Grants Index

Year Recipient Project Title Type Award
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 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 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 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 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
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 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
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
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
2023 Mann Center for the Performing Arts Celebrating American Milestones through Music: The Mann’s 50th Anniversary Artistic Planning Planning $ 25,000
2023 Mural Arts Philadelphia One Nation. Diverse Voices. Implementation $ 225,000
2024 Museum of the American Revolution Revolutionary City Collaborative Implementation $ 500,000
2024 National Liberty Museum (Re)Declare: Life, Liberty, Legacy Implementation $ 150,000
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
2023 Philadelphia250 The Philadelphia 250th Experience Implementation $ 425,000
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 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 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 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
2023 World Affairs Council 2026 International Visitors Experience Implementation $ 175,000