Topic: Business For Good
KIDAS
A local software company alerts parents to potential cyberbullying while their children are playing video games like Roblox and Fortnite
By Johann Calhoun
JVS Philadelphia Fund for Women
A new partnership offers grants and investments for local, women-owned and led businesses — courtesy of Judee von Seldneck, a woman who’s been there
By Courtney DuChene
Honeycomb Credit
A crowdfunding platform for small businesses returns to Philly — and promises help for minority-owned small businesses, thanks to a new partner
By Courtney DuChene
Trashmitter
A former Philadelphia firefighter has created an app that’s Uber for trash disposal to help landlords and small businesses keep the city clean. Now he’s ready to grow it big
By Nick Russo
ZeroEyes
Navy SEALs founded a software company that detects firearms on security cameras. Schools, corporate campuses, the Department of Defense — and SEPTA — are signing up.
By Courtney DuChene
Grant Blvd + Blk Ivy
The B Corps fashion brand loved by Beyoncé is launching a men’s clothing line and a vintage clothing store, Blk Ivy, dedicated to Civil Rights era fashion, music, books— and activism
By Courtney DuChene
Citizen Events Year In Review
We painted a mural and threw a party to celebrate. We invited a spectrum of American leaders who are working to fix our democracy, our media, our city government, and our city.
By Lauren McCutcheon
Lluna
A Philadelphia-born, Comcast-boosted app helps improve employees’ quality of life — and employers’ quality of work
By Courtney DuChene
App + Amex = Millions for Good
Keith Leaphart's Philanthropi has partnered with American Express to let 25,000 members round up their purchases to give to charity
By Courtney DuChene
YING
Karla Ballard has raised over $1 million for her app, which seeks to replicate the community of helpful neighbors she grew up with in Philadelphia, one task at a time
By Courtney DuChene