PYM Pemberton Granting Group

The Pemberton Granting Group makes grants from the John Pemberton Fund to PYM members traveling under religious concern or on behalf of PYM, including travel to Philadelphia Yearly, Interim, and Quarterly Meeting sessions.

Contact: 

Nicholas Gutowski
PYM Grants Associate
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
1515 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Phone: (215) 241-7218
Fax: (215) 241-7045
Email: ngutowski [at] pym [dot] org

WHO CAN APPLY? 
Members or young adult attenders of the constituent Meetings of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

PURPOSE:
Supports travel under religious concern.

APPLICATION:
Consult the PYM Grant Forms Guidelines page for an application form.* Grants fund PYM members' travel to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting or Quarterly Meetings sessions, travel by PYM members or others on behalf of PYM, and Friends traveling under a religious concern with the support of their Meeting. Ineligible: PYM staff and committee and working group members, for travel in these capacities, and non-members of PYM.

DEADLINES:

1st of September, December, March, and June.

*This form can now be filled out electronically, forwarded to your Meeting clerk, and submitted by e-mail to the Grants Associate. Please direct any comments or suggestions to him at 215-241-7218 or nickg [at] pym [dot] org.

DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE:
Appointed by the General Services Standing Committee. G. R. Hoffman (Clerk), Robert Horvay, Emma Lapsansky-Werner, Alison Senter, George C. Corson (GSSC Liason), and Nicholas Gutowski (staff). Members serve 3-year terms.

ESTABLISHED:
By will of John Pemberton, who died in 1795, leaving about three acres in the Northern Liberties to the Yearly Meeting "for the use, benefit and service of Friends, members of the same Society as myself, for the accommodation of the horses of such Friends as may attend the Yearly Meeting, or the Quarterly Meeting of Philadelphia, the Meeting for Sufferings, or other religious service of our religious Society, from what partsoever they may come."

Many years later this field was in the way of city expansion, and Friends asked the State of Pennsylvania for permission to sell. The request was granted on condition that the proceeds from the sale be invested and the income be applied to the same or like purposes as set forth in the will. Over the years, income from the sale of the land has been used to assist Friends with transportation expenses incurred through religious participation and service.

PRINCIPAL: $334,651 market value 6/30/08
ANNUAL INCOME: $18,895 (FY 07-08)
GRANT SIZE: Approx. $25-$1,700

PROJECTS:
The Pemberton Fund supports transportation costs associated with:
1) Travel to Philadelphia Yearly, Interim and Quarterly Meeting sessions.
2) Travel under appointment by -- and on behalf of – PYM.
3) Travel by PYM members under religious concerns, recognized and supported by their Meetings.
Please note: other travel-related costs such as food, shelter, or registration fees will not be supported.

SAMPLE GRANTS:

In 2007-08 grants totaled $17,459 for

Travel to Liberia on behalf of the Willits Trust
Travel to Dublin as PYM representative to FWCC Triennial
Travel to Mississippi to aid Hurricane Katrina victims
Travel to FGC Gathering Committee clerks meeting in Pittsburgh as PYM representative to FGC Central Committee
Travel on behalf of PYM to Chicago for FGC Quaker Quest training
Travel to Israel and Palestine for work trip sponsored by Friends United Meeting
Travel to Gulu, Uganda to meet with a Ugandan refugee and support education and peace work
Travel to Richmond, IN as conference registrar for Quakers in Pastoral Care & Counseling annual session
Travel to Poland to pursue ongoing personal and historical interest in Quaker Mission volunteer Rebecca Janney Timbres
Travel to PYM China Workcamp
Travel to Kenya to participate in AVP International Gathering
Travel to Israel and Palestine to lead Listening Pilgrimage
Vanpool travel to Pittsburgh for FGC Traveling Ministries Retreat
Travel to Sierra Friends Center in Nevada City, CA to look into accessibility options at Woolman Semester
Travel to Interim Meeting
Travel to March Annual Sessions
Parking lot attendants for March Annual Sessions