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Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
... Media Foundation (IPMF) welcomes seven new members to its board of directors. The new board members bring a wide range of skills and expertise ... in support of the foundation’s mission to move resources for media and media-making owned and led by communities ...
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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
... by The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc., a private, for-profit company. “The Chronicle of Philanthropy is ... advice to nonprofit professionals, foundation executives, board members, development staff, and other changemakers. CoP ... of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and a board member of the Solutions Journalism Network and DonorsChoose. ...
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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
... from the Institute, which has no editorial or business oversight of the newspaper. The Institute was founded in 2016 ... said David Boardman, chair of the Lenfest Institute’s Board of Managers. “This need has never been more clear, ... stories. Errin Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th* and a member of The Lenfest Institute’s Board of Managers, will ...

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

IPMF Community Voices 2023 - Save Chinatown
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
... be part of a vibrant media ecosystem. It is critical for us to listen to our community partners as they determine ... were final, without influence from IPMF staff and board. This community-led approach aligns with the ... panel was equitable and meaningful,” said a community member recommended by  We Are the Seeds . The panelists ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation announces grants totaling $4.3 million

Media Mobilizing Project
Thursday, December 19, 2019
(December 18, 2019, Philadelphia) The Board of Directors of Independence Public Media of ... million to six organizations representing key partners for advancing the foundation’s vision for the Philadelphia region as a hotbed for creative media ...
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IPMF Announces 2024 Community Voices Fund Grant Recipients

IPMF 2024 Community Voices
Thursday, November 21, 2024
... are always final, without influence from IPMF staff and board. This community-led approach aligns with the ... violence through community-led storytelling, archives for building community power, community-centered news and journalism, and media for movement building. Grant recipients include: Still We ...

Lenfest Institute awards $2 million to 12 local news outlets

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017
... financial challenges, the  Lenfest Institute for Journalism , which is  dedicated to supporting ... , and (with support from the Knight Foundation) $1 million for Innovation Grants to 12 for-profit and nonprofit newsrooms in New York; the San ...
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Love & Equity in News

Love Now Media
Thursday, May 13, 2021
... and inclusion initiatives increase along with demands for newsrooms to dismantle and repair long standing racist practices that have caused damage to B+IPOC for centuries, I’m working to create equitable work through ... first community stories, in 2004, was about a young lady named Tikel Johnson who returned home from a tour in the ...
18Nov2020

The Secret Weapon for Achieving Your Foundation’s Goals

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
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... secret weapon – media and media-making – as a force for social justice: Get some insight into why media is the ... Movement Alliance Project Bryan, a long-time staff member of Media Mobilizing Project (now Movement Alliance ... state and national media policy advocacy, and serves as a board member of MediaJustice and Free Press. Bryan is a ...

Lenfest Institute offering $1 million in grants

Monday, June 5, 2017
... | by Jeff Gammage , Staff Writer The Lenfest Institute for Journalism will award up to $1 million in grants to drive ... products, and to sponsor a residency program for entrepreneurs. Applications are being accepted for two ... up to $100,000 to help existing endeavors expand. Those named as entrepreneurs in residence are expected to be ...
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In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... goal of $2 million dollars from The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, The Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation, The ... , the Kinsley Family Foundation and The Lenfest Institute for Journalism . It will rely on individual donations and ... Kristen Hare covers the transformation of local news for the Poynter Institute. Her work for Poynter has earned ...

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

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
... in Black communities to advance justice and liberation for all County residents. HealthSpark Foundation has ... listening sessions last summer. You set a community vision for becoming an anti-racist and justice-oriented safety net system, and you asked for us to be bold in our thinking about how we as a ...

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

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, April 17, 2025
... decisions are final and are not influenced by the IPMF board or staff. Along with a grant, the Local Filmmaker Fund ... public interest and following. ►Visit IPMF's website for a full list of  2025 Local Filmmaker Fund grant ...

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 75 Grants Totaling $4 Million

Independence Public Media Foundation
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
... open call, as well as nearly $750,000 in continued support for key IPMF partners. “We are grateful to our partners at ... and the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund for helping to expand media making opportunities in the ... Officer Nuala Cabral’s essay on what the foundation’s board and staff prioritized during this grants review ...

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

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, June 3, 2021
... organizations and projects. In this first round of grants for 2021, IPMF provided continued support to a group of ... lift up storytelling and creative expression as pathways for communities building power. The grants in this cycle ... program officer. ►Read Nuala’s essay on what the IPMF board and staff prioritized during this grants review process ...
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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
... at a better time.” Read Nuala’s essay on what IPMF board and staff learned during listening sessions with the ... news and information in multiple languages for the public, in response to COVID-19. “Community media ... pandemic, but we also laid a lot of groundwork this year for robust, community-led media making that helps people feel ...
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COVID-19

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

Thursday, July 30, 2020
... current moment. YSTS will also build an accessible toolkit for instructors working with students remotely. New grantees ... “What does a Philadelphia look like that’s designed for me?” In all, the foundation made grants to ... Camden, Wilmington, and Philadelphia. Click HERE for the complete list of 2020 Community Voices grant ...
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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... Foundation (IPMF) announces grants totaling $8.9 million for community-centered, BIPOC-led media organizations and ... grants represent the majority of IPMF’s grantmaking for the year, while the foundation takes some time to reflect ... first three years as an organization, and hone our vision for media making that fights for racial equity and ...

Lenfest Institute for Journalism Announces Local News Sustainability Grants

The Lenfest Institute
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
... PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 30, 2019) — The Lenfest Institute for Journalism today announced 13 winners of its latest grant ... at fulfilling its mission of supporting sustainable models for local journalism and information in service of democratic ... types of grants: The Local News Business Model Challenge for projects that explore new business models for sustainable ...
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Leeway Foundation announces $62,500 in project-based funding

Leeway Foundation (mark)
Monday, November 25, 2024
... Philadelphia with the 2024 Art and Change Grant (ACG). For over two decades, the Art and Change Grant has supported ... Grant (ACG) provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women, trans*, and/or gender ... the year or schedule an appointment with a staff member for one-on-one support. ABOUT LEEWAY FOUNDATION The ...

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