featured
Dec. 29, 2016 12:14 pm
5 stories we fawned over in 2016
The stories we're most proud of from the past year.
people
Dec. 29, 2016 11:07 am
How CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia embodies the collaboration ethos
Community Engagement Co-Directors Rashanda Freeman and Melissa Hamilton explain in their "Around the Corner" interview.
featured
Dec. 29, 2016 7:42 am
Case Foundation listed Wharton Social Impact and B Corporation as top ‘impact investing influencers’
Two out of 50 ain't bad. Here's why Philly has a chance to better represent next year.
results
Dec. 28, 2016 2:50 pm
Nonprofit Repositioning Fund’s director reflects on its first year
In a published letter, Nadya Shmavonian shared key lessons from working with the fund, which offers grants to nonprofits considering formal collaborations and mergers.
featured
Dec. 28, 2016 12:59 pm
15 social impact leaders we’ll be following in 2017
The voices we're most excited to keep up with in the new year.
featured
Dec. 28, 2016 11:13 am
Social enterprise Treatmint Box got a deal on Project Runway: Fashion Startup
Founder Kimberly Fink appeared on the Lifetime TV series earlier this month.
purpose
Dec. 28, 2016 8:34 am
The first Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal Awards is happening Jan. 26
The event will celebrate local leaders "who often work quietly promoting their social missions/work without any public recognition," cofounder Nick Torres said.
feature
Dec. 27, 2016 12:49 pm
This social worker is using creative storytelling to help her young clients deal with trauma
Dr. Meagan Corrado created Storiez as an artistic intervention for the youth she works with in Philly and Camden.
method
Dec. 27, 2016 12:29 pm
This crowdfunding app for the homeless could roll out soon
StreetChange, a mobile crowdfunding app developed by Penn researchers Andrew Siegel and Dan Treglia, was piloted in the spring.
feature
Dec. 27, 2016 10:33 am
Schools for Sustainability has been absorbed by a nonprofit in the Dominican
The sustainability education nonprofit will now operate under the umbrella of Mariposa DR Foundation and become "inactive," according to founder Alyssa Ramos-Reynoso.