Improve existing arts and culture spaces to improve access to high-quality arts and culture experiences for people with disabilities and those who have been most affected by economic inequity, racial discrimination, or other forms of injustice.

To deliver on the promise of providing high-quality arts and culture experiences for more people in the Philadelphia region, there is a great need for accessible spaces and places that can serve the needs of artists and audiences. Not only do these places serve as exhibition, performance, and arts education venues, they bring significant local and regional benefits to the economy. They contribute to the city's cultural identity and serve as places where civic engagement can happen and social fabrics are formed.

Well designed, well maintained spaces can play a central role in elevating new approaches to programming, engagement, and business models that can lead to greater resilience and growth in the arts and culture sector.

In order to help make sure that residents of our region can take part in arts and culture experiences, we are supporting improvements to existing arts and culture spaces.

We recognize that there are many ways that organizations and communities can contribute to advancing this objective. Projects that strongly align with the criteria in our decision-making framework will be most competitive for funding.