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Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A family-led nonprofit that supports people with breast cancer, survivors, and their families with education, emotional support, and events such as an annual tea party for survivors.
Last seen active: May 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
Trained volunteers called buddies offer friendship, emotional support and some help with everyday tasks to people living with HIV, matched one to one with a client.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
Pre-health students who want a closer look at medicine and research at Penn's hospitals and research centers. The society runs physician shadowing, industry connections, and a student-run journal.
Last active date not known yet
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
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A healing arts group that holds retreats on healing, art and care for the earth. It lists a Philadelphia address and runs an online community on Discord.
Last seen active: July 2025
Student group
An undergraduate pre-med group that works on health issues affecting AANHPI communities, runs projects, and helps members build leadership and service skills.
Last seen active: September 2026
Nonprofit 路 Lower North
A Latino-based nonprofit in North Philadelphia that offers health and behavioral health care, foster care and adoption, family and children's services, early childhood education, and community and economic development.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northeast
A health nonprofit in Philadelphia that runs community workshops and youth programs, and invites residents to volunteer, take part, or give.
Last seen active: October 2023
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northwest
A veteran-led community for veterans and their families, with peer support, education and wellness resources on topics such as the transition out of military service and suicide prevention.
Last seen active: October 2026
Club
A Philadelphia area chapter of Zeta Phi Beta, serving the area since 1944. It runs fundraisers for health and community causes, including a St. Jude walk team, a bowling party and a supply drive.
Last active date not known yet
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
A Penn student group that works to lower eating disorder risk among students. Trained undergraduate volunteers lead workshops and a 10-week program on body acceptance and self-love.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
A charity that runs its own youth education workshops, health outreach, and social welfare help, and invites volunteers and partners through a contact form. The site does not say when or where its programs meet.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A nonprofit that uses art making, including music, writing and painting, to help children and communities that have faced trauma. It runs youth studios and public programs, and it needs volunteers and teachers.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
Mental health counseling and community workshops for youth, adults, and families, run by a nonprofit from an office on Lancaster Avenue.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 Central
A Tibetan Buddhist center on North Marshall Street with a Sunday sangha that includes silent meditation and a dharma talk, in person and on Zoom. It also runs an online Thursday study group.
Last seen active: March 2024
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northwest
A nonprofit that works with churches and Christian groups on mental health, with training for church and community leaders and a page of local and online help options.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A Penn student group that trains peers in active listening so campus feels more supportive and less judgmental. It also pushes back on the pressure to always seem fine.
Last seen active: April 2024
Nonprofit 路 Central
A Philadelphia organization for queer people of color that offers health care, HIV and sexual health services, case management and support groups. It also hosts community events such as an open mic night and book clubs, and it makes a video talk series called Conversations.
Last seen active: March 2025
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps older adults eat well and stay active through health events, nutrition programs, and a senior community where people meet and keep moving.
Last seen active: October 2026
Garden 路 West Park
A Philadelphia health group that runs a community garden where neighbors grow vegetables, with a focus on healthy eating and exercise.
Last seen active: June 2024
Nonprofit 路 Central
A Philadelphia nonprofit with live and online programs for teen girls in leadership, mental wellness, and life skills. Mentors, advisors, and coaches run the programs, and the group has a parent support team.
Last seen active: February 2024
Student group
A welcoming Penn student group for music meditation, mindfulness, and thoughtful conversation. It focuses on calm, balance, and feeling well.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
An arts and healing workshop run by the artist Terrence Gore. The Art of Healing workshop mixes art-making with dance, music, and nutrition education, and it can be held for groups of any size in places such as hospitals, public spaces, or homes.
Last seen active: April 2026
Nonprofit
A grassroots women's center in Germantown that runs social justice and support programs. These include advocacy on SNAP and Medicaid, food justice work, and a weekly rummage sale.
Last seen active: September 2026
Network or meetup
A peer-led Insight meditation community across Southeastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey, and Northern Delaware, with local sitting groups you can join by email.
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 University Southwest
Community association for Ethiopians in Greater Philadelphia that shares health and mental health resources, runs a young adults program, and works to keep Ethiopian culture alive for children.
Last seen active: May 2026
Nonprofit 路 Center City East
A Philadelphia harm reduction group that hands out food, clothing, and safer use supplies, teaches overdose reversal, and works to lower stigma against people who use drugs.
Last seen active: November 2025
Student group
The Penn chapter of an international medical relief group that supports healthcare for families in low resource areas. Members work on committees, help raise funds, and join a yearly project and, when offered, international volunteer trips.
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
Nonprofit 路 South
A nonprofit that runs its own programs for immigrants, including English classes, digital skills, free medical and dental care days, and a dental care program. It says it keeps enrolling new students in its English classes.
Last seen active: October 2026
Program 路 University Southwest
A pet therapy program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Trained volunteers and their dogs visit patients in the hospital.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
Penn students who host events about aging as a natural part of life. The group pushes back on pressure to get anti-aging cosmetic procedures at a young age.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
Penn students who work on health in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, with the Hospitalito Atitlan team. They raise funds, plan trips, and run projects and research that fit the local community.
Last seen active: August 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
Club 路 Central
The Greater Philadelphia region of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Its chapters cover most of Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware, and focus on health, social action and community events.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Queen Village
A nonprofit wig shop in Queen Village. It gives wigs to people who have lost their hair to illness, and it sells wigs and head coverings to everyone else.
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
Club
A chapter of the national hearing loss association for people with hearing loss and their families. It covers Bucks, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties and meets monthly in Huntingdon Valley.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A Penn student group that raises awareness of heart disease and serves West Philadelphia. Members learn CPR, share health information, and can volunteer at Penn hospitals and shadow physicians.
Last seen active: September 2026
Student group
A Penn student group that runs free health checks covering mind and body, plus health education for people in the Philadelphia area. It invites students to help.
Last active date not known yet
Club
A women's hiking and wellness group that runs healing hikes, weekday happy hour hikes, field trips and retreats for women of all fitness levels.
Last active date not known yet
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 North Delaware
A nonprofit that encourages women going through life changes. It runs virtual gatherings and empowerment events, and offers one-on-one and group coaching.
Last seen active: August 2025
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
A volunteer-run nonprofit that supports Philadelphia families with a diaper bank, maternal support and education, and a skin care program. It also serves Jamaica.
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
Faith community 路 Central
A Buddhist meditation center on North 2nd Street with weekly classes on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, plus a monthly Prayers for World Peace session on the first Friday.
Last active date not known yet
Friends group 路 West Park
Volunteers who clean up, plant and care for Royal Gardens in Morris Park, in the Overbrook area. They clear invasive plants and dumped trash and work against graffiti. The group's website also lists weekday morning tai chi classes.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
Penn students who run free kidney health screenings and teach kidney health for underserved Philadelphia communities.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central Northeast
A nonprofit that runs health and fitness programs for kids and families, including the Fitadelphia and What's Eating You Kid? programs. It also lists summer camps, community festivals and fitness events.
Last active date not known yet
Program 路 River Wards
A weekly qigong class for adults 55 and up at the Lutheran Settlement House in Fishtown, with slow movement, breathing, and meditation.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
A multilingual Penn group that trains students as cultural advocates and interpreters, then places them at Philadelphia clinics. The goal is fair access to health care for patients who need language help.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A Penn pre-medical student group that builds lessons on preventing health problems and teaches them to communities across Philadelphia. Its current projects cover sexual health, health insurance basics, and nutrition.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student club for mindfulness and meditation with a Buddhist focus. Each week there is a guided meditation, then a talk about mindfulness or Buddhism.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student music group that brings live music to nursing homes and hospitals in West Philadelphia, so residents and patients hear Penn musicians.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A Philadelphia nonprofit that works on mental health and suicide prevention. It runs community events, mentoring, chess and golf programs, and art therapy.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 North
A group that speaks up for women who served in the military. It runs learning, healing, and empowerment work, paying special attention to women who were hurt by military sexual trauma. Women veterans can join, volunteer, or sponsor the work.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 River Wards
New Kensington CDC is a community-based nonprofit that helps neighbors with housing counseling and home repairs, small business help, and health and gardening programs. It also works with the City on local priorities and is a registered community organization for zoning talks.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
Penn nursing students who focus on global health. They do community service in Philadelphia and internationally, and they host education and networking events.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student group in Penn's nursing school that applies nutrition science to health care and everyday wellness. It runs workshops, volunteer work, and peer learning on food and health.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A student service club that promotes good nutrition at Penn and across Philadelphia through education and volunteer work.
Last active date not known yet
Club
A Philadelphia alumnae chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, chartered in 1926. Its foundation gives scholarships and grants, and the chapter runs public programs such as health fairs and voter events.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 River Wards
Runs Sunshine House in Kensington, a support space for people dealing with addiction. It also does outreach, community clean-ups, food drives and overdose-reversal (Narcan) training.
Last seen active: January 2025
Student group
Penn students who volunteer for the childhood cancer community. The group runs service projects and advocacy to support kids and families affected by childhood cancer.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A Penn student group that visits and cheers up patients and raises money for people in need. Members can volunteer at hospitals, lead fundraisers, or make cards and videos to brighten a patient's day.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A statewide group that helps people get and keep health coverage. Its helpline offers free help with applying, enrolling, and sorting out coverage problems, and it runs campaigns to protect Medicaid and affordable care.
Last seen active: October 2026
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
Nonprofit
A nonprofit that gives free doula support during labor to people who could not otherwise get it, and offers subsidized doula training.
Last active date not known yet
Club
The Philadelphia alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, with about 700 members. It works on education, health, economic development and civic life in the city, and it opens some of its events to the public.
Last seen active: October 2026
Club 路 Upper Northwest
The Philadelphia alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. It runs the Achievement Academy, a youth mentoring program, and funds scholarships through its Achievement Foundation. The chapter is based at the Achievement Center in Germantown.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 North
A Philadelphia nonprofit that works to reduce drug use and violence among young people and their families through prevention services, crisis intervention, counseling and job readiness. It has held open events such as a men's breakfast and takes sign-ups for its mailing list.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 West Park
A Philadelphia community development group, active since 2000. It raises funds for its health clinic and homeless outreach work, and it asks people to get in touch to help.
Last active date not known yet
Program
Registers and trains medical, public health and support volunteers that the Department of Public Health deploys during public health emergencies and large City events.
Last seen active: March 2025
Nonprofit
A grassroots nonprofit that does hand to hand outreach on the street in Kensington and wider Philadelphia. It hands out bags with snacks, socks, hygiene supplies and resource information, and it runs the Ruth Street Garden.
Last seen active: November 2025
Student group
Penn student volunteers who help high school athletes in underserved communities get sports physicals at free or reduced cost, working alongside physicians at local schools.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Far Northeast
A foundation that works on mental health awareness, drug and addiction prevention, and violence prevention. It says its work is rooted in Philadelphia, Manhattan and the Bronx, and its site describes workshops and forums but lists no dates.
Last active date not known yet
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.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
Uses fashion, advocacy and public education to share sexual and menstrual health information with Black, LGBTQIA and non-binary communities.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 River Wards
A nonprofit that serves people who are homeless or who use drugs. It runs a weekday drop-in center, a mobile unit called Wellness on Wheels, HIV prevention, medical and behavioral health services, and a clinic for opioid treatment.
Last seen active: January 2025
Club 路 Central
A Philadelphia alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, chartered in 1976. It serves the city through education, health, emergency preparedness and social action, and some of its events are open to the public.
Last seen active: October 2026
Student group
Trained Penn student volunteers who take calls and texts from fellow students. The help is free, anonymous and confidential.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A Penn student group that connects the Philadelphia Red Cross with the Penn campus, mostly through volunteer shifts at blood drives.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A Penn student group that works for reproductive and sexual justice, from contraception access to sex education and menstrual equity, at Penn and in Philadelphia.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
Stylists give free haircuts and styling to people who cannot get to a salon because of illness, disability or displacement, including at hospitals, rehab centers and at home.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
A collective of Penn graduate students who work for health care that is easy to reach and rooted in local communities, through a reproductive justice lens.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
The Pennsylvania Special Olympics program covers Philadelphia and four nearby counties. It runs year-round sports for athletes with intellectual disabilities, plus free health screenings through its Healthy Athletes program.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 Upper Northwest
A meditation community rooted in Buddhist practice, open to anyone who wants to practice together. It offers free online sessions and in-person gatherings in Philadelphia and nearby.
Last seen active: August 2026
Student group
A student group at Penn that works on addiction in Philadelphia through education, tabling, and volunteer outreach with partner groups.
Last active date not known yet
Student group
Penn student volunteers who bring sports, fitness, and health education to students in West Philadelphia schools.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Wynnefield
A nonprofit that teaches people about diabetes prevention and self care through a boot camp, pool exercise, cooking and wellness workshops, and men's health forums.
Last seen active: September 2022
Club 路 Central
A free morning tai chi group that practices outdoors at Franklin Square, open to everyone.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A group that teaches adapted Argentine tango to people with Parkinson's, stroke survivors and older adults, and trains volunteers to dance alongside them.
Last seen active: October 2026
Program 路 Lower Northwest
A faith-based teaching group that treats tears as a signal for change. It offers a teaching each Tuesday morning and a monthly live women's gathering streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
Last active date not known yet
Program 路 Upper Northwest
A free art installation in Vernon Park in Germantown. Visitors can use a disconnected rotary phone to leave a message about grief, healing, or someone they have lost, and recordings may be kept in a project archive.
Last seen active: January 2026
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A nonprofit online community about preventing burnout. It shares blog posts, videos, and quotes, and runs a Facebook group where people connect and ease the isolation that comes with burnout.
Last seen active: August 2025
Student group
Penn's student wellness umbrella group. Its committees plan wellness events, speak up for student mental health, and help fund student-led programs.
Last active date not known yet
Club 路 University Southwest
A free weekly meditation group in West Philadelphia that meets at Calvary Community Center on Baltimore Avenue. Most sits are open to anyone, and the Thursday evening sits are listed for BIPOC.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
Philadelphia's chapter of Yoga 4 the World, a nonprofit that teaches yoga and meditation across the city. Its work reaches schools, senior homes and shelters, and it runs donation-based community classes.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A nonprofit that teaches high school age youth about sexual health, so they can learn accurate facts about sex, consent and staying healthy. The fall cohort meets online and covers body knowledge, birth control and reducing stigma around STIs.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A Zen meditation community for everyday people, with sittings in person and on Zoom and a monthly day-long sitting.
Last seen active: July 2023
Student group
A student group, not tied to any one religion, that uses meditation and mindfulness to help members manage stress, build calm, and think clearly during busy academic terms.
Last active date not known yet
Club 路 West Park
A Philadelphia chapter of Omega Psi Phi that runs youth education work, an HBCU college tour and health and community action projects. Its Epic Day Party is open to the public and raises money for the chapter's foundation and community causes.
Last active date not known yet
Includes: meditation and mindfulness, tai chi and qigong, health fairs and screenings, hospital and clinic volunteering, mental health awareness, harm reduction and overdose response, birth and postpartum helpers.