The week of

May 27, 2025

PHENND Events/Activities

Webinar: 25 Ideas for Summer of Service 2025 from Youth Service America – May 28

Youth Service America

Summer months bring long days, warm weather, school vacations – and great opportunities for kids to serve and families, camps, youth groups, and summer learning programs to plan community projects...

Other Local Events and Workshops

PHEAA Webinar: Deep Dive into Covering the Gap – Jun 10 or 26 or Jul 10 or 29

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA)

It’s crunch time. The semester bill I received from the school has a tight deadline. The format of the bill looks different from the aid offer I received a while back. Are there any costs I...

Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium (PEDC) Virtual Summit – Jun 24-26

Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium

The Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium (PEDC) Virtual Summit will take place June 24–26, 2025. Pennsylvania’s students deserve a diverse, inclusive educator workforce—and we’re taking...

New Resources

Webinar: 25 Ideas for Summer of Service 2025 from Youth Service America – May 28

Youth Service America

Summer months bring long days, warm weather, school vacations – and great opportunities for kids to serve and families, camps, youth groups, and summer learning programs to plan community projects...

Giving with Impact Podcast: Addressing Hunger in America: There’s very little resiliency left in the system

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Food pantries across the United States are experiencing rising demand and shrinking resources. Guests in this episode discuss these challenges, US public policy to alleviate hunger, and how donors...

New Report: Powering a Brighter Future in Pennsylvania (3rd Edition, 2025)

Generation180

A new report from nonprofit Generation180 reveals a powerful trend: the amount of solar energy installed by K-12 schools across Pennsylvania has more than tripled in the past decade. Find a list of...

Free Nonprofit Resources, Nonprofit Learning Lab

Nonprofit Learning Lab

Browse over 300+ hours of free nonprofit resources including downloadable guidebooks, nonprofit webinar series on diversity, equity, and inclusion, job boards, toolkits & equity guidance. These...

Proposed Changes to Thrifty Food Plan Could Dramatically Increase Poverty

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

In this Spotlight Exclusive, we speak with Anastasia Koutavas from Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy about the consequences of scaling back SNAP’s Thrifty Food Plan. Along...

National Conferences & Calls for Proposal

Call for Proposals: 2025 Conference on Global Learning – May 30

American Association of Colleges and Universities

Despite significant differences among national systems and local contexts, higher education institutions the world over share fundamental values and purposes that are now under considerable strain...

CUMU 2025 Conference Program Announced

Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

We are excited to announce the program for the 2025 CUMU (Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities) Conference: The Power of Place, October 26-29, 2025, Baltimore, MD. This year’s gathering...

Call for Proposals: Imagining America’s National Gathering – Jun 30

Imagining America

The Call for Proposals is now open for Imagining America’s National Gathering, October 3-5 in Las Cruces, with New Mexico State. This is a great opportunity to learn about and to engage public...

Grant Opportunities

Defining Democracy: The ‘1619’ Summer Incubator – Jun 19

Pulitzer Center

The Pulitzer Center is excited to announce our 1619 Education Initiative of 2025: the 1619 Summer Incubator. The Summer Incubator is a paid three-part teacher development program that invites...

Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities

Member Services & Volunteer Coordinator (Part-Time), Penn’s Village – Jun 11

Penn’s Village

Penn’s Village is a nonprofit organization that helps older adults in central Philadelphia stay active, independent, and connected to their community. We rely heavily on a dedicated network of...

High School Program 9-12 Teen Program Manager, Project HOME

Project HOME

The Teen Program Manager oversees the continued development, implementation, and evaluation of programs geared towards raising the academic, technology, college and trade school-readiness and...

High School Program Coordinator, Project HOME

Project HOME

Job Summary:   The High School Program and Internship Coordinator reports to the Teen and College Access Program Manager and ensures the likelihood of post-secondary success for students enrolled...

Deputy Health Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Public Health

City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH), with some 1000 staff and a budget of $350 million, promotes and protects the health of all Philadelphians and provides a safety net for the most...

Grant Accounting Manager, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging

Philadelphia Corporation for Aging

Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) is the designated Area Agency on Aging for Philadelphia, supporting the health, independence, and quality of life of older adults. PCA is substantially funded...

Miscellaneous

Online Grant Writing Certificate Program, Temple Harrisburg

Temple University Harrisburg

Are you ready to take your grant writing skills to the next level—and open more doors for your organization? The Grant Writing Certificate Program at Temple University Harrisburg is designed to...

Webinar: Spotlight on Women’s and Girls’ Causes: Landscape Analysis and Funding Strategies – Jun 4

Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)

Research shows that philanthropic support for organizations serving women and girls is disproportionately low compared to other issue areas. Why does this imbalance exist? What are organizations...

Webinar: Leadership Under Pressure How Higher Ed Is Responding to Mounting Challenges – Jun 5

American Association of Colleges and Universities

Join colleagues from AAC&U (American Association of Colleges and Universities) and Inside Higher Ed for a conversation about new and long-standing challenges facing colleges and...

Virtual Event: Rent Reporting as a Pathway to Credit Building – Jun 5

Urban Institute

It is exceedingly difficult to get by in the US economy without participating in the credit system. Rent reporting—providing data on tenant rental payments to at least one of the major consumer...

NYLC Certificate in Instructional Leadership in Service-Learning

National Youth Leadership Council

Are you looking to deepen your service-learning expertise and expand your impact as an instructional leader? The National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) is now enrolling participants in our...

June Early Literacy Workshop for Philadelphia Families – Jun 3

Literacy Partners

La Fuerza de Familias Latinas (LFFL) is excited to bring free virtual workshops to Spanish-speaking parents and caregivers of children ages 0–8 in Philadelphia! This June, we’re celebrating the...

Sustainability

New Report: Powering a Brighter Future in Pennsylvania (3rd Edition, 2025)

Generation180

A new report from nonprofit Generation180 reveals a powerful trend: the amount of solar energy installed by K-12 schools across Pennsylvania has more than tripled in the past decade. Find a list of...


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