Arts and Culture

In 2025 the McLean Contributionship awarded 29 grants totaling $780,045.00

Academy of Natural Sciences, Operating Support: Annual Fund, $10,000

Acting Without Boundaries, Towards technology and audiovisual equipment with Services to Support Acting Without Boundaries Programs, $17,244

Allens Lane Art Center, Towards renovating the Theater part of the Allens Lane Art Center Capital Improvements Fund, $30,000

American Swedish Historical Museum, Towards the Museum Main Entrance Accessibility Modifications, $25,000

Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust, Towards the purchase and installation of a HVAC for Collections and Exhibits, $25,000

Calvary Center for Culture and Community, Towards the renovation of the ADA bathroom part of the Calvary Center Comprehensive Campaign, $50,000

CENTRO DE CULTURA ARTE TRABAJO Y EDUCACION, Towards capital items, specifically for the bathroom renovations for ADA Accessibility & Safety Infrastructure Improvements for Educational Programming, $15,000

Christ Church Preservation Trust, Towards capital items (theater equipment, lights, sound system and curtains) for Sustaining Inclusive Arts Space in Old City Philadelphia, $50,000

Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust, Towards completing Valhalla, the world's first fully ADA-accessible historic railcar: The Valhalla Project: Connecting Differently Abled Individuals to Nature, History, and Opportunity, $35,000

Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead, Towards capital items for: From Steer to Ox and Plow to Harvest: Historic Preservation and Environmental Conservation at a Revolutionary-Era Farm Museum, $25,000

Historic RittenhouseTown, Towards the construction of the Paper Making Pavilion at Historic RittenhouseTown, $20,000

Kimmel Center Inc., Towards the Kimmel Center Broad Street ADA Door Replacement Project, $50,000

Mother Bethel Foundation, Towards equipment for lecture hall, oral history studio, and microfilm studio: Preserving Through Technology Upgrades, $26,800

National Constitution Center, Towards capital items for the National Constitution Center Signage Update: Informing Our Community, $50,000

One Art Community Center, Towards the HVAC system for the One Art Pottery Studio, $25,000

Opera Philadelphia, Operating Support: Sounds of Learning 2024-2025, $10,000

Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, Towards the purchase of AV equipment, $10,951

Philadelphia Ballet and School, Operating Support for the Lets Dance Outreach Program for the 2024-2025 season., $10,000

Philadelphia Film Society, Towards capital improvements to the Film Society Center, $25,000

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Operating Support: Corporate Partners Program, $10,000

Philadelphia Sinfonia Association, Towards the purchase of Music Stands and Cello Chairs, $5,050

Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute, Towards the purchase of reed instruments for the PYOMI’s Double Reed Institute, $15,000

Stenton, NSCDA/PA, Towards The Stenton Education Center, Phase I: An Accessible, Inclusive, & Community-Driven Space for All, $100,000

The Franklin Institute, Operating Support, $10,000

The People's Light & Theatre Company, Towards the purchase of a van for the New Voices program, $25,000

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Operating Support: 2024-2025 Season., $10,000

Vox Populi Inc, Towards capital items for Strengthening Community Arts: Vox Populi Black Box AV Revitalization, $25,000

Wilma Theater, Towards capital items for the Wilma Lightboard Project, $30,000

Woodmere Art Museum, Towards Woodmere Handicapped/Art Studio Parking Lot Reengineering, $40,000