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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

11 grants matching “podcast” · $263,500

• $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"

• $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

• $27,500

  Tiny News Collective - Fiscal Sponsor for Green Philly Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To support "gritty & green: we are seeds" podcast series

• $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

• $10,000

  Yes Your Empowered Sexuality · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To support the yes! Podcast

• $8,500

  Research for Action · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To support research for action's digital archive and podcast about black educators in philadelphia and detroit

• $7,000

  Media Alliance - Fiscal Sponsor for Obscured Journalism Initiative · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To support strategic planning for the obscured journalism initiative podcast

• $15,000

  Training for Change · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Craft of campaigns podcast

• $25,000

  Institute for the Development of Education in the Arts - Idea · Camden, NJ · 2022

  For continued support of ""the gaslit streets,"" a podcast to center community voices and creative talent in camden, new jersey.

• $25,000

  Urban Affairs Coalition - Fiscal Sponsor for Pa Youth Vote · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support a youth-led podcast to talk about activism, politics, and the life of teens that will air on & in partnership with g-town radio.

• $10,000

  Yes Your Empowered Sexuality · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  For continued support of "your empowered sexuality," a podcast for adults to reflect on their early experiences with sexuality and bodies in order to heal and better support young people in their development.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Resolve Philadelphia7 grants · $2.7M
• Movement Alliance Project11 grants · $1.5M
• Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia12 grants · $1.0M
• Free Press1 grant · $1.0M
• Scribe Video Center9 grants · $935,000
• Blackstar8 grants · $742,800
• Federation Neighborhood Centers6 grants · $686,500
• Leeway Foundation1 grant · $600,000
• Philadelphia Public Access Corp - Phillycam4 grants · $433,000
• Big Picture Alliance6 grants · $430,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 473 grants.

• $1.6M

  Resolve Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For general support

• $1.0M

  Free Press · Washington, DC · 2022

  To support the shift the narrative coalition focused on changing the narratives in local media around violence, crime and safety, and putting the power of storytelling in the hands of the community.

• $700,000

  Scribe Video Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  For continued general operating support.

• $650,000

  Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support the shift the narrative coalition focused on changing the narratives in local media around violence, crime and safety, and putting the power of storytelling in the hands of the community.

• $600,000

  Leeway Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To support media artist-in-residence

• $600,000

  Blackstar · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  For the local filmmaker lab, which is a year-long fellowship that supports and uplifts black, brown and indigenous emerging and mid-career artists and filmmakers in the greater philadelphia area by providing access to e… read allFor the local filmmaker lab, which is a year-long fellowship that supports and uplifts black, brown and indigenous emerging and mid-career artists and filmmakers in the greater philadelphia area by providing access to equipment, funding, master classes, and mentorship. less
• $500,000

  Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support the shift the narrative coalition focused on changing the narratives in local media around violence, crime and safety, and putting the power of storytelling in the hands of the community.

• $500,000

  Resolve Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support resolve philly's efforts to ensure family-sustaining salaries and benefits for its employees.

• $375,000

  Philadelphia Public Access Corp - Phillycam · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To support the general operations of phillycam, a local community access media center

• $350,000

  Phillycam · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Community radio reporters

• $335,000

  Media Inequity and Change Center (Mic) · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support the shift the narrative coalition focused on changing the narratives in local media around violence, crime and safety, and putting the power of storytelling in the hands of the community.

• $325,000

  Federation Neighborhood Centers · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For operating support

• $300,000

  Federation Neighborhood Centers · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For community media hub

• $300,000

  First Person Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To support trigger, a documentary

• $300,000

  Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2023

  To develop a network of support

• $300,000

  Philly Cam · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  For operating support that will allow phillycam to continue implementing its strategy toward its franchise fee negotiation.

• $270,000

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To support community storytelling

• $250,000

  Temple University - University Comm · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For continued support of poppyn

• $250,000

  Digital Literacy Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support digital equity initiatives, such as seed funding for a philadelphia-based program model for technology refurbishment, redistribution, and technical support. (2 year grant)

• $250,000

  Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support pngp's creative, strategic, and equity-focused field-building work. (2-year grant)

• $240,000

  Painted Bride Arts Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Community storytelling

• $225,000

  Philadelphia Asian American Film Fe · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To showcase aapi storytellers

• $225,000

  Resolve Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To grow germantown info hub and to serve as the pilot for resolves community wire service, a network of hyperlocal bureaus serving neighborhood information needs and as a mechanism for city-wide distributed authentic an… read allTo grow germantown info hub and to serve as the pilot for resolves community wire service, a network of hyperlocal bureaus serving neighborhood information needs and as a mechanism for city-wide distributed authentic and accurate community-level coverage. less
• $200,000

  Fractured Atlas - Fiscal Sponsor for Siftmedia 215 · Hartsdale, NY · 2024

  To support siftmedia 215's programming for local filmmakers

• $200,000

  Big Picture Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For general operations

• $200,000

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To support spiral q's programs

• $200,000

  Love Now Media · Collegeville, PA · 2023

  To support community storytelling

• $200,000

  Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To support philly community wireless

• $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

• $150,000

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Community support

• $150,000

  Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Philadelphia media founder's exchang

• $150,000

  Resolve Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Support of germantown info hub

• $150,000

  Termite Tv Collective · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For support of "places of power"

• $150,000

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for Cinespeak · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support the expansion of cinespeak's team, the development and implementation of public programming, and the broadening of cinespeaks audience and readership.

• $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

  2 Puntos Platform · Delanco, NJ · 2024

  To support 2puntos journalism and strengthen its community-run vozcolectiva newsroom.

• $100,000

  Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Tosupport al-bustan news service

• $100,000

  Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To create two mini-documentaries highlighting mobile crisis units and the commutation process

• $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

• $100,000

  Love Now Media · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To support love now media programming

• $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

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Credible messenger reporting proj

• $100,000

  Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To amplify the voices of people directly impacted by gun violence and mass incarceration.

• $100,000

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for Initiative for Bett · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support the continued expansion of the credible messenger reporting project.

• $100,000

  Lenfest Institute for Journalism - Fiscal Sponsor for Funtimes Magazine · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support the awareness of covid vaccine safety and mitigate vaccine hesitancy through stories and feature articles, and virtual and live presentations, including question and answer sessions by collaborating diaspora … read allTo support the awareness of covid vaccine safety and mitigate vaccine hesitancy through stories and feature articles, and virtual and live presentations, including question and answer sessions by collaborating diaspora physicians and medical personnel. less
• $100,000

  Movement Alliance Project - Fiscal Sponsor for Colectiva Comadre Luna · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support colectiva comadre luna's media production efforts that will share resources among philadelphias spanish speaker community and create awareness around issues that impact latinx immigrant women in philadelphia.

• $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"

• $80,000

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To support local latinx creatives

• $80,000

  Media Inequality & Change Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For continued support of digital equ

• $80,000

  Scribe Video Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For support of dos puntos

• $80,000

  The Welcome Project Pa · Hatboro, PA · 2023

  To support lgbtq+ storytelling

• $80,000

  Delaware Community Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2022

  To strengthen the news ecosystem in delaware and increase voices and coverage of underrepresented communities.

• $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

  Montclair State University Foundation · Montclair, NJ · 2024

  To support the south jersey information equity project for early career black journalists in south jersey

• $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

  Technology Learning Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  For professional development and collaboration within philadelphia's digital equity community

• $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

  Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  To support general operations of wjyn, a community radio station in north philadelphia

• $75,000

  Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For support of al-bustan news

• $75,000

  Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To distribute no way out

• $75,000

  Asian Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Digital broadcasting studio

• $75,000

  Bartram'S Garden · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Environmental justice project

• $75,000

  Centro De Cultura Arte Trabajo Y · Norristown, PA · 2023

  For revarte media

• $75,000

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Indigenous artist episodes

• $75,000

  Montclair State University Foundati · Montclair, NJ · 2023

  South jersey information equity proj

• $75,000

  South Asian American Digital Archiv · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Community storytelling

• $75,000

  Technology Learning Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Phl digital equity community

• $75,000

  Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Community building

• $75,000

  Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To produce arts and culture reportage focused on southwest asian and north african (swana) communities in the philadelphia area.

• $75,000

  Asian Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To support community engagement and storytelling with and accessibility to aai's digital broadcast studio.

• $75,000

  Bartram'S Garden - Fiscal Sponsor for Wurd Radio · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To expand and deepen wurd radio's multimedia coverage and conversations around environmental racism and its direct impact on philadelphias black community with a lens towards action, solutions and empowerment.

• $75,000

  Centro De Cultura Arte Trabajo Y Educacion (Ccate) · Norristown, PA · 2022

  To support the rev arte digital magazine, where the latinx immigrant community can share their talents and perspective, reframing negative portrayals of the community and authoring their own stories.

• $75,000

  Montclair State University Foundation · Montclair, NJ · 2022

  To address inequities in coverage of the black community in south jersey by supporting more black media makers in the creation of news and information.

• $75,000

  Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To increase the visibility and understanding of the diverse asian american communities in philadelphia and their strengths, challenges and histories through a yearlong feature series of journalistic work about post-covi… read allTo increase the visibility and understanding of the diverse asian american communities in philadelphia and their strengths, challenges and histories through a yearlong feature series of journalistic work about post-covid reopening. less
• $75,000

  South Asian American Digital Archive · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  For the philadelphia archival creators fellowship supporting fellows to document and share the stories of south asian american populations in philadelphia. The focus of this next cohort will be commemorating landmarks i… read allFor the philadelphia archival creators fellowship supporting fellows to document and share the stories of south asian american populations in philadelphia. The focus of this next cohort will be commemorating landmarks in philadelphia that have significance to the south asian american community. less
• $75,000

  The Philadelphia Foundation - Daf To Termite Tv · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  For continued support of termite tv's places of power documentary and web-based app, which invites viewers to experience disinvested neighborhoods in philadelphia anew, as a tapestry of knowledge, healing, and civic lea… read allFor continued support of termite tv's places of power documentary and web-based app, which invites viewers to experience disinvested neighborhoods in philadelphia anew, as a tapestry of knowledge, healing, and civic leadership. less
• $75,000

  The Welcome Project Pa · Hatboro, PA · 2022

  For continued support of a documentary and other media-making in support of best medical practices for transgender, non-binary, and intersex patients.

• $75,000

  Whyy - Fiscal Sponsor for Youth Set the Stage · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To continue to build upon the youth set the stage's cross-collaboration between nine youth media organizations across the city, which began in 2020.

• $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

• $70,000

  Taller Puertorriqueno · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Eugenio mara de hostos archives

• $70,000

  West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Paul robeson house & museum

• $70,000

  Making Worlds Bookstore and Social Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  For continued support building community narrative power rooted in a cooperative nonprofit community bookstore and social center movement space.

• $66,000

  Performance Zone · New York, NY · 2023

  Community storytelling

• $66,000

  Performance Zone Inc Fiscal Sponsor for Communitas Arts Culture Llc · New York, NY · 2022

  To support documenting the lived experiences, hopes, concerns, needs, and overall cultural perspectives of representatives from the philadelphia drag and queer arts community.

• $65,000

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia - Fiscal Sponsor for We Are the Seeds · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  To amplify, document, and archive the voices of indigenous artists, performers, knowledge-keepers, and change-makers.

• $63,000

  Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  To support young storytellers

• $60,000

  Institute for the Development of Education in the Arts - Idea · Camden, NJ · 2024

  To support idea's community voices local news program

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