Awarded Grants

To support the Philadelphia Media Founders Exchange (PMFE), a community-grounded accelerator program that supports BIPOC media entrepreneurs through training, one-on-one coaching, and grantmaking.

Operating grant to G-town Radio, a radio station engaging communities, telling stories, sharing music, and reliably communicating information to Northwest Philadelphia.

To support Securing the Roots, a fellowship program to expand the fundraising capacity for community-based organizations with budgets up to $1 million.

To support general operations of WJYN, a community radio station providing access to broadcast media to the North Philadelphia community.

To support 2Puntos Platform’s general operations, which includes promoting the visibility of Latin American and Caribbean communities with an emphasis on women, and strengthening its community-run VozColectiva newsroom.

To continue the production of Audio Olney, a podcast amplifying the diverse community voices of the Olney neighborhood and counter the negativity typically portrayed by traditional media outlets.

To support general operations of PhillyCAM, a community media center committed to teaching, creating, and distributing locally-produced media content on cable, FM radio and online. $325,000 is intended to support the general operations of PhillyCAM, including its media education programs and community engagement, and $50,000 will be reserved for PhillyCAM's radio news program, Block by Block.

To support innovative digital equity initiatives that activate resident volunteers, peer leadership, and community ambassador models.

To continue to move La Casa de Luz towards production by investing in casting and the film's administrative needs.

To continue Drag Arts Oral History Project, which is building an archive of oral histories of Philadelphia area drag artists and activating the existing archive through new multimedia-focused efforts.