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- Key Strategies for Viable Nonprofit-led Social Enterprise
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- An Innovative Bicultural/Bilingual Workforce Model
- Cyber-ESL Model for Adult Education
- Living-Wage Hiring Halls: A Model Solution for Improving Job Quality
- Connecting the Purchasing Power of Corporations with Social Enterprises
- How Honeybees and Cross-Sector Partnerships Provide Second Chances for Returning Citizens
- Corporate Accountability Lab: A New Legal Social Lab Disrupting the Crisis of Corporate Impunity
- Aspire Career Academy - Paving Career Paths for the Next Generation of Workers
- Urban Farm Cultivates Employment Opportunity in Chicago
- The Benefits of Finding Social Enterprise Equilibrium: Cash and Change
- The Depletion of Social Sector Leaders: How to Inspire Change Through our Daily Actions
- A Benevolent Ray of Hope in the Midst of Difficult Times
- Literacenter: A Home for Literacy in Chicago
- Charting the Life Course for Persons with IDD and their Families: Moving from Principles to Practice
- Allies, Inc. and Social Enterprises
- Leveraging Transparency and Engagement to Achieve Organizational Success: A Profile of Philabundance's Glenn Bergman
- The Maternity Care Coalition: A Model in Board and Staff Development and Engagement
- Innovative New School and Residential Campus Meets Distinct Needs of Autism Community
- Creating Integrated Employment Jobs for People with Acquired Brain injury
- PHMC's Melissa Fox Leads Through Determination and a Passion for Mission
- Resourceful Leadership Delivered with Care: An Interview with Linda Peyton of the Legal Clinic for the Disabled
- Critical Case Review Committee: A Systems Approach to Reducing Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Innovative Practices Supporting Individuals with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families Throughout the Lifespan
- Creating Life-Long Learners Among Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Improving Educational Outcomes Through Assistive Technology
- Raising Isaiah
- Benefits Data Trust: Using Data to Deliver Services Where They Are Needed Most
- Sunday Suppers
- Taking Care of Business in the 21st Century: A New Service Model for Entrepreneurs at the Free Library of Philadelphia
- The Center for Grieving Children: Fostering Better Outcomes for Philadelphia's Youth after Traumatic Loss
- From Innovation District to Impact District
- PHMC's Community Health Data Base: Utilizing Data for Strategic Planning
- Addressing the Social Determinants of Health by Placing Legal Advocates in Community Health Centers
- Social Enterprise: Creating Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
- Community Organizing Better Health: APM's Food Buying Club Model for Economic Development
- Apprenticing in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Motor City
- Culture Matters: The Importance of School Culture in Creating Postsecondary Success
- Meeting Changing Needs in Music Education
- A Tale of Crisis and Opportunity
- The Vital Connection between Ending Homelessness and Revitalizing a Neighborhood
- Community Development through More Inclusive Urban Place-Making: Challenges and Opportunities for the Urban Revitalization Field
- Leadership Profile: Mr. Wesley R. Payne IV, Board Chair, Bethesda Project Partner, White & WIlliams LLP
- Q&A: Are Fortune 500 Companies the Only Organizations That Can Deftly Execute at Local Levels?
- Transforming Communities Through Leadership Development: A Conversation with David Castro, Founder and CEO of I-LEAD
- Time for a Change: Diaper Need, The Scourge Right Under Our Noses
- Leading the Write Way: Mighty Writers’ Executive Director Tim Whitaker
- The ACA Changes the Game
- Equitable Development: The Answer to Gentrification; Advancing Equitable Development is Critical to Philadelphia’s Economic Recovery
- Big Running Shoes to Fill
- Creative Placemaking as a Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy
- Thirty Years in the Making: The Dramatic Evolution of Fishtown, East Kensington and Port Richmond
- Innovating Nonprofits: The Case of Episcopal Community Services in Philadelphia
- Eastern Tower: A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Community Needs
- Wanted: A Single Family Home with Modern Finishes, Easy Access to Public Transportation, Shopping and Good Schools: How CDCs are Creating Communities of Choice Using Education Innovation
- Dorothy Richardson’s Kitchen Table: Race, Wealth and Community Development
- Pay for Success: Financing Research-Informed Practice*
- Social Sector Evolution Best Practices: Social Innovations Labs White Paper
- New Leash on Life USA: A Circle of Second Chances
- How Screening Technology Empowers Individuals and Communities to Promote Health
- Sustaining a Medical-Legal Partnership: Start at the Beginning
- The Lab Experience: The Value Proposition of Social Innovations Incubators & Labs
- Schoolyard Ventures: Out of the Classroom and into the Tank
- Public Health Innovation Fund: Creating Public Health Social Enterprises
- Eclipse of the Nonprofit Corporation: The Market for Nonprofit Control and Why it Matters
- The Case for Nonprofits to Think Like For Profits: Ensuring Long-term Success
- In Search of the Dreaded ‘M Word’
- The Power of Coalition: Leveraging Fiscal Sponsorship and Shared Services as a Platform for Partnerships
- Uncovering the Leader within- The Philadelphia Outward Bound School
- Our Neighborly Giant
- Reimagining Montgomery County’s Emergency Food System
- The Formula for a Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
- Mission First and ACHIEVEability Team Up To Supercharge Their Strengths
- The Myths and Reality of Nonprofit Collaboration: Observations from Six Years in the Trenches
- United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Merger Update Successes and Challenges
- Legacy Treatment Services- Lessons Learned and Such
- Affiliating for Growth
- AmeriCorps VISTA and Increasing Access to Healthy Food
- AmeriCorps VISTAs Against Hunger
- Philadelphia FIGHT: Offering Comprehensive Care to Reduce Recidivism
- United Way VISTA Volunteers: Helping Working Families Make Ends Meet
- Mediating Community Partnerships: Spread the Word!
- PHENND Continues to Build Community Engagement Through the Use of AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteers
- Project Cygnet
- Transition to High School: Renovating the Application Experience
- How Coalitions Are Strengthening AmeriCorps VISTA’s Mission in Philadelphia: An Example from Philly Fellows and the Center for Literacy
- Thirteen Lessons from Fifty Years of Anti-Poverty Policy and Research
- The State Of Literacy In Philly Schools, By The Numbers
- Notebook Editorial: We Need This Campaign
- Resources To Improve Early Literacy Skills
- Who Is Involved in The Read! by 4th Campaign
- Hite, District Make Literacy Crusade A Priority
- No Shortage Of Reasons Why So Many Can’t Read
- From Reading to Community
- A Child Language Expert Talks About The Literacy Gap And The '6 Cs' Of Learning
- State Of The Art In Literacy Instruction
- Team First Book Philadelphia
- Building Financial Sustainability for Near-Term Literacy and Long-Term Career Target Outcomes
- CLI Social Innovations: Quality Matters in PreK Instruction for Reading by Fourth Grade
- Enlarging a Child’s World: Woodlynde School’s Approach to Reading
- Case Study: Community Health and Literacy Center, a first of its kind public-private partnership by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and City of Philadelphia
- PhillyRising
- Staying the Course: Getting to Goal
- Nonprofits in Economic Development (The National View)
- PIDC: A Legacy of Innovation in Economic Development
- Drexel University’s Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships: A New Path in University and Community Relationship Building
- Development at the Allegheny Senior Community: NewCourtland’s Innovative Model of Combining Housing with Supportive Services Enables Philadelphia Seniors to Age in Place
- Healing Hurt People
- The Issue: Moving From STEM Engagement to Motivation to Persist
- A Bold Hypothesis: Will Thinking Lean Save the School District of Philadelphia
- A Network Wide Approach to Professional Development: Mitigating the Impact of Line Staff Turnover through Professional Development
- A Collaborative Effort: Providing Out of School Time Programs in Philadelphia Public Schools
- Play On, Philly!: Music as a Tool for Life and Learning
- Philadelphia Implements Healthy Living Guidelines for Out-of-School Time Programs through Collaborative System Change
- Leveraging Community Partnerships to Improve Graduation Rates
- Statewide Quality and Outcomes Assessment
- Legacy Youth Tennis and Education
- Out-of-School into the Workforce: An Innovative Approach to Extended Day Learning
- Hiring OST Staff: Doing A Lot With A Little
- Classroom Management in the Out-of-School Time Setting
- Using Data to Inform an OST Continuous Quality Improvement Process
- Incorporating Family Engagement in Middle School Out-of-School Time Programs
- On the Front Lines: At Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC)
- The Philadelphia Primary Care Behavioral Health Network: Integrating Care, Practice, Workforce and Advocacy
- Stigma Reduction in Philadelphia
- Training at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- Integration and the Child
- Mental Illness & Violence: A Complicated Picture
- Innovation Responds: Red Paw Emergency Relief
- Supporting Social Innovation in our Region Through Fiscal Sponsorship
- GO! Athletes: Using Personal Narratives to Overcome Homophobia in Sports
- The Public/Philanthropic Partnership: The Your Way Home Montgomery County Story
- Behavioral Health Care Goes Holistic: Pay for Performance's Growing Role in Philadelphia
- Improving Outcomes for Children (IOC): How Single Case Management and Community Involvement Are Changing the Landscape of Child Welfare in Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Social Innovations Lab (PSIL): Cultivating Innovations for Impact
- Social Media and Senior Citizens
- The Pancake Method: Social Innovation and Young People in Europe’s Cities
- Getting to The Root of It
- An Innovative Approach to Collaboration: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
- The New Human Services Industry: Changing the World for the Profit or For the Better?
- Strengthening Programs and Services for Immigrant Seniors in Challenging Economic Times
- When money is at the root of domestic violence, financial literacy can be a lifesaver
- Put the money in your mission: How leveraging shared services can reduce the business costs of running a nonprofit
- Two Sector Leaders Collaborate to Yield High-Impact Outcomes
- Philadelphia Refugee Health Collaborative
- United Way and Tabor Services, Inc.
- PathWays PA and Women In Transition: A Partnership to Better Serve Women
- Surrey Services for Seniors
- The Transformative Possibilities of Nonprofit Collaboration
- Creating the Perfect Storm
- Still Crazy (About Being Partners) After All These Years
- The Sage Partners
- YMCA Mergers
- Futures Forward: The Merger of Philadelphia Futures and White-Williams Scholars
- Merger Myths
- Disruptive Technologies for Nonprofit Enterprise Growth: Options for When Your Organization Does Not Possess the Technical Core Competencies to Leverage Such Assets
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- When Our Networks Need Networks: Designing A New Infrastructure for Collaboration and Collective Impact in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Special Needs Dentistry: Elwyn’s Dental Home for Supporting Oral Health
- Building a Culture of Collaboration
- Turning Points for Children: Merging for the Future
- Innovations through Partnerships in Recovery: A Case Study of Public Health Management Corporation and Interim House
- Startup Corps: Solution Driven, Student Approved
- Limelight Arts: Applying a Holistic Approach to Arts Education
- Centers for Educational Excellence: “Urban Renewal” for Teachers and Educational Nonprofits
- Closing the Literacy Gap in Philadelphia
- Connecting Unemployment Exhaustees to Critical Benefits: An Innovative Outreach and Enrollment Model
- Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal and the Philadelphia Social Innovations Lab: Taking Ideas from Inception to Impact
- Making it Easier to Identify Top, High-Impact Nonprofits
- The Sweet Side of the Brownie Business: How the Greyston Bakery is Transforming the Way For-Profit Companies Effect Social Change
- Playworks: Scaling a Great Idea
- Give More Than Money, Get More Than Thanks
- Board Building for Arts and Cultural Organizations: New Challenges and Approaches
- Cultural Data Project: Measuring the Impact of the Arts
- The Jazz Bridge Project: A Medley of Advocacy and Aid
- Slought Foundation: Fostering Unhindered Dialogue Through Adaptability
- Funsavers Filling a Gap
- Mural Arts on Social Practice
- Northern Exposure: Growing Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts North
- Using Project-Based Learning to Integrate Arts Education with Afterschool Programming
- Sampling my Suitcase of Spoken Word
- Wounded Warriors and the Healing Power of Stories: How Veterans’ Narratives Can Help Us Understand and Address the Public Health Impacts of War
- Using Theatre to Engage People in Public Health Discourse that Inspires Real-World Change
- Witnesses to Hunger: Changing the Dialogue on Hunger and Poverty through Photography and Testimony
- Equipping UK youth with twenty-first century skills: how Spark+Mettle blends old school methods with new tech tools
- Collaborating Across Sectors to Increase Opportunity for Youth and Young Adults
- Our Stories, Our Health: Media Partnership with Multiethnic Elder Communities
- A Place to Call Home: Public Art as a Tool for Housing Advocacy
- Bringing HIV, Substance Abuse and Homelessness into the University of Pennsylvania Anthropology Museum through Photo-Ethnography
- Placemaking 101
- How Philly Moves: New Possibilities in Community-based Public Art
- The Connection Between Philadelphia’s Demographics and its Cultural Sector
- The Legacy of PHILADANCO: Broadening Appreciation and Opportunities for the Art of Dance
- Public Arts, Meet Professional Practices
- The Future of Arts and Culture in Philadelphia
- A Syllogism for 21st Century Center City Philadelphia
- The African American Museum in Philadelphia: Performance-based Programming and Innovative Approaches in Reaching New Audiences
- From Implication to Innovation: 2011 Portfolio and Lessons From the Field
- Play On, Philly!: Music for Social Change
- Sunday Suppers: Creating Behavioral Change through the “Power of Family Meals”
- Naveguemos con Salud: Providing Comprehensive Breast Health Support for Philadelphia Latinas
- Infill Philadelphia: Promoting the Importance of Quality Design in the Community Development Field
- Fair Food: A Humane and Sustainable Agriculture System for the Philadelphia Region
- The Mary Howard Health Center: Meeting the Health Care Needs of the Chronically Homeless in Philadelphia
- A New Access Point for Primary Care: The School-Based Wellness Center at the Pan American Academy Charter School
- Common Market: Smart, Sustainable Sustenance
- Nominated: Creative Health Services
- Changing the Paradigm for Recovery: A New Approach to Behavioral Health and Community Building
- The Ins and Outs: INnovating through OUTsourcing
- Health Promotion Council’s Slice of Innovativeness in the Public Health Landscape
- MANNA: An example of mission expansion done right
- Congreso de Latinos Unidos: Establishing Primary Care Services in Eastern North Philadelphia
- Camphill Village Kimberton Hills: Innovations in Intentional Supportive Community Living
- Patient Activation: A New Perspective for Health Providers
- The Philadelphia Urban Food and Fitness Alliance (PUFFA) Shapes Up Two Community’s Spaces, Ideas and Bodies
- Building Partnerships from the Inside Out: Congreso’s Model for Service Integration
- The Salvation Army Kroc Center: An Innovative Approach to Urban Social Programming
- Women Against Abuse and Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley: Empowering Women through Financial Literacy
- The Philadelphia Refugee Health Collaborative: Creating a Sustainable Refugee Health Care System
- Improving Core Capacity Through Agency Transformation: A Case study: Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County, PA (MCHC)
- Farm to Families: Rebuilding Food Systems in North Philadelphia
- Double Dollars: Transforming Food Accessibility Through Incentives
- Priorities for a New Decade: Making (More) Social Programs Work (Better)
- Corporate Partners Council: Public Private Partnerships
- Diplomas Now: Providing Solutions to the Education Crisis in America
- United Way’s Strategic Partnership Conference: Creating Innovation and Impact Through Partnership: Innovative Partnership Competition
- Planned Change: Partnering in the Age of Paradox
- Enterprising For Income and Lasting Change: It’s About Becoming Sustainable
- Mural Arts Next Steps: Creating a Narrative of Community Art to Preserve Cultural History, Locally and Beyond
- Spotlight on: Women for Social Innovation
- The Children’s Literacy Initiative: Lessons for Success and Preparation for Challenges
- Educational Vocational Models for Building Workforce Competencies
- The Free Public Library’s Role in Education
- Summer Search: The True Impact of Mentorship
- Creating Social Entrepreneurs: The Catalyst for Reform of Public Education
- Better Recess for a Better School Experience: West Philadelphia Recess Initiative
- A Voice and a Choice for Students with Special Needs
- Highlight on: Research for Action
- Preparing Better Teachers by Improving the Student Teaching Semester
- Giving Parents a Choice, Giving Children a Chance
- Developing a Talent Mindset
- Nominate an Innovation: Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia
- Nominate an Innovation: Mighty Writers
- Nominate an Innovation: Champions of Caring
- Billy Beane and Outcomes: What Can Baseball Tell the Nonprofit World About Measures and Measurement?
- Academy In Manayunk (AIM): Changing Learning Differences from Deficits to Assets
- Nonprofit Board Leadership: An Essential Ingredient for High-Impact Nonprofits
- Expanding the Reach of Youth Mentoring Through a Scalable Site-Based Model: Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania’s Beyond School Walls Program
- New Growers Alliance Is Another Link in the Local Food Chain
- Options in Leadership Transition
- The Mural Arts Program’s Restored Spaces Initiative: Engaging Philadelphia Youth in Multi-Faceted Community Enrichment
- A Means to Assess Social Investment Risk – and a Plea on Behalf of the People who Need Nonprofit Organizations to Deliver the Value they Promise
- The Next Gen: In Search of Sustainability
- The Battle for the Soul of the Nonprofit Sector
- The Death of Planning?
- Children’s Crisis Treatment Center (CcTC): Bringing Mental and Behavioral Health Care to Hard-to-Reach Populations
- Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP): Making Legal Representation Available to Vulnerable Groups
- Health Federation of Philadelphia: Better Client Outcomes Through Integrating Behavioral Health Care into Primary Care
- Congreso: Building Nonprofit Partnerships and Determining Their Financial Costs
- Using Income-Generating Activities to Educate Students for a Global Economy through 100% Market-Driven Education
- Is 2010 the Year We Will See Ineffective Nonprofits Go Away?
- Cause Marketing: An Innovative Fundraising Model
- Introducing Lean for Nonprofits
- Next Gen Nonprofits: Measuring the Mission
- The Bridgespan Group 2010 Knowledge Letter
- Social Innovations Tidbits
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- Graduate! Philadelphia: Turning Unused Credits into College Degrees
- How Social Enterprise Organizations Can Prosper in 2010
- For-profit Businesses with Nonprofit Ideals: An Experiment that Works at RHD
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