Back to top

Site Search

Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

Community Voices: from a Moment and for a Movement

Spiral Q 2
Monday, August 24, 2020
... not. For example, the  Village of Art and Humanities ’ Report from the Future will convene artists, designers, and ... and 3D video. These organizations are creating memorial sites that honor both local and national black history in a ... and pool dollars, leverage networks, and other resources to invest in media making efforts and real change. ...

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

Independence Public Media Foundation
Thursday, June 3, 2021
... and creative expression as pathways for communities building power. The grants in this cycle provide critical ... projects that have been excluded from access to resources that amplify the voices of the communities they ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Media/JournalismRacial EquitySocial Justice
Areas of Focus 
Equity and Social Justice

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

Thursday, July 30, 2020
... as well as The Village of Arts & Humanities’ “Report from the Future” project, facilitated and curated by ... literacy, and creative expression, as a pathway for building power with communities. Through grant-making and other programs, IPMF supports building and strengthening networks of people who are ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Media/Journalism
Areas of Focus 
COVID-19

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
... “A More Perfect Union,” a project that will report on the racist origins, practices, and consequences of ... Generation Fund will continue to offer career development resources to journalists and news executives; and The BEYOND ... I-Team to lead “Under Fire,” a newsroom-wide effort to report on Philadelphia’s gun-violence epidemic and examine ...

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

IPMF Community Voices 2023 - Save Chinatown
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
... partners as they determine the storytelling and the resources needed most in this moment,” said IPMF Program ... an emphasis on community-led storytelling, archives for building community power, community-centered news and journalism, and media for narrative shift and movement building. Examples of grant recipients include: Asian ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Media/JournalismRacial EquitySocial Justice
18Nov2020

The Secret Weapon for Achieving Your Foundation’s Goals

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Video Conference
Learn how four local initiatives use media and media-making as a force for social justice, civic engagement, and community mobilization – and how foundations can help combat harmful narratives.
 

Independence Public Media Foundation Welcomes Seven New Board Members

IPMF new board members 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
... and expertise including media-making, strategic coalition-building, nonprofit governance, public relations, and ... members in support of the foundation’s mission to move resources for media and media-making owned and led by ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Media/JournalismSocial Justice
Areas of Focus 
Leadership, Culture and Community

Independence Public Media Foundation Announces 71 Grants Totaling $8.9 Million

IPMF grantee
Monday, August 15, 2022
... identifying geographic and demographic news deserts, and building infrastructure to address news and information ... digital equity, and creative expression, as a pathway for building power with communities. Through grant-making and other programs, IPMF supports building and strengthening networks of people who are ...

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

Code for America
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Knight Foundation announced their latest commitment of $1 million to help Code for America Brigades in cities where Knight operates — including Philadelphia — to build sustainable business models for civic technology.

 

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
... dedicated to improving local journalism by connecting and building trust between local newsrooms and the communities ... of grants this year to support media making for movement building that addresses police violence and community safety. ... literacy, and creative expression, as a pathway for building power with communities. Through grant-making and ...
Find More By
News type 
Press Release
Funding Area 
Arts & CultureMedia/Journalism
Areas of Focus 
COVID-19

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Unveils Ambitious Growth Plan To Put National Spotlight On Social Sector, Become Nonprofit

Wednesday, May 4, 2022
... overcome the problems that have deprived nonprofits of the resources, tools, and talent they need to change the ... development and learning for nonprofit professionals, building on the success of its much-praised webinars. The ...
Find More By
News type 
National Philanthropy News
Funding Area 
Media/Journalism
Areas of Focus 
Social Innovation

$2.5 million Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information Fund to provide support for coronavirus news and information needs

Coronavirus Testing by Tim Tai - Philadelphia Inquirer
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
... information providers who will share news, information, resources, and best practices aimed at engaging underserved ... entrepreneurship, small business, and financial literacy resources. The Philadelphia COVID-19 Community Information ... grant-making and other programs, the Foundation supports building and strengthening networks of people creating and ...

Independence Public Media Foundation announces grants totaling $4.3 million

Media Mobilizing Project
Thursday, December 19, 2019
... creative media making, including media making for movement building, and community-led storytelling to bring new ... like in the region. Based on outreach and relationship-building with residents and reporters, field scans and other ... Resolve Philadelphia ($25,000) - for additional capacity-building support NewsMatch ($13,000) - for matching funds to ...
Find More By
News type 
Member News
Funding Area 
Media/Journalism

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

HealthSpark Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
... to think and act differently in how we support movement building and grassroot advocacy in Montgomery County,” says ... Fund represents this clearly articulated need to direct resources, beyond and inclusive of philanthropic dollars, to ... on the Community Action Team and the role power-building played in the creation of the Fund. We’ll also be ...

In Pennsylvania, three newsrooms are teaming up to cover state government

Tuesday, October 2, 2018
... announced  the Oregon Capital Bureau . In 2014, a Pew report found  a 35 percent drop  in the number of newspaper ... statehouse reporters. In Pennsylvania that year, the report found a total of 41 statehouse reporters, with just 24 ...

Pages