“New Dollars/New Partners”
The orientation for the next interfaith round of “New Dollars” will be held in Spring 2011.
The first step to participating in training is to complete the “Do We Qualify?” form. When Partners staff has received and reviewed your form, we will follow up to schedule a site visit.
PRFSP Grant Program
The deadline for the next PRFSP application will be late Spring 2012. This date is subject to change; check back for details.
Previous guidelines and applications are available for your reference here. Please note that applicants must have completed our “New Dollars/New Partners” training program.
Further information about fundraising and capital grants is available in our Fundraising Guide.
Our Work
- Profiles of Philadelphia Regional Fund Grantees
- Maps of Philadelphia Regional Fund Graduates and Grantees
- Advisory Committee Members
- Who Provides Funding for the Philadelphia Regional Fund?
The Exemplars Project: Exemplary Social Services Hosted by Congregations
- Breaking Bread at Broad Street Ministry, Center City
- Kinder Academy at Bustleton United Methodist Church, Northeast Philadelphia
- Neighborhood Bike Works at St. Mary’s Hamilton Village, West Philadelphia
- Download the full final report on the Exemplars Project, prepared by the Public Health Management Corporation.
Grantee Success Stories
- Arch Street United Methodist, Center City
- First Unitarian Church,
Center City
Northern Liberties
- Old St. Joseph’s Church, Society Hill
- Overbrook Presbyterian Church, West Philadelphia
- Shiloh Baptist Church, Southwest Center City
- Society Hill Synagogue,
Old City
Center City
Archives
The Philadelphia Regional Fund for Sacred Places has been developed by Partners for Sacred Places to offer new program initiatives, training, and dedicated capital funding for historic, community-serving sacred places in the five-county southeastern Pennsylvania region.
Philadelphia's 2008 class of "New Dollars/New Partners" congregations takes part in Module II of training at Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel.
What is the Philadelphia Regional Fund?
The Philadelphia Regional Fund supports Partners’ work in the Philadelphia area, including:
- Partners’ successful training and technical assistance program (New Dollars/New Partners), which prepares congregations for community-wide partnership building and fundraising, and equips them to manage capital projects and Philadelphia Fund grants.
- Matching grants of $25,000 to $100,000 to New Dollars graduates in the Philadelphia area. The Fund provides awards to a targeted group of endangered sacred places that have:
- Historical significance
- A major role in neighborhood stabilization
- Strong and committed leadership AND
- A comprehensive plan to address urgent repair needs
- These grants, when matched by the congregations, are designed to leverage significant support from the greater community. See the sidebar for more information on our Philadelphia grant program.
- Technical assistance workshops for congregations on topics ranging from building maintenance to fundraising to communications strategies
- Partners’ collaborative initiatives, such as the Commercial Corridors Project, which promote community-building partnerships between congregations and neighboring organizations and institutions.
What is the need for the Philadelphia Regional Fund?
- More than 90 percent of Philadelphia’s congregations are de facto community centers, hosting social service and cultural programs that primarily serve non-congregational members.
- Many sacred places face severe repair problems; without an infusion of new funds over the next few years they may be forced to close their doors.
- Philadelphia’s sacred places represent a major cultural legacy and a human and cultural service infrastructure valued at more than $256 million* annually.
Who supports the Philadelphia Regional Fund?
More than $2.4 million has been raised for capital grants, training, and technical assistance from the public, private and philanthropic sectors, including the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
- An Advisory Committee of design/preservation, business, government, philanthropic, religious and non-profit leaders has guided the Fund’s development.
*Ram A. Cnaan, The Other Philadelphia Story: How Local Congregations Support Quality of Life in America, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.
Participants in 2009′s “New Dollars/New Partners” training program do some asset-mapping to identify opportunities for new programs and partnerships.
For more information about the Philadelphia Regional Fund, call Daniel Duffy at 215.567.3234, ext. 18, or via email: dduffy@sacredplaces.org
Philadelphia Regional Fund
Partners for Sacred Places
1700 Sansom Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
