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05.29.2018

Catalyst Grantee Profile: Nerdy Media

Nerdy Media Interview with Nerdy Media‘s Executive Director, La Toia Brown. Organization Mission: Nerdy Media’s missions is to empower individuals with the know-how to not only take advantage of opportunity, but to create it for themselves. Population Served: Our ...

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05.15.2018

Catalyst Grantee Profile: Ardea Arts (BOUNCE: The Basketball Opera)

Ardea Arts (BOUNCE: The Basketball Opera) Interview with Ardea Arts’ Founding Artistic & Executive Director, Grethe Barrett Holby. Organization Mission: Ardea Arts creates and produces provocative new works of opera and music-theater to entertain, challenge and inspire ...

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05.01.2018

Catalyst Grantee Profile: Root & Rebound

Root & Rebound Interview with Root & Rebound‘s Founder & Executive Director, Katherine Katcher. Organization Vision: Root & Rebound envisions a world where a criminal record is not a life sentence and where people with past involvement ...

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04.11.2018

Catalyst Grantee Profile: Thistle Farms

Thistle Farms Interview with Thistle Farms‘ Development Director, Heather Davis. Organization Mission: Thistle Farms’ vision is to heal, empower, and employ women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. We do this by providing safe and supportive housing, ...

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03.06.2018

Catalyst Grantee Profile: Symphony for a Broken Orchestra

Temple Contemporary: Symphony for a Broken Orchestra Organization Mission: To creatively re-imagine the social function of art Population Served: students, greater Philadelphia community, Temple University community Founding Year: 2011 (Temple Contemporary) Organization Website: www.templecontemporary.org; www.symphonyforabrokenorchestra.org   Please provide ...

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02.06.2018

Catalyst Grantee Profile: Guitars Over Guns

Guitars Over Guns Interview with Guitar’s Over Guns Regional Director, Andrew DeMuro. Organization Vision: Guitars Over Guns Organization (GOGO) believes all young people should have the opportunity to reach their full potential through the transformative nature of ...

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01.08.2018

Catalyst Grantee Profile: St. Mary's Health Wagon

St. Mary’s Health Wagon Interview with St Mary’s Health Wagon Executive Director, Dr. Teresa Gardner Tyson, on why she started the organization and what she is thinking about. Background Organization Vision: To provide compassionate, quality health care to ...

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2017 Catalyst Grants
01.05.2018

2017 Catalyst Grants

Every year, through our Catalyst program, we select a small group of organizations that inspire us by creatively working to solve entrenched or chronic social issues in new and promising ways, and send each organization an ...

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