Community Impact

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

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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

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West Philadelphia Empowerment Zone

 

Workforce Development Grantee

Organization & Project Name Award
Metropolitan Career Center
Strive Plus for WPEZ Residents
$70,794

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