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.
Artístas y Músicos Latino Americanos (AMLA) promotes the development, dissemination, and understanding of Latin music and culture in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley region with an emphasis on Youth. More info: www.amla.org
Beyond The Bars is a 501(c)3 student driven music and career skills program that is dedicated to interrupting the cycles of violence and incarceration while helping our students recognize their immense potential and bright futures. More info: www.beyondthebarsmusic.org
Big Picture Alliance’s mission is to engage, educate and empower Philadelphia youth to define their own narrative through filmmaking & digital media arts. More info: www.bigpicturealliance.org
Centro Nueva Creacion (Centro) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to promote resilience in young people through educational enrichment and engagement with the arts and Latino cultures. More info: www.goodlands.org
Dancing Classrooms Philly fosters self-esteem, social awareness, and joy in children by providing the opportunity to learn and perform social dance. More info: www.dancingclassroomsphilly.org
DANSE4NIA is a Philadelphia-based, multicultural, performing arts organization that is home to project-based dance company Phoenix Danse, youth dance company Nia-Next and arts education/ performing arts training program. More info: www.danse4nia.org
Eleone Dance Theatre is 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 More info: www.eleonedance.org
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: www.thefutureisuscollective.com
It is the mission of Kulu Mele to preserve, present and perpetuate the traditional music and dance of West Africa and the African Diaspora, and to celebrate contemporary African American culture. More info: www.kulumele.org
Kun-Yang Lin Dancers (KYLD) celebrates the ability of dance to integrate body, spirit and mind. Through its artistry and educational programming, KYLD inspires others to examine the questions that shape us as individuals and communities. More info: www.kyld.org
Lil Filmmakers is a media arts organization. We use storytelling as a tool for young aspiring creative leaders to overcome societal and personal barriers to gain skills and achieve their goals. Our work is rooted in social-emotional learning through storytelling and media industry career development. More Info: www.lilfilmmakerinc.com
Mad Beatz, Inc is dedicated to honoring the tradition of percussion and lyricism in Black and Latinx communities, celebrating Black Americans' contribution to popular music, and diversifying music education in Philadelphia by training musicians from our very own communities to be teachers, classroom leaders, and curriculum planners. More Info: www.madbeatzphilly.com
Mamadêlê Foundation, founded in 2017, is an organization that produces performances, classes and trips which celebrate the arts and culture of Bahia, Brazil. Based in Philadelphia, we provide arts education programs throughout the tri-state area as well as performances around the globe. More info: www.mamadele.org
Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society prromotes and preserves the cultural heritage of the Chinese community in the form of Chinese Opera through educational activities and touring engagements. More info: www.philapcos.org
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts' mission is to celebrate and preserve the legacy of Jazz through accessible education for the Greater Philadelphia region and to support the evolving art form through talent development, programming, and public performance. More info: www.clefclubofjazz.org
The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!) presents the highest quality of professional dance performance and improves the skills of emerging and professional dancers and choreographers in a nurturing environment, while increasing the appreciation of dance among its many local, national and international communities. More info: www.philadanco.org
Photography Without Borders’ mission is to empower young people to tell their personal stories using traditional and digital photographic techniques. More info: www.photographywithoutborders.org
Portside Arts Center provides a creative and nurturing environment that empowers the artists of tomorrow and creates lifelong patrons of the arts. Through dynamic visual arts programming, we encourage students to be globally-minded citizens and fearless artists. More info: www.portsideartscenter.org
Our mission at Power of Paint Art Academy & Management is to use art as a vehicle to empower, connect, unite, heal, and cultivate leaders who has a strong sense of community, self-awareness, and social responsibility, thus improving one's social determinants of health. More Info: www.popartacademy.org
Rock to the Future provides student-driven music programs in a safe and supportive environment at no cost for Philadelphia youth. Through music, our students build life skills to support current and lifelong well-being. We prepare the next generation for every stage. More info: www.RocktotheFuture.org
Our mission is to use the performing arts as a tool to cultivate talent, creativity, and self-enrichment; and provide an inclusive community for youth both in-house and through outreach. More info: www.snapcompany.org
Sister Cities Girlchoir builds communities of music makers that empower YOUTH to occupy their unique advantage in transforming our world. More info: www.sistercitiesgc.org
Spiral Q is an interdisciplinary ensemble of artists, activists, and cultural organizers who work to build strong and equitable communities characterized by creativity, joy, can-do attitudes and the courage to act on their convictions. More info: www.spiralq.org
To equip young people with the toolkit for personal and professional success (skills like speaking confidently, collaborating effectively, growing from mistakes) through the power of improvisational theater - based education. More info: www.unscriptedproject.org
The Young Artist Program (YAP) is dedicated to creating a safe and nurturing space for teens in Philadelphia to learn and grow in an after school setting, centering BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth artists. We use art as a tool for personal growth and social change through art instruction, opportunities for political activism, and leadership development. More info: www.theyap.org
To preserve our rich and unique Tibetan culture, tradition and language. To teach and pass on Tibetan language and culture to the younger generations. Children will also learn unique Tibetan musical instruments. More info: www.phillytibetans.org
Our mission is to create a culture that articulates veterans’ experiences, build a collaborative community for artistic expression, and bear witness to war and the full range of military experiences. More info: www.warriorwriters.org
Kwan's (he/him) work focuses on art and design, and DIY art practices. This grant will enable high school students in his DIY Design program to take their design projects to Pop-Up Markets.
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)
The Village of Arts and Humanities (2013)
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture (2011)
Spiral Q Puppet Theater (2010)
Mount Carmel After-School Music Program (2007)
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial (2006)
Philadelphia Young Playwrights (2003)
Philadelphia Folklore Project (2002)
Southwest Community Enrichment Center (2001)