The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation invests in the vitality of the U.S. communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers, including Philadelphia. The Knight Foundation focuses on projects with the potential to create transformational change.

Philadelphia LISC is a local program of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, (LISC), a national non-profit development organization dedicated to transforming distressed neighborhoods into healthy, sustainable communities of choice and opportunity. Philadelphia LISC works with Community Development Organizations (CDCs), to provide the tools and programs needed to initiate positive change and transform neighborhoods into healthy, vibrant communities.

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry is the state agency dedicated to improving the quality of life and economic security of Pennsylvania’s workers and businesses. Through a variety of programs, services and initiatives, Labor & Industry works to create a highly educated and skilled workforce to help the commonwealth’s businesses remain competitive in the global economy.

Founded in 1999, the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board is a volunteer commission appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia with the legislated responsibility to govern the public workforce system in the city, including the CareerLink Centers. The organization’s vision is a thriving and inclusive regional economy and its mission is to advocate and advance a demand-driven opportunity agenda that effectively prepares Philadelphians to compete in the economic mainstream.

Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation is a Quaker-based, philanthropic, grant-making foundation committed to raising its voice to improve the system through which behavioral healthcare is delivered in the Philadelphia region.

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania is part of a national network of more than 1,300 locally governed organizations that work to create lasting positive changes in communities and in people’s lives. United Way engages the community to identify the underlying causes of the most significant local issues, develops strategies and pulls together financial and human resources to address them, and measure the results. United Way is advancing the common good in southeastern Pennsylvania by focusing on education for children,income for families and health for seniors.

The William Penn Foundation, founded in 1945 by Otto and Phoebe Haas, is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the Greater Philadelphia region through efforts that foster rich cultural expression, strengthen children’s futures, and deepen connections to nature and community. In partnership with others, the Foundation works to advance a vital, just, and caring community.