REIMAGINING IMPACT: LEAPING OR CREEPING INTO TRUST-BASED PHILANTHROPY?
This virtual panel discussion on Thursday, April 28th at 7 p.m., will feature Kendra Van de Water, co-founder YEAH Philly; Maria Kolby-Wolfe, President and CEO of Washington Women’s Foundation (WaWF); and Mary Broach, co-founder Impact100 Philadelphia; moderated by Kimberly Kirn, Impact100 Executive Director. Watch the recording here.
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Kendra Van de Water is the co-founder of Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout (YEAH), a Black-led, community-based nonprofit that works with teens and young adults in West & Southwest Philadelphia to address root causes of violence with a focus on community investment, peer led conflict resolution and mediation, and economic opportunities. In 2021, YEAH received $10,000 from Impact100's inaugural Community Awards program. Kendra is a licensed social worker and her professional background and expertise include clinical and policy work in jails and prisons across the country. She previously served as the director of the Intrafamilial Homicide Initiative at the Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia where she focused on resource development for survivors of homicide. In 2015, she was awarded a graduate internship at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to help improve access for medication-assisted treatment in jails and prisons across the country. Kendra serves on the Temple University College of Public Health Alumni Association Board of Directors and is the Co-chair of the DEI committee.
Mary Broach has more than 30 years’ experience in the nonprofit sector. At two universities and three small nonprofit organizations, she engaged in all aspects of running an organization, including financial management, fundraising, communications, operations, and strategic planning. Since 2009, Mary has worked as an organizational development consultant, partnering with clients in the nonprofit and technology sectors on strategic planning and managing organizational change. In 2008, when Beth Dahle suggested they start an Impact100 in Philadelphia, Mary agreed immediately. Beth, Mary, and seven other founding board members established Impact100’s grant-making, membership, and organizational structure. In 2021, she led Impact100’s pilot Community Awards program and was awarded PathwaysPA’s 2009 Trailblazer Award and the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Philadelphia Chapter’s 2010 New Generation Philanthropist of the Year.
Maria Kolby-Wolfe is President and CEO of Washington Women’s Foundation (WaWF) and a part-time instructor at the University of Washington in Nonprofit Management. Previous to WaWF Maria served in a variety of development and communication roles at Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Seattle Symphony, Path with Art, ACT Theatre, the Museum of Pop Culture, and Swedish Medical Center Foundation. She sits on various boards, including TeamChild, Rainier Valley Food Bank, and the Global Leadership Forum. Maria was raised in Bellingham, WA, graduated from the University of Puget Sound, and achieved doctoral candidacy in American History at Northwestern University. Her passions and beliefs align directly with her work: Food, Art, and Justice for All.
Kimberly Kirn is Executive Director of Impact 100 Philadelphia, a grant-making organization that engages women to collectively fund large grants and community awards. For more than 20 years, Kim has worked to help individuals and communities engage with the social issues that matter to them. She began her career as a legislative correspondent for then-Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., then returned to her hometown to serve in a variety of leadership roles within Philadelphia’s nonprofit community. She was Executive Director of Need in Deed, a city-wide organization that connects classrooms with their communities, from 2012-2018 and has provided strategic and capacity-building support to the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy and the Free Library of Philadelphia. Kim holds a masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College’s Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute and a 2010 Leadership Philadelphia Fellow. Kim lives in Center City with her husband and two growing boys.