Community Fund
The Community Fund is an annual grant opportunity hosted by the Philadelphia City Fund in which community organizations are invited to submit proposals for charitable projects that address Philadelphia’s greatest areas of need and align with the City of Philadelphia’s goals to improve the quality of life for all residents.
The Community Fund is made possible through the Philadelphia City Fund’s partnership with the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend, which allocates a portion of its annual revenues toward this grant opportunity. The average funding allocated each year is $250,000.
2024 grant cycle
The application period for the 2024 Community Fund grant cycle has closed as of August 26, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
The theme for this year’s grant cycle is “Nurturing healthy minds, bodies, and spirits through out-of-school time programming.”
The Fund accepted proposals between July 24 and August 26, 2024 from small nonprofit organizations that provide out-of-school time programming in Philadelphia that promotes the healthy physical, social, educational, and/or emotional development of youth, ages pre-K thru 12th grade.
Our hope with this year’s theme was to inspire a wide range of community organizations to apply. Youth well-being is a broad category that can encompass everything from sports programs that foster physical health, to arts activities that can help youth express themselves and find new outlets to manage stress, to cultural experiences that boost confidence and opportunity by providing new knowledge and perspectives on the world around us.
The Fund and its partners at the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend seek to support programming that takes a holistic approach to youth wellness and inspires lifelong healthy activity, which aligns closely with one of the focus areas for the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend as it continues to support and attract youth to its Nemours Children’s Run and integrate them into the race weekend to encourage lifelong athleticism.
The total funding allocated for the 2024 cycle is $250,000. Grantees will receive awards of $25,000 in unrestricted funds to be used however they see fit, which can include general operations, programmatic activities, or other costs that support the organization’s mission.
All applicants will be notified of the status of their grant request in December 2024.
2023 Grant Cycle
In July 2023, the Philadelphia City Fund announced the grantees of its 2023 Community Fund grant cycle, which had a theme of “Health Equity for All.”
Funded by an allocation from the Philadelphia Marathon Weekend, the Community Fund awarded a total of $250,000 to 13 charitable nonprofit organizations that serve Philadelphians, with grants ranging from $14,100 to $25,000.