Supporting Work at the Intersection of Arts, Education,
Healing and Social Justice

Meet Our Grantees

The Bartol Foundation provides grants to the Arts community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  This includes grants to Arts Organizations, Teaching Artist Micro-Grants and the annual George Bartol Art Education Award. 

Arts Organization Grants

2024
2Cents

2CENTS, Inc.

2 Communities Empowering Neighbors to Teach Students
General Operating Support ($6,000)

2CENTS is a nonprofit empowering individuals and communities through arts education, fostering creativity, self-expression, and cultural appreciation. We offer high-quality programs in drumming, visual art, mural painting, and dance to underserved populations, inspiring lifelong passion and career opportunities in the arts. Our mission is to create a more equitable and inclusive society through cultural pride and personal transformation. More Info: philly2cents.org

Acting Without Boundaries

General Operating Support ($6,000)

Acting Without Boundaries (AWB) mission is to transform lives and build self-esteem in an empowering community of people with physical disabilities through performing arts programs that celebrate ability. More info: actingWithoutBoundaries.org

AMLA

Artistas y Musicos Latino Americanos

General Operating Support ($6,000)

Artistas y Músicos Latinoamericanos (AMLA) promotes the development, dissemination and understanding of Latin America music and culture in the Philadelphia Region with a strong emphasis on youth. More info: amla.org

Arts without Boundaries

General Operating Support ($7,500)

Arts without Boundaries mission is to provide access to high-quality performing arts education and opportunities for young people, regardless of their background or socioeconomic status, with the goal of fostering creativity, self-expression, and personal growth.
More info: www.ArtsWithoutBoundaries.org

ArtWell

ArtWell

General Operating Support ($6,000)

ArtWell empowers youth and communities through arts education and reflection, fostering strengths and dreams to overcome challenges and promote academic and personal growth. More info: theArtWell.org

CAGE

Cambodian American Girls Empowering

General Operating Support ($6,000)

Cambodian American Girls Empowering's mission is to create safe spaces for the exploration of Cambodian American arts, culture, and identities. More info: cagempowering.org

Dance Iquail

DANCE IQUAIL!

General Operating Support ($7,500)

Founded in 2007, Dance Iquail works uses movement to promote a world of equity and equality. DI uses the art of dance as a conduit to create social change primarily for those considered to be disadvantaged.
More info: DanceIquail.org

Danse4Nia

Danse4Nia

General Operating Support ($6,000)

Danse4Nia description here.
More info: Danse4Nia.org

Eleone

Eleone Dance Theatre

General Operating Support/arts Education ($7,500)

Committed to perpetuating the legacy of American dance by providing affordable dance training, performances of the highest artistic merit, and bringing the live performing dance arts to new and underserved communities by widening access to the arts for all communities. eleoneDance.org

Fam Frequency Productions

FamFrequency Productions

General Operating Support ($6,000)

FamFrequency Productions empowers young music producers with the skills, resources, and relationships needed to build sustainable careers in the music industry. Through comprehensive education in music production, branding, financial literacy, and business planning, we aim to create pathways to income for artists and audio engineers.
More info: famFrequencyProductions.org

Juntos

Juntos

General Operating Support ($6,000)

Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for our human rights as workers, parents, youth, and immigrants. Through Guachinangos Youth Music Academy, we work with a collective of musicians who are immigrants, culture bearers, and activists working to preserve traditional Latin American music styles, fuse Mexican folkloric music with Afro-Colombian rhythms, and mentor the next generation of Latinx youth. More info: vamosjuntos.org

Lil Filmmakers

Lil Filmmakers Inc.

Project Support ($7,500)

The Future is Us Collective provides free platforms for emerging artists to showcase their artworks while giving young Philadelphians a safe space to enjoy the arts. In addition to exhibitions, we facilitate public programming for young creatives with a primary goal of radical healing, cultivating spaces where participants can collectively process trauma and share knowledge through art making. More info: lilFilmmakersinc.com

Mad Beatz

Mad Beatz Philly

General Operating Support ($6,000)

Mad Beatz Philly trains drummers from Philadelphia communities to be performers and teachers under the mentorship of compassionate professionals from their very own neighborhoods.
More info: madBeatzPhilly.com

Museum of Black Joy

Museum of Black Joy

General Operating Support/Arts Education ($6,000)

To cultivate, celebrate, commemorate and circulate stories that center Black joy.
More info: museumOfBlackJoy.com

Original American Foundation

project Support ($6,000)

Original American Foundation is dedicated to bettering the BIPOC community in Philadelphia. This is accomplished by educating in community /home gardening, carpentry, arts and culture. More info: originalAmericanFoundation.com

Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society, inc.

general Operating Support ($6,000)

Established in 1999, the Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society is committed to the promotion and preservation of the cultural heritage of the Chinese Community in the form of Chinese Opera through educational activities and touring engagements.
More info: philapCOS.org

Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts

Project Support ($7,500)

The mission of the organization is to celebrate and preserve the legacy of jazz through accessible education for the Greater Philadelphia region, and support the evolving art form through talent development, programming and public performance.
More info: clefClubOfJazz.org

PHonk Phillly

PHonk!Philly

General Operating Support/Arts Education ($7,500)

PHonk!Philly's mission is to help strengthen Philadelphia communities and empower the residents through dynamic, interactive cultural experiences that blend music, art, and large-scale community engagement.
More info: Instagram: @phonk215

Photography without Borders

Photography Without Borders

General Operating Support/Arts Education ($6,000)

Photography Without Borders empowers young artists to tell their stories to a wider audience through photography.,
More info: photographywithoutborders.org

Power Street Theater

Power Street Theatre

General Operating Support/Arts Education ($6,000)

Power Street Theatre (PST) is dedicated to art for social change by investing in creative thought leaders, multidisciplinary artists, and community voices through prioritizing representation, accessibility, education, arts advocacy, and joy.
More info: PowerStreetTheatre.com

Rebel Arts Movement

Rebel Arts

General Operating Support/Arts Education ($7,500)

Rebel Arts Movement Center empowers youth & adults through instruction in acrobatics, tumbling, and aerial arts by catering to each individual need and providing a space for authenticity. We are bold with our instruction and strive to remain outside of the normal class structure.
More info: rebelArtsMovement.com

Teaching Artist Micro Grants

Marrazo/Bartol Teaching Artist Micro-Grants | Winter 2024
Valencia

William Valencia

William Valencia (he/him) is a music teaching artist. This grant will help purchase string instruments for his community music program.

Ryir Norris

Ryir Norris

Ryir Norris (she/he/they) is a movement teaching artist. This grant will support the launch of the independent Movement and Movement Workshops.

Roslyn Jones

Roslyn Jones

Roslyn Jones (she/her) is a mixed media collage and visual art teaching artist. Roslyn will present collage workshops for people with Alzheimer's and dementia.

Fayette Coppock Brown

Fayatte Coppock-Brown

Fayatte Coppock-Brown (she/her) is a dancer and movement teaching artist. This grant will be used for the"Mourning Mothers" Community Dance Project.

Kara_Mshind

Kara Mshinda

Kara Mshinda (she/her) is a teaching artist in visual art and photographer Kara will offer an Instant photography workshop for teens.

McFarlane

Ken McFarlan

Ken McFarlan (he/him) is a photography teaching artist. This grant will be support the "Illuminate Me" Mobile Photography Workshop.

Cooper

Adam Cooper

Adam Cooper (he/them) is a teaching artist in visual arts and photography. Adam will use this grant for a video portrait workshop with teens.

KatherineKieferStark

Katherine Kiefer-Stark

Katherine Kiefer-Stark (she/her) is a dance teaching artist. This grant will support a series of Intergenerational Community Movement Workshops.

Cedano

Margery Cedano

Margery Cedano (she/her) is teaching artist in ceramics. This grant will buy equipment for community ceramics studio.

Felicia Crisden

Felicia Crisden

Felicia Crisden (she/her) is a storyteller. Felician will offer community candle-making and storytelling workshops with this grant.

Bartol/Marrazzo Teaching Artist Micro-Grants | Fall 2023
Our Fall 2023 Micro-Grants awardees are listed below.  Visit their social media to view artwork created by these talented teaching artists.
Bartol/Marrazzo Teaching Artist Micro-Grant | Winter 2023

Our Winter 2023 Micro-Grants awardees are listed below.  Visit their social media to view artwork created by these talented teaching artists.

2022

Our 2022 Micro-Grants awardees are listed below.  Visit their social media to view artwork created by these talented teaching artists.

The George Bartol Arts Education Award

2024 Recipient - Coming Soon

Chinese Opera Society

Chinese Opera Society of Philadelphia Bartol Award Grantee 2023

The Chinese Opera Society of Philadelphia is the 2023 Winner of the George Bartol Arts Education Award.

The Award of $5,000 is given to an organization that provides sustained, meaningful participation in the arts; that demonstrates an active engagement in the lives of its students and community; and that maintains high artistic standards for its faculty and students.

You can find out more about them here.

Previous Awardees
Chinese Opera Society (2023)
Warrior Writers (2022)
Danse4Nia (2021)
Big Picture Alliance (2020)
Allens Lane Art Center (2019)
Sister City Girls Choir (2018)
Philly Youth Poetry Movement (2017)
AMLA (Artistas y Musicos Latino Americano) (2016)
ArtWell (2015)
Philadanco (2014)
The Village of Arts and Humanities (2013)
1812 Productions (2012)
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture (2011)
Spiral Q Puppet Theater (2010)
Art Sanctuary (2009)
Taller Puertorriqueño (2008)
Mount Carmel After-School Music Program (2007)
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial (2006)
The Clay Studio (2005)
Scribe Video Center (2004)
Philadelphia Folklore Project (2002)
Southwest Community Enrichment Center (2001)
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