After a summer heavy rain got Lor Holmes’s flight canceled, she finally made it to sunny Philadelphia. And, lucky me [Olga], I got to host her at my very own home in Chestnut Hill, along with Untours Foundation Director Elizabeth Killough and Board President Heather Van Dusen. Lor leads venture development and capitalization strategies at
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Meet Olga, our new Director of Donor Happiness. Olga Corrias Hancock has over a decade of experience in fundraising and alumni engagement in the field of higher education. She worked as the director of Advancement for the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the director of Alumni Relations
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Some of our investments are with organizations and upstarts you have never heard of. Some are small businesses, and some are tiny. We support the little guy and work to fund entrepreneurs who do not have access to the typical financial institutions. With this, we accept more risk to be activists for an economy that
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Michigan based Rende Progress Capital is the recipient of the foundation’s most recent loan. Rende is a Community Development Financial Institute or CDFI, a mouthful either way! CDFIs include a variety of banking institutions that provide credit and financial services to low-wealth communities. They are a great place to put savings, receive interest on that
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I never appreciated Mister Rogers all these years aside from the very cheap thrill I’d get walking through his actual neighborhood on my way to grad school. That changed after seeing the documentary, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” I keep coming back to this film in my mind. Columnist David Brooks wrote in The New
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Witness to Innocence is celebrating its 15th year of fighting for an end to the death penalty. For those who may not be familiar with their work, Witness to Innocence was founded by SIster Helen Prejean and Ray Krone; she is an internationally renowned anti-death penalty activist and he is the 100th person exonerated from
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Our 2018 UnGala was an unbridled success. We were thrilled to have Untourists, investees, investors, supporters and Foundation family all in one room. The energy was amazing. Thank you to Jay and Randi Coen Gilbert for opening their home to all of us. Our 2018 UnDreamed Of Award winner was Yve-Car Momperousse of Kreyol Essence.
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When Catherine first moved to Philly, having access to healthy, local food was already a priority for her. She was enamored with her new community on the southern edge of the city where people from all walks of life seemed to converge, with over 40 languages spoken among them! She wanted to be intentional about
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That’s right, The 2018 UnGala, a celebration of the Untours Foundation family, is soon upon us! The theme this year is “The House of Untours” — despite our low-key and frugal ways, we want to show off some fantastic ethical fashion from our investee wearwell. This year will feature Melissa Lee, an Untours Foundation
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It’s been quite a few years since Untours Travel and the Foundation created a brochure together, but we figured it was about time. We are, after all, two sides of the same coin, and we support each other in innumerable ways. We’re excited to give you a preview here in digital form…but more importantly, if
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