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Aug. 5, 2022 10:10 am
Want to fund hope? Fund organizing
How can we create hope? Samuel S Fels Fund program officer Shanell Ransom says organizing is that hope.
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Feb. 21, 2022 6:30 am
The “homeless hero” trope won’t save us
Surrounded by stories of economic success, it's a cheat to wait for a superhero, writes this homeless advocate.
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Jan. 24, 2022 6:45 am
The problem with homelessness ‘innovation’
In the context of homeless services, innovation needs to move us closer to a fully realized human right to housing—not more tents, pods, or makeshift shelters.
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Jan. 18, 2022 8:54 am
An Omicron plan from a Philadelphia public school teacher
I am now writing to you as a School District of Philadelphia (SDP) teacher and parent of two young children who are not eligible for vaccination.
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Jan. 10, 2022 7:00 am
Philadelphia’s crises of 2022
Gun violence is its own epidemic. We all choose what we're willing to do.
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Dec. 23, 2021 6:30 am
Youth mental health is a crisis. We need radical prevention
Timed with the release of a new report by the U.S. Surgeon General, two foundation executives call for out-of-the-box thinking.
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Dec. 6, 2021 7:00 am
Nonprofit fundraisers: this is your moment
A third of all annual giving takes place in the average December, and it's rare that both need and funds are high. They are now.
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Nov. 26, 2021 7:45 am
How the pandemic is changing individual nonprofit donors
Giving Tuesday 2020 broke all previous records. Will 2021 do it again? The results could predict a new era of individual donations
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Nov. 22, 2021 7:45 am
How philanthropy will be different (and the same) after the pandemic
A process called trust-based philanthropy is in. Don't expect your post-grant reports to go away though.
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Oct. 22, 2021 11:56 am
Power moves: John Fisher-Klein becomes The Attic’s new executive director
Plus, staff hires at Juvenile Law Center and Musicopia/Dancing Classrooms Philly, and two new board of trustee appointments at Holy Family University.