Daily Featured Foundation - 12/9/25

12/9/2025

Here is today’s featured foundation.

Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation

Website: https://bartol.org/

Mission & Purpose: To support arts and culture in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The foundation is dedicated to ensuring that all people have access to the arts, regardless of their economic or social circumstances.

Broad Funding Guidelines: Grantmaking is strictly limited to Philadelphia. They focus exclusively on Arts Education and Community Arts. They prioritize small-to-mid-sized cultural organizations that are deeply rooted in their neighborhoods. They explicitly do not fund large institutions (universities, major museums) with budgets over a certain threshold, preferring to keep their arts funding accessible to smaller groups.

Featured Opportunity: The George Bartol Arts Education Grant is a key opportunity. It supports organizations that provide in-depth arts instruction to children and youth. They look for programs that go beyond a one-time field trip and instead offer sustained, skill-building artistic experiences.

Recommendation: A small, community-based arts organization in Philadelphia (budget under $1 million) that runs an after-school theater, music, or visual arts program for neighborhood youth.