Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

of the Religious Society of Friends

Grantmaking

Travel and Witness Grant Deadline

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The Travel and Witness Granting Group makes grants to individuals to support:

  1. International travel to further international understanding, peace, and other Friends concerns
  2. Individual PYM Young Adult Friends in ministry, service, witness, and Quaker study
  3. Transportation expenses of PYM Friends traveling in religious service*
    • To attend Annual or Quarterly Meeting sessions
    • At the request of and on behalf of PYM
    • Under a religious concern with the recognition and support of their Monthly or Quarterly Meeting

The group also makes grants to organizations for programs, events, and activities that support and build the community of PYM young adult Friends.

Learn more here: www.pym.org/grants/travel-witness and reach out before you apply.

Travel and Witness Grant Deadline

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The Travel and Witness Granting Group makes grants to individuals to support:

  1. International travel to further international understanding, peace, and other Friends concerns
  2. Individual PYM Young Adult Friends in ministry, service, witness, and Quaker study
  3. Transportation expenses of PYM Friends traveling in religious service*
    • To attend Annual or Quarterly Meeting sessions
    • At the request of and on behalf of PYM
    • Under a religious concern with the recognition and support of their Monthly or Quarterly Meeting

The group also makes grants to organizations for programs, events, and activities that support and build the community of PYM young adult Friends.

Learn more here: www.pym.org/grants/travel-witness and reach out before you apply.

Apply for a Travel & Witness Grant at the March 1 Deadline

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The Travel and Witness Granting Group (TWGG) provides grants to support active service and witness by individuals following leadings of the Spirit.

The group has made fewer grants since March 2020 as a result of the pandemic’s impact on travel plans and gatherings.  This decrease means that the group has more funds available for future grants, and therefore welcomes applications for creative ideas that involve connecting with other communities through travel or witness. [Read more…] about Apply for a Travel & Witness Grant at the March 1 Deadline

Travel and Witness Grant Deadline

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The Travel and Witness Granting Group makes grants to individuals to support:

  1. International travel to further international understanding, peace, and other Friends concerns
  2. Individual PYM Young Adult Friends in ministry, service, witness, and Quaker study
  3. Transportation expenses of PYM Friends traveling in religious service*
    • To attend Annual or Quarterly Meeting sessions
    • At the request of and on behalf of PYM
    • Under a religious concern with the recognition and support of their Monthly or Quarterly Meeting

The group also makes grants to organizations for programs, events, and activities that support and build the community of PYM young adult Friends.

Learn more here: www.pym.org/grants/travel-witness and reach out before you apply.

Pastoral Care Resources for Individuals and Emergency Grants for Monthly Meetings

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The Hurricane Ida Storm damaged meeting properties and placed many Friends in our PYM Community in precarious situations. While no injuries have been reported, many meetings sustained multiple tree losses, flooding, and significant building damage.  A member of Plymouth Friends experienced damage to her home.  Upper Dublin Meeting had many trees fall in their driveway and burial grounds, with estimated damages to the meetinghouse and property of $60,000.  As of this date, many are involved in cleaning up in the areas devastated by the storm’s tornados and floods. [Read more…] about Pastoral Care Resources for Individuals and Emergency Grants for Monthly Meetings

Travel and Witness Grant Deadline

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The Travel and Witness Granting Group makes grants to individuals to support:

  1. International travel to further international understanding, peace, and other Friends concerns
  2. Individual PYM Young Adult Friends in ministry, service, witness, and Quaker study
  3. Transportation expenses of PYM Friends traveling in religious service*
    • To attend Annual or Quarterly Meeting sessions
    • At the request of and on behalf of PYM
    • Under a religious concern with the recognition and support of their Monthly or Quarterly Meeting

The group also makes grants to organizations for programs, events, and activities that support and build the community of PYM young adult Friends.

Learn more here: www.pym.org/grants/travel-witness and reach out before you apply.

PYM Grants for Family Planning

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PYM’s Natalie Clifford Barney Fund provides grants to organizations providing family planning, specifically planned parenthood and birth control. Over the course of winter 2021, members of the Quaker Buildings & Programs granting group met several times to discern an impactful use of the funds today.

[Read more…] about PYM Grants for Family Planning

Anna T. Jeanes Cremation Fund and FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Available

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Featured Photo: The Philadelphia Inquirer – October 1, 1907

Anna T. Jeanes Cremation Fund

Friends are reminded that the Anna T. Jeanes Cremation Fund is available to reimburse cremation costs of members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting monthly meetings.

Application may be made by monthly meeting pastoral care committees, family members, administrators or executors for a deceased member of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Applications may be submitted up to one one year after the member’s death, after cremation costs are paid, and once required documents are available. Reimbursement maximum is $800. Contact PYM grants staff at grants@pym.org for help applying. [Read more…] about Anna T. Jeanes Cremation Fund and FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Available

Travel and Witness Grant Deadline

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The Travel and Witness Granting Group makes grants to individuals to support:

  1. International travel to further international understanding, peace, and other Friends concerns
  2. Individual PYM Young Adult Friends in ministry, service, witness, and Quaker study
  3. Transportation expenses of PYM Friends traveling in religious service*
    • To attend Annual or Quarterly Meeting sessions
    • At the request of and on behalf of PYM
    • Under a religious concern with the recognition and support of their Monthly or Quarterly Meeting

The group also makes grants to organizations for programs, events, and activities that support and build the community of PYM young adult Friends.

Learn more here: www.pym.org/grants/travel-witness and reach out before you apply.

The Willits Book Trust Committee presents Books to Cumberland County Students in partnership with the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives

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On Sept. 28th, 2018, the Willits Book Trust of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting presented copies of the Autobiography of an American Slave to a group of Cumberland County College Equal Opportunity Fund Students at Historic Bethel Othello African Methodist Church in Greenwich, New Jersey. The students were taking part in a Freedom Tour, Freedom Seekers, Free People of Color and Communities of Faith in the Greenwich Area to explore Underground Railroad sites near Delaware Bay. [Read more…] about The Willits Book Trust Committee presents Books to Cumberland County Students in partnership with the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives

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