Approved $5,000 in 2020 to help support electronic needs for both students and staff.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 general operating support. ACHIEVEability works each day to permanently break the generational cycle of poverty for low-income, single parent, and homeless families.
Approved $15,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: The Agape African Senior Center, Inc. is established as a self-help initiatives by elderly African Immigrants to help ourselves combat the acute isolation we experience linguistically, socially, culturally, and economically through self-advocacy, self-development, and self-empowerment in order to enhance our independent living and graceful aging in our new home, the USA.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: Amistad Law Project's mission is to fight for the human rights of people in our community by providing free and low-cost legal services to Philadelphians and those incarcerated in Pennsylvania’s prisons. Additionally, we advocate for laws and policies that reflect our vision for a new justice paradigm and organize events and activities to educate the public on their rights and the law.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 general operating support. ASAP’s mission is to develop high quality after school activities and resources to empower youth and strengthen communities in Philadelphia.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: Beyond The Bars is a student driven music and career skills program that is dedicated to interrupting the cycles of violence and incarceration while helping our students recognize their immense potential and bright futures.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 to support food pantries.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: Black Brain Campaign's mission is to eradicate the stigma against mental health in the Black community. We strive to help the community learn more about mental health and to advocate to ensure therapy treatment includes cultural humility. Our goal his to improve mental health by providing education, resources, and advocacy.
Approved $50,000 one-time emergency grant in 2021 to support COVID testing/vaccine efforts.
Approved $25,000 one-time emergency grant in 2021 to support free school-based book distribution to PK-3 students in the Phila. school district to increase literacy and access to books.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 to support Call to Action Literacy Initiative helping Philadelphia’s youth increase their reading and writing skills and enable them to reach their full potential.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 to support College Readiness and Persistence programs providing academic, social/emotional, and financial support to disadvantaged high school youth in the Greater Philadelphia Area.
Approved $15,000 one-time emergency general operating support grant in 2021 to provide self-care art making workshops for front line staff who are dealing with vicarious trauma.
Approved $20,000 one-time emergency grant in 2021 to support attendance incentives for students to increase spring attendance now that they returned to full-time in-person learning.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years May 2021 general operating support to reimagine Centro Nueva Creación as a true center for the community and to build organizational capacity.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: Chapman Foundation's mission is to provide tutoring and educational services to inner-city and economically disadvantaged students to minimize educational inequalities.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 to support Parent/Caregiver Services providing prevention and intervention strategies focused on caregivers of children struggling with mental and behavioral health challenges.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: City Athletics Community Partners’ mission is to improve the lives of underserved Philadelphia youth through sports, fitness and community. The goal of CACP is to build leadership, resilience and character through fun and challenging sports activities.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: Collective Climb is a community-based nonprofit empowering primarily BIPOC teenagers (15-19) in West Philadelphia through restorative justice. We offer three programs: 1) The Restorative Community Project, 2) a Youth Advisory Board, 3) and Collective Kickbacks. We are committed to Black joy, security, and freedom.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 to support Single Stop, a program that helps connect students with basic needs, such as housing, food, and other resources.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 to support Resiliency Services at el Centro de Estudiantes and Vaux Big Picture High School.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 general operating support. Community Learning Center's mission is to empower low-income adults in Philadelphia to gain academic and employment skills
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 to support a six-week summer academic program that prepares underserved children for competitive high schools.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: Dimplez 4 Dayz, Inc.'s mission is to assist children, youth, and families from the inner-city by providing unrestrained resources, programs, and encouragement to create a promising lifestyle.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 to support technological upgrades and added operations necessary to expand access to the computer lab at the Beachell Family Learning Center.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 general operating support. The Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project assists low income, Philadelphia residents with free debt counseling and pro bono Chapter 7 Bankruptcy representation.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: The mission of The ECO Foundation is to provide creative education, healthy food, and employment opportunities, so people can meet their needs and exceed their goals.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: EMIR (Every Murder Is Real) Healing Center provides victims advocacy, support groups, wellness, mental health counseling, housing relocation and educational services to the families in Philadelphia, PA, and more recently, Chester, PA. EMIR Healing Center was founded after the murder of Victoria Greene's only son. Supported by a staff well versed in the devastation homicide brings to families and communities, EMIR focuses on healing through a wholistic and trauma-informed approach to care.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 to support MindSet program, a long-term program that works with participants for up to 5 years to develop the skills and behaviors they need to successfully transition from poverty to economic independence and self-sufficiency.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 years to support free legal aid to individuals in need via in-person clinics at churches and other locations where food or wellness services are also provided.
Approved $18,000/yr x 3 years May 2021 to support “Project Career Build @ Mastbaum” for Special Ed students at Mastbaum High School.
Approved $20,000 one-time emergency grant in 2021 to support grassroots organization providing transportation and resource information for previously incarcerated individuals at the time of their immediate release from prison.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 general operating support. Eddie’s House focuses on serving abandoned and at-risk youth by providing housing, a safe & nurturing space and tools to help them achieve and sustain economic empowerment.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 to support Home Repair Program.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 to support Youth Advocacy Initiative. HIAS Pennsylvania advocates for just and inclusive practices.
Approved $25,000 one-time emergency grant in 2021 to support a new legal aid case management system which will improve HAP's data management collection and allow them to access client information from any location to better support their free services offered to homeless or those at risk of homelessness.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 to provide general operating support for summer and school year learning programs for students from North Philadelphia area schools.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: Created with trauma-impacted women’s specific needs in mind, I’m FREE - Females Reentering Empowering Each Other, Inc. helps incarcerated women transition back into society by providing coaching, training, and care services. I’m FREE serves Philadelphia area women who are imprisoned, disenfranchised, and disconnected from their children, families and communities; reconnect with society, revitalize their sense of purpose and renew their minds.
Approved $5,000 one-time emergency grant in 2021 to be used for ESL students' technology needs.
Approved $10,000 one-time emergency general operating support grant in 2021 to support mission of encouraging and helping individuals and organizations align their financial assets with their values.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 for Our Closet's general operating support to execute and grow direct services to help those struggling with instability and poverty; including emergency custom clothing package delivery system and in-person clothing pop-up shops/distributions.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 general operating support. Historic Fair Hill acts as a collaborative partner in the revitalization of the Fairhill community through school partnerships for literacy, greening, and community engagement events.
Approved $25,000 one-time emergency general operating support grant in 2021 to support the Resilience Fund providing $10,000 grants to organizations in Kensington.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: LA21-CDC's mission is to partner with stakeholders to promote economic development, promote social justice through beautification and support new business ventures in the community. We serve the business needs of business owners on the commercial corridor and provide networking opportunities by promoting economic growth, advancing business-friendly public policies, and servicing our members through outstanding programs to help build their customer base.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: Lil Filmmakers Inc.’s mission is to train young underserved artists to use media and the arts as a tool to overcome societal and personal barriers and prepare them for career opportunities in the arts and media industry.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 to support Mitzvah Food Program.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 to support Hungry to Healthy Initiative so that clients can achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through an integrated program of social, educational, and advocacy services.
Approved $25,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: The Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia (MCCP) engages with the community we serve in many capacities. From the inception, our mission has been focused on empowering the communities we serve with a variety of services and programs with a focus on our Restorative Cities Initiative (RCI). The RCI Movement utilizes a Restorative Conferencing model that facilitates a process for solving problems and building community.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years June 2021 to support managing a residence that houses physically and mentally handicapped tenants.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 to support onsite Social Worker/Social Services Program.