Advocacy & Cultural Policy

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Calls on City Council to Reinstate $2M City Budget Increase to Support Philadelphia Cultural Fund at $5.5M  Stable funding to allow more grant opportunities, develop community programming and promote more cross-sector collaboration  June 2, 2023 (Philadelphia) – The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (“the Cultural Alliance”) is calling on Philadelphia City…

Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Releases PHL Arts & Culture Voter Guide  Guide to help Philadelphians elect an “Arts Mayor for Philadelphia” with information about how Mayoral Candidates would integrate arts and culture policies into their administrations  May 9, 2023 (Philadelphia) –The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance released its PHL Arts & Culture Voter Guide to help…

Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Shares Policy Platform In Advance of November’s Election of 100th Mayor of Philadelphia 2023 Mayoral Policy Platform rooted in fundamental belief that arts and culture are undervalued and underleveraged in the City deserving greater public investment March 9, 2023 (Philadelphia)—The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (“the Cultural Alliance”) today announced its 2023…

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Applauds the City of Philadelphia’s Unprecedented $21.3M Investment in Arts & Culture through the Approved Mid-Year Transfer Budget   December 1, 2022 (PHILADELPHIA, PA) – Today, during public testimony, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (“Cultural Alliance”), which represents 348 arts and culture organizations in the City of Philadelphia, applauded Mayor…

Statement On City of Philadelphia’s Midyear Transfer   Today is a banner day for our arts and culture community in the City of Philadelphia. Mayor Kenney proposed and City Council increased and approved over $21 million new dollars for arts and culture in the 2022 Mid-Year Transfer Ordinance. The ordinance moved unanimously from the Appropriations…

Statement On City of Philadelphia’s FY2023 Budget   With the passage of the City of Philadelphia’s FY2023 Budget, I can affirmatively state: Advocacy works. When the initial City budget was proposed in late March 2022, the Creative Economy and its priorities were nearly absent for a third straight year. As a sector, we knew that…

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Rallies Philadelphia’s Arts and Culture Industry, Calling for $6.2 Million in Additional Funding in the FY2023 City Budget May 11, 2022 (PHILADELPHIA, PA) – Today, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (“Cultural Alliance”), which represents 348 arts and culture organizations in the City of Philadelphia, rallied artists, creative entrepreneurs, arts educators,…

PATRICIA WILSON ADEN, PRESIDENT & CEO, GREATER PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL ALLIANCE
MARCH 31, 2022

The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is deeply disappointed that the Kenney Administration did not maintain the Philadelphia Cultural Fund’s (PCF) comprehensive $3.5 million allocation in its proposed budget. As the City grapples with surging gun violence and a continued reckoning around equity and access, the decision to reduce the PCF by $1 million is shortsighted at best.