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Oct. 25, 2017 12:57 pm
Help Germantown win $150K from AmEx to preserve its historic properties
Germantown United CDC's entry is currently in first place in a national competition of historic main streets. Vote five times per day through Tuesday, Oct. 31, to keep it there.
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Oct. 25, 2017 11:40 am
Thanks to $500K, these nonprofits are teaming up to launch a Global Startup Accelerator
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians and Science Center just won half a million dollars to support local startups looking to scale to Europe and India.
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Oct. 25, 2017 8:34 am
Board service can be for everyone, regardless of financial means or experience
Art-Reach's vice board chair, Talia Stinson, outlines her long and winding road to service. Plus, her advice for aspiring volunteers: "Change happens when you’re persistent and genuine."
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Oct. 24, 2017 12:57 pm
Power Moves: Pennsylvania’s Commission for Women just got some Philly flavor
Plus, meet the five inaugural Buchholz Fellows, the city's new West Philly Promise Zone head, College Possible Philadelphia's new ED and more.
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Oct. 24, 2017 11:04 am
In wealthy Chester County, a respite for struggling older women
Social services nonprofit Home of the Sparrow's pre-senior housing program connects low-income women with a place to stay and resources to get them back on their feet.
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Oct. 24, 2017 8:01 am
The first round of voting is open for the Social Innovations Awards
Voting is fun! We spot some familiar faces in this first round of nominees.
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Oct. 23, 2017 12:55 pm
This social enterprise tackling food insecurity won the first Camden Catalyst pitch competition
Invincible City Farms took home $25,000 and committed to plopping its headquarters in the economically distressed city at Waterfront Ventures.
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Oct. 23, 2017 11:24 am
15 social impact folks on Philly mag’s list of 100 influential Philadelphians
Philanthropic families such as the Haases and Lenfests, activists such as Feminista Jones and Black & Brown Workers Collective and more made the cut.
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Oct. 23, 2017 9:46 am
Here’s who took away PhillyCAM’s inaugural Cammy Awards
The media nonprofit handed out nine awards on Oct. 20 to local creators using publicly accessible platforms to show off “creative expression, democratic values and civic participation.”
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Oct. 20, 2017 12:30 pm
What makes public spaces ‘just’?
The Knight-funded Just Spaces audit project will help University City District assess who is using the spaces it manages, and who's being kept out.