The City of Philadelphia has announced the 2023 grant cycle for the Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund), a public-private-community partnership between community members, City government, regional funders, and the Scattergood Foundation, focused on building resilience and improving the quality of life in the greater Kensington community.
Donor Name: City of Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
The Kensington Community Resilience Fund was created to address the critical quality of life wide impacts of the opioid crisis in Kensington, Harrowgate, and Fairhill. The KCR Fund works to advance the following core goals:
- To promote wellness, build resilience, and improve the quality of life in the greater Kensington community
- To increase agency and support equity and racial/social justice by having community partners and residents direct funding decisions
- To build cohesion and connectivity among community providers, residents, and city agencies to support collaboration, information sharing, and alignment of services
- To expand capacity of participants – both organizations and individuals to pursue sustainable, quality-of life focused programming to support the community
- To serve as a catalyst and build the infrastructure to support long-term, sustained investment and partnership with Funders in the Kensington community
Focus Areas and Guiding Principles:
- Public Safety
- Youth Development
- Workforce Development and Training
- Beautification and Blight Removal
- Connecting Residents to Resources
- Building Resilience and Addressing Community Trauma
In addition to these issue areas, KCR Fund grantees should share a commitment to advancing the following guiding principles that cut across all key issues, either currently or in their future work:
- Building social cohesion, collaboration, and connectivity
- Utilizing trauma-informed principles and practices
- Being informed by community voices
- Advancing equity and racial and social justice
- Demonstrating cultural competence and relevance
- Being informed by data, evidence, and best practices
The KCR Fund uses a participatory grantmaking process that places the power to make funding decisions in the hands of those who know best – community members. Residents and community leaders have been integral to the process, from setting funding priorities and eligibility criteria to reviewing applications to decide which programs and organizations will receive funding.
Funding Information
The KCR Fund anticipates $300,000 in new funding will be distributed during the 2023 grant cycle. All grants will provide flexible, general operating support in the amount of $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
The KCR Fund supports organizations and projects located or providing services directly in the Kensington, Harrowgate, and Fairhill communities. They particularly encourage smaller, grassroots, and community/resident-led organizations and projects to apply. Organizations not located in the KCR Fund boundaries must be able to demonstrate a track record of serving these communities. Additional eligibility requirements include:
- Must be physically located within the following boundaries in the Kensington, Harrowgate, and Fairhill communities, or bring a track record of providing programming/services in this area: Lehigh Avenue to Erie Avenue/Castor Avenue, and 5th Street to Aramingo Avenue
- Have current 501(c)3 IRS status OR a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)3 status and be in good standing with the IRS, including faith-based organizations (They can help applicants identify a fiscal sponsor if they do not already have one)
- Can demonstrate that funds from this grant will directly benefit community members living in the boundaries noted above
- Can document how work supports at least one of the six funding issue areas stated above
- Can document and report on use of grant funds All staff and volunteers with contact with children under 18 years of age must have completed background checks on file.
- Demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion with respect to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical and cognitive ability, immigration status, and religion, among participants, board members, leadership team and staff
- Have decision makers (board members, leadership team, staff) that reflect the communities being served by the organization/project
- Previous recipients of KCR Fund grants:
- All reporting requirements from previously received grants must be satisfied.
- Must have spent 80% of most recently received KCR Fund grant and received extension approval from Scattergood Foundation for use of any unused funds.
For more information, visit Kensington Community Resilience Fund.
