Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $500,000 in Grants Awarded to Local Independent Filmmakers
Press release
Press release
The three-year initiative has infused nearly $10 million of new funding into Greater Philadelphia’s cultural community, supporting Black, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous arts organizations and community-based artists.
The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.
IPMF announced $8.9 million in grants for community-centered, BIPOC-led media organizations and projects in the Philadelphia region community that support media-making, narrative shift around violence and community safety, filmmaking, digital equity and journalism.