Posts in 'Youth Media'

$75,000 - Awarded July 2026

Community Storytelling
Grantees
Youth Set The Stage
Focus areas
Youth Media
Media Training
Description
To continue and strengthen a citywide network of youth media organizations by engaging young creators in collaborative storytelling, amplifying their voices, and providing access to professional development through mentorship, skill-building workshops, and paid media opportunities.

$80,000 - Awarded July 2026

Grantees
POPPYN (The University Community Collaborative)
Focus areas
Youth Media
Film
Media Training
Description
To support POPPYN, which mobilizes youth to combat oppressive narratives in the media landscape using youth-driven stories that shape movements for social change.

$45,000 - Awarded July 2026

Community Storytelling
Grantees
Philly Youth Media Collaborative
Focus areas
Media Training
Youth Media
Description

To connect and promote organizations that engage youth in the creation, analysis, and distribution of media—and work together to support youth in becoming critical thinkers, engaged global citizens, and media professionals in service of a healthy democracy and equitable media industry.

$100,000 - Awarded July 2026

Community Storytelling
Focus areas
Youth Media
Media Training
Film
Description
To strengthen Lil' Filmmakers' infrastructure and support their education and workforce initiatives, while activating their space for youth-centered community events that build pathways to opportunity for the next generation of storytellers.

$35,000 - Awarded July 2026

Community Storytelling
Grantees
Institute for the Development of Education in the Arts (IDEA)
Focus areas
Podcast and Audio Storytelling
Media Training
Youth Media
Description

To change the negative Camden City news ecosystem with positive news stories through a multimedia program, including zines, podcasts, and journalism training.

$30,000 - Awarded December 2025

Narrative Shift for Movement Building
Grantees
Victoria Urban Outreach Tutoring Service
Focus areas
Movement Media
Youth Media
Film
Description
To support “Empowering Voices: Youth Narratives for Educational Justice,” which seeks to amplify the voices of youth in foster care and other marginalized communities in Philadelphia.

$20,000 - Awarded December 2025

Narrative Shift for Movement Building
Grantees
Philadelphia Student Union
Focus areas
Movement Media
Youth Media
Film
Description
To support “Project Dream Forward,” a youth-led cultural organizing campaign that seeks to advance a vision for collective liberation using zines, wearable messaging, and film production to transform apathy into action and develop new leaders, while contributing to a citywide movement.

$10,000 - Awarded December 2025

Narrative Shift for Movement Building
Grantees
Mighty Writers
Focus areas
Movement Media
Youth Media
Film
Description
To support “Narratives of Nourishment to Reimagine Food Futures,”which seeks to empower teens to create powerful digital storytelling and photo-collage projects documenting the planning and creation of Camden's first community-owned, full-service grocery store.

$30,000 - Awarded December 2025

Narrative Shift for Movement Building
Grantees
Inti Media
Focus areas
Movement Media
Community-Centered Journalism
Youth Media
FilmImmigrant Voices
Description
To support Inti Media's bilingual civic engagement efforts and youth media programming that uses journalism, visual storytelling, and short documentaries to empower Latine and BIPOC voters in Philadelphia.

$30,000 - Awarded December 2025

Narrative Shift for Movement Building
Grantees
Generocity
Focus areas
Movement Media
Youth Media
Media Training
Community-Centered Journalism
Description
To support “Movement Building Through Flourishing," which seeks to highlight solutions from youth organizers and communities addressing issues exacerbated by H.R.1 ("One Big Beautiful Bill Act").

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