Every Voice, Every Vote grants $2.875 million to 71 Philadelphia media and community organizations to expand access to civic news and information

2 Puntos Platform*

Media addressing barriers faced by Latina mothers in Philadelphia when navigating crucial steps to their children’s schooling, specifically around enrollment and admissions processes for Pre-K.

Grant amount: $40,000

Andrea Lawful-Sanders*

Podcasts and in-person events about key issues facing Philadelphians.

Grant amount: $40,000

Big Picture Alliance*

An interactive multimedia series uplifting the stories of community leaders, organizations, and businesses driving transformative change across Philadelphia’s 10 city council districts.

Grant amount: $50,000

Chalkbeat

Reporting on school board meetings, the Parker administration’s year-round school proposal, and other education issues.

Grant amount: $50,000

Civic Capital Consulting/Generocity

Community engagement and service journalism about how government works along with solutions and data journalism about key issues.

Grant amount: $75,000

DayOneNotDayTwo*

Engaging North Philadelphia residents in conversations on local issues, government policies, and solutions through community-centered storytelling and media production.

Grant amount: $50,000

FunTimes Magazine

An initiative to enhance civic engagement within Philadelphia’s African and Caribbean communities.

Grant amount: $60,000

Green Philly

Journalism, social media campaigns, and events that support residents becoming civically engaged for a more sustainable city.

Grant amount: $57,000

Grid Magazine

Investigative reporting on the city’s environmental policy and programming, including topics like environmental justice, disaster preparedness and response, water and air pollution, transition to clean energy, urban biodiversity, housing energy efficiency, park and greenspace conditions, urban tree canopy, and equitable access to greenspace.

Grant amount: $70,000

Indonesian Lantern

Listening sessions with the AAPI community about public safety, transportation, education, public services, economic opportunities, and city infrastructure.

Grant amount: $20,000

Inti Media*

Civic engagement and multimedia reporting about public safety, affordable housing, economic opportunities, and other issues that affect Latino communities.

Grant amount: $50,000

Kensington Voice

Reporting on the Parker administration’s five-part Kensington Community Revival initiative, with the aim of improving government accountability and transparency, amplifying community perspectives and voices, and demonstrating how certain programs and solutions work (or are supposed to work).

Grant amount: $130,000

Love Now Media

Engaging young Philadelphians in bipartisan dialogue thatcapturing their hopes, fears, and aspirations for their city and its political processes.

Grant amount: $50,000

Madre Tierra*

A service journalism project providing knowledge and tools for effective civic participation to the Latino community.

Grant amount: $30,000

New Mainstream Press

Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese-language civic information briefings and community engagement events about elections and local government activities and policies.

Grant amount: $75,000

Next City*

Solutions journalism and a conference about how to address poverty issues.

Grant amount: $30,000

Nueva Esperanza – Impacto

Spanish-language service and solutions journalism and community engagement events.

Grant amount: $75,000

Orange International Media Inc./Chinese in US

Chinese-language election and civic information website and community engagement activities.

Grant amount: $50,000

Our Bible App News*

Podcast featuring interviews with faith leaders from various religious backgrounds highlighting their innovative approaches to addressing pressing social issues.

Grant amount: $40,000

Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists

District Attorney candidate forum on issues important to the Black community.

Grant amount: $10,500

The Philadelphia Citizen

Candidate interviews, voter guides, solutions journalism, and canvassing sessions.

Grant amount: $70,000

Philadelphia Gay News

Reporting and media that amplifies the voices, concerns, and perspectives of the LGBTQ+ community and fosters greater civic engagement and government accountability.

Grant amount: $60,000

The Philadelphia Hall Monitor

Neighborhood-based news service that reaches community groups, citizen activists, and people on the margins.

Grant amount: $50,000

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Data-driven and community-driven journalism about the changing face of the Kensington neighborhood.

Grant amount: $112,500

The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

Multi-platform reporting and in-person engagement events about issues important to the Black community.

Grant amount: $20,000

The Philadelphia Tribune

Election reporting focused on the issues of the Black community.

Grant amount: $70,000

Resolve Philly

Community News program: trusted, authentic, and useful news and information for communities on the margins, delivered via text message, print media, and in-person engagement.

Grant amount: $50,000

Revive Radio*

Digital series investigating affordable housing and tenant rights.

Grant amount: $40,000

Scribe Video Center

Radio programs serving the West Philly community. 

Grant amount: $20,000

Technically Media

Reporting on local IT and tech policy issues.

 Grant amount: $50,000

 Trace Media Inc

Reporting on local public safety issues.

Grant amount: $60,000

Unified Partnerships, iHeartMedia

Audio and social media content that amplifies community voices and encourages civic participation.

Grant amount: $50,000

We Talk Weekly

Innovative multimedia programming, storytelling, and interactive events that educate and empower residents, particularly those in underserved communities.

Grant amount: $50,000

WHYY

Multi-platform solutions journalism, community engagement activities, Billy Penn’s “How well do you know how the city works?” quiz, and the Civic Dialogue Conference.

Grant amount: $120,000

WURD Radio

Multi-platform project focused on mobilizing the city’s Black community.

Grant amount: $125,000

Alliance for a Just Philadelphia

Community education on understanding the City’s budget process. 

Grant amount: $15,000

C2 Consulting Services*

Civic engagement events highlighting key community issues.

Grant amount: $10,000

Ceiba

Civic education and engagement efforts in Latino communities.

Grant amount: $30,000

Children First PA

Training fellowship for parents to create more effective advocacy tools to improve child health outcomes.

Grant amount: $10,000

Committee of Seventy

Promotion and distribution of civic literacy materials dedicated to helping citizens navigate the rules and role of city government.

Grant amount: $25,000

Community College of Philadelphia Foundation*

Engaging and educating Black women on municipal policies introduced by the Philadelphia City Council and Mayor Parker’s administration that significantly impact their lives.

Grant amount: $65,000

Congreso de Latinos Unidos

Collecting and amplifying Latino community voices and priorities through community conversations, workshops, social media and print content development.

Grant amount: $50,000

DiverseForce

Civic engagement event series to elevate Philadelphia’s BIPOC community voices and increase civic literacy.

Grant amount: $20,000

Easterseals of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Civic literacy and civic engagement activities within the disability community and efforts to amplify the voices of the disability community to political officeholders, candidates, and the public.

Grant amount: $20,000

Economy League of Greater Philadelphia

Developing a data resource for journalists, civic leaders, service providers, community organizers, urban studies and public policy students, and more by supporting the information ecosystem that connects research and data collection with nuanced understanding and the civic solutions needed to address the complex issues that matter to Philadelphians.

Grant amount: $75,000

Elevate 215

Community engagement with the aim of shaping a shared vision for school quality in Philadelphia.

Grant amount: $25,000

The Elevation Project

Monthly community engagement events where constituents will hear about policies and laws that affect formerly incarcerated individuals. Participants will have opportunities to voice their concerns, advocate for policy changes, and build relationships that foster ongoing dialogue and collaboration.

Grant amount: $15,000

Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church

Community town hall events and other voter engagement activities in Northwest Philadelphia.

Grant amount: $30,000

Episcopal Community Services

Community activities focusing on youth civic literacy and engagement.

Grant amount: $10,000

GDA Consulting (Greater Days Ahead)*

Mini-documentary sharing the stories of individuals impacted by the justice system while highlighting some of the legislation that hinders justice-impacted people.

Grant amount: $10,000

Humanature

Providing Black and Brown youth opportunities to move through and beyond experiences of trauma and grief through learning, connectivity, and advocacy. The project will lay the groundwork for sustainable change by sharing power with young adults and neighborhoods to engage in the design, creation, and implementation of public explorations and solution building that impacts their lives.

Grant amount: $25,000

Lancaster Avenue 21st Century Business Association CDC (LA21-CDC)*

Education and engagement about the importance of civic participation in the business community.

Grant amount: $15,000

The Monkey & The Elephant

Amplifying issues that matter to Philadelphia’s diverse communities, specifically young adults who have aged out of the foster care system.

Grant amount: $10,000

Need In Deed*

Elevating the voices of teachers and community members in a dialogue about public education.

Grant amount: $10,000

New Kensington Community Development Corporation*

Providing data-centered information resources to Kensington residents.

Grant amount: $20,000

North10*

Hosting a series of community forums in which residents can share issues or concerns and raise topics for discussion.

Grant amount: $25,000

PA Youth Vote

Identifying and bringing to the political process the issues of greatest concern to young people and encourage their continued engagement in the democratic process through voting, volunteering, and attending public hearings and demonstrations.

Grant amount: $80,000

Pennsylvania Prison Society

Educating disengaged and de facto disenfranchised populations on how city government is structured to address the criminal legal system, especially the courts and prisons.

Grant amount: $10,000

Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts

Providing civics educational programming to bring lawyers and judges into the classroom, exposing students to different topics of the law and real-life experiences, and encouraging interactive discussions.

Grant amount: 10,000

Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations*

Direct engagement with Philadelphia’s most vulnerable populations about their most urgent needs of a safe, stable, affordable home. By highlighting stories of fellow residents facing similar challenges, the project will engage the broader community in this dialogue to understand the role of government and “regular” residents in local communities in finding solutions.

Grant amount: $15,000

Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting*

Hosting a conference to support journalists in reframing the conversation and better facilitating engagement moving forward. This improved conversation will allow discussion to move forward grounded in research, minimize secondary harm done to those who experience gun violence, and promote more comprehensive solutions to firearm violence.

Grant amount: $30,000

Philadelphia Film Factory*

Establishing a platform for diverse community members to discuss their local issues and inspire young inhabitants to seek solutions through active engagement with local authorities.

Grant amount: $20,000

PhillyBOLT (Build Our Lives Together)

Partnering with the Philadelphia School District to create a civics curriculum and build the capacity of residents to be civic leaders and educators by working with government to bring about change.

Grant amount: $25,000

Research for Action*

Developing a curriculum that translates for community members how to source, understand, and use data for pressing education issues.

Grant amount: $27,500

SEAMAAC*

Voter education about Philadelphia City Government to the AAPI community and increase AAPI youth civic engagement and literacy by using social media.

Grant amount: $10,000

Southwest CDC

Bringing community residents and stakeholders together to discuss issues most important to them and allowing them to share their views, experiences, insights and solution ideas through media outlets.

Grant amount: $15,000

Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia*

Making information about sustainability and its economic potential more accessible and transparent for local business owners, elected officials, and the broader community.

Grant amount: $20,000

Victoria’s Urban Outreach Tutoring Service

Community conversations on civic engagement and youth-lead civic workshops about legislation, housing, poverty, and crime.

Grant amount: $10,000

Welcome America, Inc.*

Incorporating civic engagement activations and hubs throughout Welcome America’s yearly programming to amplify the importance of comprehensive civic engagement at the local level.

Grant amount: $40,000

Why Not Prosper, Inc.

Amplifying issues that matter most to Philadelphia’s current and formerly incarcerated citizens, catalyzing civic engagement for this overlooked population, creating communication and transparency between government and residents, and teaching participants how to use their voice and experience in advocating for the needs of current and formerly incarcerated people

Grant amount: $30,000

Woori Center

Ensuring the AAPI community’s key issues are included and accurately uplifted to media, other community organizations, and candidates. In addition, the project will fill gaps in culturally and linguistically competent resources that inform Asian American voters about civic processes which remain unclear to them and facilitate conversations around issues that matter to AAPI communities, including public safety, education equity, affordable housing, and immigrant rights.

Grant amount: $17,500