Jan. 14, 2026 8:00 am
What Generocity’s Top 10 Stories Reveal About Philadelphia in 2025, and what leaders should consider for 2026
image above from PhillyCAM’s Telling Our Stories Panel & Exhibit” photo credit: PhillyCAM In 2025, Philadelphia’s social impact sector faced serious challenges, including growing needs, shifting policies, and a widening gap between where resources are available and where problems exist. Generocity’s most-read stories went beyond our planned stories. They highlighted the people and organizations working […]
Nov. 19, 2025 8:00 am
Not For Profit, But For The People: The Power Of Community Media In Philadelphia
image above: Dr. Clemencia Rodríguez and Rasheed Z. Ajamu at the People’s Media Camp organized by The People’s Media Record, October 3-5, 2025. Picture courtesy of People’s Media Record, taken by Luiza Barreto. For the first time in a century, the United States is experiencing a sustained decline in press freedom. According to Reporters Without […]
Aug. 6, 2025 8:00 am
Equity, Access, and Stability: How Communities Are Being Braver Today for Tomorrow
As August begins, communities across the Commonwealth are grappling with the tangible effects of seismic shifts in federal and local policy. The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill — a sweeping piece of legislation whose effects are only beginning to be felt — has brought dramatic changes to basic support services like Medicaid and SNAP. […]
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Sep. 3, 2021 1:17 pm
‘Germantown Neighbors’ share personal stories and reflect on gentrification
In this portrait project, photojournalist Hannah Yoon documents her neighborhood’s history.
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Aug. 31, 2021 10:45 am
Neighborhoods in North Philly focus on violence — causes and solutions
At a recent rally at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Center, community members from the 32nd, 47th and 16th Wards outlined the initiatives they believe will stop the violence and improve the quality of life in their communities.
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Jul. 26, 2021 1:39 pm
Why we’re closing our company Slack and launching a Generocity channel
Technical.ly will bring our internal staff communications to our public Slack community for tech workers, founders and HR pros from across the globe — and for philanthropists and nonprofit pros via a dedicated #generocity channel. Join us!
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Jul. 22, 2021 12:11 pm
If Jeff Bezos gave you $100M to help grow a nonprofit, which would you choose?
When we posed that question via our newsletter yesterday, four community members immediately responded — three of them spotlighting deserving organizational recipients, and one of them with a plan that would make the lives Philadelphians a lot healthier.
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Jun. 28, 2021 11:03 am
NKCDC’s Nourish brings meal kit delivery service to a community that otherwise may not have access to it
Nourish grew out of Sunday Suppers’ need to pivot in response to the pandemic, where holding in-person, weekly family meals was no longer viable.
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Jun. 1, 2021 10:53 am
Residents will explore ‘Places of Power’ in Norris Square
What if 360 camera technology, augmented and virtual reality — which were developed for commercial use — could be a platform for community storytelling? That's what filmmaker Anula Shetty and members of Norris Square's community gardens are documenting.
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Apr. 30, 2021 12:15 pm
How is your community better or worse than it was in February 2020?
After a year of massive societal shifts and challenges, we asked readers how they think their workplaces, industries and neighborhoods have fared. Here's what they said.