Community Impact

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Neighborhood Funding Stream
2008-2009 Grantees
American Street Empowerment Zone
Children and Youth Programming Grantees
| Organization & Project Name | Award |
| Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc. Futuros Dinamicos: Dynamic Futures |
$8,000 |
| Spiral Q Puppet Theater Neighborhood Parades and Pageants/Education Initiatives at Norris Square |
$15,000 |
| Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements Teens 4 Good: Social Youth Entrepreneurship |
$8,000 |
| Norris Square Neighborhood Project Prodigies |
$15,000 |
| Empowerment Group Youth Entrepreneurship Program |
$8,000 |
| Maternity Care Coalition MOMobile Services for Young Women in the ASEZ |
$12,000 |
| B. Someday Productions Of Mythic Proportions: Storytelling Performance Project |
$13,500 |
| Drueding Center / Project Rainbow Drueding Teen Network & After-School Program |
$13,000 |
| ASAP/After School Activities Partnership Keeping Kids in the North Central Empowerment Zone Safe & Active through After School Enrichment |
$2,800 |
| Friends Neighborhood Guild Philadelphia Freedom School Summer Program |
$10,000 |
| Philadelphia Education Fund College Access Program |
$7,500 |
| Taller Puertorriqueño Assess and Increase Access to Arts Education |
$13,000 |
| Kensington South Neighborhood Advisory Council Collaborative Arts Workshops |
$2,500 |
| Philadelphia Arab-American Development Corp. Community Empowerment through Social Change |
$5,000 |
Economic Development Grantees
| Organization & Project Name | Award |
| Impact Services Corporation Shared Security |
$36,000 |
| Ready Willing & Able Clean Corridors |
$60,250 |
| Campaign for Working Families Tax Preparation and Financial Education |
$7,500 |
| Ceiba Tax Preparation and Financial Education Outreach and Capacity Building |
$10,000 |
Capacity Building Grantees
| Organization & Project Name | Award |
| Ceiba | $5,000 |
| Taller Puertorriqueño | $5,000 |
| Norris Square Neighborhood Project | $2,000 |
| Drueding Center / Project Rainbow | $4,700 |
North Central Empowerment Zone
Children and Youth Programming Grantees
| Organization & Project Name | Award |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern PA More Bigs, Less Violence: Mentoring in the North Central Empowerment Zone |
$14,000 |
| Maternity Care Coalition MOMobile Services for Young Women in the NCEZ |
$10,000 |
| The Village of Arts and Humanities Learning Through the Arts |
$12,500 |
| EducationWorks Growing Peaceful Communities: Summer Camps at Reynolds Elementary and Vaux High School |
$7,000 |
| Women's Christian Alliance 2008 Youth Development & Freedom School Enrichment Program |
$8,500 |
| Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements Teens 4 Good: Social Youth Entrepreneurship |
$12,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia Our Music, Our Voice, Our Say |
$7,000 |
| Supportive Older Women's Network GrandFamily Resource Center Empowerment Project |
$10,000 |
| Philadelphia Education Fund College Access Program |
$5,000 |
| Urban Tree Connection Urban Tree Connection Montgomery Farm After-School Program |
$7,000 |
| Friends Neighborhood Guild Philadelphia Freedom School Summer Program |
$5,000 |
| ASAP/After School Activities Partnership Keeping Kids in the North Central Empowerment Zone Safe & Active through After School Enrichment |
$2,500 |
| Art-Reach Anti-Violence Silk Screen Workshop with William Penn High School |
$2,500 |
Capacity Building Grantees
| Organization & Project Name | Award |
| Wagner Free Institute of Science | $5,000 |
| Maternity Care Coalition | $1,700 |
| Urban Tree Connection | $2,500 |
West Philadelphia Empowerment Zone
Workforce Development Grantee
| Organization & Project Name | Award |
| Metropolitan Career Center Strive Plus for WPEZ Residents |
$70,794 |

