Awarded Grants

To support a documentary and other media-making for the Best Medical Practices for Transgender, Non-Binary, and Intersex Patients program, highlighting their stories and experiences, and honing in on what medical professionals should know and how they can more adequately and appropriately offer medical care. Recipient of the 2021 Community Voices Fund grant.

The 2021 Community Voices grant will support the distribution of 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. Distributing a physical newspaper across Philadelphia (and now Allentown) will put Arabic in public space to be seen and felt.

To address inequities in coverage of the Black community in South Jersey by supporting more Black media makers in the creation of news and information. Recipient of the 2021 Community Voices grant.

To support a new community computer lab that will expand digital access and equity in Kensington.

To provide adult education practitioners and administrators on-demand access to learning material that will support professional development, digital literacy skills and digital equity advocacy. Recipient of the 2021 Digital Equity Fund grant.

The 2021 Community Voices grant will support "One Magenta Afternoon." The short film honors the lifeblood of queer people of color, their artistic genius (even in the mundane), to uplift hoodoo/rootwork, and the spiritual power of jazz, and to de- and re-/construct concepts around “Black family.”

To install NERDiT Kiosks in community centers in Philadelphia which will provide: affordable device repair and tech support via phone/video to individuals living in communities with less tech access; donations of 100 computers per year for each kiosk to individuals and families who need them; and a place to easily recycle old tech helping the community and city move toward zero e-waste. The 2021 Digital Equity grant will also support a Philadelphia-based NERDiT Cares workforce apprenticeship to develop the certifications, skills, and experience for 10 participants that will prepare them for well-paying tech careers.

To provide free basic and focused digital literacy for impact on the neediest seniors, such as the homeless, deep poverty communities, differently abled homebound, and LGBTQIA+ elderly.

To build the capacity of Black, brown and poor-people's organizations to advocate for the broadband and digital inclusion resources they need from the federal infrastructure and other stimulus, to build the ability of those groups to prevent those federal dollars from funding racist, oppressive technology and surveillance, and to support those groups to organize to win the federal resource distribution they determine is just on these issues. Recipient of the 2021 Digital Equity Fund grant.

In support of the “Connections!” (“¡Conéctate!”) intergenerational digital literacy program, focused on connecting immigrant families and individuals with limited English proficiency with the necessary digital tools to access essential services, employment opportunities, and other community resources.