The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $697,453 in its final grants for the year, bringing its total grantmaking for 2024 to $6.1 million.
Independence Public Media Foundation announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund grant recipients, with $800,000 awarded to 33 organizations and projects.
Sherella Williams, Office and Grants Manager for Independence Public Media Foundation, shares her recent experience choosing a grants management system for her foundation and offers advice for other funders considering their GMS options.
Grants will support underrepresented communities across the Greater Philadelphia region build their power by documenting, sharing, and preserving their experiences and stories, as well as strengthening their information networks.
IPMF announced $5.5 million in grant renewals for ongoing support to organizations and projects aligned with the Foundation’s program areas.
The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $485,000 in support of independent filmmakers and film projects in the Philadelphia region.
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.
The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $2.6 million in its final round of grants for 2021, focused support for community-centered journalism, digital equity research and policy, community-led and operated radio stations, and filmmaking, with an emphasis on supporting artists from, and films about, underrepresented communities.
The foundation announced grants totaling $4 million to community media-makers, journalism, film and digital equity projects with an emphasis on supporting projects led by underrepresented communities and with a commitment to justice.
The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced thirteen grants totaling $2 million were awarded to a range of film, journalism, storytelling, and youth media organizations and projects.
The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces a major investment in the local filmmaking community with grants totaling $1.3 million to filmmakers, festivals, and film organizations, with an emphasis on supporting artists from underrepresented communities, and films with a commitment to social justice.
In light of Independence Public Media's recent Community Voices Fund grants, program officer Nuala Cabral reflects on the role of media and philanthropy in supporting movements that challenge oppressive systems without co-opting or containing them.
Grants will support projects that document, share, and preserve people’s experiences and stories during COVID-19, as well as strengthen information networks and community-led media across the Greater Philadelphia region.
The new collaborative fund was created to ensure that communities in the Philadelphia area have access to reliable news and information throughout and after the coronavirus pandemic.
New grants will support the foundation's goal to establish the Philadelphia region as a “hotbed for creative media makers.”
De Aguiar answers Generocity's questions about Independence Public Media, its recent grants, and her ideas about how philanthropy needs to change.
The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled and amplified various societal injustices, including digital inequity. In Philadelphia we witnessed K-12 students doing homework in parking lots in order to access local Wi-Fi hotspots and learned about families without access to computers at home.
Regional funders are invited to join these briefings to hear updates on COVID-19 in Greater Philadelphia and how philanthropy is responding.