Awarded Grants

To increase the visibility and understanding of the diverse Asian American communities in Philadelphia and their strengths, challenges and histories through a yearlong feature series of journalistic work about post-COVID reopening which would be sourced from grassroots networks and community leaders.

To support a free community journal, published in Arabic and English, that amplifies culture from the Southwest Asia and North Africa region, with writers predominantly from the region. 

To support, mobilize, and amplify the voices of incarcerated people from the Philadelphia region and their families, and in so doing, advance decarceration.

To foster the development of community youth organizers through storytelling and media creation.

To continue to build upon the Youth Set the Stage cross-collaboration between nine youth media organizations across the city, which began in 2020.

To amplify local voices in the City of Chester in Delaware County, PA, and fostering individual agency and collective social action.

To provide continuing support for a community computer lab in support of digital access and equity in Kensington.

For continued support for and partnership with the Digital Literacy Alliance on digital equity initiatives, such as seed funding for a Philadelphia-based program model for technology refurbishment, redistribution, and technical support.

To support ongoing work with the Securing the Roots fellows participating in your program.

For the People Power News Radio Initiative, which aims to train a multigenerational cohort of community radio reporters to tell stories from their unique neighborhood perspectives on topics such as mutual aid, economic inequality and more.