featured
Jun. 22, 2016 9:43 am
This Back on My Feet vid shows off the nonprofit’s national impact
Not quite sure how BoMF helps homeless individuals get their lives on track? This video will help you figure it out.
method
Jun. 21, 2016 3:24 pm
3 steps for turning data into action
Here are some resources and advice for all you social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders out there.
featured
Jun. 21, 2016 12:27 pm
Why the Philadelphia Public History Truck’s latest exhibit examines displacement in Chinatown
The third iteration of artist Erin Bernard's hyperlocal archival project focuses not only on the Chinese American experience, but on that of the “displaced and unhoused” generally.
funding
Jun. 21, 2016 8:48 am
The IRS is having trouble regulating small nonprofits, but new open data releases could help
Earlier this month, an internal report deemed the IRS's Tax Exemption office ill-prepared to oversee regulations. Last week, the IRS began publishing nonprofit tax forms online. Here's why it matters.
funding
Jun. 20, 2016 2:41 pm
The shift from several small grants to a few big ones could make failure easier to accept
Funders such as the MacArthur Foundation are experimenting with making large grants to a single organization. NPR explores how that strategy increases the visibility of failure.
featured
Jun. 20, 2016 12:59 pm
‘People will begin to know who we are in new ways’: Bethesda Project CEO Tina Pagotto
The new CEO wants to cultivate a younger donor base, raise the nonprofit's public profile and form more partnerships with other organizations fighting homelessness — all while retaining its "modest roots."
featured
Jun. 20, 2016 11:33 am
Here’s what Pa. can learn from the first 10 U.S. pay for success projects
There's no one-size-fits-all for the cross-sector funding model, but Pennsylvania should leverage the working relationship between partners Social Finance and Center for Employment Opportunities.
column
Jun. 20, 2016 9:54 am
Moving On: Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Katie Monroe
The outgoing Better Bike Share Partnership outreach manager and Women Bike PHL founder shares what the biking community of Philadelphia means to her — "I have received far more than I’ve ever put into it."
featured
Jun. 17, 2016 12:31 pm
4 graphs that lend some context to opioid overdose in Philadelphia
Over 1,000 overdoses have been reversed across the state since 2016, thanks to a state order that made reversal drug naloxone more accessible to the public.
purpose
Jun. 17, 2016 10:55 am
Rasheedah Phillips’s Community Futures Lab in Sharswood is underway
The Community Legal Services attorney and Afrofuturist has launched the project to document the effects of redevelopment in her neighborhood.