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Announcing Our 2025 Grantees

With great pride, we are incredibly honored to introduce the Spruce Foundation’s 2025 grant recipients — four outstanding Philadelphia nonprofits dedicated to uplifting and empowering our city’s youth.

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2025 Grant Applications Are Open

Youth-serving Philadelphia nonprofits are invited to apply for a $5,000 grant from the Spruce Foundation.

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7 Questions with a Spruce Intern: V. Agung Prakoso

Get to know our intern, V. Agung Prakoso, who will help support each of our committees during his time with the Spruce Foundation through Spring 2025.

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Spruce For Youth: 2024 Fundraising Appeal

The Spruce Foundation launched the Spruce For Youth referral contest, as part of our 2024 fundraising appeal, to grow our community and multiply our impact.

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7 Questions with a Spruce Intern: Max Tomashek

Get to know our summer intern, Max Tomashek, who helped support our Grants and Communications Committees during his time with the Spruce Foundation.

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The Spruce Foundation Announces New Board of Directors

The Spruce Foundation is thrilled to announce our 2024-2025 Board of Directors, an impressive slate of rising stars in Philadelphia’s professional community who are dedicated to leveraging their skills to build a promising future for local youth.

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Presenting Our 2024 Grantees

We’re excited to announce our 2024 grantees—four nonprofits with an unwavering commitment to this vision and their work to enrich the lives of Philadelphia’s youth!

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2022 Annual Impact Report: Keeping Philly Youth Brilliant & Resilient

With the recent release of this year’s 2021-2022 Impact Report, we’re reflecting on some of the highlights of our efforts this past year. 

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New Year, Same Commitment: An Update on Spruce’s Commitment to Becoming an Anti-Racist Organization

The Spruce Foundation is committed to incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) into every aspect of our organization. Over the summer, we shared our commitment to becoming an anti-racist organization and compiled a list of resources to learn more about anti-racism and a few local organizations who are doing incredible work in advancing equity.   We…

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FAQ: Application Process for Our Board of Directors

Interested in joining an organization centered around supporting and cultivating Philadelphia’s Youth? Apply today for a leadership opportunity with a group of people working to make this beautiful city shine a little brighter! Spruce Foundation is an all volunteer non-profit that cultivates next-gen leaders and philanthropists. The goal and mission of our organization is to…

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