Grants Index

Year Recipient Project Title Type Award
2024 1838 Black Metropolis ICY Homecoming Implementation $35,000
2023 Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Philadelphia Arab History Project Planning $15,000
2024 America250PA A National Convening of States Implementation $50,000
2023 American Swedish Historical Museum 2026 Anniversary Exhibitions Planning Planning $35,000
2023 Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust Revolutionary Congregations: Arch Street Meeting House Planning $15,000
2023 Art Philly 2026 Art Philly 2026 Implementation $350,000
2024 Art Philly ArtPhilly 2026: What Now Festival Implementation $400,000
2024 Association for Public Art Let Freedom Ring Implementation $175,000
2024 Astral Artists Activating Philadelphia's Historic Sites through New Music Commissions Planning $23,000
2024 Beyond Literacy Stories of the Semiquincentennial Planning $35,000
2024 Beyond Literacy Stories of the Semiquincentennial Implementation $60,000
2024 Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra Musical Composition about Rebecca Cox Jackson Implementation $75,000
2024 Bucks County America250PA Commision The Bucks County 250th Experience Implementation $46,300
2024 Bucks County Historical Society The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution Implementation $60,000
2024 Campus Philly Campus 250: Higher Ed Celebrates the Semiquincentennial Planning $50,000
2023 Carpenters' Company Young Peoples' Continental Congress Implementation $450,000
2024 Carpenters' Company Our City, Our Stories: The Philadelphia Digital Histories Museum and Portal Planning $35,000
2023 Ceiba Inc. Ceiba: Latino Equitable Development Collaborative Semiquincentennial Planning Project Planning $40,000
2024 Chester County Community Foundation ChesCo Community Conversations Implementation $60,000
2024 Christ Church Preservation Trust Revolutionary Congregations Planning $28,000
2024 Clay Studio Craft Renaissance 250 Planning $35,000
2024 Cliveden of the National Trust Revealing Revolutionary Germantown Planning $35,000
2023 Committee of Seventy The USA at 250: A Summit on the Future of American Democracy Planning $65,000
2024 CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia American Experiment: The Struggle for Philadelphia Implementation $250,000
2024 Drexel University, Lanfest Center Sharing Philadelphia's History for the Semiquincentennial Implementation $90,000
2024 East Coast Greenway Alliance Celebrating 250 Years of History by Bike Planning $25,000
2024 Eastern State Penitentiary Eastern State Penitentiary Semiquincentennial Planning Grant Planning $30,000
2024 First Person Arts Blanket Philadelphia in Story Planning $30,000
2023 Foundation for Delaware County America250PADelco Community Engagement Planning Grant Planning $40,000
2024 Fresh Artists Fresh Artists Community College Planning $35,000
2024 Friends of Washington Crossing Park Bringing Revolutionary History to Life at Washington Crossing Historic Park Implementation $100,000
2023 Friends of Washington Park Crossing 1776-2026: Commemorating 250 Years of American History at Washington Crossing Park Planning $51,000
2024 Garces Foundation Flavors of Freedom: A Celebration of History and Diversity through Food Planning $25,000
2023 Germantown Historical Society Historic Germantown Consortium: Planning for the Semiquincentennial Planning $65,000
2024 Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia Girls Inc. Advocacy Summit and She Votes Implementation $65,110
2024 Gladwyne Free Library Literacy and Liberty Implementation $25,000
2024 Historic Gloria Dei Preservation Revolutionary Congregations Implementation $18,995
2023 Historic Philadelphia Inc. 52 Weeks of Firsts Implementation $200,000
2023 Historic Trappe Declaring Independence: Philadelphia's Germans and the America 250 Planning $40,000
2024 Historic Trappe Window to the Revolution: Pennsylvania Germans and the War for Independence Implementation $60,000
2023 Homecoming 250 Planning for the Navy & Marine Corps 250th Celebration in Philadelphia in 2025 Planning $50,000
2024 Independence Historical Trust Relocation of Chief Tamamend Implementation $100,000
2024 Independence Historical Trust Beautifying Independence National Historical Park Implementation $168,238
2023 Independence Seaport Museum Looking to the East: America, the Revolution, and the China Trade Planning $25,000
2024 Independence Visitor Center Corporation Philly Ambassadors Planning $59,000
2024 Interfaith Philadelphia Pathways to Religious Freedom Implementation $50,000
2024 Jack Miller Center America250 National Civic Summit Implementation $50,000
2024 James A. Michener Art Museum The Crossing: Picturing the American Revolution Implementation $100,000
2023 Mann Center for the Performing Arts Celebrating American Milestones through Music: The Mann’s 50th Anniversary Artistic Planning Planning $25,000
2024 Mann Center for the Performing Arts Celebrating American Milestones through Music: 2026 Signature Projects at the Mann Center Implementation $150,000
2024 Monument Lab We Belong Here Implementation $100,000
2024 Mummers Museum Mummer & Caribbean Carnival Implementation $24,200
2023 Mural Arts Philadelphia One Nation. Diverse Voices. Implementation $225,000
2024 Mural Arts Philadelphia Printmaking by the People Implementation $100,000
2024 Museum of the American Revolution Revolutionary City Collaborative Implementation $500,000
2024 National Constitution Center America’s Founding: A New Permanent Exhibit at the National Constitution Center Implementation $250,000
2024 National Liberty Museum (Re)Declare: Life, Liberty, Legacy Implementation $150,000
2024 National Liberty Museum Year of Assembly: The Power of the People Together Implementation $100,000
2024 National Society of Colonial Dames For the Common Good: the Women Who Shaped Our Nation Implementation $100,000
2024 Old Pine Conservancy Revolutionary Congregations Planning $25,000
2024 Orchestra 2001 Inc. A More Perfect Union: Musical Reflections on Six Amendments to the Constitution Planning $30,000
2024 Pennsylvania Hospital Celebrating 250 Years at the Nation's First Hospital Planning $37,500
2024 Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation This Is, Was, and Will Be Chinatown Planning $35,000
2024 Philadelphia Citizen Citizen: Then and Now Planning $37,500
2024 Philadelphia Freedom Band Band Things Happen in Philadelphia: 2026 Pride Bands Alliance Conference and Performance Implementation $15,000
2024 Philadelphia Visitor Center Phambassador Program Implementation $450,000
2023 Philadelphia250 The Philadelphia 250th Experience Implementation $425,000
2024 Pig Iron Theater Company Franklin's Key 2026 Implementation $100,000
2023 Please Touch Museum Children's World Fair Implementation $400,000
2023 Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Poquessing Creek Trail of History Planning $50,000
2024 SAADA Our Immigrant City: Philadelphia's Hidden Histories Planning $30,000
2024 Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center Demographic Study on 18th Century Northwestern Montgomery County Planning $40,000
2024 Smith Memorial Playground Revolutionary Action Figures Project Planning $20,000
2024 Technical.ly Envisioning Philadelphia in 250 Years Planning $35,000
2024 Tempesta di Mare Soundtrack of Independence Implementation $150,000
2024 Temple University, Dialogue Institute Religious Diversity and Dialogue Public History Tours and Engagement Planning $40,000
2024 The Big Picture Alliance Founding Further: Reclaimed Stories of American Independence Planning $35,000
2024 The Big Picture Alliance Founding Further: Reclaiming Stories of American Promise Implementation $100,000
2024 The Free Library of Philadelphia Hyperlocal Heritage Implementation $125,000
2024 The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia Invisible Architects of Freedom Planning $65,000
2023 The Pennsbury Society A Lenape/Delaware Homecoming Planning $60,000
2023 The Welcoming Center Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers of Citizenship Planning $50,000
2024 Univ of Pennsylvania, Penn Museum Expanding Native Ways of Knowing in the Penn Museum: Art, "Artifacts," and Native Representatives in U.S. History Implementation $88,000
2024 University of Pennsylvania Press Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia Implementation $83,470
2023 Visit Philadelphia TED Democracy Implementation $475,000
2023 Visit Philadelphia Marketing Campaign Implementation $100,000
2024 Walnut Street Theater Semiquincentennial 1776 Production Implementation $250,000
2024 We Love Philly Digital Media and Marketing Pre-Apprenticeship Planning Course Planning $35,000
2023 Welcome America A Very Philly Celebration Implementation $200,000
2024 Widener University Revolutionary Reads Implementation $13,000
2023 Wilma Theater A Wilma Mainstage Production: The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington Implementation $100,000
2024 Woodmere Art Museum Arc of Promise Implementation $72,000
2023 World Affairs Council 2026 International Visitors Experience Implementation $175,000