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Nov. 29, 2015 10:42 pm
Moving On: Gearing Up founder Kristin Gavin
Gavin recently quit her job at Gearing Up to become the general manager of Indego, Philadelphia’s bike share system.
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Nov. 25, 2015 4:12 pm
This impact investment report offers good news — for now
The report was published with the venture capital community in mind, but the data yields lessons for social entrepreneurs and the social impact community at large.
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Nov. 24, 2015 6:03 pm
This is the right way to engage with panhandlers
You're probably doing it wrong. With the cold season upon us, we spoke with Emily Taylor of homelessness advocacy newspaper One Step Away about the best way to engage a person asking for help on the street.
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Nov. 24, 2015 5:30 pm
How a city department is changing its STEM mentorship program for better impact
Iteration. Spearheaded by the Office of Innovation and Technology, the two-year-old program is adapting a national nonprofit's template to suit local students' needs.
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Nov. 23, 2015 7:05 pm
Fairmount CDC is tracking its neighborhood’s health, and so should you
When you know who’s spending time in your neighborhood, you can better gauge how they’ll spend their money. It follows that you’ll also be better able to attract businesses that are more likely to succeed — something that’s important to a neighborhood’s overall health. That’s the idea behind Fairmount Community Development Corporation’s new research project […]
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Nov. 20, 2015 4:26 pm
Call for pitches: Send us your social impact story ideas
As you may have noticed, we’re in the midst of some big changes here at Generocity. Our new website is expected to launch early next year, we just redid our logo and we have an almost entirely new staff. (Hey there!) We also have new bosses. Even so, after a brief hiatus, we’ve been testing out […]
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Nov. 19, 2015 3:03 pm
“Merger” is a scary word — but does it have to be?
Launched last month, the Nonprofit Repositioning Fund serves as a catalyst for conversations between area nonprofits with topics that could range from partnership opportunities to back office and staff sharing to, yes, mergers and acquisitions.
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Nov. 18, 2015 7:28 pm
Learn from civic innovators at Rise Conference 2015
The conference will feature speeches from leaders in civic innovation, including city officials and community leaders, that we hope will inspire change for the better.
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Nov. 16, 2015 9:42 am
How to get people to donate their time and skills to your organization for free
If you want to run a free program, you’re going to need some help from donors or volunteers. Mobilizing both is something the Corzo Center has mastered. The Corzo Center for the Creative Economy is an office and virtual space within The University of the Arts that runs programs that teach entrepreneurial skills to artists — […]
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Nov. 13, 2015 5:01 pm
What would it take to get foundations in on the impact investing game?
The first order of business is finding a term to differentiate foundations' impact investments from investments made in the venture capital community.