Awarded Grants

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 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 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.

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.

This two-year grant will provide program support for the Village's media and justice-based initiatives for teens and young adults to be housed in their new Civic Power Media Studio in North Philly.

This two-year general operating grant will assist Philadelphia Latino Film Festival in making key strategic investments in growing its year-round organizational and staff capacity, expanding programming, and stabilizing operational infrastructures for sustainable long-term growth.

This two-year grant will support the expansion of First Person Art's team in order to increase fundraising and sustainability efforts, social justice work, and better leverage their archive.

This one-year grant will support the Philly Movement Media Fellowship program for young, primarily Black and brown writers and communicators.

This two-year operating grant will support the expansion of BPA's school, summer, and workforce digital filmmaking programs including the launch of “Media Futures,” a paid professional development & leadership program for BIPOC youth seeking careers in film and media.

This two-year grant will propel the expansion of a variety of community and business development initiatives toward thriving, community-centered news and information in Kensington that will begin this year and extend through 2026.