Community Voices Fund

Overview

_NOTE: Community Voices Fund Applications to Re-open in Summer of 2025._

Independence Public Media Foundation

The Independence Public Media Foundation connects creators, industry experts, community organizations, and philanthropists to support community-driven media-making and storytelling. We’re committed to transforming the Greater Philadelphia region into a hub for community-owned media, redefining the role of community in philanthropy, and evolving to best meet the needs of the people we serve.

Community Voices Fund

About the Fund

Independence Public Media Foundation's (IPMF) Community Voices Fund supports creative, community-centered media and media-making across Greater Philadelphia..

Focus Areas

Your project must fit at least one of the following focus areas:

* Community-owned media and local storytelling
* Community-centered news and journalism

* Using archives for building community power
* Narrative shift and media for movement building

The Fund will center voices and leadership from communities targeted by white supremacy and state sanctioned violence.

Grant Awards

The Community Voices Fund will award one-year project grants within the range of $10,000 to $50,000. We will award a total of $800,000 in grants. These are non-renewable one-year project grants. The Community Voices Fund does not award general operating grants.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* This is an open call for 501(c)3 nonprofits or fiscally-sponsored organizations/projects based in:
* Pennsylvania: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia, Montgomery counties.
* New Jersey: Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties.
* Delaware: New Castle County.
* Previous Community Voices grantees are welcome to apply.
* We will not accept more than one proposal per organization/project for the Community Voices Fund.

Ineligibility

* We are not accepting individual filmmaker applications through Community Voices.
* We invite filmmakers to apply through our film nominations process.
* If IPMF invited you to apply for a grant this year, this funding cycle is not for you.
* That said, applicants that plan to partner with current grantees will not be penalized.