The american philosophical society, the oldest learned society in the united states, was founded in 1743 by benjamin franklin for the purpose of "promoting useful knowledge." in the 21st century the society sustains this mission with various programs described further within.

The mission of the pennsylvania prison society is to protect the health, safety, and dignity of all incarcerated people and their families.

To discover & prepare promising young singers for successful international careers as opera soloists

Publication of academic research; sponsoring conferences and symposia; recognition of stellar accomplishments in the social sciences.

We preserve and celebrate our scientific and technological culture and make it accessible for investigation and knowledge creation.

A public school serving students in grades k through 8.

Defend and sustain the individual rights of all americans to free speech and free thought- the most essential qualities of liberty.

To inspire new generations of musical leaders by enabling artists of diverse ages, nationalities and perspectives to form a nurturing, closely-knit community devoted to the intensive exploration of chamber music.

The friends neighborhood guild provides social service programs for residents.

Yeahs mission is to creat safe and authentic hangout spaces by providing culturaly relevant engagement and implementing teen led interventions to address the root causes of violence.

To provide permanent supportive hsg for veterans that are at risk of homelessness or homeless veterans and their families to become self

To commission, perform, and record new choral music.

The graduate network ("tgn") is a national think and do tank catalyzing movement toward educational equity.

To provide training, resources, and environment to help new and established businesses address the difficulties of starting, maintaining, and navigating the necessary changes needed to foster successful business growth and economic betterment of the lancaster avenue corridor and the city of philadelphia.

Sharing excess (se) is a philadelphia-based nonprofit that uses surplus food as a solution to scarcity. while over 40 million people in the us face food insecurity, nearly 40% of the nation's food supply is going to waste. our mission is to solve the logistical barrier between excess and scarcity by partnering with retailers, wholesalers, and farmers to deliver surplus food to a network of non-profit organizations that alleviate local food insecurity.

Philadelphia soccer 2026 (ps2026) is an independent, nonprofit organization chartered in 2020. ps2026 has been designated as the organization to supervise and implement philadelphias bid to host the fifa world cup (fifa) matches in 2026. ps2026 has engaged in a campaign to drive public engagement, increase bid awareness, and manage requests from fifa. philadelphia will have an important opportunity to promote human rights and have a social impact in a significant way if selected as a host city for fifa

To train and send missionaries to share their faith with the communities they serve

The kensington corridor trust works closely with community stakeholders and residents to develop a new model for increasing neighborhood control, focusing on fueling the kensington avenue corridor as an economic engine that can drive stability and economic prosperity in the neighborhood. the organization recognizes how critical the development of physical space is to overcoming poverty and will leverage the areas physical assets (transportation infrastructure, walkability, availability of properties) and neighborhood strengths (mobilized residents, strong neighborhood-based organization) to create lasting change.

Use art to educateempowerconnecthealcultivate leaders who have a strong sense of community selfawareness social responsibility