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Watch the PennPAC Town Hall!
On January 19th, PennPAC held our very first virtual Town Hall! Over 100 Penn alumni and friends attended to learn more about PennPAC’s volunteer opportunities, accomplishments and goals for the New Year. In case you missed all or some of the event, you can view the recording.
Celebrating a Year of Gratitude!
This year has been an incredible opportunity to rise up in the face of crisis and forge ahead with success. A big thank you to our Board, volunteers, nonprofit clients, and donors! We couldn’t do it without you.
PennPAC is ready for 2021! We expect the new year to bring record-level interest in our services to nonprofit organizations. As we launch our Annual Appeal, we hope that you will support our efforts to serve as many organizations as possible in 2021. Donate to PennPAC.
Our Most Successful ImPACt Event to Date!
On November 12th, we held our most ambitious – and successful – ImPACt event to date! With 35 PennPAC volunteers and facilitators in attendance, we were able to assist four nonprofits – COPE Foundation, Documented, Flex Dance Program, and Qualitas of Life Foundation – with a range of operations, marketing and development challenges.
A big thank you to all of our volunteers who participated! We are always so impressed with your eagerness to roll up your sleeves and dive right into the work.
PennPAC Annual Report 2019-2020
The PennPAC Annual Report 2019-2020 is now available! Read more about our year of growth and strength.
We Have Big News!
We are so excited to announce that PennPAC has been selected by the University to be a Shared Interest Group (SIG)! The University’s vast reach will enable PennPAC to communicate our opportunities to many more in the alumni community. Read the University’s press release.
We thank our many strong advocates for making this partnership a reality!
Meet the New Members of Our Advisory Board
We want to extend a big welcome to the three newest members of PennPAC’s Advisory Board!
Tobi Bosede (SAS ’11), Crystal Caligiuri (WH ’99), and Vivien Hoexter (WG ’86) each bring a different skill set and perspective to our Advisory Board. They are eager to grow our organization, increase our visibility and, of course, continue supporting PennPAC as we serve our local, nonprofit communities.
Spotlight on PennPAC’s Coaching Program
The PennPAC Coaching Program has taken off! We provide targeted guidance from a small group of experienced leaders often to start-up or small nonprofits. Many clients are President’s Engagement Prize winners or otherwise connected to the Penn community.
Over the past year, PennPAC has supported six organizations – Chicago Furniture Bank, Collective Climb, Getz Movin, Global Fund for Widows (image), Rebound Liberia, and The Unscripted Project. With varying missions and needs, these nonprofits are working to improve their local communities.
A Proven Model
“We saw a 44% year over year increase in December funds raised following our annual Thanksgiving appeal designed by PennPAC.”
“Following PennPAC’s recommendations on messaging, donations at our annual luncheon increased by 65% over last year.”
“The expert team of PennPAC gave us a tremendous boost of confidence that yanked us out of the worst financial year ever, and energized our annual appeal campaign to bring us a 50% increase over the past year.”
“Due to our PennPAC engagement, our revenue increased by 31% for the following fiscal year and we have been able to hire additional staff. The pricing model developed for determining those program fees has been indispensable.”