To support the Fifth Annual Gathering of Leaders, "Boy, Don't You Turn Back: The Power of Resilience", which convenes up to 300 educational practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and allies focused on effective schooling for boys and young men of color
To launch a digital platform (Change By Us) that changes the fundamental nature of the relationship between citizens and their local governments by engaging them in decision making and service delivery
To support a program that increases engagement and transparency in government by asking top developers and designers to become CFA fellows, giving a year of service in city governments, including two Knight communities
To commission two new vibrant, stylish works by accomplished choreographers Tobin del Coure and Roger Jeffrey in collaboration with the Jerome Robbins Foundation New Essential Work Program which is coordinated by Damian Woetzel
To advance universal access and digital literacy in Philadelphia by supporting the preparation of broadband stimulus funding applications by the Digital Philadelphia Broadband Initiative (DPBI)