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NINTH PLANET
PHOTO: ANGEL EDWARDS

the Philadelphia Cultural Fund awards grants to hundreds of arts & culture programs each year—reaching all corners of this city we love.

Philadelphia Cultural Fund team members Gabriela Sanchez and Camille Halsey

WHO
WE ARE

The Philadelphia Cultural Fund is how the City of Philadelphia has funded the arts since 1994.

WHO
WE ARE

Each year, PCF provides operating support to Philadelphia-based arts and culture organizations. These grants are made from an allocation to PCF from the City budget.
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WHO
WE ARE

The grants support organizations dedicated to the creation, education, preservation, exhibition, and presentation of a variety of arts and culture disciplines.
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WHO
WE ARE

PCF is committed to removing barriers to grant applications, especially for small, community-based arts organizations that are traditionally considered ineligible for funding support.

2024 PCF
REBRAND

“… the Philadelphia Cultural Fund — a respected, equitably distributed, nearly three-decades-old resource that supports hundreds of cultural nonprofits every year —…”

-Philadelphia Inquirer

2024 Grant Winners

Friends of the Rail Park

AWARDED:
$17,307

5 Shorts Project

AWARDED:
$10,505

Wildflower Composers

AWARDED:
$9,527

Putty Dance Project

AWARDED:
$3,755

Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries

AWARDED:
$18,221

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists

AWARDED:
$17,307

Leonard Pearlstein Gallery

AWARDED:
$16,574

Girls Rock Philly

AWARDED:
$16,574

Painted Bride Art Center

AWARDED:
$18,371

Usiloquy Dance Designs

AWARDED:
$12,691

COMMUNITY
CALENDAR

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2024 Grantee Data

PCF Awarded $3,599,494 to 262 Art & Culture Grantees

%

of grant recipients had budgets under $250,000

%

of grantees recipients provide youth programming

aid full-time, part-time, and/or independent contractor positions were activated

people attended free grantee programming

$

in direct expenditures benefited the local economy