Awarded Grants

Building on a successful inaugural Good Pitch Local–Philadelphia program in 2018, this two-year grant will support two subsequent rounds of Good Pitch Local Philadelphia, with the addition of a re-granting program to fund filmmakers and to provide focused facilitation of networking and collaborations among participants.

This two-year grant will strengthen the community-centered journalism projects in Kensington, in which residents are helping to create news coverage of issues important to their neighborhoods. Funding is designed to foster long-term sustainability and continuity through community staff positions, advisory groups, and the hiring of program alumni.

IPMF is establishing a fund in partnership with Bread & Roses to support grassroots media and media making across the region.

Building on a successful inaugural Good Pitch Local–Philadelphia program in 2018, this two-year grant will support two subsequent rounds of Good Pitch Local Philadelphia, with the addition of a re-granting program to fund filmmakers and to provide focused facilitation of networking and collaborations among participants.

This two-year grant will enable SEAMAAC to increase media training in SE Philadelphia, helping its constituencies tell and share their stories. In so doing, the “Way Forward Project” works to counter xenophobia and misunderstanding by building empathy, and by bridging and humanizing divides through the power of personal storytelling.

This two-year grant supports the continued development and digitization of the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Archive. This funding will also help broaden the archive's public accessibility, welcoming audiences to engage with the collection and inform programming.

This two-year grant will provide commissioning funds that enable WHYY to expand its work with freelancers and reporters from racially and ethnically diverse media outlets who will produce programming for WHYY News. These efforts will be further supported by cultural competency training for WHYY staff and community engagement events that provide opportunities for conversations around divisive issues and pressing local and national concerns.

This two-year grant will support The Village's neighborhood-based media advocacy work through two initiatives: the Juvenile Justice Media Fellowship, and the Civic Power Studio's Media Justice Lab. Through amplifying the voices of local experts—those most affected by systems of injustice and misrepresentation—these initiatives work to reshape narratives and dispel myths, bringing often unheard voices to seats of power and driving positive change for the community.

This two-year funder collaboration between Lenfest and IPMF will further these efforts by supporting cultural competency training for Inquirer staff as well as professional development, entrepreneurial skills, and creative opportunities for entry-level, mid-level and senior managers of color throughout the region. Alongside these concrete efforts, this collaboration will provide flexible funding for research, business assistance, and convening of Philadelphia-area multi-cultural media.

The grant will also help fund strategic planning for Resolve Philadelphia, a journalism project built on equity, collaboration among multiple media properties, and the elevation of community voices and solutions.

This one-year grant will continue providing technical engineering support to Philly community radio.