Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support the establishment of the Society of Historians of the Early American Republic in Philadelphia

Society of Historians of the Early American Republic

to support the retrospective conversion of library card catalogs to electronic format

Retrospective Conversion

matching endowment in support of core functions of its library

IRL Program II

toward the maintenance of its cataloguing operations and to promote wider scholarly use of its collections

Independent Research Libraries Program

to support a program designed to strengthen the field of early African American history in the American academy through dissertation, dissertation-writing, and post-doctoral fellowships

Mellon Scholars Program

to support a fellowship program designed to strengthen the field of early African American history

to support specific initiatives to strengthen the care of, and improve access to, research collections

Strengthening Care and Access to Research Collections

matching grant to promote access to and use of its collections

Collection Access - Fellowships

endowment for a program of short-term research fellowships

Short-Term Research Fellowships

to renew support for the Mellon Scholars Program

toward costs of improved collection care and management

Improved Collection Care and Management

matching endowment for its conservation department

Conservation Endowment

to support staff training and development initiatives

Training and Professional Development

to support graduate fellowships and scholarly activities related to the study of early American literature and material texts in collaboration with The Library Company of Philadelphia

Early American Literature and Material Texts 

in support of projects to increase the scholarly use of its collections and those of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Philadelphia

Joint Scholarly Projects

to support a fellowship program for Philadelphia-area activists working with local archives to document and reinterpret acts of resistance

Chronicling Resistance at the Free Library of Philadelphia

to support a succession plan designed to preserve the history, impact, and legacy of the company

Preserving the Legacy of the Latino Theater Company

to support reconstruction and preservation of the Robeson Houses of Philadelphia and Princeton, as well as increased organizational capacity for collaborative initiatives

Robeson Houses of Philadelphia and Princeton

to support a leadership transition and capacity building as part of the Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative

Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative 

to support change capital through the Foundation's Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative

Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative

to continue support for the Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth Artists’ Initiative

Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth Artists' Initiative

towards costs of a project to place volumes of The Library of America series in public libraries around the country

The Library of America

for a program to place volumes of The Library of America series in public libraries

Library of America

to support research, editorial, and related costs for publishing projects consistent with the core mission of the Library of America series

to support collaborative programs to provide object-centered research and curatorial training to art history graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Museum of Art/University of Pennsylvania Collaboration

to support collaborative programs with Philadelphia Museum of Art to provide object-centered research and curatorial training to art history graduate students

toward the costs of establishing a Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies

Philadelphia Center For Early American Studies

toward completion of the Oral History program of the Dance Collection of the Library and Museum of the Performing Arts

Dance Collection of the Library & Museum of the Performing Arts

matching support for the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies

Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies

to assist the Dance Collections of the Library & Museum of Performing Arts in establishing an oral history program

Dance Collection of the Library & Museum of the Performing Arts - Oral History Program

to support the implementation of hybrid programming models and critical analysis of organizational, artistic, and audience environments

Advancing the Future of American Opera

to support planning for a digital library of the Middle East

Planning for the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME)

to manage the purchase and implementation of a new integrated library management system at the University of Namibia and to include the University’s library in FOTIM’s Gauteng and Environs Library and Information Consortium

University of Namibia Library

to support a collaborative program designed to increase the number of historically black college and university students entering graduate library and information science programs

Recruiting to the Library Profession IV

to support the creation of a digital library platform that would provide access to records of the cultural heritage of the Middle East

Developing the Technical Platform for the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME)

to support community and collections growth for the Digital Library of the Caribbean

Revitalizing the Digital Library of the Caribbean

to support the activities of the Royal Shakespeare Company while in residence at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Royal Shakespeare Company

toward administrative expenses of the Manhattan Project, an experimental theatre company

The Manhattan Project

to support the first phase of development of a digital library of Latin texts and of publication mechanisms for new critical editions

Development of Digital Latin Library

toward costs of automating library systems in Phase I of the Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium

Library Automation for the Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium - Phase I

for use of The Associated Colleges of the Midwest, The Newberry Library, to support the Newberry Library Seminar in the Humanities

Newberry Library Seminar in the Humanities

to support technical research and software prototyping for the Digital Public Library of America

Developing a Prototype for the Digital Public Library of America

to support the launch and implementation of the Public Art & Civic Engagement Capacity Building Initiative in three American cities

Launch of the Public Art & Civic Engagement Capacity Building Initiative

toward costs of publishing a Guide to the Research Collections of The New York Public Library

Guide to the Research Collections of the NYPL

to support COVID-19 relief for Philadelphia arts and culture organizations

Philadelphia COVID-19 Relief

to support planning for the Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network

Geohistory Network - Special Collections

to support the development of new methods of relevance ranking in local library systems

Strengthening Library Systems

to support a coordinated survey of special collections in Philadelphia libraries

Special Collections Survey 

to support the artistic practice and sustainable organizational development of dancer and choreographer Antoine Hunter and Urban Jazz Dance Company

Thriving Practices in Disabled Artistry: Urban Jazz Dance Company

Artists as Catalysts

Artists as Catalysts Navigation Image

Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 