First, consider balance and opportunity, writes investment advisor Greg Aloia.

Little Smiles, Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society and The Seeing Eye are in the running for this round of the energy company's crowdsourced grant competition.

Or money on the table, if you will. The event aims to get citizens talking with each other about proposed fixes to community problems over a meal.

On International Eradication of Poverty Day, Philadelphia Youth Network President and CEO Chekemma J. Fulmore-Townsend writes that intergenerational poverty can be addressed through partnerships throughout our city.

Fundraising platform DonorPerfect provided the data for the tech education nonprofit to illustrate.

"This is a bold and painful step," said President and CEO Bill Golderer. However, to be clear: "This is not a cost-cutting exercise."

In the past few years, the tech startup and B Corp has shifted from running a single sustainability-focused app to helping mission-driven organizations reach their digital goals.

President and CEO Bill Golderer told Philly.com the cuts were made because "the organization needs to be set up to make meaningful investments on moving the needle on this stubborn problem of poverty."

As part of the larger phila.gov overhaul, Philadelphia's portal for business owners is now easier to navigate, and its reading level dropped by several grades.

Philadelphia City Planning Commission's director of community planning, Laura Spina, on how the comprehensive plan for the city’s development was formed over eight years and more than 100 public meetings.