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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 ... harmed by systems of oppression and media erasure. “As an organization that’s reimagining traditional ...
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18Nov2020

The Secret Weapon for Achieving Your Foundation’s Goals

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
... utilize their secret weapon – media and media-making – as a force for social justice: Get some insight into why ... civil society and get on the fast-track to achieving their foundation’s goals. Learn about the different entry points ... MFA in Media Communication Arts from the City College of New York where she focused on Writing, Producing, and ...

Independence Public Media Foundation announces grants totaling $4.3 million

Media Mobilizing Project
Thursday, December 19, 2019
... of Independence Public Media of Philadelphia announced a new round of grants today, including $3.6 million to six ... organizations representing key partners for advancing the foundation’s vision for the Philadelphia region as a hotbed for creative media makers. Additionally, 17 ...
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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 ... reflect on what we’ve learned in our first three years as an organization, and hone our vision for media making that ... podcasting projects such as RadioCATA ($50,000), a New Jersey-based farmworker-run radio station by Comite de ...

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, ... people’s experiences and stories during COVID-19, as well as strengthen information networks and community-led ... toolkit for instructors working with students remotely. New grantees also include the Heaux History Project, which ...
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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 ... organizations through its Digital Equity Fund open call, as well as nearly $750,000 in continued support for key IPMF ... will help them do that,” said Molly de Aguiar, IPMF President. Organizations and individuals from the tri-state ...

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) ... ($170,000) — to support the Keystone Internet Coalition as it advocates for statewide community-led digital equity ... Fund and United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey to support the Regional Pooled Wellness Fund. The ...
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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 ... direction of Omar Woodard, a Norristown native and Vice President of Solutions with Results for America, and Ms. ...

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, ... support their civic technology missions in each community, as well as implementing practices that help with recruitment ... and subject to a natural waning of engagement. This new investment will give local tech Brigade leaders training ...

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 ... off from personal contact with one another” noted IPMF President Molly de Aguiar. “We really felt that urgency, so ... journalism, digital literacy, and creative expression, as a pathway for building power with communities. Through ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $800,000 in 2023 Community Voices Grants

IPMF Community Voices 2023 - Save Chinatown
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
News release via Independence Public Media Foundation PHILADELPHIA, August 15, 2023—The Independence ... sharing, and preserving their experiences and stories, as well as strengthening their information networks.  “We ... media narrative about the local news desert of Camden, New Jersey, and replace it with an integrated, robust ...
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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 ... operating support to seven key nonprofit partners as well as $400,000 to filmmakers, and $320,000 to regional ... their own stories,” said Molly de Aguiar, IPMF’s president. ”These grants, and all the grants we made ...

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 ... support to organizations and projects aligned with the Foundation’s program areas, as listed below: Community Storytelling  ¡Presente! Media ...

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 $62,500 in project-based funding to 30 ... the Art and Change Grant has supported artists who are, as beloved Philadelphia queer artist and activist Paul ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $500,000 in Grants Awarded to Local Independent Filmmakers

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, April 17, 2025
... April 17, 2025—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $500,000 in grants to support ... IPMF’s community-led grantmaking process. Each year, the foundation partners with a panel of local filmmakers and film ... select the grant recipients. This process aligns with the foundation’s commitment to shift power to communities ...

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 ... grantees that lift up storytelling and creative expression as pathways for communities building power. The grants in ... that allows each organization to grow at its own pace. The foundation also prioritized multi-year general operating ...
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy Unveils Ambitious Growth Plan To Put National Spotlight On Social Sector, Become Nonprofit

Wednesday, May 4, 2022
... boldly reimagining our mission to both amplify our role as a trusted source of information for social sector ... and practical advice to nonprofit professionals, foundation executives, board members, development staff, and ... Pamela Gwaltney and President and Editor in Chief Michael Riley. “For our democracy to thrive, we need to spotlight ...
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In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... Lenfest Institute for Journalism, The Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, Poor Richard’s ... a press release. Spotlight PA will also work with another new project announced Tuesday:  PA Post. That project is a ... PublicSource in Pittsburgh and WHYY in Philadelphia. WITF president and CEO Kathleen Pavelko in the press release that ...

Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
... support local news and  a partnership with the Knight Foundation on digital transformation . Harvard’s Nieman Lab even described one recent Lenfest Institute program as “ a kick in the pants to America’s metro newspapers ... Institute again made news by awarding $2 million in new  grants  to support innovation in local journalism. ...
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Molly de Aguiar wonders why philanthropy isn’t ‘placing bigger bets’

Molly de Aguiar
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
... of Independence Public Media, last week — after the foundation announced its first set of grants and a new partnership with Bread & Roses Community Fund. The ... $5.3 million to 11 organizations. The grantees are varied, as are the dollar amounts granted; several of the grants are ...
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