The Christopher Ludwick Foundation

2025-2026 Grant Awards

Grants awarded by the Christopher Ludwick Foundation generally range from $2,500 to $5,000, with a very few exceeding $5,000. For the 2025-2026 year, the Foundation awarded a total of $285,000 to the following organizations:

12 Plus — College Prep

1812 Productions — Theater education

Academy of Natural Sciences — Science Camp

Achieve Now

Allens Lane Art Center — Summer Camp

Arden Theater — Theater education

Artistas Músicos Latino Americanos — Performing Arts classes

ArtSmart — Art Education

ArtWell — We the Poets

ASAP — After School and Summer Enrichment

Awbury Arboretum — Environmental Education

Barnes Foundation

Cambodian Assn of Greater Philadelphia — After School and Summer Enrichment

Centro Nueva Creación — Grito de Lares Program

Children’s Village — K-7 enrichment

Clay Studio — Ceramics Art Education

Discovery Pathways

Episcopal Community Services

ESF Dream Camp Foundation — Literacy Program

Fabric Workshop — Studio Art Education

Food Trust —Healthy Kindergarten Initiative

Franklin Institute — Student Access

Fresh Artists

Girls on the Run

Healthy NewsWorks

Heights

Historic Fairhill — School Library Support

International Ballet Exchange — Ballet classes in Schools

Joyful Readers

Junior Achievement

Mann Center for the Performing Arts — Music Education

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries — STEM Program

Mighty Writers— Literacy and Writing Program

Monell Chemical Senses Center — Science Apprenticeships

Musicopia — String orchestra

Need in Deed

Norris Square Neighborhood Project — Youth Urban Farming Program

North Light Community Center — Summer Camp

PA Society of Biomedical Research — Scientific Research Program

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine — Summer Academy

Philadelphia Education Fund — College Access

Philadelphia Robotics Coalition

Philadelphia Young Playwrights — Playwriting

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra

Print Center — Artists in Schools Program

Project Home — K-12 Enrichment

Quintessence Theater — Theater education

Reading Allowed

Rock to the Future — Musicore Program

Rock School for Dance — Dance Training

School District of Philadelphia

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Studies — Science Education

Scribe Video Center — Documentary History Program

Settlement Music School— Music Education

Squash Smarts

Stenton, NSCD — History Hunters Program

Summer Search — College Prep

Temple University Music Prep — Community Music Scholars

Theater Exile — Theater Education

Tree House Books

Unscripted Project

Vetri Community Partnership

Wagner Free Institute of Science — Science Education

West Park Cultural Center

West Philadelphia Alliance for Children — Literacy Program

Wilma Theater— Theater Education

Woodmere Art Museum — Museum Education

World Cafe (Live Connections)

Wyck Association — Community Outreach for Children