top of page

Organization List

Fair Share Housing Center

Founded

1975

The Fair Share Housing Center is a non-profit legal and advocacy organization founded in 1975. Its core mission is to enforce the Mount Laurel Doctrine in New Jersey, which mandates that municipalities must provide their "fair share" of affordable housing. The Center fights housing discrimination and residential segregation, using legal and policy work to promote inclusive, equitable communities.

Greenpeace

Founded

1971

Greenpeace is an independent, global environmental organization founded in 1971. Its mission is to defend the natural world and promote a greener, more peaceful future. The organization uses non-violent direct action and creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, such as climate change and deforestation, and advocates for solutions. Crucially, it accepts donations only from individual supporters to ensure its complete financial independence from governments and corporations.

Philadelphia Office of Immigrant Affairs

Founded

2016

The Philadelphia Office of Immigrant Affairs (OIA) works to support and uplift immigrant communities in the city. It develops policies and programs that create access to services and opportunities, promotes language access, and helps ensure immigrants can fully participate in Philadelphia’s civic, economic, and cultural life.

Planned Parenthood

Founded

1916

Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that is the leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable healthcare for sexual and reproductive health in the United States. It also serves as the nation's largest provider of sex education.

The Public Interest Law Center

Founded

1969

The Public Interest Law Center is a non-profit law firm that uses high-impact legal strategies, including class-action lawsuits, advocacy, and community organizing, to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of marginalized communities. While based in Philadelphia, its landmark cases often set national precedents, particularly regarding disability rights and environmental justice.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Founded

1936

An American non-profit philanthropic organization, and the largest one focused solely on health. Its current mission is to transform health in the United States and achieve health equity, where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. It works to dismantle structural racism and other barriers to health through funding, convening, advocacy, and evidence-building.

Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project

Founded

2014

YSRP is inspired by the belief that no person is all good or all bad, and that no child should be defined by the worst thing he or she has ever done. The experiences of the young people, Juvenile Lifers and their families with whom we partner highlight the significant need for the services and supports YSRP was created to provide. Marcus, a 16 year-old boy tried as an adult said, “in criminal court, I felt like I was the smallest person in the room, with the biggest problem.” YSRP is driven by the goal of preventing additional children and families from surviving that same fate.

bottom of page