Topic: Nonprofits
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
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
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
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