The Christopher Ludwick Foundation

2011-2012 Grant Awards

In the 2011-2012 year, the Christopher Ludwick Foundation awarded $213,500 in grants ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 to the following organizations:

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.

After School Activities Partnerships/ASAP — For after-school enrichment clubs for students from low-income families, including chess, debate, dance, and theater.

Astral Artists — For extended individualized residencies for musicians in public school classrooms without other music resources.

Big Picture Alliance — To support an art education program at Benjamin Rush High School and art education summer film programs.

Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra — For student participation in orchestra rehearsals with curriculum coordinated with the School District of Philadelphia.

Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia — To support a six-week Summer Academy, providing courses in math, science, writing, and social studies for middle and high school students.

Episcopal Community Services — For uniforms, tutoring, and school supplies for homeless and other disadvantaged children, helping to remove barriers to school attendance.

ESF Dream Camp Foundation, Inc. — To support year-round after-school and summer educational programming for children of all ages.

Fleisher Art Memorial — For Community Partnerships in the Arts, providing artists in residence for Philadelphia public schools.

Greater Philadelphia Cares — For Reading Stars, providing individual reading coaching for students currently reading below grade level.

Hope Partnership for Education — To support mentoring activities for middle school students in the Hope Extended Day Program.

International Ballet Exchange — To support ballet residencies at several Philadelphia schools and performances by students on their own and together with a professional ballet company.

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

John Bartram Association — For year-round science and history education programs, including a children’s garden.

Little Kids Rock, Inc. — To support music instruction and provide instruments in underserved Philadelphia public schools.

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.

Mighty Writers — For year-round after-school literacy-based enrichment programs and workshops for ages 7 to 17.

Monell Chemical Senses Center — To support the Monell Science Apprenticeship Program, a summer program in which students work together with practicing scientists.

Musicopia, Inc. — For a music education and performance program in Philadelphia schools, including assemblies, concerts, and cross-curricular music residencies.

People’s Emergency Center — To support after-school digital literacy programs for students in West Philadelphia.

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

Philadelphia Museum of Art — For Art Speaks, an arts-in education program that supports the School District’s core curriculum in art and literacy.

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 and school-year Saturday tutoring and enrichment programs for disadvantaged Philadelphia students.

Public Citizens for Children & Youth (Picasso) — For in-depth art immersion in Philadelphia public schools lacking arts programs.

Rock School for Dance Education — To support in-school residencies, performances, and scholarships in Philadelphia public schools.

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

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education — To support environmental science education programs for Philadelphia public school children.

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

Squash Smarts, Inc. — To support literacy and math programs for middle and high school students in Mantua and Hunting Park.

Steppingstone Scholars Inc — To support the Summer Enrichment Program in core curriculum for students in 7th through 10th grades.

University Of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology — For International Classroom, both on- and off-site programs for underserved Philadelphia public schools.

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

White-Williams Scholars— For Scholar Services, academic enrichment for high-achieving low-income Philadelphia public high school students to prepare them for college.

Wyck Association — To support participation by Fulton Elementary School children in Wyck’s Outdoor Education Program, coordinated with their in-school science curriculum.