Nonprofit organizations across the country are navigating a period of significant uncertainty. Economic pressures, shifting philanthropic priorities, increased competition for charitable dollars, and growing community needs have made it more challenging than ever to...
Our supporters may recall that today is a special day for our organization. It is the day that the remarkable life of Mary Powell began. Well today, on Mary’s birthday, as we verified the service hours of another young volunteer, we made yet another...
As 2023 comes to an end, we are proud to recognize another shining example of a young student dedicated to helping others by volunteering her time and talent. Marlin worked with three separate organizations to share her time and her math and computer skills as a...
We met fifteen-year-old Juan, his mother Yanise and his younger sister Naliah at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia in the summer of 2022. Juan had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, a diagnosis that no boy or his mother and family should ever have to face....
We met Ellie and Matthew as a result of their volunteer work with the Marine Park Alliance, a non-profit organization in Brooklyn, NY dedicated to providing cultural, environmental and volunteer programming for the health and well-being of all...
We’re proud to announce that The Mary Powell Foundation is now the fiscal sponsor for the Inspiration Orlando United mural project. Inspiration Orlando United is a “living mural” project by Michael Pilato, Yuriy Karabash, and Chimene Pindar Hurst...
Rarely do we meet volunteers who are eligible for the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest level of the President’s Volunteer Service Award. That’s because it requires 4,000 hours of voluntary service to qualify. It takes a remarkably dedicated...
Tiffany is a bright H.S. student in New York City who is committed to volunteering her skills and compassion for the sake of others. Fascinated by books and numbers as a child, Tiffany has become quite knowledgeable in her own right as she’s gotten older. She...
It has been too long coming, but the Pentagon recently issued a directive to the U.S. Military to proceed with plans to rename nine Army bases in six states and hundreds of other items whose names honor the Confederacy by the end of 2023. The directive is, perhaps, a...
As we continue to rebound from the impact of the covid pandemic and are reminded daily about the dysfunction and evil that exists in our world, this day is one that serves annually to remind us of the good in the world and people like Mary Powell, born exactly 104...