Beyond the Bars
The KCR Fund grant will be crucial in expanding our musical programming to support youth affected by trauma and violence. Our primary focus will be on funding musical initiatives at the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, where we will provide a therapeutic outlet for children in crisis, helping them to heal and express themselves through music. […]
By Faith, Health and Healing
By Faith, Health and Healing aims to use trauma-informed programs to build resiliency and help Kensington families thrive. Through this grant, we look to expand and support our three foundational programs. Mothers Helping Mothers: Women of Power is a biweekly comprehensive program designed to support mothers experiencing grief and stress associated with various types of loss. […]
Urban Extreme Youth Development
Urban Extreme Youth Development is innovative and unique in comparison to other youth development efforts in that we have a generational leadership focus on children and youth ages 5-25. Our project seeks to rebuild communities by comprehensively influencing the lives of youth, and their families in addressing the education, health, economic, and social needs of […]
La Liga del Barrio
For 23 years Liga has been helping kids from Philly’s toughest neighborhoods get off the streets and achieve success. We have found our hearth and home in the “Barrio” and partnered with Impact Services to obtain space for our very own gym and community hub. However, there is lots of work and support needed to […]
Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education
Snider’s mission is to create opportunity for under-resourced youth of the Greater Philadelphia Region to prosper in life. Our goal is to arm youth with the knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes required to build productive lives and be leaders in their families, communities, and workplaces. Our whole-child development model supports the changing needs of students […]
Hart Lane Neighborhood Farm
The Hart Lane Farm strives to honor the land, plants and people of the Kensington neighborhood by holding space to grow, thrive and create through the experience of our urban ecosystem. We seek to engage as many of our neighbors as we can in the healing atmosphere of the garden space and seek to offer […]
RAWtools Philly
Our goal is to work for the healing of our hearts, the healing of our streets, and the healing of our world. We are aspiring to build a neighborhood, and a City, that we are “proud to call home.” This particular project is about creating a way for neighbors to channel their pain into change, […]
Victoria Urban Outreach Tutoring Service
VUOTS goal is to implement educational services and mentoring around the city of Philadelphia. This is goal was set to support upcoming youth as alternative to streets violence. In addition to support adults and elders in the community with knowledge to support, housing, income and career choices. This grant will allow VUOTS to have a […]
Kensington Neighbors United Civic Association
Kensington Neighbors United Civic Association will use its KCR Fund grant award to help expand its KEYS Program to serve an additional 25 young people and their families in the Kensington neighborhood. We will target youth of color, between the ages of six and sixteen, and will provide weekly programming that includes educational assistance in […]
Leveling the Playing Field
Leveling the Playing Field gives young people from underserved communities the opportunity to enjoy the mental and physical benefits of youth sports participation. We do so by gathering new and used sporting equipment from the community and stocking a well-organized warehouse with head-to-toe needs for local coaches to “shop” for their teams at no cost. […]