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

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Culture Grants

The Cultural Fund promotes arts and culture as engines of social, educational and economic development in the Philadelphia region.

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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.

WHO
WE ARE

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

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

DISTRICT:

1

5 Shorts Project

DISTRICT:

9

Wildflower Composers

DISTRICT:

8

Putty Dance Project

DISTRICT:

6

Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries

DISTRICT:

4

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists

DISTRICT:

2

Leonard Pearlstein Gallery

DISTRICT:

3

Girls Rock Philly

DISTRICT:

7

Painted Bride Art Center

DISTRICT:

3

Usiloquy Dance Designs

DISTRICT:

5

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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR

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National Tap Dance Day Jam | The Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble

2025 Showcase Recital | The Primavera Fund

Take Me To Fendika - Documentary screening | Fire Museum Presents

Under The Stars | cinéSPEAK

Tha Hip Hop Olympics | University of RAP

Sunday Storytime with Ms. AJ | The Head & The Hand

James Baldwin’s "Giovanni’s Room" (Opening) | Quintessence Theatre Group

Conversation with Cecilia Paredes | The Print Center

A quiet roar | InLiquid

Westbrook Lecture - Beyond the Binaries: The New Science of Sex and Gender | Wagner Free Institute of Science

Generations Unbroken: 50 Years Forward - Not One Step Back | Anna Crusis Feminist Choir

Drumlines at the Symphony: An All-Star 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert | Musicopia

Closing: Meeting New Circles | Box Spring Gallery

Spring Showcase | Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival

Considering Matthew Shepard | Philadelphia Voices of Pride

IVA Presents "Scandinavian Folk and Art Songs" | Historic Gloria Dei Preservation Corporation

325th Anniversary of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church | Historic Gloria Dei Preservation Corporation

Franklin's Key (Opening) | Pig Iron Theatre Company

2025 Leverage Award Honoring Chinatown’s John W. Chin, Design Exhibition & Fundraising Event | Community Design Collaborative

Opening Reception: Human Scale | InLiquid

Glitter in the Glass by R. Eric Thomas | Theatre Exile

Sneak Peek at The Collections | Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Opening Reception for “Of Earthen Kin: Works by Katie Kaplan” | Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

First Friday Opening Reception: The Hues that Guide Us | InLiquid

Elfreth's Alley Fete Day | Elfreth's Alley Association

Divine Hand Ensemble | Laurel Hill

Knitting Circle | Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Juneteenth: Celebrating Literacy & Artistic Freedom | Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Out of the Closet & Into the Crypt | Laurel Hill

Sip, Spin, Win: A Vox Populi Carnival Fundraiser | Vox Populi

Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States | Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Arianna Rebolini presents BETTER: A MEMOIR ABOUT WANTING TO DIE | The Head & The Hand

Film Screening: Love Me Tonight (1932) with Carrie Rickey | Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Sun Ra Arkestra | World Cafe Live

Clay and Conversations with Michael Biello | The Clay Studio

The Luminous Forest Artist Talk with Lanny Bergner | InLiquid

Message In Our Music: Black Music From Disco to House! A Musical Legacy | World Cafe Live

Exhibition Closing: Human Scale

West Park Arts Fest | West Park Cultural Center

Space Opera | Obvious Agency

Annual Islamic Heritage Festival @ Penn's Landing | ICPIC New Africa Center

Khalil Amaru - BEIGE Album Release Show | World Cafe Live

Art for the Cash Poor 2025 | InLiquid

10th Annual Clay Fest, presented by PNC Arts Alive | The Clay Studio

Lee Cole presents FULFILLMENT in conversation with Scott Gloden | The Head & The Hand

Film Screening: Ridicule (1996) with Carrie Rickey | Athenaeum of Philadelphia

Space Opera | Obvious Agency

James Baldwin’s "Giovanni’s Room" (Closing) | Quintessence Theatre Group

Art Night Out: InLiquid Gallery | InLiquid

Davy Knowles | World Cafe Live

Film Screening: A Walk on the Moon (1999) with Carrie Rickey | Athenaeum of Philadelphia

A SHARP ENDLESS NEED Book Launch | The Head & The Hand

Victorian Spirit Crawl | Laurel Hill

Space Opera | Obvious Agency

Joni Mitchell's 'Court and Spark' - 50th Anniversary Performed by Ray Drezner and Full Band | World Cafe Live

Franklin's Key (Closing) | Pig Iron Theatre Company

Magnificent Monuments | Laurel Hill

Laurie Olin, Drawing to See: The Italian Sketchbooks (Closing)

Dave Kiss Presents: Os Mutantes with Pinc Louds | World Cafe Live

Of Earthen Kin: Works by Katie Kaplan | Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

Cinema in the Cemetery: Death Becomes Her | Laurel Hill

ARTS Notes Fun in the Sun with MB Singley | ARTZ Philadelphia

Gaby Moreno | World Cafe Live

Phillip-Michael Scales | World Cafe Live

BashfortheWorld: The Migo in America Tour | World Cafe Live

An Evening with Griffin House | World Cafe Live

Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me (Closing) | The Print Center

Know Return - Celebrating The Music of Kansas & Styx | World Cafe Live

Katie Hudnall: The Longest Distance between Two Points (Closing) | Museum for Art in Wood

Two Day Panel Mosaic Workshop | Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

August 14, 2025

PEARL - The "Let Girls Be Hot" Tour | World Cafe Live

August 16, 2025

Haiden Henderson | World Cafe Live

August 16, 2025

Joel Sunny | World Cafe Live

September 3, 2025

Amble | World Cafe Live

September 7, 2025

Exhibition Closing - Unforeseen Matter | InLiquid

September 8, 2025

Word Powered: Exploring Free Speech Through Art (Closing) | National Liberty Museum

September 10, 2025

Dominique Fils-Aimé | World Cafe Live

September 12, 2025

Osler Circle - Benefit for CHOP | World Cafe Live

September 13, 2025

The Feelies | World Cafe Live

September 20, 2025

Sharon Katz & The Peace Train | World Cafe Live

October 10, 2025

Jack & Jack | World Cafe Live

October 15, 2025

Tors with Ber | World Cafe Live

October 29, 2025

Abi Carter | World Cafe Live

October 30, 2025

S.G. Goodman | World Cafe Live

November 7, 2025

(Exhibition Opening) Under $100, Under $1000: Isaiah Zagar - inspired works by Philly Artists | Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

January 11, 2026

(Exhibition Closing) Under $100, Under $1000: Isaiah Zagar - inspired works by Philly Artists | Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

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2024 Grantee Data

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

1

,

%

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

IN THE
NEWS

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City Council Community Culture Award Announcement

William Penn Foundation Awards $8 Million to Support Small Arts and Culture Organizations

William Penn Foundation gives an $8 million Boost to City Arts & Culture - Philadelphia Inquirer

FY25 Grant Cycle Updates - A Letter from the BOD

2024 PCF Annual Report

2023 Annual Report

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,178,986

Gabriela Sanchez Announced as PCF Director

Philadelphia Cultural Fund Awards $3,267,407

Leadership Transition at the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

Philadelphia City Countil to Invest Over $3 Million In Local Arts Communty

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