updates & stories

The latest edition of The Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal has been released! The Summer edition focuses on Partnerships Toward...

I just made my first loan through Kiva (www.kiva.org). I lent money to a woman farmer named Maricel. Marciel lives in the Philippines...

I participated in a teleconference call today sponsored by Bolder Giving and featuring Diane Feeney. Diane’s father is Chuck Feeney, the...

The Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal edition “Innovations in Education” featuring over 50 local, regional, and national...

We’ve all been captivated and struck by the devastation in Japan. Glued to our televisions and computers we can’t help but watch and...

harp-weaver LLC was just featured in Chestnut Hill magazine, Life on the Hill. It provides a good overview of services provided and bit...

ImpactBase is a new online search tool, created to bring greater information and efficiency to the marketplace for impact investing...

Today is Valentine’s Day. It is a day meant to celebrate love shared. On this Valentine’s Day I write about loved shared between two...

I have been researching and meeting with people involved in social impact investing and I am convinced that this emerging asset class is...

I love to explore. I love seeing where one Google search takes me. I love how watching one TED talk by the founder of the Acumen Fund,...

Over the course of the past couple of weeks I have come to know two wonderful women – Abigail Sandler and Sue Hoag Badeau. These two...

New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) and Global Partnership presented the results of a philanthropy survey sent to over 600 single and...

Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in Kenya to encourage rural women and farmers to plant trees to protect the environment...

Last night I had the opportunity to watch the movie Extraordinary Measures and meet John Crowley, activist and entrepreneur. ...

Philanthropic journeys come in different forms. I participated in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day For The Cure in Philadelphia this past weekend....

They are looking to leverage their structure – technology, donors, relationships – to address other social problems. The idea is that...

Five years away from 2015 members of the United Nations met last week in New York for the Millennium Summit. There was an outcome...

I have been meaning to write about a new project in Philadelphia receiving much attention. It is called The Philadelphia School Project....

I just read a wonderful article by Maryann Fernandez in preparation for a conference call on Planning a Philanthropic Trip. Fernandez is...

As I wrote previously, from time to time I will reference the wonderful Pledge Letters from The Giving Pledge project. These letters are...