method
Apr. 14, 2015 1:41 pm
How Philadelphians Had A Role In Creating A 250 Mile Audible Map of Philadelphia
Several Philadelphia residents had a role in creating “250 Miles Crossing Philadelphia” a new city narrative created by PolakVanBekkum, a Netherlands-based artist duo comprised of Esther Polak and Ivar van Bekkum. For the project, Polak and van Bekkum divided the city into a grid and asked volunteers to make recordings from each sector. The participants […]
purpose
Apr. 6, 2015 12:32 pm
Mural Arts Program Launches 2015 Tour Season with Scavenger Hunt
On Saturday, April 11, the Mural Arts Program will kick off it’s 2015 tour season with first-ever Mural Arts Scavenger Hunt. The event will be held at Mural Arts’ new tours office, located at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ (PAFA) Hamilton Building (128 N. Broad Street). The new Mural Arts scavenger hunt will […]
purpose
Apr. 2, 2015 11:15 am
March was full of do-gooders– check them out
In this this month’s Mo-Ments in Philly Social Impact, there were too many things to include them all, so here are your highlights! Have something you’d like to share for April’s roundup? Email me at mo@generocity.org. [listly id=”bIO” layout=”magazine” show_header=”false” show_author=”false” show_sharing=”false” show_tools=”false” per_page=”25″]
method
Mar. 27, 2015 12:53 pm
Video: Jennifer Raffo and Arin Sullivan of the Cultural Data Project
The Cultural Data Project was started in 2001 by six nonprofits in Pennsylvania. CDP has collected data from 11,522 arts and culture organizations across country, and from 687 cultural organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region. Anyone who has attended a theater event, a museum, or a zoo, they’re in CDP’s data set from the last 12 […]
funding
Mar. 27, 2015 11:30 am
$5,000 Youth Grants Awarded by The Spruce Foundation
Leading up to its annual gala, the millennial-led Spruce Foundation has named its 2015 grantees. Organizations supporting Philadelphia youth in each of Spruce’s four focus areas — education, health & wellness, arts and LGBTQ issues — will receive a $5,000 grant, publicity, and access to Spruce’s network of engaged millennials. The grantees are University Community Collaborative […]
people
Mar. 20, 2015 1:45 pm
Video: Faye Anderson on All That Philly Jazz
In partnership with EveryBlock, All That Philly Jazz is enabling people to experience historic jazz locations and current jazz activities. The community is encouraged to interact and create a collaborative history of jazz on the website by sharing photos, drawings, and videos. In addition, Faye Anderson hopes to create a walking tour of Philadelphia jazz by […]
purpose
Mar. 18, 2015 1:34 pm
Home•Buy•Now Supports Artists to Become Homeowners
Fleisher Art Memorial is the newest member of the City of Philadelphia’s Home•Buy•Now program, a program that provides incentives for employers to provide employees with grants or forgivable loans toward the purchase price of a home within the city. Fleisher is the oldest community art school in the country, mission is to make art accessible […]
purpose
Mar. 16, 2015 12:32 pm
New West Philadelphia Program Connects Artists and Community
[metaslider id=35740] Betty Leacraft, a mixed media artist, educator, and lecturer, has lived her entire life as a resident of West Philadelphia. She remembers going to Sunday school and summer camp at New Bethlehem Baptist Church, which is celebrating 100 years later this month. Now, as part of her work with Neighborhood Time Exchange, a […]
results
Mar. 11, 2015 12:31 pm
Franchising Nonprofits: Let’s Reinvent the Model for Changing the World
Over the last few years, there has been an increasing amount of overlap in how for-profits and nonprofits operate. For the most part this is a good thing — the best aspects of each model are cross-pollinating and creating many new forms and ways to both do business and do good. The invisible hand of […]
purpose
Mar. 10, 2015 8:30 am
Housing the Homeless in Utah, Tracking Diversity in NYC and Taxing Nonprofits in Maine – Social Impact Across the U.S.
This week in Social Impact Across the U.S.: Housing First is a strategy/philosophy for addressing homelessness that believes placing people in housing immediately, no strings attached, is the best way to help the individual and to tackle homelessness overall. Mother Jones reports on a Housing First success story in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mayor Bill […]