After years of declining population, Philadelphia has become a more desirable place to live. However, as market-rate development increases, the effects of gentrification are displacing long-term residents. Rising housing costs coupled with stagnant household incomes are straining low-income families’ ability to stay in their homes. The Women’s Community Revitalization Project (WCRP) is a group working […]

“There is no question that the nonprofit sector has a board problem.” This is the first sentence of Chapter 2, Problem Boards or Board Problems? in BoardSource’s 2005 “Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of the Nonprofit Board” by Chait, Ryan, and Taylor. The problem: “Boards seem “to be an unreliable instrument for ensuring accountability […]

How local organizations are centering youth voice for organizational and community change. 

One youth advocate's plea to disrupt systems of harm

How three organizations are partnering to give community members the power to impact health and wellness.

For 15 years, a Philadelphia-based Youth Advocacy Program has influenced national and statewide legislation, learn how it can help your organization.

Prosocial behavior is the intent to benefit others, such as helping, sharing, donating, co-operating, and volunteering. Since 2016, Bethesda Project’s Church Shelter Program (CSP) for chronically homeless men has committed to proactively including shelter guests in program management in order to encourage a prosocial culture. As peer leaders, guests help staff create the agendas for […]

How can we create hope? Samuel S Fels Fund program officer Shanell Ransom says organizing is that hope.

Founded in 2005, Benefits Data Trust works to address $60 billion in untapped programs. CEO Trooper Sanders just got a “second Christmas morning” from MacKenzie Scott.

The pandemic has shown how much is out of our control. North Philly native Michael Banks is trying anyway.