Topic: Nonprofits
Do You Have a Philly Idea Worth Scaling Up?
Calling all small nonprofits and do-good businesses: Enter now for a chance to present your homegrown innovation at this year’s Ideas We Should Scale Showcase
By Courtney DuChene
Welcome to Second Chance High
For more than 30 years, YouthBuild Philadelphia has helped young adults reconnect with school after dropping out. Now, it’s launched an evening program to capture those still left behind
By Denisa R. Superville
Fight Crime — by Gardening
For more than a decade, Penn researchers have found that greener neighborhoods are less violent. Now, Pew is helping PHS double down on this confirmed hypothesis
By Courtney DuChene
Nafees Norris
When a young Black scientist couldn’t find representation in biotech, he created it
By Diemmy Dang
Beyond College Acceptance
How Heights Philadelphia is helping thousands of local students find their path to — and through — college
By Diemmy Dang
You Get a Car Seat! And You Get a Car Seat!
A group of PA Masons, our Citizens of the Week, have come up with an ingenious way to surprise, delight and assist growing military families: mass baby showers
By Natalie Pompilio
Bringing Music to the Masses
What began during Covid as outdoor concerts continues in spaces where live professional music can find new audiences
By Cara Kishter
Lenfest Institute’s Bet on Local News
Ten Philadelphia-area news organizations will receive funding, consulting and innovation services through a two-year, $1 million initiative focused on sustainability
By Jim Friedlich
How Nonprofits Can Fight Rising Energy Costs
Local solar energy leaders urge nonprofits to take advantage of federal incentives before they end on July 3
By Emily Schapira and Sharon Pillar
Cheryl Colleluori of HEADstrong Foundation
The 2025 finalist for the Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge, presented by IBX, carried on her son’s legacy after his death from lymphoma, helping nearly 40,000 cancer patients find free lodging during their own treatments
By Autumn Demberger