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The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Continues to Assist Creative Entrepreneurs: $172,000 in Grants Distributed to Support 86 Creative Businesses
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Philadelphia, PA – The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (“Cultural Alliance”) is pleased to announce the most recent round of grants made through the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator, a program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA). In this funding round, 86 creative entrepreneurs received a total of $172,000 in grants to support their small businesses in the Greater Philadelphia region. The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator grant program provides creative entrepreneurs with small business consulting and $2,000 in critical financial resources to grow businesses and revenue.
This program is administered by the Cultural Alliance on behalf of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency. At this time, all funding made available by PCA to the Cultural Alliance has been allocated for the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator program, proof of the strong demand within the cultural industry for this type of support. Although new applications are not currently being accepted, the Cultural Alliance anticipates receiving additional grant money to distribute in the upcoming fiscal year (July 2025). You can learn more about the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator program on our website and receive updates about future grants by signing up for the Cultural Alliance's monthly newsletter, CultureWire.
2024 Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Grantees
- Idalia Vasquez-Achury at Idalia Vasquez Photography
- Sarah Culbertson at Sarah Tremain
- Miguel Alberto at Felax
- Jay Rodriguez at Jay Rodriguez Designs
- Nicole Dupree
- Michael Quinn at Woulder, LLC
- Jeffrey Kubach at Vine Lane, LLC
- Jonathan Edwards at SOS Productions
- Brittany Barbato
- Josephine Larsen
- Michael Georgeson at Draculad Co.
- Francesca Merritt at Angelini Publishing
- Melissa Davis at Millennium Connections
- Megan Sivertsen at Explore With Lucky 13 LLC
- Deanna Harris at ScribbliBits
- Sarah Maiellano at Broad Street Communications LLC
- Claire Evans at Worm's Emporium
- Danielle Ford at Cybee Bloss
- Francesca Montanile
- Meg Lemieur at Meg Lemieur Art
- Cassie Jones at The Craft Coven Company
- Lori Litchman
- Kara Hetz at Kara Hetz Jewelry
- Jewelry Tanise Edwards at TNSE
- Wi-moto Nyoka at Dusky Projects
- Yadan Luo at YH LAB ltd.
- Patricio Acevedo at Notsolatin
- Daniel Lidon at Lidon Studios
- Samaina Melendez at Prolens Studios LLC
- Jason Rodriguez at JDR Pictures
- Robert Randolph at New Nation Books, LLC
- Mark Loughney at Loughney Art, LLC
- Fernando Jose Santos Rivera at FHer Co (The Rainbow Balloons)
- Michael Berg at Michael James Berg
- Michaela Wilson at Mk Wilson LLC
- Sara Sciacchitano at Project Cloudless LLC.
- Marianne Stanback at Unique Arm Candy
- Kara Mshinda
- Yuli Vinces at ArtesinA LLC
- Kierra Crafton at Misc.Vntg
- Ashley Kister at Sing Song Sirens, LLC
- Alejandro Ceballos Jiménez at Diaspora Productions LLC
- Keyonna Butler at Black Hippie Art
- Madeleine Conover at Mad Dog Studio
- Eoin Quinn at Bum Lung
- Kris Aman at Body High
- Danielle Menna
- Tamara Anderson at The Gumbo Lab LLC
- Kylen (“Pace”) Ford
- Orlando Saverino-Loeb at Philadelphia Art Handling LLC
- Duwenavue Johnson at Artxstitch
- Caroline Gore
- Kelly Lawler
- Lanisha Otuonye at SUNAMI
- Lee Fogel at The Visioning Body
- Chamar Cooper at EggHeadz Teez
- Emily Morrow
- Gviana Goldberg at GVIANA LLC
- Devon Brady at Sage Marketing LLC
- Tina Smith-Brown at Tina Smith-Brown Graphic Designs
- Jamil Farrar Jr at Farrar Media Productions
- Annette Burgess at GurlCo Media
- Araceli Silva at PhotoVideo AR
- Nectar Knuckles at Kendeja Collective LLC
- Carlin Edwards at A1 Productions
- Jody-ann Norman at JoNorm Business Solutions and Printing, LLC
- Gralin Hughes at Multiverse
- Jean Wong
- Noelle Price at Rock of Salvation Enterprise
- Kayla Ackelson-Mannato
- Osunbunmi Obaseki at Brown Girls Sew
- Jacob Kelberman
- Anthony Covert
- Emani Carter at Popular Passports LLC
- Jason Henn at Honey Radar
- Veronica Batter at Rockdale Art Center
- Eva Shelley at Eva Elaine Glassworks, LLC
- Sisi Wright at Play Wright Productions LLC
- Kari Collins at Kari Collins Consulting
- Gabriela Rivera at O Sea Services, LLC
- Patricia Poteat
- Lisa Marie Patzer
- Marie Tosto at Liminality, LLC
- Demetrius Spady-McBride at BankNdSpady Entertainment
- Lauren Mabry at Lauren Mabry LLC
- Morgan Hobbs at Structure & Form, LLC