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Independence Public Media Foundation Announces $5.5 Million in Grant Renewals

July 12, 2023

A Spiral Q puppet show display that reads 'our community is not for sale'

PHILADELPHIA, July 12, 2023—The Independence Public Media Foundation (IPMF) announces $5.5 million in grant renewals—all one-year grants unless otherwise stated—for ongoing support to organizations and projects aligned with the Foundation’s program areas, as listed below:

Community Storytelling

¡Presente! Media Collective — $80,000
2Puntos — $80,000
5 Shorts Project — $150,000, three-year grant
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture — $75,000
Asian Arts Initiative — $75,000
Big Picture Alliance — $200,000, three-year grant
Centro de Cultura, Arte, Trabajo y Educación (CCATE) — $75,000
Colored Girls Museum — $240,000 grant, three-year grant
Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas (CATA Radio) — $50,000
Communitas Arts + Culture, LLC — $66,000
Delaware Local News Initiative — $50,000
First Person Arts — $300,000, three-year grant
Germantown Info Hub at Resolve Philly — $150,000
Impacto — $50,000
Kensington Voice — $300,000, three-year grant
Lil Filmmakers — $325,000, three-year grant
LoveNowMedia — $200,000, three-year grant
The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University (South Jersey Information Equity Project)— $75,000
Paul Robeson House / West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance — $70,000
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) — $225,000, three-year grant
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (PHLAFF) — $270,000, three-year grant
Philadelphia Youth Media Collaborative — $25,000
PhillyCAM — $350,000, three-year grant
Presenting Our Perspective on Philly Youth News (POPPYN) — $250,000, three-year grant
South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) — $75,000
Scribe Student Fund — $25,000
Sisters in Film & Television (SIFT) Media — $300,000, three-year grant
Taller Puertorriqueño — $70,000
Termite TV Collective — $150,000, three-year grant
Uptown Radio — $50,000
We Are the Seeds — $75,000
The Welcome Project PA — $80,000
WURD Radio (Environmental Justice Initiative) — $75,000
Youth Set the Stage — $75,000

Internet for All

Media, Inequality and Change Center — $80,000
Philly Community Wireless — $200,000, three-year grant
Technology Learning Collaborative — $75,000

Narrative Shift for Movement Building

Amistad Law Project — $75,000
Just Media — $63,000
Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting — $100,000
Spiral Q — $200,000, three-year grant

IPMF looks forward to strengthening existing partnerships and supporting community-led storytelling and media-making for justice movements.

Click here to see a full listing of our grants.

For more information or if you have questions or feedback, contact Enni Aigbomian, enni@independencemedia.org.

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About Independence Public Media Foundation
Formerly known as WYBE Channel 35, Independence Public Media Foundation was founded in 2018 when WYBE sold its broadcast license as part of the Federal Communications Commission’s Broadcast Incentive Auction and received a one-time payment of $131.5 million. With these funds, IPMF supports Black-led, Indigenous-led, and people-of-color led media organizations and media making projects that help communities build their narrative power for equity and justice.

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Enni Aigbomian

Enni uses storytelling and visual media to advocate for disenfranchised communities in the U.S. and abroad. Her work focuses on the African diaspora and Indigenous communities in the Americas, as well as the socio-economic rights of women and children. A communicator for social change, Enni has collaborated with international community media and nonprofits such as World Young Women’s Christian Association, Fundación CEDESOCIAL, Vokaribe Radio, and HOPE Worldwide, Bolivia.

Enni has worked with Philadelphia community media and nonprofits such as the American Friends Service Committee, FunTimes Magazine, and Philatinos Radio. She also served as the first head of communications at Read by 4th, Philadelphia’s grade-level reading campaign managed by the Free Library of Philadelphia. She sits on the board of Shelterforce Magazine, an independent publication that covers the worlds of community development, affordable housing, and neighborhood stabilization.

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