Approved $50,000 one-time emergency grant in 2021 to support the COVID-19 Prevention & Response Fund, a pooled fund that will provide general operating support grants to support and advance the significant work already happening in communities to address equity imbalances exacerbated by COVID-19.
Approved $60,000 over 3 years June 2021 to support a first-of-its-kind apprenticeship program. Wrongfully incarcerated individuals reentering society will apprentice under Phillips Black attorneys and investigators, learning to review and investigate cases, join in the direct representation of clients with wrongful conviction claims, and leave the program qualified for jobs in the legal field.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years general operating support January 2026. An after-school cooking program aimed at connecting youth with caring adults while teaching food preparation, nutrition, self-care, and safety.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2023 for general operating support for our collective of families & educators talking, playing, learning, and rising up for racial justice.
Approved $10,000 June 2021 general operating support. Organization's Mission: Philly Children's Movement is a collective of families & educators talking, playing, learning, and rising up for racial justice. We envision a world in which all people are liberated, whole, and valued. Thus far, PCM has worked collaboratively with countless students, teachers, schools, and organizations, helping to facilitate professional development, build curricula, curate discussions, support student-led actions and guide parents on their antiracist journeys.
Approved $10,000/yr x 1 year January 2016 to support programming in Philadelphia schools.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years April 2011 to support housing for fellows serving in the nonprofit sector.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years Jan 2018 to support growth of services for women victimized by violence, and an expansion of its community awareness campaign.
Approved $20,000/year x 3 years June 2022 for general operating support to strengthen our Teen Internship and Animal Assisted Therapy.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2016 to support housing for fellows serving in the nonprofit sector.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years August 2014 to support Free Writing and Performance Workshop programs.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years April 2016 to support Behavioral Health services.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years January 2012 for general operating support.
Approved $50,000 one-time emergency grant in 2021 to support Playstreets summer programming.
Approved $10,000 in 2020 to support Out of School Time providers for middle-school-age students develop shared resources and guidelines for virtual programs to support families and caregivers as they navigate this complex year.
Approved $5,000/yr x 3 years Jan 2018 3 years to support program expansion.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years January 2012 to support Budget & Bill Paying program.
Approved $50,000/yr x 3 years January 2021 to support the WorkReady summer jobs program.
Approved $15,000/yr x 2 years August 2014 for general operating support.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years January 2020 to support the Philadelphia Furniture Bank in furnishing homes for individuals and families exiting homelessness and housing instability.
Approved $7,500/yr x 3 years January 2015 for general operating support.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years August 2015 to support Full, Fair School Funding Initiative.
Approved $100,000 one-time general operating support emergency grant in 2020 to support services to those affected by drug use and poverty including outreach, housing, meals, healthcare, treatment, case management, and other supportive services.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years February 2021 to support inperson and virtual youth progamming at the Fairhill PAL Center.
Approved $3,000/yr x 3 years April 2010 for general operating support.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years January 2019 to support the Core Program residencies.
Approved $20,000/yr x 3 years April 2015 for general operating support of free mobile and clinic health care services.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years April 2011 to support educational programs at Honickman Learning Center and Comcast Technology Labs.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years for August 2012 for general operating support.
Approved $25,000 x 1 year January 2020 to support Tax Time Benefits program, which connects Philadelphia tax clients with public benefits such as SNAP, Medicaid or LIHEAP as part of their tax filing experience.
Approved $25,000 x 1 year January 2024 general operating support for Women of Change, safe haven housing for women coming directly from street living, along with mental health, substance use, or physical health struggles.
Approved $45,000 over 3 years - $20,000 - $15,000 - $10,000 April 2018 general operating support.
Approved $10,000 capacity building grant September 2023 to support needs identified during strategic planning - board development, technology, marketing/communications, professional development
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2022 to general operating support for educational programs for adults and youth offered in our community center.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years April 2015 to support Women of Change.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years April 2014 for general operating support.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years January 2022 general operating support for legal action programs helping to improve the lives of low-income people in Philadelphia through Public Education, Environmental Justice, Housing, Health care, Employment and Voting.
Approved $10,000 x 1 year January 2012 to support Health Outreach Project.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years August 2017 to support the Porch Light Program.
Approved $7,500 capacity building grant September 2023 to support fundraising and development planning.
Approved $25,000/year x 3 years June 2022 to support wellness, medical and education programs.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years August 2013 to support Fair Employment Opportunities Project.
Approved $5,000/x 3 years January 2015 to support the caregivers working with clients of My Way Germantown.
Approved $25,000/yr x 3 years January 2024 to support general operating costs associated with ensuring Reading Allowed continues to grow in order to support more struggling readers while maintaining the high quality of its instruction that sets it apart from other literacy non-profit organizations in Philadelphia.
Approved $5,000/yr x 3 years April 2016 general operating support.
Approved $5,000 x 1 year August 2012 general operating support for Philadelphia sites.
Approved $15,000/yr x 3 years April 2012 for general operating support.
Approved $10,000/yr x 3 years June 2019 general operating support.
Approved $40,000 in 2020 to support Philadelphia Parks & Recreation summer Playstreets' program.
Approved $10,000/year x 3 years June 2022 for general operating support for Philadelphia programs to "build the ladder" for Philadelphia's low-wage restaurant workers to attain economic mobility and "raise the floor" to improve industry-wide standards.