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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $800,000 in 2023 Community Voices Grants

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Tuesday, August 15, 2023
News release via Independence Public Media Foundation PHILADELPHIA, August 15, 2023—The Independence ... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2023 Community Voices Fund grants, totaling $800,000 awarded to 24 ... and distribute their own media narratives—and be part of a vibrant media ecosystem. It is critical for us to listen ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $5.5 Million in Grant Renewals

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
... July 12, 2023—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $5.5 million in grant ... with the Foundation’s program areas, as listed below: Community Storytelling  ¡Presente! Media Collective — ... Project — $150,000, three-year grant Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture — $75,000 Asian Arts Initiative — $75,000 Big ...

IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... November 21, 2024—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its 2024 Community Voices Fund grant recipients, with $800,000 awarded ... will support the documentation, sharing, and preservation of community stories to advance social justice, build power, ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $6.1 Million in Grants for 2024

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Thursday, December 12, 2024
Press Release via Independence Public Media Foundation The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) ... grants for the year. The foundation has awarded a total of $6.1 million in grants for 2024 in support of community storytelling, media for movement building, and ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding

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Monday, November 25, 2024
Press release via Leeway Foundation PHILADELPHIA, PA — Leeway Foundation announces ... artist and activist Paul Robeson said, “the gatekeepers of truth [and] civilization’s radical voice.” This ... a collective zine uplifting the transracial adoptee community; a musical-visual project intertwining folk songs ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

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Monday, August 15, 2022
... August 2, 2022—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for community-centered, BIPOC-led media organizations and ... grants to organizations and projects working in the areas of community media-making ($3.2 million), narrative shift ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $1.75 Million in Grants for COVID-19 Community Storytelling and Information Projects

Thursday, July 30, 2020
... July 30, 2020 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announced its Community Voices Fund grants, totaling $1.75 million to 43 ... the incredible creativity and thoughtfulness in the flood of proposals we received that we increased the fund from ...
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$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Related coverage: Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund will help Philadelphia news ... for Journalism A broad-based, collaborative group of media funders, news enterprises, and community information ... pandemic.  Created by The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF), The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, the ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... August 11, 2021 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF), announces grants totaling $4 million to community media-makers, journalism, film and digital equity ... individuals from the tri-state area submitted a wide range of media making proposals to the Community Voices Fund. Of ...

HealthSpark Foundation announces the Dr. Frank E. Boston Black Justice Fund

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Via HealthSpark Foundation As part of our efforts to build a more thriving Montgomery County, it ... the historical exclusion of Black leaders and Black community-serving organizations from tackling the challenges ...

The Lenfest Institute announces $1.3 million in grants to support The Philadelphia Inquirer’s community-focused journalism

The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
Thursday, May 20, 2021
... Inquirer to support initiatives that will enhance coverage of Philadelphia’s most pressing issues, with a particular ... Institute, The Inquirer is launching or expanding:  A  Community News Desk , a new team of journalists focused on ... Philadelphia news ecosystem. A new Entrepreneurial Support Initiative, created in partnership with the Knight-Lenfest ...

Code for America to strengthen local tech Brigade chapters with support from Knight Foundation

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
News release from the Knight Foundation $1M investment will help Brigades in Miami, ... America will strengthen the business models and practices of local technology Brigades chapters in seven U.S. cities ... that support their civic technology missions in each community, as well as implementing practices that help with ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.8 Million in Film and Journalism Grants to 30 Projects and Organizations

IPMF Film Grants Dec 2020
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... December 16, 2020 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces a major investment in the local filmmaking community with grants totaling $1.3 million to filmmakers, ... The foundation awarded the grants following a series of listening and learning sessions with local media-makers ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation announces grants totaling $4.3 million

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Thursday, December 19, 2019
(December 18, 2019, Philadelphia) The Board of Directors of Independence Public Media of Philadelphia ... organizations representing key partners for advancing the foundation’s vision for the Philadelphia region as a hotbed ... or that have innovative media projects, were nominated by community members to receive $25,000 grants each, totaling ...
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Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

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Monday, August 24, 2020
... protests sweep across the country in the middle of a pandemic that has exposed structural inequalities, ...  them. As Program Officer at  Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , which supports community media in the Philly region, I’ve been reflecting ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2 Million in Grants to Media Making Organizations

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Thursday, June 3, 2021
... June 2, 2021 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces another major investment in Philadelphia’s media making community. Thirteen grants totaling $2 million were awarded to a range of film, journalism, storytelling, and youth media ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Media-Making and Digital Equity Grants to 33 Projects and Organizations

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
... December 15, 2021 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $2.6 million in its final round of grants for 2021. The grants focused support for community-centered journalism, digital equity research and ...

Culture, Heritage, and Place: How Media Amplifies Community Narrative

Culture, Heritage, and Place: How Media Amplifies Community Narrative
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05/2021
This new report commissioned by the Wyncote Foundation profiles eight place-based organizations that use ... that honors and celebrates cultural heritage and diversity of voice.

Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
... February 4, 2025 – The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) welcomes seven new members to its board of directors. The new board members bring a wide range of ... IPMF, through its  first-ever board open call , invited community members to apply and join its board. This aligns ...
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