Awarded Grants

To prepare underrepresented young people to succeed as tech and innovation leaders through project-based learning and mentorship, resources, and support networks in the tech and innovation space.

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

The 2021 Community Voices grant will support "in love, in memory" as the film reframes local narratives about gun violence and urban renewal in Allentown, Pennsylvania by centering the stories, voices, and leadership of Black women.

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.

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.

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 BlackStar's Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab, which will build new structures of support for BIPOC filmmakers while expanding job opportunities for BIPOC film crews throughout Philadelphia. BlackStar will support four artists (or collectives) through a production lab fellowship that will make equipment, space, crew, mentorship, funding and critical feedback available to emerging and mid-career filmmakers based in Philadelphia.

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 two-year grant will provide operating support that will increase the capacity of the Shooters Narrative Shift organization through leadership development, in-person team building, and workshops.