Funding search · EIN 222600747 · Philadelphia, PA

Independence Public Media of

$25.4M
in grants paid: 473
grants: 330
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$375,000
Philadelphia Public Access Corp - Phillycam · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the general operations of phillycam, a local community access media center
$200,000
Fractured Atlas - Fiscal Sponsor for Siftmedia 215 · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
To support siftmedia 215's programming for local filmmakers
$175,000
Movement Alliance Project - Fiscal Sponsor for Philly Community Wireless · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Tto support programming and development of philly community wireless
$170,000
Humanitarian Social Innovations - Fiscal Sponsor for Keystone Internet Coal · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
To support the keystone internet coalition's programs focused on digital equity initiatives
$150,000
Big Picture Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the general operations of big picture alliance, which works to empower philadelphia youth to define their own narrative through filmmaking & digital media arts.
$150,000
Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support philadelphia media founders exchange programs, coaching and support
$150,000
Resolve Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support germantown info hub, a hyperlocal newsroom in the germantown neighborhood
$140,000
West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the archives of the paul robeson house & museum
$125,000
Cinespeak · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support cinspeak's year-round collaborative film programming
$120,000
Centro De Cultura Arte Trabajo Y Educacion · Norristown, PA · 2024
To strengthen and expand revarte media, and help launch radio revarte
$120,000
Digital Literacy Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support innovative digital equity initiatives
$100,000
Making Worlds Bookstore and Social Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support making worlds bookstore as community media infrastructure for gathering, education, and action
$100,000
Spiral Q Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the general operations of spiral q and its community art making and storytelling programs
$100,000
The Welcome Project Pa · Hatboro, PA · 2024
To create a documentary film and 2-3 training videos
$100,000
2 Puntos Platform · Delanco, NJ · 2024
To support 2puntos journalism and strengthen its community-run vozcolectiva newsroom.
$100,000
Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To create two mini-documentaries highlighting mobile crisis units and the commutation process
$100,000
Love Now Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support love now media programming
$100,000
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Tosupport al-bustan news service
$100,000
Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for the Credible Messen · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the community-led credible messenger reporting project on the impact of gun violence
$97,500
Media Inequality & Change Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support mic center's pennsylvania broadband research institute
$86,000
Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for Just Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support just media's philly movement media fellowship for young journalists
$85,000
Whyy - Fiscal Sponsor for Youth Set the Stage · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support a network of youth media organizations with professional development opportunities
$80,000
Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for the Podcast From He · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To complete season 4 of the podcast "from here with a view"
$75,000
South Asian American Digital Archive · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the south asian american digital archive's oral history programs, archival collecting fellowships, and educational workshops
$75,000
G-Town Radio · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support general operations of g-town radio, a community radio station in the germantown neighborhood
$75,000
Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support general operations of wjyn, a community radio station in north philadelphia
$75,000
The Afro-American Historical Society of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To support general operations of whge-lp, delaware's first and only black-owned radio station.
$75,000
Technology Learning Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
For professional development and collaboration within philadelphia's digital equity community
$75,000
Montclair State University Foundation · Montclair, NJ · 2024
To support the south jersey information equity project for early career black journalists in south jersey
$70,000
Performance Zone Inc - Fiscal Sponsor for Drag Arts Oral History Project · New York, NY · 2024
To support the drag arts oral history project archive
$70,000
Taller Puertorriqueno · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To increase access to the eugenio mara de hostos archives
$60,000
Institute for the Development of Education in the Arts - Idea · Camden, NJ · 2024
To support idea's community voices local news program
$50,000
Movement Alliance Project - Fiscal Sponsor for Radio Milpa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support radio milpa and the creation of a bilingual radio series
$50,000
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support temple university's new center for community-centered journalism.
$50,000
Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for Presente Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support local latine stories in the philadelpahia region
$50,000
Movement Alliance Project - Fiscal Sponsor for Securing the Roots · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support securing the roots, a fellowship program to expand the fundraising capacity for community-based organizations with budgets up to $1 million
$50,000
Cata (Farmworker Support Committee) · Glassboro, NJ · 2024
To support radiocata as a source of trustworthy information, education, and entertainment
$50,000
Resolve Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support resolve philly's re-organization
$50,000
Asian Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To provide access to state-of-the-art digital broadcasting technology for community storytelling.
$50,000
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the philanthropy network's general operations
$40,000
Fractured Atlas - Fiscal Sponsor for Cultural Justice Project · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
To support community-centered multimedia highlighting latine/black communities arts and culture
$40,000
Technology Learning Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To develop new community internet initiatives in the philadelphia region
$40,000
Abolitionist Law Center - Fiscal Sponsor for Web Du Bois Movement School · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To shift prevailing narratives around policing and mass incarceration
$40,000
Dayonenotdaytwo · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the community apprentice fellowship for emerging community journalists
$37,000
Digital Literacy Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support innovative digital equity initiatives
$35,500
Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for the Podcast Audio O · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support audio olney, a podcast about the olney neighborhood
$35,000
One Art Community Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the completion of one art media division's "urban survival skills" short film series
$35,000
Temple University - Fiscal Sponsor for Create Genius Media Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support a multimedia journalism project focused on healthcare outcomes for justice impacted individuals
$35,000
Philadelphia Arab-American Development Corps - Fiscal Sponsor for La La Lil · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support la la lil jidar's archive
$35,000
Big Picture Alliance - Fiscal Sponsor for Philly Youth Media Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support a collaborative of member organizations focused on expanding youth media.
$35,000
West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance - Fiscal Sponsor for Move · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the archives of the move organization's history
$35,000
Asian Americans United · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To strengthen the no arena in chinatown campaign
$30,000
Centro Integral De La Mujer Madre Tierra · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support spanish-language multimedia about disinformation in the latine community
$30,000
Asian Americans United - Fiscal Sponor for Ginger Arts Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the ginger arts center by documenting community stories through art and oral histories
$30,000
Blackstar - Fiscal Sponsor for the Nile Splits · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support zuff dries' film, "the nile splits"
$30,000
Down North Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support a documentary with black youth and adults impacted by the carceral system
$30,000
Fractured Atlas - Fiscal Sponsor for a Song for Nia · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
To support eboni zamani's film, "a song for nia"
$30,000
Iglesias Garden Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the creation of an archive of community members' stories and history of iglesias garden
$30,000
Local Journalism Initiative · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To strengthen the local news and information ecosystem in delaware
$30,000
Philadelphia Arab-American Development Corps - Fiscal Sponsor for Palestine · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To produce a multimedia archive
$30,000
Scribe Video Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the student mediamaker fund, which funds film projects led by promising local student filmmakers enrolled in higher education or affiliated with a media education organization.
$30,000
Scribe Video Center - Fiscal Sponsor for Lanterns · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support amy lee ketchum's film, "lanterns"
$30,000
Urban Affairs Coalition - Fiscal Sponsor for Pa Youth Vote · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To provide an intensive media training program for philadelphia high school students
$28,000
Collections of Life & Heritage Dba the Apex Museum - Fiscal Sponsor for Bla · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support philly black cinema archive, a digital archive of films and tapes from daniel a. Moore sr.
$27,500
Tiny News Collective - Fiscal Sponsor for Green Philly Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support "gritty & green: we are seeds" podcast series
$27,500
Blackstar - Fiscal Sponsor for Land Alchemists · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the land alchemists, a multimedia project
$27,500
Sanctuary Wholistic Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the launch of the black women's basketball museum
$27,500
Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To produce the documentary the "meeting of condor and the eagle"
$27,000
Philadelphia Obituary Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the writing heals project
$25,000
Fractured Atlas - Fiscal Sponsor for the Cure for Depression · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
To support elijah crawford's film, "the cure for depression"
$25,000
Tiny News Collective - Fiscal Sponsor for Philly-Afghan Info Hub · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support programs and convenings for the philly-afghan info hub
$25,000
Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for Cambodian American · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the five over fifty (5 over 50) community storytelling and history project
$25,000
Armenian Film Society - Fiscal Sponor for Love Lunise · Glendale, CA · 2024
To support maria vattimo's film, "love, lunise"
$25,000
Movement Alliance Project - Fiscal Sponsor for Prison Health News · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support prison health news, which provides health information to people who are incarcerated
$25,000
Camden Fireworks · Camden, NJ · 2024
To support community storytelling about environmental justice in camden, new jersey
$25,000
Nueva Esperanza Inc - Fiscal Sponsor for Impacto · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
For support of the spanish-language community newspaper to increase community civic engagement and enhance resident voices on issues of local importance
$25,000
Mass Moca Foundation Inc - Fiscal Sponsor for Hot Bits Philly 2025 · North Adams, MA · 2024
To support the "hot bits philly 2025" film festival
$25,000
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support still we rise coalition's storytelling project
$20,000
Allied Arts Foundation - Fiscal Sponor for the Dennis Boys · Seattle, WA · 2024
To support stephen arthur schaffer's film, "the dennis boys"
$20,000
Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for Tell Me When You GE · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support tshay williams's film, "tell me when you get home"
$20,000
The Film Collaborative - Fiscal Sponsor for Kempis Coming Home · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support kate steiker-ginzberg's film, "kempis coming home"
$20,000
Scribe Video Center - Fiscal Sponsor for Philly and the Beautiful Game · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support cameron m. Robinson's film, "philly and the beautiful game"
$20,000
Healthy Newswork · Drexel Hill, PA · 2024
To support a video journalism project that teaches elementary and middle school students to become communicators of relevant and accurate health information for their peers, families, and neighbors
$20,000
Worx Works of Raphael Xavier · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support raphael xavier's film, "swerve"
$20,000
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey - Fiscal Sponsor · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the wellness pooled regional fund
$20,000
Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for the Podcast Dilogos · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the production of dilogos, a 12-episode investigative podcast
$20,000
Movement Alliance Project - Fiscal Sponsor for Youth Art and Self-Empowerme · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support storytelling by youth impacted by the carceral system
$20,000
Scribe Video Center - Fiscal Sponsor for Love in the Time of Migration · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support chelsea g abbas's film, "love in the time of migration"
$20,000
Philly Black Worker Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the multi-media initiative "let them only see us"
$20,000
Blackstar - Fiscal Sponsor for Love Jawns a Writers Room · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support yolanda wisher's film, "love jawns: a writers room"
$20,000
Film Independent - Fiscal Sponsor for Barrio Television · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To script and edit new scenes and host community screenings of "barrio television"
$20,000
Women Make Movies - Fiscal Sponsor for You Were Dead Yesterday · New York, NY · 2024
To support destiny cox's film project, "you were dead yesterday"
$20,000
Concerned Black American Citizens Inc - Fiscal Sponsor for Millennial Junet · Durham, NC · 2024
To support a documentary about the history of the kingsessing neighborhood
$20,000
Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for End Legacy Dumping · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the storytelling project "end legacy dumping"
$18,500
Doc Society Inc - Fiscal Sponsor for in Love in Memory · New York, NY · 2024
To support drew swedberg and shalon buskirk's film, "in love, in memory"
$15,000
From the Heart Productions Inc - Fiscal Sponsor for Paper Trail · Oxnard, CA · 2024
To support rachael moton's film, paper trail
$15,000
Scribe Video Center - Fiscal Sponsor for Reconnecting Through Ryhthm · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support rafael bitanga's film, "reconnecting through ryhthm"
$15,000
Scribe Video Center - Fiscal Sponsor for the Revolution Will Be Televised · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support taj devore-bey's film, "the revolution will be televised"
$15,000
Scribe Video Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support the preservation of west philadelphia's rich performance and creative history in a community-accessible archive.
$15,000
Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
To provide matching funds for six local newsrooms.

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the foundations whose record matches it — then explains why.

Start with one paper

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.