2009-2010 Grant Awards

The Academy of Natural Sciences — For free admission and education programs for underserved students in the School District of Philadelphia, also outreach visits to schools.

Awbury Arboretum Association — For Field Studies Program in the environment, nutrition, and gardening for elementary and middle school students in neighboring schools.

John Bartram Association — For on-site lessons and traveling trunks on natural science and colonial American history for students from the Elmwood, Eastwick, and Kingsessing neighborhood schools.

The Clay Studio — For ceramic arts residencies in Kensington Creative and Performing Arts and Strawberry Mansion high schools.  

College Prep at Penn Charter — To support a five-week academic summer program for students recruited from disadvantaged public schools particularly in the Penn Charter neighborhood.

Episcopal Community Services — To support the children’s literacy program and provide tutoring and supplies for to assist homeless and other disadvantaged children in school.

First United Methodist Church, Germantown — For an after-school program for academically vulnerable students from Germantown High School at risk of dropping out.

Greater Philadelphia Cares — For Reading STARS, a coaching progam for students in Philadelphia public schools who are reading below grade level.

Historic RittenhouseTown — For Sponsor-A-School program providing free transportation and admission for Philadelphia public school visits.

iPRAXIS — For the Inspire program, which engages working scientists and engineers to mentor 7th and 8th grade students in public schools in Philadelphia.  

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts — For Young People’s Concerts and for Connecting Arts-N-Schools program, bringing together teachers, students, and artists from a variety of genres.

Network Arts — For programs on ecology and other academic subjects in which students in Philadelphia schools study a theme and design and produce an illustrative mosaic for their school.

Philadelphia Education Fund — For College Access Program for low-income and at-risk students in Philadelphia, in collaboration with the School District of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Futures — For Sponsor-A-Scholar program, providing mentors and support for low-income students from Philadelphia high schools in preparing for college.

Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates — For Mural Corps, an education program to engage at-risk youth ages 14-22 in mural making.

Philadelphia Reads — For Summer Reads Program for low-income students in grades 1 through 4

Philadelphia Young Playwrights — For in-school playwriting workshops in the Philadelphia School District.

Project Forward Leap — For five-week residential summer institutes on college campuses for disadvantaged Philadelphia students 

Public Citizens, Children & Youth (Picasso) — For in-depth art immersion in a Philadelphia public school.

Rock School for Dance Education — For RockReach, an arts program providing after-school and in-school activities for Philadelphia public school children.

Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial — For Community Partnerships in the Arts, placing teaching artists in partnership with classroom teachers in Philadelphia public schools.

School District of Philadelphia — For the Office of Specialized Services to cover school expenses for students who cannot afford them.

Settlement Music School — For Kaleidoscope, an arts program for low-income, inner-city pre-school students.

Southwest Community Enrichment Center — For after-school Homework Club and Teen Enrichment Program for students in grades 1 through 10 in Southwest Philadelphia.

Stenton, NSCDA/PA — For History Hunters Youth Reporter Program, a year-long literacy-based curriculum for underserved Philadelphia school children.

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology — For visits of children from underserved Philadelphia schools.

Wagner Free Institute of Science — For student visits and outreach programming to schools in the Institute’s North Philadelphia neighborhood.

White-Williams — For Scholar Services for low-income Philadelphia public high school students.

The Zoological Society of Philadelphia — For Earth Savers initiative, admission and on-site educational programming for children from Title I schools in the Philadelphia School District.