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MULTI-YEAR GRANT PROGRAM HONORING AND CELEBRATING CULTURAL GROUPS, ARTISTS, AND ORGANIZATIONS OF COLOR.

Please note, all funding opportunities have concluded as of 2024.

 
 
art and artist words that resonate with the Philadelphia BIPOC communities

 

A MULTI-YEAR GRANT PROGRAM,
Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures

supported and created opportunities for artists and cultural practitioners of color, including groups and organizations, that were making enduring contributions to our city and its residents, despite historically limited resources.

image of BIPOC dancers performing
 

WE BELIEVE INITIATIVES LIKE THIS CAN BEGIN TO HELP ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THREATENING THE CITY’S CULTURAL DIVERSITY

by fostering greater recognition, equity in investment and long-term sustainability.

 
 

Concluded funding opportunities

 

MULTI-YEAR GENERAL
OPERATING GRANTS

ARTIST
FELLOWSHIP GRANTS

PROJECT
GRANTS

 

$10 MILLION IN TOTAL GRANTS 

were awarded through funding from the Ford Foundation and a collaborative of five regional funders, all committed to an equitable pandemic recovery: The Barra Foundation, Neubauer Family Foundation, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, William Penn Foundation, and Wyncote Foundation.

 

America’s Cultural Treasures

Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures is a regional effort of the larger national initiative from the Ford Foundation, created to acknowledge and honor the diversity of artistic expression and excellence across the nation.

 
 
BIPOC artists performing, a man with a guitar and singing into a microphone, and a woman reading slam poetry

Regional Funders

Link to Barra Foundation Website
Link to Pew Center for Arts & Heritage website
Link to Wyncote Foundation website
art and artist words that resonate with the Philadelphia BIPOC communities