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Nonprofit 路 Online
A mentoring nonprofit for young people in Philadelphia. It pairs boys in grades 2 to 12 with mentors, runs leadership and financial literacy programs, and offers a college prep group for students heading to Lincoln or Cheyney University.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 River Wards
A college and career readiness nonprofit that works inside partner Philadelphia high schools, helping students plan for college and jobs after 12th grade.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northwest
A nonprofit that brings schools and local employers together so students in grades 6 to 12 can build job and college readiness through real community projects with professional partners.
Last seen active: May 2025
Program 路 Central
A free after-school program that puts Philadelphia-area high school students on teams with architects, engineers, and construction professionals. Teams work on mock and real design challenges and attend career and professional development sessions.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 West
Achieveability is a nonprofit working to end generational poverty for West Philadelphia families through housing help, mentoring, workshops, and job support. The City also lists it as a Neighborhood Advisory Committee and a registered community organization.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 West
A West Philadelphia nonprofit that works to lift families out of poverty through education, affordable housing, and support services. It runs family programs and invites volunteers.
Last seen active: April 2026
Student group
Penn undergraduates who give the admissions office a student point of view and work with staff on projects that come out of it.
Last seen active: September 2024
Network or meetup 路 Central
The Greater Philadelphia chapter of the fundraising professionals association. It holds coffee talks, workshops and a yearly National Philanthropy Day event.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A Philadelphia nonprofit that offers community services, including immigration and legal help, health checks, workforce and construction training, digital skills classes, and youth workshops.
Last seen active: October 2026
Network or meetup 路 Central
The Philadelphia chapter of a national association of government accountants and public finance professionals. It offers continuing education trainings, public events, student outreach, and community service.
Last seen active: November 2025
Network or meetup 路 Central
The Philadelphia chapter of a national group of Black social workers. It offers professional development and advocacy, plus a place to build strategies for community well-being. Members include social welfare professionals and people from other fields.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
Penn's Epsilon Rho chapter of a national business fraternity. Students from every undergraduate school at Penn are members, and the chapter gives back to campus and the city.
Last active date not known yet
Student group 路 University Southwest
Penn's student chapter of a national association for students of architecture.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northwest
A Philadelphia nonprofit that uses weddings and celebrations to offer jobs and counseling referrals to women who survived intimate partner violence or human trafficking. Supporters can give monthly or attend its annual gala.
Last seen active: November 2025
Nonprofit 路 Central
A nonprofit that brings together Asian American and Pacific Islander business owners in the Philadelphia area. It runs workshops and networking, helps members with marketing and government relations, and holds galas and awards.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student group at Penn Carey Law for students interested in Asian American and Pacific American legal issues. It helps members grow in their studies, careers, and personal lives, and it hosts programs and a yearly conference.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student group for Penn undergraduates who want to teach. It runs events and a mentoring program with Penn's Graduate School of Education, and students sign up through an online interest form.
Last seen active: September 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
A regional chapter of a professional group for people who restore and care for historic buildings. It covers Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware, and holds about one event a month.
Last seen active: May 2026
Student group 路 University Southwest
A Penn student group focused on the path to dental school for Black students, with mentorship, guides for applicants, and a free online dental assistant academy.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A volunteer-run group that supports women in forensic science and offers a Saturday forensic science program for young people, along with school and group workshops.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A Philadelphia nonprofit for young people that runs mentoring and leadership programs, including literacy, mock job interviews, and a scholarship. It also runs service events such as a toy drive and a movie night.
Last seen active: May 2025
Nonprofit 路 Central
A membership group for lawyers and court staff who practice before the federal appeals court for the Third Circuit. It runs appellate programs and receptions, and publishes a newsletter and a practice guide.
Last seen active: March 2026
Nonprofit 路 North Delaware
An advocacy group that offers support, education, and workshops for people of all ages. Its programs cover mental health and well-being, life skills, leadership, and money skills, and it says it has served communities for more than 20 years.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
The undergraduate professional society for students in Penn's bioengineering program. It links students with faculty and runs social nights, career talks and networking events.
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Student group
A group for Black students in planning and design at Penn. It offers mentorship, pushes for fairer policies in the field, and connects current students, prospective students and alumni.
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Student group
A Penn student group that builds community for Black students who want research careers. It offers networking, career development, and mentoring.
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Student group
A Penn group that helps undergraduates start their own ventures. Its main program is a 10-week incubator for Black founders, which teaches startup basics and helps students build a first product.
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Network or meetup 路 University Southwest
A professional network for Black women working in computational and quantitative biology. Members get a community, seminars, a member directory, and a podcast.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
An alliance of Black women in education, founded in 1976, with a Philadelphia chapter. It runs a scholarship fund and is holding its 50th anniversary national convention in November 2026.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
A Penn student group for students who want careers in finance and business, with a focus on students who are underrepresented in those fields. It offers community, learning resources and networking, and welcomes students with no finance background.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 North Delaware
Neighbors and community leaders who run a weekly food pantry and shower service, hold block cleanups, ran a holiday toy drive, and offer mental health first aid training. Their work on violence prevention and job readiness is still mostly in planning.
Last seen active: October 2026
Program
A fall course for young professionals who want to learn nonprofit board service. It covers governance, fundraising and finance, and ends with a meeting with Philadelphia nonprofits looking for board members.
Last seen active: September 2026
Program 路 Upper North
A five week course that trains business and nonprofit professionals for board service, then matches some of them with arts and culture nonprofits. Fees apply.
Last seen active: May 2024
Neighborhood or civic group 路 Upper North
Chew and Belfield Neighbors Club is a nonprofit founded in 1981 that runs neighborhood cleanups, free tutoring and classes, and job help, and holds a free summer clothing and furniture giveaway.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central Northeast
A nonprofit that helps Chinese Americans with business. It offers business education, networking events and grant-writing help, and it runs an awards program.
Last seen active: September 2026
Program
A public directory of the City's advisory boards and commissions, for example the Civic Design Review Board, the Housing Advisory Board and the Commission on Faith Based and Interfaith Affairs, most unpaid, that a resident can ask to serve on.
Last seen active: July 2026
Student group
Penn students who do free consulting and policy projects for environmental groups and companies. Members also build climate careers through workshops, pitch contests, and networking trips.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A Penn chapter that helps first-generation and low-income students grow professionally through mentorship, career meetings, and joint events with other chapters.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
A Penn student group that helps college and high school students manage money and work toward financial independence. It is a chapter of a national nonprofit.
Last active date not known yet
Club 路 River Wards
A student-facing financial education group that runs money workshops and gives members chances to teach financial literacy at local high schools.
Last active date not known yet
Program 路 Central
A department of the Urban Affairs Coalition that helps lower and moderate income families with homebuying, foreclosure prevention and money skills. It offers free financial education workshops that groups can request, and a free hotline for homeowners who are behind on payments.
Last seen active: May 2026
Nonprofit
Connects Philadelphia nonprofits with business professionals. Volunteers can join a consulting team for four to eight months, guide a nonprofit leader for eight weeks, or serve on a nonprofit board after training.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
The computer science student society at Penn, founded in 1991. It runs social events, interview prep panels, and hackjams for CS students.
Last seen active: September 2018
Nonprofit
A coalition of Greater Philadelphia medical schools that works to bring more people from diverse backgrounds into medicine. It runs a yearly equity summit, a pre-med pathway for college sophomores, and a mentorship network.
Last seen active: April 2026
Student group
A student-run consulting group that gives free strategy help to Philadelphia small businesses, nonprofits, and startups. Members build consulting skills while they serve the community.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Central
The local chapter of the CPCU Society, a group for insurance professionals. Members meet, take Society courses, and go to chapter events such as an October industry discussion.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
A career training nonprofit for people with limited access to jobs. Participants take a 24 week set of skills modules in construction-related skills, computer literacy, project management and entrepreneurship, then can join optional team projects.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
The youth division of Creating Opportunities for All, for middle and high school students ages 12 to 20. Students learn construction, architecture and engineering software skills and work on hands-on projects such as affordable housing and tiny homes.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A nonprofit that runs science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning, trains teachers, provides educators to K to 12 schools, and helps adults build work skills.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A Center City nonprofit that handles the paperwork for more than 90 creative projects and rents affordable desk space to cultural workers.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
A student-run debate team at Penn that competes in American Parliamentary and British Parliamentary debate. It also takes part in tournaments that bring together college and high school debaters.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 River Wards
A business group in Philadelphia that helps Latino entrepreneurs start and grow small businesses. It offers business training, webinars, and help finding financing.
Last active date not known yet
Club 路 Central
A Toastmasters club that meets at midday at the Dr. Constance E. Clayton Education Center on North Broad Street, a School District of Philadelphia building. Visits are free, but the listing says membership may have professional or educational requirements.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 South
The Philadelphia chapter of a national group for employee assistance professionals. It holds membership meetings and helps members and students with the costs of training.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit
A group that supports women and girls through learning and college events, with quarterly meetings and a way to volunteer or donate.
Last seen active: January 2024
Student group
A Penn student group that gives consulting help to education programs and startups, on projects such as tutoring, college readiness, and school funding.
Last seen active: January 2026
Nonprofit 路 Online
A nonprofit that supports families after a hit and run crash, with help for funeral and medical costs, family advocates for court hearings, and a crisis team that meets with families. It also lists a push for safer neighborhoods.
Last seen active: January 2023
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
A Philadelphia nonprofit that offers one-on-one reading and math tutoring, adult education, career planning and job placement, mentoring, and health and wellness help. You start each one with a request form or a phone call.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Online
A peer-led group in Philadelphia that runs mental health trainings, including the WRAP wellness planning seminar and Mental Health First Aid. It also offers forensic peer support and a small business training program.
Last seen active: June 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
A nonprofit lender and business coach for small businesses in Philadelphia and Chester. It runs workshops and business-start programs that the public can sign up for through its events calendar.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 North
A council for people who run family child care, which means caring for children in their own homes. Members join through an online form on the council's website.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A group of defense lawyers who practice federal criminal law in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Members meet for continuing legal education seminars and luncheons, and the group shares news about member cases and legal issues.
Last seen active: November 2025
Network or meetup 路 West Park
A national network of Christian women in ministry. It offers leadership training, peer support, and fellowship, with monthly online gatherings and quarterly in-person gatherings in Philadelphia.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 North Delaware
A nonprofit that offers life skills workshops, career coaching, low-cost therapy, and wellness workshops for young adults. The site says these programs serve people ages 17 to 25 who identify as a minority, and it shares resources to help them prepare for adult life.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A Penn student chapter of a national nonprofit that tutors Philadelphia high school students in money skills and investing, and helps them make a final investment plan.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Online
The Philadelphia chapter of the Financial Planning Association, a professional group that brings together almost 500 local financial planners. It offers talks, networking and a mentorship program that pairs newer planners with experienced ones.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
A Penn student group that links students from many fields to the wider global AI community. It also connects AI work with industry and investors.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A nonprofit that brings together Philadelphia's international community. It runs a World Heritage City project, a global directory, a program for emerging international journalists, and a young professionals network.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
A student-run consulting group at Wharton. Members work on real problems for global clients in many industries and build a close group of students who want hands-on experience.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A Philadelphia nonprofit that teaches money skills and homebuying readiness through workshops and a nine-month cohort, and gives grants to families facing hardship.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
Penn's largest student political group, built around all-party discussion. It runs a discussion group, debate and speaker events, a student political review, and a policy advocacy forum with a yearly trip to Washington.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
Penn's government for grad and professional students. It handles advocacy, programs, and funding for students, and it fills seats on university committees.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
A nonprofit career support group for job seekers in the Philadelphia area. It holds expert panels, skill workshops and peer meetups, and publishes free career resources.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
A network for women that runs peer advisory groups, a members' circle, and grant programs for women's ideas. Members meet, learn together and support each other.
Last seen active: September 2026
Network or meetup 路 Upper Northwest
A group of educators and school leaders serving preschool through 8th grade. They meet to plan diversity and inclusion work, hold summits, and share ideas with schools that have small budgets or no diversity staff.
Last seen active: April 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
A nonprofit film commission that works to bring movie, TV and video productions to the Philadelphia region. It also runs a Filmmakers Program with seminars and training for people who want to work in film.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Central
A regional group for law librarians and legal information workers in the Philadelphia area. It runs educational events and a spring institute, and it keeps a member directory, a job board and a members forum.
Last seen active: May 2026
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
A Philadelphia nonprofit that runs youth programs on health and fitness, career and college readiness, and juvenile justice awareness.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 North Delaware
A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps new immigrants, especially Haitian Americans, with English instruction, job search and business startup help, and immigration referrals.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A nonprofit institute that runs health and technology training, including biomedical equipment repair, pharmacy services, and nursing assistant courses. It also builds links between schools and partners abroad for exchanges and study trips.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Southwest
A Philadelphia charity that supports families, children and childcare providers through mentoring, coaching, training workshops and scholarships for childcare tuition. It also holds community drives and fundraisers.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A help center for neighbors who need a hand with basic needs. It offers food, clothing, back-to-school supplies, help applying for grants and aid, job search support, and referrals to other services.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Central
The Philadelphia chapter of a national group for people who work in hospitality finance and technology. It holds chapter meetings and education events, and it supports local hospitality students with a scholarship.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Central
A professional group for Hispanic and Latino lawyers, law students and others who care about the community. Its Legal Education Fund gives scholarships.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
The Penn chapter of HOSA (Future Health Professionals), for students planning careers in health. Students can sign up with an interest form for the 2026 to 2027 cycle.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 West Park
A Philadelphia ministry that runs education, wealth-building workshops, and spiritual development programs for families facing hard times.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 University Southwest
The Philadelphia chapter of the International Game Developers Association. It holds free monthly meetings where local game makers give talks, with networking time first. Meetings are in person at Drexel or online.
Last seen active: May 2026
Program 路 Central
A Philadelphia group that teaches money and investing skills to people in low-income and underserved communities. Its weekly investment club meets on Zoom, and it keeps an archive of past club meetings.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A Philadelphia foundation for veterans moving back into civilian life. Its housing and career help pages say full details are coming soon, and it takes applications for scholarships for veterans' descendants.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A business and investing group for Jewish students and their allies. It connects members with each other and offers professional development.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
The Penn chapter of Olami's pre-health group for Jewish undergraduates who are aiming for medicine, dentistry, nursing, or other health careers. It offers mentoring, research and internship leads, and social events.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student-run group that helps Penn undergraduates get ready for law school and a legal career. Members can join a board, a committee, or as general members.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A nonprofit that brings lessons on money, work, and starting a business into schools and after-school programs. Volunteers from many kinds of jobs teach short classes and guide hands-on activities such as a budgeting simulation.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Online
A volunteer group for women that takes new members each year through a New Member Program. It holds information sessions before people apply, so you can learn what it is like first.
Last seen active: September 2026
Program 路 Central
An online matching tool where professionals volunteer their skills for local nonprofits. Typical projects include marketing plans, websites and graphic design.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A faith-based service ministry that offers counseling, mentoring, job skills training, money training, and parenting workshops. The ministry says it serves people who may or may not attend church.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 West
A Philadelphia group that works with girls ages 8 to 17 on mentoring, money skills and wellness. It holds public events such as skate nights, money workshops and pop-ups.
Last seen active: April 2026
Neighborhood or civic group 路 University Southwest
A community development group for the Lancaster Avenue corridor in West Philadelphia. It helps small businesses start and grow, and as a registered community organization it gives neighbors a place to hear about zoning and development projects and respond.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 North Delaware
A community nonprofit that offers family events, childcare, life skills and job readiness help, and referrals for health and mental health care. Its website lists these services without dates or costs, and its education classes are listed as coming soon.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Central
A Greater Philadelphia association for legal recruiters and legal staff who work in private law firms. Members meet regularly for career development programs.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps low-income neighbors with everyday needs such as food, back to school supplies and footwear, and runs volunteer service days.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
The student society for materials science and engineering at Penn. It runs social events, academic workshops, and mentoring, and it works with the department to improve undergraduate life.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student society at Penn for undergraduates interested in law and the Middle East and North Africa. It offers pre-law mentorship, networking, and discussion of regional affairs.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A business council that links Mid-Atlantic companies with partners in Eurasia, mostly through trade events, seminars and delegations. It also holds public cultural and remembrance events, including programs about people who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
A student group that supports pre-med students from groups that are under-represented in medicine. It offers study sessions, shadowing and mentorship from medical students, and volunteer work.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Southwest
A community organization that works to reduce violence and poverty and to improve living conditions for underserved communities. Its listed programs include literacy, after school, mentorship, vocational training and youth services.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
Penn's competitive mock trial team, active since 1996. Members learn courtroom debate and acting, and the team travels to tournaments around the country.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student group that runs a four-day conference where high school students debate bills. It also holds speaker events and panels on how Congress works.
Last seen active: April 2026
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A nonprofit that helps Black and Brown women start and grow businesses in the Philadelphia region, with office hours, skill-building, and help getting funding.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
Wharton's student venture capital club. Members practice finding, researching, and recommending startups for investment, working alongside investors.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Central
A membership network for people who work in and support Philadelphia museums. Members get a job bank, mentoring, small grants and events, and they can join committees or the board.
Last seen active: August 2026
Student group
A Penn student group for people interested in the music business. It holds meetings, speaker events, concerts, mentorship, and internship recruiting.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Central
The Philadelphia chapter of a national group for Asian American professionals. It holds career, leadership and networking events, and members can volunteer for community service.
Last seen active: December 2025
Nonprofit 路 Central
The Philadelphia chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists. It holds membership meetings on the first Wednesday of the month, runs chapter events, and helps fund a scholarship.
Last seen active: March 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
The Philadelphia chapter of a national professional network for Black MBA holders and students. Members can use its career network and job listings, and its Leaders of Tomorrow program works with high school students.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
Penn's chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. It helps Black STEM students grow academically and in their careers through workshops, company networking, and social events.
Last seen active: October 2024
Network or meetup
Connects LEADERSHIP Philadelphia alumni and Fellows with regional nonprofits that need board members. It offers introductions, short volunteer projects and one-time board observations.
Last seen active: October 2025
Student group 路 University Southwest
A Penn program, run with the Netter Center and the Wharton Undergraduate Division, that pairs student teams with Philadelphia nonprofits for year-long projects.
Last active date not known yet
Club 路 Online
A Northeast Philadelphia Toastmasters club that practices public speaking and meets online on Zoom. Guests attend free after an RSVP and choose for themselves whether to speak.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
The Greater Philadelphia professionals chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, a national group for Black engineers. Its site points to membership, events, and ways to support the chapter's mission.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
The Philadelphia chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. It serves professionals in engineering and related science and tech fields, and it holds chapter events that non-members can attend.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A small student board in Penn's Nursing and Healthcare Management program. It passes student views to Penn Nursing's leaders and plans speaker events and community projects.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
An arts group that posts its events and past projects, and links to a Philadelphia arts workers group. No current event was listed when we checked.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower North
A job training nonprofit that teaches budgeting, banking, credit and saving alongside its job and adult education classes. One-on-one money coaching is also offered.
Last seen active: April 2026
Student group
A Penn senior honor society, founded in 1974, that recognizes students for scholarship, leadership, and service. Members run community service, academic support workshops, and alumni programs.
Last active date not known yet
Program 路 Upper Northwest
A training program for women who run a business or plan to start one. It offers a seven-week course, personal coaching, and chances to work with other women business owners.
Last seen active: October 2023
Nonprofit 路 North Delaware
A faith-based nonprofit in the Oxford Circle neighborhood. It runs an after-school program at Carnell Elementary, adult English and job training classes, family resource centers at two schools, and a regular food distribution.
Last seen active: September 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
A Philadelphia nonprofit that promotes journalism. It runs the yearly Philly News Awards, events with local newsmakers, training for reporters and editors, and a mentorship program that matches newer journalists, including students, with experienced local reporters.
Last seen active: April 2026
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A free seven week construction pre-apprenticeship for Philadelphia Housing Authority residents and Section 8 voucher holders. It includes safety certificates, a $500 gift and a route into apprenticeship.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Online
A statewide network of women leaders in Pennsylvania higher education. Members get workshops, networking events and mentoring, including a STEM mentorship network.
Last active date not known yet
Program 路 Online
The city's public job center network, funded through federal and state workforce programs. It offers free help with resumes, interviews and job searches, plus workshops and hiring events at centers and libraries.
Last seen active: October 2026
Club 路 Central
A Philadelphia Toastmasters club that meets in person to practice public speaking and leadership. Guests can visit for free, as often as they like, before deciding to join.
Last seen active: July 2026
Student group
A graduate student group at Wharton that focuses on the life sciences and healthcare industry. Members work on pro bono consulting projects for companies and startups and take part in career programs.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student consulting group at Penn that gives pro bono strategy help to nonprofits and social enterprises in developing regions. Each team works with one partner organization over the school year.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
The council for Penn graduate students who want to work with the Penn Museum. It speaks for grad students in that work, and it plans workshops, social events, and a weekly writing group.
Last seen active: September 2026
Student group
An undergraduate group for students interested in biotech, healthcare and business. Members join committees for pro bono consulting, finance, a biotech podcast and research.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
Penn undergraduates who are curious about criminology can join this group, and no criminology major is needed. It holds faculty round tables and panels on internships and careers.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northeast
A statewide alliance based in Philadelphia that certifies recovery houses to national standards, publishes a directory of certified houses, and offers education, advocacy and scholarships for people in recovery.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
A statewide membership group for naturopathic doctors in Pennsylvania. It shares news about state registration and lists educational events for practitioners.
Last seen active: March 2024
Nonprofit 路 Central
A statewide membership group for people who work in public health. It shares a free newsletter, posts action alerts and events, and works to advance public health policy in Pennsylvania.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
An all-gender pre-medical fraternity at Penn. Members plan social, service and fundraising events and get career support for pre-med students.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A Penn business fraternity for students who want career skills and a chance to do community service. It hosts business-field events and outreach projects, and it recruits new members in rounds.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Central
A professional group for concierges across the Philadelphia region. It holds social meetings, such as a holiday gathering, and works to build friendship and professional skills among its members.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 Central
A network of cooperative businesses and credit unions in the Philadelphia region. It offers help to start and run co-ops, and its online resources are open to anyone starting a co-op.
Last seen active: August 2025
Nonprofit 路 Central
A membership society for people who lead therapy groups in the Philadelphia region. Its monthly Consultation Group gives clinicians a place to talk through their group work.
Last seen active: September 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
A professional society for people who work on patient safety, risk, quality, and compliance in health care in the Philadelphia area. It offers continuing education programs for its members.
Last seen active: September 2026
Network or meetup
A professional association for treasury, finance and accounting workers in the Philadelphia area. It holds monthly meetings and lunch and learns, plus a learning day and seasonal member events.
Last seen active: October 2026
Program 路 Central
A Zoom job search group run by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project. Members share how their applications are going, and staff give short lessons on resumes, interviews and salary talks.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A nonprofit that supports and recognizes women working in film, TV, video and multimedia in the Philadelphia area. Members get networking and reduced prices on workshops, can join committees, and the group runs a grant for first-time female directors.
Last seen active: January 2026
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northwest
Basketball, learning and mentoring programs for children and young people in Philadelphia, from kindergarten up to age 29, with summer camps, holiday clinics and job skills training for older teens and young adults.
Last seen active: September 2026
Club 路 Online
A Toastmasters club that meets online on Thursday evenings to practice speaking and leading meetings. Guests are welcome to visit before they decide to join.
Last seen active: September 2026
Network or meetup
The Philadelphia chapter of the national human resources association. It runs events, webcasts, a job board and study groups for HR certification exams.
Last seen active: October 2026
Network or meetup
A free community for local tech founders, developers, designers, and students. Members chat on Slack, follow Meetup events, and meet in person around the Philadelphia area.
Last seen active: February 2024
Student group
A nonpartisan professional society for Penn undergraduates who want careers in government and policy. It brings in government speakers and runs workshops on job searches, resumes, and internships.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 West
A Philadelphia group that connects people with fewer resources to schooling, jobs, money skills, and wellness help. Its youth program, the Blueprint Social Development Institute, gives high school students mentors and a look at careers.
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Student group
A nonpartisan Penn student group that writes policy research and recommendations for outside partners. It recruits new associate consultants each fall.
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Student group
A community for Penn undergraduates who are thinking about dentistry. Members get mentoring on the dental admission test and dental school applications, meet working dentists and dental students, and do volunteer outreach at local schools.
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Student group
A Penn community for students who want to learn about product management. It shares jobs and advice through a newsletter and runs a fellowship for students who want a deeper program.
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Nonprofit 路 South
A student-led nonprofit that gives free admissions help to STEM students from under-resourced backgrounds who are applying to medical or graduate school. Each applicant is matched one on one with a graduate student mentor in their field.
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Network or meetup 路 Lower North
The Philadelphia chapter of the state engineers society. It runs monthly talks, site tours and continuing education courses, plus youth STEM and MathCounts programs.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps people get back on their feet after homelessness, incarceration or addiction. It offers life coaching, workshops and help with food, jobs, school and housing.
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Nonprofit 路 Lower Far Northeast
A nonprofit that gives scholarships, grants and help with basic needs to people on low to moderate incomes around Philadelphia. It also runs yearly golf, gala and party fundraisers, and volunteers help with those events and with community outreach.
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Nonprofit 路 North
A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps young people learn business skills, build leadership, and work toward money independence through cohort sessions and mentoring.
Last seen active: August 2026
Club
A Rotary club of business and professional members, part of Rotary District 7450. It focuses its service on people in need, mostly in Philadelphia and some abroad.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
A Penn group that has offered training in science communication, science policy and science diplomacy to students and early-career scientists.
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Club 路 Central
A Toastmasters club that meets at lunchtime at SEPTA headquarters on Market Street, in person or online, to practice public speaking. Visits are free, and guests do not have to speak until they are ready.
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Program
Places full time AmeriCorps VISTA members for a year of paid, stipend supported national service inside City offices, for example the Office of Immigrant Affairs.
Last seen active: August 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
A Philadelphia group for women who work in food and hospitality. They offer mentoring, networking, food fairs, happy hours and workshops.
Last seen active: July 2026
Student group
A Penn student group, founded in 2007, that gives pro bono consulting to social enterprises and runs SPIRE, a startup accelerator for social impact ventures.
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Student group
A student group that gives free consulting help to organizations with social missions, both near and far. Members learn consulting by working on real client projects with nonprofits and social enterprises.
Last seen active: January 2026
Student group
A Penn chapter of a national group that supports Hispanic students and their allies in STEM. It runs social events, service projects and career-building events.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
The Penn chapter of a national group for women in engineering. It runs career and skills events, outreach to local high school students, and work on gender equity in engineering.
Last seen active: September 2026
Student group
Penn undergraduates who learn about Southeast Asian business and culture. They hold cultural events, run learning sessions on the region's markets, and do volunteer and consulting work for Southeast Asian communities.
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Neighborhood or civic group 路 University Southwest
A community development group serving Southwest Philadelphia since 1987. It offers housing counseling, job and workforce help, an after-school program and a summer camp, and it runs the Neighborhood Advisory Committee, which gives residents a say in local planning.
Last seen active: October 2026
Club 路 Central
A grassroots self-advocacy group led by people with developmental disabilities. It meets online each month to build leadership skills and run its own work, with Vision for Equality as a host partner.
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Network or meetup 路 Lower Northwest
A membership network for Philadelphia-area professionals whose work involves students. Members network, learn about local services for students and take part in continuing education.
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Nonprofit 路 Central
An all-volunteer Philadelphia group that raises money and gives grants to youth-serving nonprofits. Members join a donor council or the board to help choose grants and run events.
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Network or meetup
The Philadelphia chapter of a worldwide startup community. Founders can join a membership to get networking, mentorship and office hours.
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Club
A youth athletic club with football, basketball and baseball, cheerleading and dance, and a financial literacy program. It is looking for coaches and mentors.
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Nonprofit 路 Central
Free money skills workshops and coaching for immigrants, newcomers, young adults and people going through a loss or another big change in life.
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Student group
The education policy arm of Penn Student Government. Members work on undergraduate classes, advising, and academic options, and speak up for students with faculty and administrators.
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Student group 路 University Southwest
The student group for City Planning students at Penn's Stuart Weitzman School of Design. It speaks up for students inside the department and school through class representatives their classmates elect, and it plans social events away from class.
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Student group
A club for Penn student-athletes who want to learn investing basics and build long-term financial skills.
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Student group
A group for Penn student-athletes who want careers in medicine or healthcare. It offers networking, learning resources, and mentoring.
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Club 路 Lower South
A Toastmasters club that meets at lunchtime at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia, in person or online, to practice public speaking. Guests are welcome, and the first meeting is free.
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Program
A paid summer job and internship program for Philadelphia teens ages 14 to 18. Teens apply online, complete the document and clearance steps, and are placed with employers in career tracks such as finance, science and creative arts.
Last seen active: July 2022
Program 路 University Southwest
A recovery house network for men in Philadelphia who are working through alcohol and drug addiction. Residents live on site for a 90-day stay and can take job training, GED and college prep classes, and outpatient therapy.
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Student group 路 University Southwest
A student-run consulting group that gives free sustainability advice to organizations, with projects in the Americas, Australia, and Europe.
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Student group
A student-run group that puts on a large TEDx conference at Penn.
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Nonprofit
A Philadelphia nonprofit that runs workshops, adventure camps and one-on-one mentoring to help teens build life skills.
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Student group
Penn's co-ed professional engineering fraternity. Members build professional skills and friendships through committees, service work, and social events.
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Student group
Penn's student chapter of the American Chemical Society. It runs chemistry talks and career events, social nights, and outreach visits with Philadelphia-area high schools.
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Student group
Penn's large student economics society. It runs speaker series, coffee chats with professors, and academic talks, and its Almanac committee produces a magazine two times a year.
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Student group
Penn students who write appellate briefs from real cases and argue them at regional moot court competitions. Members practice writing, reasoning, and quick thinking.
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Club
A Toastmasters club based in University City that welcomes students, graduates and working professionals who want to practice public speaking.
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Student group
A Penn student group that promotes academic integrity. Members serve on student conduct hearings, run awareness campaigns about honest work, and speak up on campus policy.
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Nonprofit
A membership trade group that links businesses in the United States and Ghana. It runs trade missions, business summits and open community gatherings, and a youth volunteer program for high school students.
Last seen active: May 2026
Nonprofit 路 River Wards
A nonprofit motorcycle shop where veterans and at-risk young people learn engine repair and trade skills, with basic skills classes in resume writing and leadership.
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Student group
Penn students who prepare free tax returns for Philadelphia residents each spring, working with the Campaign for Working Families.
Last seen active: September 2026
Student group
A club for Penn undergraduates who want to learn about wealth management. It plans networking events, speaker panels, study sessions, and case practice.
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Nonprofit 路 Central
A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps immigrants build jobs, businesses, and English and digital skills. Its programs include English and digital skills classes, work readiness tracks, business courses and the Immigrant Leadership Institute, and it offers translation and interpretation help.
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Student group
A Penn student group for people interested in agriculture and food business. Members join committees on consulting, venture capital, events, and more, and work on projects that range from farm research to biotech advising.
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Student group
A pre-professional group for Penn undergraduates interested in business in Asia. It offers business skills training, speaker events, and small groups for mentoring and socials.
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Student group
The Wharton energy club's yearly conference on climate tech, energy finance, and business in the energy industry. Students and professionals attend together.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
An undergraduate club at Wharton for students interested in alternative investments, including hedge funds. Members study the field through stock pitch competitions, speakers, and career trips.
Last seen active: January 2021
Student group
An undergraduate club for students interested in economics, global affairs, and international business. It hosts industry conversations, current events analysis, and workshops.
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Student group
Penn's undergraduate investing and finance organization, which trains students for careers in investing and finance. Members join investment teams, a beginner program called the Accelerator, or the general membership.
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Student group
A Wharton recognized student group that builds a Korea focused business community at Penn and beyond. Its committees cover consulting, finance recruiting prep, marketing, and career treks, with monthly socials.
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Student group
A Wharton group that connects students, alumni, faculty, and recruiters around marketing. It offers education, events, and career connections for people who want to work in marketing.
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Student group
The student run marketing group at Wharton and Penn, and also the American Marketing Association chapter at Penn. Members take on client consulting projects, run campus marketing conferences, and join networking events with industry guests.
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Student group
A Penn undergraduate club for students who want aerospace and defense careers. Any Penn undergrad can come to general meetings, and committee members help run events such as a February 2026 symposium on regulating new space technology.
Last seen active: February 2026
Student group
Penn undergraduates who want to get better at data work can join training programs, speaker events and committees that run the club's events and education.
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Student group
Undergraduates curious about distressed investing and restructuring can join learning sessions, discussions and networking with alumni and industry guests.
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Student group
Penn students who want to build or back startups get speaker events, career trips, pitch contests and an incubator program for student founders.
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Student group
A student group for Penn undergrads interested in finance, with a weekly open meeting program and committees that help with recruiting, education and networking.
Last seen active: September 2026
Student group
A Penn student group that helps women and underrepresented people build and fund young companies, through speaker events and investment and consulting committees.
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Student group
A Penn club for undergraduates who want to learn growth equity investing, with a focus on software, through hands-on projects and recruiting guidance.
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Student group
Students who care about health care meet to talk about new medicines, health policy and career paths, through committees and social events.
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Student group
A Wharton student club for people curious about music, film, games and TV careers. Members get speaker series, workshops and networking, and some take on pro bono media projects.
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Student group
Undergraduates learn how private equity and venture capital deals work, with speaker sessions, dinners and pro bono work alongside finance professionals.
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Student group
Undergraduates learn venture investing by weighing startup deals, pitching them to venture firms and advising young companies on growth.
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Program 路 Upper Far Northeast
A six week pre-apprenticeship for women who want skilled jobs in construction, manufacturing or transit. It offers safety training, education, mentoring and help with job applications.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
A Penn student group for students interested in consulting, with a focus on supporting women who want to enter the field. It offers mentorship, case partnerships, workshops and networking with industry professionals.
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Network or meetup 路 Online
The Delaware Valley chapter of Women in GIS, an international network for women who work with maps and location data. The chapter covers Philadelphia, southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware, and offers networking for its members and other women in the field.
Last seen active: October 2026
Network or meetup 路 Central
A networking and learning group for women who work in healthcare administration, operations and facilities in the Philadelphia area. The group offers networking, learning and mentoring for its members.
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Network or meetup 路 Central
The Pennsylvania chapter of a national network for women who work in public finance. It offers networking and learning events, and each fall it holds an annual event in Philadelphia that includes a yearly award.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
Researches who sits on the boards of Greater Philadelphia's largest colleges and hospitals, and pushes for more women and people of color in those seats. Anyone can use its ready-made letters to board leaders and its tips for joining a board.
Last seen active: July 2024
Nonprofit 路 Lower North
A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps families move up through education, housing, workforce and money skills programs. It runs community leadership, youth and volunteer programs, and it hosts homebuyer and housing workshops.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
A Philadelphia nonprofit started in 2025 that teaches kids and teens money skills, business building, and leadership. It has worked with high schools and held a youth business fair.
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Network or meetup 路 Logan Square
The Philadelphia chapter of a national network for young professionals in the energy industry. It is open to anyone interested in energy work in the Philadelphia area and nearby region, and it holds a monthly networking gathering.
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Includes: job clubs and career help, public speaking and debate, professional associations, board and committee service, skills volunteering and pro bono, small business and entrepreneurs, trades and job training, money skills and financial literacy.