Awarded Grants

This two-year general operating support grant will assist with scaling up SIFT Media's efforts to amplify, advocate, and nurture the work of both their members and women of color filmmakers in the region.

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 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 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.

To support the COVID Prevention + Response Fund, a community-led effort to invest in neighborhood-based solutions to urgent needs related to COVID-19. This pooled fund is hosted by the Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia in partnership with Philly Counts. Fifteen community advisors, living and working in communities disproportionately impacted by COVID, are leading the design and implementation of the fund, including making decisions about grant funding.

In support of the Philanthropy Network's 2021 strategic planning.

A program that teaches individuals how to produce video, film, and theatre content to create media that represents diverse cultures in society.

This one-year grant will support "Fly Baby," a documentary that gives an intimate look into the lives of two revolutionary women through the eyes of their children.

This one-year grant will support "Abortion Helpline, This is Lisa." The short documentary features counselors from the Women's Medical Fund responding to phone calls from women seeking help. The film explores the economic stigmas and legislation that determines access to abortion in the U.S.

To present an eight-week retrospective of the eight seasons of Philadelphia Stories, short films by local filmmakers commissioned and broadcast by the former WYBE television station (IPMF's predecessor).