Awarded Grants

To amplify the narrative that Philadelphia’s Chinatown is irreplaceable and that people’s lives and livelihoods are not commodities to be bought and sold by billionaire developers.

To support a multimedia project that connects the global to the local through the lens of photography of 20 years of the Apartheid Wall in Palestine, disrupting mainstream narratives about Palestinians, and thus building a larger solidarity movement with a local community focus.

To support a series of themed, multi-genre writing classes that will explore topics of identity, community history, and culture through the lens of Philadelphia residents.

To amplify the rich stories about and relevance of the native traditions of Philadelphia's Mexican community.

To support a series of short-form documentaries that will uplift neighbors from communities in West and Southwest Philadelphia to build and participate in a hyperlocal culture of radical generosity.

To change the negative media narrative about the local news desert of Camden, New Jersey, and replace it with an integrated, robust hyperlocal media ecosystem that shares positive, vital community news and information with residents and other stakeholders.

To document, through interviews with local jazz musicians and jazz venue owners and promoters, the history and lives of the people that make up Greater Philadelphia's jazz community.

For continued support of Big Picture Alliance's pathway of youth media programs and launch a new community-centered production space and workforce incubator.

To amplify the stories of Southeast Asians who resettled in Philadelphia after the wars in Southeast Asia.

For continued support of Philly Community Wireless, which provides a community-controlled internet infrastructures in North Philadelphia.