The Skills Initiative is an Idea Worth Stealing

In partnership with Accelerator for America, the West Philly-based jobs training program is sharing its successful model across the country — starting with our Super Bowl rival Kansas City

By Courtney DuChene

Only One in the Room? Not Anymore.

A Philadelphia-born engineer wanted to see more young people of color enter STEM fields. He started a program in his garage — and ended up with a generation of confident scholars

By Jade Pennyman

I Know What You Did Last Summer. And it Helped

A Germantown nonprofit offers Philadelphia students who’ve experienced gun violence the chance to tell their stories on the big screen. The result: healing

By Charissa Howard
Citizen of the Week

Collie Turner, Heroic Gardener

The horticulturist created an urban garden on an abandoned Northeast Philly lot to heal the land and community members like her beloved late grandfather: veterans

By Jessica Blatt Press
2025 Rad Awards

Samantha Mathews

Transforming the lives of women who’ve survived trauma through therapy, education and … wedding planning

By Charissa Howard

Mission Over Ego

The pooled-funding collaborative Repositioning Fund is helping nonprofits survive and grow by doing the hard thing — completely changing

By Malcolm Burnley

What Happens When Philanthropists Match Their Investments With Their Values?

Nine local foundations and nonprofits are now investing a collective $400 million in funds that make money and do good. It’s a no-brainer that’s catching on

By Courtney DuChene
Citizens of the Week

Project MEOW

An all-volunteer group in West Philadelphia takes a cat-by-cat approach to caring for some of the city’s 400,000 strays — and wants your help

By Kate Krauss

The Opposite of the Philly Shrug

Crime and poverty have plagued Philadelphia since William Penn’s day. Philly gun violence interrupter Mazzie Casher has historic yet modern solutions

By Malcolm Burnley

Philly Builds Credit

More than 16,000 people in Boston have learned to manage their money and grow their credit through a program that is now expanding to Philly. Can a partnership among community groups start locals on the path to wealth?

By Courtney DuChene