Turning the Page

Luzerne, Pennsylvania Dress for Success Not long ago, Linda Armstrong-Loop, Founder and CEO of the Luzerne County branch of Dress for Success, received a letter from an inmate at a women’s correctional facility she’d provided library books to through a program...

Open Doors

Denver, Colorado Bright Future Foundation/Bright House Most domestic violence shelters across the U.S. are in undisclosed locations to protect the families escaping abusive situations staying there. Unfortunately, especially in small rural communities, it can be a...

Community Tables

Foodlink fills its community with more than food. Foodlink is proud to call itself one of the oldest food banks in the country, but it’s the organization’s forward thinking that sets it apart from similar nonprofits. “Rather than just handing out food, which we do as...

Finding Fellowship, Making Change

Sahar Jamal, founder and CEO of Maziwa and McGowan Fellow Class of 2019, recently followed up with the Fund after her moving speech at the 2023 McGowan Symposium on Business Leadership & Ethics. She discussed how listening to her community’s needs helped create a...

Home Grown

The Delores Project uses its big heart to make big goals a reality. Emily Wheeland, CEO of The Delores Project, has been with the Denver-based organization for almost 10 years now. She began her work with them in 2015 as an overnight shelter assistant and her...

Helping Hands

For almost 60 years, and with millions of pounds of food, the Commission on Economic Opportunity has been addressing community poverty in Northeast Pennsylvania. The Commission on Economic Opportunity’s motto is People Helping People. The saying is found again and...