrbanPromise Ministries, Inc. to support paddling programs in Camden, N.J. ($204,755 over 36 months)
Work to Ride Inc. to enrich Philadelphia youth through equine sports and educational programs. ($212,188 over 36 months)
We awarded four additional grants through the Environment and Public Space program:
In support of our Urban Gardens objective, we funded Villanova University for work to build a comprehensive database of existing urban gardens that will support Philadelphia growers. ($228,394 over 24 months)
In support of our Circuit Trails objective, we supported New Jersey Future, Inc. to accelerate Circuit Trail development in New Jersey. ($109,800 over 10 months)
In support of our Investment in Parks objective, we supported Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to co-host the American Public Gardens Association (APGA) 2027 Conference in Philadelphia. ($34,500 over 12 months)
In support of our Reducing Sewage Overflows objective, we funded Environment America Research and Policy Center, Inc. to conduct research on the volume and location of sewage overflow into Philadelphia and Camden's waterways. ($76,350 over 32 months)
