Awarded Grants

To support a youth-led podcast to talk about activism, politics, and the life of teens that will air on & in partnership with G-Town Radio.

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 deliver a 4-week intergenerational storytelling project with West Philadelphia and North Philadelphia Youth [RENEWAL].

To record, archive, and amplify the stories of everyday sex workers of color and sex workers of color leaders navigating life through and after COVID-19.

To establish a better direct connection with students in Philadelphia through journalism, Chalkbeat will collaborate with the district-wide online student newspaper, the Bullhorn, and jumpstart a reporting series on how gun violence is impacting the city’s youth.

To provide access to cellphone and consecutive online access to housing insecure sex workers in Philadelphia, expanding access to social services, medical care, support networks, above ground jobs, and, lastly but very importantly, safer and more autonomous ways of accessing work in the underground economy.

To empower, educate, and inspire the Hispanic Community in the region by uplifting their stories and needs, in their native language, and by encouraging them to take action toward the manifestation of their dreams despite their current circumstances.

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

To support the continued expansion of the Credible Messenger Reporting Project. This project trains, compensates and empowers people impacted by gun violence to produce and distribute news reports addressing its root causes, their lived experience, and possible solutions from the community perspective, with guidance from professional journalists.

To create a a weekly morning talk show, highlighting the accomplishments of and current events relevant to the Southwest Asian and North African community, with a focus on LGBTQIA+ individuals.