While covering social impact in Philadelphia at Generocity.org, I have learned that media coverage is a scarce resource despite countless blogs, publications and news sites. There are still so many problems — and ways of dealing with them — that the media can’t afford to cover them all equally. This means some subjects get a […]

The winner of Scattergood Foundation‘s 2015 Design Challenge is KangaRoom, a design that was submitted by Impact Services Corporation. The design consists of portable walls that will provide homeless shelter guests with privacy and safety. The walls also have storage pouches for guests to securely store any items they may have. Scattergood Foundation will be working Impact Services Corporation […]

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The Philadelphia-based giving circle Women for Social Innovation, a donor advised fund of WOMEN’S WAY, is seeking applicants for the Turning Point Prize, seed money awarded to an individual who seeks to address a problem affecting women, girls and families in the Greater Philadelphia area. The submission deadline is January 16, 2015. The annual prize […]

This story originally appeared in the Philadelphia Business Journal.  Just a few months ago, Venturef0rth’s future was murky. Then Marvin Weinberger stepped in. News broke in October that serial entrepreneur Weinberger would be acquiring Venturef0rth from its founders, who were apparently planning to close the Callowhill co-working space after their lease expired in December. Since he […]

Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia, a membership organization comprised of over 150 regional funders, has named Maari Porter as its next executive director. She will assume her new role in February 2015. Porter previously served as the City of Philadelphia’s chief grants officer and as the executive director of the Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia. “We’re in […]