Awarded Grants

The 2021 Community Voices grant will support the creation of a multimedia room for community members to produce arts and culture reportage focused on Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) communities in the Philadelphia area.

For the “Outing” project which will search for Native children through investigative and solutions-based journalism, bolstering demand for a national accounting of Indigenous youths who went missing while under official supervision at dozens of government- and church-run boarding schools, with a special emphasis on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania.

This two-year grant will support, deepen, and evolve Taller's Eugenio M. de Hostos archive's usability and expand the multimedia programming and output of the Hostos Archive, focusing on social justice and advocacy through community access to self-authored stories. Taller will: promote and continue development of the archive's digital content, programs and exhibitions; produce media in creative and innovative formats; and share produced media in the community and outside the community with new audiences.

This one-year grant will support the “SunKissed Media Project” which will amplify the voices and experiences of BIPOC women community journalists, including the LGBTQIA+ and disabled community. The platform will consist of short-form videos, short stories, photography exhibitions, and poetry created by BIPOC women working toward social justice, equity, and inclusion.

To support paid fellowships for organizations with budgets under $1 million to participate in a 6-month fundraising training program.

This one-year grant will support an impact campaign featuring a series of targeted screenings and discussions to educate the public on the D.A.'s role in the criminal legal system. These events will explore: systemic inequalities and who has access or barriers to power; media narratives about public safety and the criminal legal system; accountability for elected officials; and pathways forward.

This one-year grant will support an impact campaign featuring a series of targeted screenings and discussions to educate the public on the D.A.'s role in the criminal legal system. These events will explore: systemic inequalities and who has access or barriers to power; media narratives about public safety and the criminal legal system; accountability for elected officials; and pathways forward.

This one-year grant will support the “Voces de Oro” reporting project that will include Spanish-language podcasts, a graphic novel, and a “Know Your Rights” video series for Puerto Rican and Dominican communities being pushed out of Kensington, Norris Square, and North Philly by gentrification.

This one-year grant will support the ongoing building of a strong network of organizations working in youth media throughout Philadelphia, engage youth media content creators, provide platforms to showcase the voices and perspectives of these Philadelphia youth, and provide young media makers with professional development opportunities that will include training, mentoring and paid work experiences. This project will build upon the year-long Youth Set the Stage cross-collaboration begun in 2020 among nine youth media organizations across the city through the pioneering support of Independence Public Media Foundation’s Community Voices Fund.

This two-year grant is for operating support that will help 2Puntos take steps toward becoming a nonprofit, expand their network on social media and Spotify, and upgrade the website.