2023 Grants Awarded

Three-Year Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

Asian Americans United General Operating Support $60,000
Beyond the Bars General Operating Support $60,000
Coded by Kids General Operating Support $60,000
Collegiate Bridge, Inc. General Operating Support $60,000
FamFrequency Productions General Operating Support $60,000
Girls First General Operating Support $60,000
Horizons at Greene Street Friends School General Operating Support $60,000
Need in Deed General Operating Support $60,000
The Attic Youth Center General Operating Support $60,000
The Monkey & The Elephant General Operating Support $60,000
We Love Philly General Operating Support $60,000
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project General Operating Support $60,000

Other Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

The Garage Community and Youth Center* Capacity Building Project $150,000
Kensington Community Resilience Fund Presidents Grant $10,000
World Central Kitchen Presidents Grant $1,000
Greater Philadelphia Extracurricular Collaborative  Presidents Grant $15,000
Maui Strong Fund – Hawaii Community Foundation Presidents Grant $2,500
Children First Presidents Grant $5,000
Education Law Center Presidents Grant $5,000
Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative Presidents Grant $5,000
Voices for Children Presidents Grant $5,000
Chester Education Foundation Grace Nelson Award $5,000
CASA Youth Advocates, Inc. Grace Nelson Award $10,000
Students Run Philly Style Grace Nelson Award $10,000
Neighborhood Bike Works Grace Nelson Award $5,000
* multi-year grant award

2022 Grant Awards

Two-Year Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

Achieve Now General Operating Support $28,000
After School Activities Partnerships General Operating Support $30,000
After-School All-Stars Philadelphia General Operating Support $27,000
Chester Education Foundation general operating support $28,000
College Possible Philadelphia General Operating Support $27,000
Healthy NewsWorks General Operating Support $27,000
Mighty Writers General Operating Support $30,000
Montgomery Child Advocacy Project General Operating Support $30,000
Neighborhood Bike Works general operating support $27,000
One House at a Time General Operating Support $30,000
Parkesburg Point Youth Center General Operating Support $30,000
Philadelphia City Rowing General operating $30,000
Rock to the Future General Operating Support $30,000
SquashSmarts, Inc. General Operating Support $30,000
Starfinder Foundation General Operating Support $30,000
Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc. General Operating Support $25,000
Trellis For Tomorrow General Operating Support $28,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science GeoKids and SNAP $28,000

Other Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

Ceasefire PA Inc President’s Grant $2,500
Greater Philadelphia Extra-Curricular Collaborative (GPEC) President’s Grant $10,000
Healthy NewsWorks Grace Nelson Award $5,000
International Rescue Committee Inc. Ukraine Response Fund President’s Grant $2,500
Kensington Community Resilience Fund President’s Grant $15,000
Norris Square Neighborhood Project Grace Nelson Award $5,000
Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB) Grace Nelson Award $10,000

2021 Grant Awards

Two-Year Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

Asian Americans United General Operating Support $28,000.00
Big Picture Alliance General Operating Support $25,000.00
Bridge Academy & Community Center General Operating Support $25,000.00
Brighter Horizon Foundation General Operating Support $25,000.00
CASA of Philadelphia County General Operating Support $30,000.00
CASA Youth Advocates, Inc. General Operating Support $30,000.00
Centro Nueva Creacion General Operating Support $30,000.00
Chester County Futures General Operating Support $25,000.00
Coatesville Youth Initiative General Operating Support $25,000.00
Collective Climb General Operating Support $25,000.00
ESF Dream Camp Foundation General Operating Support $25,000.00
Horizons at The Episcopal Academy General Operating Support $25,000.00
Kensington Soccer Club General Operating Support $25,000.00
Norris Square Neighborhood Project General Operating Support $30,000.00
Playworks Pennsylvania General Operating Support $30,000.00
Providence Center General Operating Support $28,000.00
Students Run Philly Style General Operating Support $32,000.00
The Garage Community and Youth Center General Operating Support $25,000.00
YoungMoms General Operating Support $25,000.00
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project General Operating Support $25,000.00

Other Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

Kensington Community Resilience Fund President’s Grant $5,000.00
Friends Association for Care and Protection of Children Grace Nelson Award $5,000.00
Greater Philadelphia Extra-curricular Collaborative Presidents Grant $5,000.00
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Covid 19 Prevention and Response Fund $5,000.00
Rock to the Future Capacity Building (3-year grant) $155,000.00
Starfinder Foundation Covid-19 Emergency Funding $2,500.00
Steppingstone Scholars, Inc. Grace Nelson Award $12,500.00

Thrive Village PHL LLC

Program Related Investment $100,000
YoungMoms COVID-19 Emergency Funding $10,000.00

2020 Grant Awards

Two-Year Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

Achieve Now General Operating Support $28,000
After School Activities Partnerships General Operating Support $30,000
After-School All-Stars Philadelphia General Operating Support $25,000
Chester Education Foundation General Operating Support $28,000
College Possible Philadelphia General Operating Support $25,000
Girls First General Operating Support $25,000
Healthy NewsWorks General Operating Support $25,000
Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP) General Operating Support $25,000
Neighborhood Bike Works General Operating Support $25,000
Parkesburg Point Youth Center General Operating Support $25,000
Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB) General Operating Support $25,000
Play On, Philly! General Operating Support $25,000
Rock to the Future General Operating Support $30,000
SquashSmarts, Inc. General Operating Support $30,000
Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc. General Operating Support $25,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science GeoKids and SNAP $25,000

Other Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

All Core Grantees Covid-19 General Operating Support ($5,000 to each organization) $195,000
Girls First Covid-19 Emergency Response $7,500
One House at a Time Covid-19 Emergency Response $1,600
Philadelphia Foundation Presidents Grant – PHL COVID-19 Fund $15,000
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia Greater Philadelphia Extracurricular Collaborative (GPEC) $5,000
Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project Capacity Building Support $42,000

2019 Grant Awards

Two-Year Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

Asian Americans United General Operating Support $25,000
Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia General Operating Support $30,000
CASA of Philadelphia County General Operating Support $25,000
CASA Youth Advocates, Inc. General Operating Support $30,000
Centro Nueva Creacion General Operating Support $24,000
Coatesville Youth Initiative General Operating Support $30,000
Friends Association for Care and Protection of Children General Operating Support $25,000
Horizons at The Episcopal Academy General Operating Support $25,000
Inn Dwelling General Operating Support $25,000
Life And Basketball General Operating Support $20,000
Norris Square Neighborhood Project General Operating Support $20,000
One House at a Time General Operating Support $25,000
Philadelphia City Rowing General Operating Support $24,000
Playworks Pennsylvania General Operating Support $30,000
Spark Philadelphia General Operating Support $24,000
Starfinder Foundation General Operating Support $25,000
Students Run Philly Style General Operating Support $30,000
Trellis For Tomorrow General Operating Support $24,000
YoungMoms General Operating Support $25,000

Other Grants

Name of Organization

Purpose of Grant

Grant Award

After-school All Stars* Capacity Building Project $225,000
Chester Education Foundation Grace Nelson Award $10,000
Cradles to Crayons Grace Nelson Award $10,000
United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern NJ* RISE Partnership $75,000
* multi-year grant award