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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
Nonprofit 路 West
Helps veterans and their families with housing and support services. It runs a yearly Veteran Stand Down, where community volunteers help alongside government agencies and nonprofits.
Last seen active: September 2026
Nonprofit 路 Strawberry Mansion
A nonprofit that helps women and girls with criminal justice histories find work, housing, and health care, and rebuild family life. It runs housing for women coming home from incarceration, job training, mentoring, and reentry classes.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
Helps LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers and immigrants with transitional housing, case help, legal support, and donated supplies. Volunteers and supporters can take part through volunteer calls, events, and trainings.
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
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
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
Faith community 路 River Wards
A United Methodist church in Bridesburg that holds a weekly Sunday service and runs a Tuesday food pantry for families in the 19137 and 19134 ZIP codes. The church describes itself as small and friendly.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A ministry on South Broad Street in Center City that serves a sit-down weekday lunch to hundreds of guests, runs a clothing boutique, and offers personal care items. It was formerly Broad Street Ministry.
Last seen active: January 2025
Nonprofit
A Philadelphia nonprofit that supports children and young people up to age 21 who are in or entering foster care. Neighbors help by donating money or hygiene supplies for Care Kits, or by sponsoring a family or child for the holidays.
Last seen active: December 2024
Faith community 路 West Park
A United Methodist church that runs a food cupboard, a community ministry, a van ministry, and children's and youth programs.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A shelter and support program for adults experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia. It offers emergency housing, case management, job and life-skills training, and medical and mental health help.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A community nonprofit that helps families and individuals in hardship with food boxes, clothing, and hygiene kits. In the summer it sponsors lunches for local kids and runs a youth enrichment program for 4th to 6th graders, and it offers scholarships to high school seniors.
Last seen active: March 2026
Nonprofit 路 North
Volunteer lawyers give free first consultations and legal help on housing, child custody, domestic abuse, wills, estates, and clearing criminal records, at clinics across the region. The group is a Christian legal ministry, and its clinics also have volunteers who offer prayer and chaplain support.
Last seen active: June 2026
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 路 Upper North
Neighbors in East Oak Lane who connect residents, local businesses, and groups to help the area live and work well together. Volunteers and youth prepare and deliver meals to older neighbors each week, and the group runs weekly wellness check-ins.
Last seen active: August 2025
Program 路 Lower North
A Community School partnership between the City, the School District and neighbors, Edward Gideon School welcomes volunteers through the City's volunteer portal.
Last seen active: October 2026
Program 路 River Wards
John H. Webster Elementary is a kindergarten to 5th grade school on Frankford Avenue and part of the City's Community Schools program. Volunteers help hand out groceries to families each week and support school events now and then.
Last seen active: October 2026
Program 路 North
Murrell Dobbins is a career and technical high school for grades 9 to 12 and one of the City's Community Schools. Volunteers help with the school's food distribution, its pantries, and events such as resource fairs.
Last seen active: October 2026
Program 路 North
Richard R. Wright School is one of the City's Community Schools. Volunteers help hand out groceries, work the on-site food pantry, and support school events such as resource fairs.
Last seen active: October 2026
Program 路 North
William Cramp Elementary is one of the City's Community Schools for kindergarten through fifth grade. Volunteers are sometimes needed for grocery giveaways and special events.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 Central
A Center City congregation on North Broad Street with Friday evening and Saturday morning services, Saturday Torah study, and a Wednesday morning food and supply distribution called Breaking Bread on Broad.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northeast
A nonprofit on Ditman Street that runs a mobile food distribution called Soup for Souls, a mentor program for children, and a campaign to rebuild the Ditman Community Center.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
A community development group in West Oak Lane that grows food on a former vacant lot and teaches urban farming to youth and families. It also runs a weekly food bank and wellness courses.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 Lower Southwest
A United Methodist church on Lindbergh Boulevard with a Sunday service, a weekday food bank and mission house, a men's and a women's prayer ministry, and a Girl Scout group.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 North Delaware
A volunteer-led nonprofit that helps women and children in crisis with food, housing, and safety support in Philadelphia, and sends aid to Liberia.
Last seen active: September 2024
Nonprofit 路 West
ECS Philly works to reduce poverty in Philadelphia, mostly in West Philadelphia, with a food pantry, housing help, one-on-one coaching, after-school enrichment, and monthly community dinners. The City also lists it as a Neighborhood Advisory Committee that ECS leads.
Last seen active: October 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
Nonprofit
A Northwest Philadelphia group that runs a weekly food program for neighbors and seniors, a Sunday prayer gathering, a spring neighborhood cleanup, and school coaching and scholarships.
Last seen active: December 2025
Nonprofit
A Philadelphia charity, founded in 1819, that helps local Jewish women in financial need. It gives emergency grants and monthly stipends, funds medical alert systems for frail older women, and pays for camp scholarships.
Last seen active: April 2025
Faith community 路 Upper North
A Presbyterian congregation in Olney with Sunday worship, a weekly Wednesday Bible study, and a women's group that is collecting clothing and supplies for a foster family closet.
Last active date not known yet
Program 路 North
A free community fridge on West Clearfield Street in the Allegheny West and Nicetown-Tioga area. Anyone can take food from it, and neighbors can leave food or sign up to help stock, cook, drive or clean it.
Last seen active: September 2025
Program 路 Central
A pantry and community fridge on the grounds of Arch Street Meeting House in Old City. Anyone in need can ask for help, and the pantry builds packages for each household.
Last seen active: October 2026
Program 路 Upper Northwest
Neighbors who keep two free community fridges stocked in Germantown. They take donations, make sandwiches, clean the fridges, and tend a small garden in warm months.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 Upper Northwest
A Quaker meeting in Germantown that worships on Sunday mornings, in person or on Zoom. Its 2023 report describes a children's program for elementary-age kids and a monthly Sunday food distribution it hosts.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
Says it plans to connect people with housing, utilities, food, health care, home care and day care help. Its page describes partnerships still to come and shows no dated programs yet.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 Lower Southwest
A faith ministry that has served dinner and toiletries to men at a Philadelphia shelter. It also runs meal programs for children and older people in Liberia.
Last seen active: May 2020
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
Neighborhood or civic group 路 Upper Northwest
A Germantown neighborhood group that shares seeds and tools, runs a mutual aid fund and time bank, and works on housing and emergency preparedness so current residents can stay.
Last seen active: August 2024
Nonprofit 路 South
A South Philadelphia nonprofit that runs family programs, including early learning and free Pre-K, after-school and summer camps, benefits and bill help, and adult and parent classes. It also includes a Neighborhood Advisory Committee for the area.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 South
Counselors who help renters and homeowners who are behind on payments, with budget help, eviction prevention through payment assistance when funds are available, and landlord and tenant mediation.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower North
A housing nonprofit that builds and repairs homes with volunteers across Philadelphia and runs the ReStore. Individuals and groups can volunteer, and the page says all volunteers are welcome.
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
Neighbors who share personal care products with students in underserved parts of Philadelphia, keep a list of free places for food and basic supplies, and give children chances to explore beyond their neighborhood.
Last seen active: May 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
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
Faith community 路 Holmesburg
A United Methodist church on Frankford Avenue with Sunday worship at 10:30 am, a Tuesday food pantry open to the community, and a community program called Ann's Attic.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 Central
A Lutheran congregation downtown with Sunday worship, a food pantry on the second Wednesday of each month, and a 150th anniversary dinner planned for November 7, 2026.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 East Mount Airy
A Catholic parish in Mount Airy with Sunday Masses, a Saturday evening Vigil Mass, and a parish school on East Mount Airy Avenue. A food pantry on East Mount Airy Avenue is also listed.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 Lower Northeast
A Catholic parish in Hunting Park with Masses in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. It also runs a food pantry and a Monday afternoon group for seniors.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A Philadelphia nonprofit that gives out food, diapers, clothing, and water to families in need. It also runs a summer camp, a college scholarship, and holiday baskets and toys.
Last active date not known yet
Neighborhood or civic group 路 North
A neighborhood committee and nonprofit for the Hunting Park area. It helps residents with utility bill grants, energy savings, repairs, and emergency food, and it holds community meetings on zoning.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit
A nonprofit that helps people experiencing homelessness and families in underserved neighborhoods. Its Community H.U.B. offers meals, a clothing closet, a food pantry, haircuts, and computer use, and volunteers help with year-round street outreach.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
Adults 50 and older give one or two days a week, September through June, to Philadelphia nonprofits that serve people in need, with monthly reflection gatherings.
Last seen active: May 2026
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
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
Nonprofit
Helps jazz and blues musicians in the Philadelphia area who are in money, health or housing trouble, with a social worker and small grants. It also books local musicians for public concerts, many of them free park shows in Philadelphia.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northeast
A nonprofit that offers free meals and behavioral health programs for students in grades K to 12 and adults 55 and older in Philadelphia.
Last seen active: June 2025
Nonprofit 路 Central
A community led group in South Philadelphia, made up of Latine immigrants, that works for the rights of workers, parents, youth and immigrant families. It runs youth leadership, immigrant justice and community care programs, plus food and diaper pickups.
Last seen active: July 2025
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 Upper North
A Philadelphia nonprofit in the Olney area that helps new immigrants and low-income families with housing, naturalization help and benefit enrollment, and runs an early learning center.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
A youth sports charity that collects donated sports gear and gives it free to schools and programs that serve kids in under-resourced communities. Volunteers sort and check gear at its Philadelphia warehouse in Sharon Hill.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northwest
A Christ-centered nonprofit ministry for women. It runs Love Bags, care packages of everyday supplies and encouraging notes for people in need, plus teen workshops and life coaching.
Last seen active: August 2025
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
Helps families in Philadelphia County who are pregnant or raising a child aged 0 to 8. It offers diapers and other basic goods, parenting classes, family support, and events.
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
Nonprofit 路 Central Northeast
A small charity that helps people in Philadelphia who are homeless or short of money. Volunteers take meals and hygiene gift bags out to people on the street and to shelters, and the group also helps with clothing and medical needs.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 South
A volunteer-run network of community fridges across Philadelphia that puts fresh food within reach of neighbors. It also runs a pop-up grocery store on Washington Avenue.
Last seen active: September 2025
Faith community 路 West Park
A masjid that says it is Philadelphia's oldest, established in 1938. It offers Jumu'ah prayer, classes, a food pantry, counseling and community outings, and membership dues apply for the full set of benefits.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 Upper North
A mosque on Limekiln Pike with Friday prayer and programs for families. The site also lists health and human services and Ramadan programs, and links to a child care center and a learning institute on their own sites.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 Fox Chase
A Presbyterian church in Fox Chase with an 11 am Sunday service, a children's ministry for children of all ages, and Food for Hope, a food pantry that gives out food bags on Saturdays.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower North
A free nonprofit that helps Philadelphia kids get better at writing. Volunteers help with homework at its after-school Academy, mentor one young writer over time, or help with food and diaper distribution.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 North
A volunteer-run food pantry in Philadelphia where families choose their own groceries. It serves about 200 families a week and also runs outreach with essential supplies and school support.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps people without housing, people going hungry, and working households that are barely getting by. It links them to everyday needs and local resources, and it invites volunteers and partners to help.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A West Philadelphia community center for families and youth. It runs a free homeschool support program, a food pantry that runs every other Saturday, and health and wellness workshops.
Last seen active: May 2024
Network or meetup
A fridge and pantry under the awning at a site on Stenton Avenue in Mt. Airy. Anyone can take items for free, with no sign-up or income check.
Last seen active: September 2025
Neighborhood or civic group 路 University Southwest
A community development group in the Mantua area of West Philadelphia, formed in 1977. It runs a weekly food pantry, helps residents with rent, utility and property tax costs, and runs the neighborhood advisory committee that links residents to City services.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
A more than 100-year-old group that helps immigrants and refugees in Greater Philadelphia with English classes, legal help, health services and youth programs. Volunteers help with classes, the food pantry, events and home setup for newly arrived refugees.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 South
A nonprofit that helps young adults ages 18 to 30 meet basic needs and build their well-being through education, programs, and services, across eight areas of wellness.
Last active date not known yet
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
Nonprofit 路 River Wards
A free housing counseling office for residents of ZIP code 19134. Counselors help with rent, utilities, mortgages, foreclosure, property tax and rent rebates, and budgeting.
Last active date not known yet
Program 路 Lower Northwest
The farm of SHARE Food Program, which grows fresh fruit and vegetables for donation to the community, to SHARE-affiliated pantries, and to mutual aid networks. Volunteers can sign up on the program's page.
Last seen active: August 2026
Network or meetup
A group of Northeast Philadelphia organizations that connects neighbors to services. It runs a free produce pickup every Wednesday afternoon at Hamilton Disston School.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
A volunteer group fighting hunger and food waste in Philadelphia. Volunteers sort donated food, pack grocery bags for neighbors, and drive meals to older and disabled residents.
Last seen active: January 2025
Neighborhood or civic group
Nueva Esperanza is a faith-based nonprofit in the Hunting Park area that runs charter schools, a college branch, job training, housing counseling, immigration legal help, and arts and music classes. It is also a City registered community organization for reviewing zoning and building plans in the North part of the city.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 North
A Philadelphia nonprofit that helps young people build leadership, school and career skills. It also runs a mobile pantry, an educational farm and nutrition workshops.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A Philadelphia nonprofit that aims to help low-income American Indian and people of color households become more self-sufficient, with gardening and home repair help.
Last active date not known yet
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 Upper North
A nonprofit that stocks diapers and passes them to partner charities that work with families facing emergencies. It runs diaper drives and volunteer work to keep supplies coming.
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 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
A West Philadelphia food group that runs free pop-up food giveaways and a warehouse that rescues and passes along groceries to community fridges.
Last seen active: January 2026
Nonprofit 路 South
A regional food bank that supplies community partners across Philadelphia and nearby counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Volunteers can pack and sort food, cook in its community kitchen, or make cards from home.
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
Faith community 路 University Southwest
The cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania in Center City. It holds a Sunday 10 am service and noonday services on Wednesdays and Fridays, and it has a newcomers form and a survey to help people find a ministry.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A Philadelphia group that teaches nonviolence and runs family help, including a monthly food distribution and a holiday toy drive for children.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northwest
A faith-based nonprofit that runs free home repairs for homeowners in several Northwest Philadelphia ZIP codes, including Germantown and Mt. Airy. Volunteers join short service trips, and volunteer teams do most of the repair work.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
A West Philadelphia nonprofit that offers mentoring, tutoring, food help and life skills to youth, families and older adults, with a focus on young people affected by violence.
Last active date not known yet
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
Program
Recruits several hundred trained volunteers for one night each January to canvass the city overnight and count and survey people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.
Last seen active: March 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
Nonprofit
A Philadelphia group that works on vacant lots to create shared community space, and runs family events such as a back to school giveaway, a health and wellness fair and open mic nights.
Last seen active: August 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
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.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northwest
A nonprofit that makes free home repairs for homeowners who need them, with volunteer crews doing the work. Its block builds bring 100 to 250 volunteers to repair 10 to 15 homes in one area over two days.
Last seen active: April 2024
Nonprofit 路 South
A Philadelphia nonprofit started by a human trafficking survivor. It does street outreach to women in the sex trade, runs drop-in centers in South and West Philadelphia, and each year before Valentine's Day packs roses with encouraging notes for shelters.
Last seen active: February 2024
Nonprofit 路 West
A faith-based group in Philadelphia that offers housing and support to people coming home from incarceration. Volunteers and faith partners help carry the work.
Last seen active: July 2023
Nonprofit 路 Lower Southwest
A nonprofit that offers humanitarian help, plus education and training programs, for people in need who want to reach their goals.
Last active date not known yet
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.
Last active date not known yet
Program 路 University Southwest
A food pantry at LAVA on Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia, stocked with leftovers and neighbor donations. LAVA also holds a free market on the second Saturday of each month.
Last seen active: September 2025
Nonprofit 路 South
A small charity that gives meals and non-perishable food to older adults and people in underserved communities facing food insecurity, and offers culinary scholarships to aspiring chefs.
Last seen active: October 2020
Faith community 路 Lower Northwest
A church on Ridge Avenue with a 10:30 am Sunday service, children and youth programs, a preschool and after-school care, and a food pantry called The Table.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Upper Northwest
Gives beauty and hygiene bags to girls and young women in shelters and other programs, working with shelters and beauty and wellness partners.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 Central
An Episcopal parish on Locust Street that serves a Saturday meal called the Soup Bowl to about 140 guests each week. It also runs a food cupboard and a choir with public concerts, and holds a Newcomer Brunch.
Last seen active: September 2026
Faith community 路 Central
An Episcopal parish at Third and Pine streets with a food cupboard open Saturday mornings. No eligibility rules are listed, and the choir welcomes amateur and skilled singers.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 North Delaware
A Lutheran congregation on Ryan Avenue in the Northeast with Sunday worship at 10 am, in person and online. Its site has a worship bulletin dated October 2026.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 University Southwest
A church with two Philadelphia locations, Southwest and Mount Airy, with Sunday services, family Bible study, and food giveaways.
Last seen active: October 2026
Club 路 Central
A Catholic fraternal service club in South Philadelphia that runs food, coat and blood drives and takes part in parish Masses and festivals.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 University Southwest
A non-denominational, Bible-teaching church on North 42nd Street with women's and men's fellowship groups and outreach that includes clothing giveaways and volunteering at its Safe House Pantry.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
Gives away gender-affirming clothing for free to trans and queer adults, and offers community care and mutual aid.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower North
A charity that gathers clothing, food and toiletries and hands them out to people who are homeless or going through hard times. Volunteers help serve warm meals and pack toiletry bags.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Southwest
A food rescue nonprofit that collects surplus food from businesses and passes it on to communities in need. It is rooted in Philadelphia and now works in many states.
Last seen active: August 2026
Nonprofit 路 Central
Support for people who have survived domestic violence, sexual abuse or sexual assault. Programs include transitional housing, transportation help, bereavement support, a family bonding program and a scholarship for survivors.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Far Northeast
Gives socks, hygiene items, clothing and snacks to people facing homelessness or addiction, and helps connect them to shelters, treatment and other services. Most people take part by donating, and the group began with a sock drive.
Last seen active: September 2026
Faith community 路 Somerton
A United Methodist church on Bustleton Avenue with a weekly Tuesday food bank, a volunteer choir that welcomes new singers, and space for community recovery groups.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 South
Volunteers who keep community fridges stocked with donated food at several sites across South Philadelphia. The fridges are open around the clock for anyone who needs food.
Last seen active: February 2026
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
Faith community 路 University Southwest
A Catholic parish at 38th and Chestnut streets that serves students and young adults through the Newman Center on its campus. It offers Mass, adult and young adult groups, Bible studies and a homeless outreach team.
Last seen active: September 2026
Faith community 路 Upper North
A Catholic parish at Limekiln Pike and Walnut Lane that shares Sunday worship with St. Benedict Church. It offers Eucharistic adoration on Tuesdays, an online faith formation library that the parish pays for, and a food pantry listed under the St. Benedict name.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 University Southwest
A Catholic parish at Cobbs Creek Parkway and Cedar Avenue in West Philadelphia. Its ministries include religious education, a food pantry and clothes room, and a Bible study. It also offers an African French Mass on Sunday afternoons.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 Upper North
A Catholic parish near Fifth Street and Godfrey Avenue with Masses in English, Vietnamese and Spanish.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 University Southwest
A Catholic parish near 43rd and Wallace Streets in West Philadelphia with a 10 am Sunday Mass and a Tuesday food pantry for people who live in the 19104 zip code.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community 路 Lower North
A Catholic parish near 11th and Master Streets with a Sunday Mass at 10 am, a weekday lunchtime Mass at the Temple University Newman Center, and a food pantry.
Last seen active: July 2026
Faith community 路 Central
An Augustinian parish at 923 Christian Street with an active young adult ministry. Its events include a monthly service night, a biweekly Bible study and a young adult Mass with a social afterward.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Lower North
A Strawberry Mansion neighborhood nonprofit that works on housing repair, historic preservation, and resident programs. It hosts free family events, such as a spring movie night at The Yard.
Last seen active: May 2026
Faith community 路 Upper Northwest
A Presbyterian church on Greene Street with 10 am Sunday worship in person or on Zoom. It runs Elder Diner, a home-cooked lunch for people 55 and older, and collects supplies for blessing bags for people experiencing homelessness.
Last seen active: September 2026
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.
Last active date not known yet
Faith community 路 Upper North
A Lutheran congregation in North Philadelphia with Sunday worship at 10:30 am, in person and online. The church runs Katie's Cupboard, a food pantry at its building that is open Thursday mornings.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 University Southwest
A nonprofit that helps Philadelphia residents get back the ID papers they need for housing, jobs, benefits, and health care. It holds ID clinics at Free Library branches and works with partner sites.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit
A national disaster response group whose volunteers, called Greyshirts, deploy after disasters and do home repair and recovery work. Its volunteers helped finish flood repairs in Philadelphia's Eastwick neighborhood in November 2024.
Last seen active: April 2025
Nonprofit 路 Upper North
A Philadelphia charity that works against hunger, low literacy, and poor access to hygiene supplies among low-income families. Its site names a holiday celebration and a summer basketball month.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 North Delaware
A Philadelphia nonprofit for youth and families. It runs a summer basketball camp for kids, a yearly turkey drive, and a Martin Luther King Jr. speech contest that gives college scholarships.
Last seen active: August 2026
Neighborhood or civic group 路 North
Tioga United is a community organization in the Tioga area of North Philadelphia that serves as the neighborhood's Neighborhood Advisory Committee and links residents to City services. Its office helps neighbors with foreclosure, rent, benefits, and property questions, by appointment.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 West
Makes meals in a home kitchen and brings them by cart to people in need around Philadelphia, and gives out clothing and other essentials.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Lower Northeast
A Philadelphia nonprofit that runs a free evening center for youth ages 10 to 17, a summer camp for younger kids, and a community food pantry. Youth get homework help, arts, sports, cooking, and a meal.
Last seen active: May 2026
Nonprofit 路 South
A free primary care clinic for uninsured adults at 2130 South 21st Street in South Philadelphia. The Augustinian Defenders of the Rights of the Poor run it with help from Villanova's nursing school, and volunteer nurses, doctors and students staff it on Tuesday evenings.
Last active date not known yet
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
Nonprofit
A Philadelphia nonprofit that gives out groceries, meals, clothing, and hygiene items to neighbors facing hunger or housing trouble, and keeps a community fridge stocked.
Last seen active: October 2026
Faith community
A small church community on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway that welcomes all people, especially people experiencing homelessness. It holds an outdoor service on certain Sundays, and it collects winter clothing and makes bag lunches.
Last seen active: February 2026
Neighborhood or civic group 路 South
A neighborhood advisory council for the Whitman area of South Philadelphia, serving the community since 1977. Its office helps neighbors with utility bills, property tax and rent rebates, senior programs, and other housing questions.
Last seen active: October 2026
Nonprofit 路 Lower Southwest
A Christian-based group that supports sheltered services helping families move toward stability, with a focus on women who have survived domestic violence. It also holds an event called the Show Me Love Luncheon.
Last active date not known yet
Network or meetup 路 University Southwest
A nonprofit cooperative of member-run collectives in Philadelphia that does mutual aid. Its collectives cover food and land work, health and addiction care, a laundry for people without stable housing, a car-share network, art, and worker education and media.
Last active date not known yet
Nonprofit 路 Central
A charity that brings healthy food to Philadelphia schoolchildren and their families. It runs a pantry for about forty member families, and volunteers pick up produce, pack meals and deliver them each week.
Last active date not known yet
Includes: food pantries and meal programs, community fridges, mutual aid, food rescue and gleaning, housing and shelter help, street outreach and drop in centers, clothing and goods closets, home repair and weatherization, free tax, benefits and legal help.