City of Brotherly Love:

Religious Freedom and the Founding of the Nation in Philadelphia

Institute for K-12 Educators

Summer 2027

UPDATE: NEH Funding was terminated for the original summer program scheduled for 2025. However, there is a possibility of program reinstatement for 2027. Stay tuned for details!

For information on participant eligibility and expectations, please review the details under our “Apply” tab.

Photo Credit (Top of Page): (Left) “Painting of the Old Academy” (preaching hall and religious school on left, erected in 1740). Original watercolor painting by David McNeely Stauffer, 31.5 x 25.5, 1845, cropped. Free Library of Philadelphia, Castner Scrapbook v.17, Education 1, page 57, Print and Picture Collection. (Middle) Interior altar of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul (Philadelphia, PA), Wikipedia Commons Free use, 2011, cropped for middle third. (Right)