Below we gratefully recognize the community of individual donors, businesses, foundations, government agencies and partners who gave generously to YouthBuild Philly between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024

Thank you!

Individual Donors

Rich Abate

Ameen Akbar

Maxwell Akuamoah-Boateng

Shelly Applegate

Whitney and Rohan Arjun

Schnearia Ashley

Regina Austin

Paul Avazier

Fred Bader

Crystal Barham-Guess

The Barrist Family Foundation

Michael Beatty

Eliza Biedziak

Christopher Bishop

Kaylin Boschi

Cory and Pauline Boyce

Brittany Brandon

Jake Brigham

Marty Brigham and Harriet Rubenstein

David and Ann Brownlee

Peter M. and Elisabeth Buss

Trish Caldwell

Eric and Donna Carswell

Sharon Chester

Richard and Judith Clemens

David and Rhonda Cohen

Jody Cohen

Matthew Conlin

Maryann Connolly

Lindsay Cook and Nate Stuhlmiller

Lisa Hyatt Cooper

Nicole Cooper

Louis Coppola

Michael Corwin

Chase Courchaine

Cregeen Foundation, Ron and Anne Klinger

The Cricenti Family Charitable Lead Unitrust

The Anne and Jeff Dalke Family Charitable Fund

Mike D’Alessandro

Bettina Daly

Tim Daniel and Gabrielle Halko

Darrell Davis

Kazmir Davis

Ellen Deacon

Roy and Mary DeCaro

John and Naomi Dewey

Louisa Dewey

Alexi Dinerstein

Rebekah Dommel

Cassidy and Alexandra Dugan

Le’Yondo and Rebecca Dunn

Roslyn Rochelle Dunn-Alexander

Jocie Dye

Travis Earhart

Bonnie W. Eisenfeld

Karen Emerick

Scott Emerick

Charles Esser

Brigid Fagan

Jared and Julia Farbman

Ron and Gita Farbman

Laurie Feinberg

Adam and Katy Ferek

Jaimie Field

Matthew Fisher

Scot and Shelly Fisher

Lauren Fitzgerald

Carol Fixman

Kristen Forbriger

Nancy Forbriger

Eric and Nancy Frankl

Rebecca Freda

Joseph Freedman

Anthony Fullard

Susan Gallagher

John Andrew Gallery

David Gest

Jean Goldstein

Sandra Gonzalez-Torres

Harold I. Goodman

Michael and Denise Goodman

Margaret Gordon and John Peterson

Gabrielle Green

Wendy Green-Harvey

Allen Gross



Marisa Guerin

Megan Gundogdu

Marietta Gurten

Caroline Haley

Jocelyn Hall

Philip and Maureen Handel

John Hanson

Dan Harney

Erica Harney

Jean Haskell

Laura Heise

James and Pamela Hill

Sarah Hill

Adina A. Himes

Diana Hoff

Olivia Hopkins

Erin Horvat

Troy Hutchins

Dave and Robin Ingram

Marlyn and Earlene Jackson

Melissa Jackson-Schmidt

Steven Jacobson

Danise Jarrett

Darrell and Cassandra Jones

Teresa Kalinowsky

Bess Kaufmann

The Kamens Family Fund

Theresa Karlson

Andrew Keats

Abigail Kelly

Kiley and Graham Kelly

Susan Kelly

Ardita Koka

Chris and Jenny Konstantinos

Kwabena Koranteng

John Kromer

Raphael Krut-Landau

Andy Kucer

Anthony and Chelsea Kuehne

Carniesha Kwashie

Robert Lamberson

Lauren Langan

Khalilah Lawson

Brian Leffler

Michael Lehr and Linda Pennington

Mike Lembo

Robert Sherman and Joan Lenington

Mia Levine

David and Eva Lexie

Scott Lillis

Kristin Lindgren

Ina Lipman

William Lit

Diana Martin and A. Franklin Burgess

Melody Blanchford and John Maggard

Sam Markow

Bill and Kristin Martin

Lauren Marzolf

Thomas R Marzolf

Todd and Jennifer Marzolf

Melanie McCottry

Laura McHugh

Patrick Mckenna

Alvin McLaughlin

Cameron McLinden

Jill McPherson

Michael McPhilmy

Steven McPhilmy

James and Deborah Mergiotti

Carmen Miller

Donald Miller

Tiffany Millner

Eric Minton

Patricia Moberly

Charles Modiano

Brendan Molloy

Frank Molloy

Meredith and Marty Molloy

Terry and Sally Molloy

Theo Molloy and Erica Harney

Tim Molloy

Moira Moody

Deborah Moynihan

Anas Muhamed

Jim Multari





John Murphy

Patricia Murphy

Kathleen Nestler

Sarah Oberman

Maureen O’Leary

Sam Olshin

Jee Yon Pae

The Vincent J. Pappas Family Foundation

Grace Parker

Floyd and Lanetta Parks

Valerie and David Paul

Ron Payton

The Paul Family Foundation

Cidoney Pearson

Anni Pereyra

Margaret Gordon and John Peterson

Laurene Peterson

Sarah Peterson

Shiloh Philpot

Peter and Caroline Piven

Ashley Pollard

Allison and Steve Predjulek

Stephen and Liz Raynes

Sylvia Rivera

Maine Robbins

John Roberts

Rob Smith and Roxanne Roberts

Kenneth and Linda Romanowski

Tony Rose

Ian Rubin

Mike Sack

Elizabeth Sampath

Harald Sandstrom

Damir Scarbrough

Michael and Rachel Schade

Joe and Meg Sciarillo

Chaneil Scott

Sean Shannon

LaWanda Sheppard

Lee and Michelle Shoener

Simran Sidhu and Ravi Acharya

Bernard and Jacquelyn Smalley

Alicia Smith

Jessica Smith

Peter and Kathleen Smith

Phillip Smith

Jonathan Smollen

Ed Spatholt

Tamika Sproul

Bud and Jeannie Starr

Kevin Stauffer

Leslie Stein

Ryan Swartz

Joseph and Deborah Tarnowski

Christopher Tate

Joe and Detta Tate

Maureen Tate and the Honorable Gerald McHugh

Eric Temmel

Brenda Thomas

David Thomas

Patricia Thompson

Ravi and Minal Tolani

J. Burt Totaro

Robert Totaro and Deborah Stuart

Jenifer Trachtman

Joe Trachtman

Joseph Trachtman, Jr.

Michael Tranter

Joe Traub

Constance Tuoey

Sangeeta Tyagi

Jane Uptegrove

Doug Uyehara

Jo-Ann Verrier

Vert Charitable Trust

Zac Vigneault

Arney Walker

Stephanie Waller

Patricia Walmsley

Kelly and Rich Walsh

Joyce Walton

Chris Weidman

Karen Wisniewski and Dr. Bob Boucher

James and Susan Wolfe

Catie Wolfgang

Keith Youse



Corporate, Community and Foundation Support

Aegis Property Group

Altus Partners

AmeriCorps

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Anonymous

Atkin Olshin Schade Architects

Bluestone Foundation

BNY Mellon

Marjorie Bunnell Charitable Fund

Centennial Parkside CDC

Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends

City of Philadelphia Anti-Violence Community Expansion

City of Philadelphia Division of Housing and Community Development

CliftonLarsonAllen

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP)

Corporate Interiors

Cozen O’Connor

DMi Partners Inc.

Door Dash

Empower Construction

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP

Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church

Daniel B. and Florence E. Green Foundation

Hilco Redevelopment Partners

Independence Foundation

JKG Florida Business Corp.

JP Morgan Chase Foundation

JTWO FILMS

Adesanya Karade

Eugene and Deborah Lefevre

Merck Gives Back

NFP

Nutritional Development Services Archdiocese of Philadelphia

OCSA Construction Inc.

P. Agnes, Inc.

PayPal Giving Fund

Penn’s Way

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

Pennsylvania Department of Education Ready to Learn

Pennsylvania Department of Education Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools

Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund (PHARE)

Philadelphia Works Inc.

Philadelphia Youth Network

Philly Service Award

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Raynes & Lawn

Replica Creative

Rosenthal Foundation

Saint-Gobain

School District of Philadelphia

Seer Interactive

Smith System

Spring Point Partners

Steelcase

The Green Family Foundation

The John B. Rosenthal Foundation

The Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Trammell Crow Company

Truist Foundation

United States Department of Labor

Vanguard Matching Gift Program

The White Richardson Trust

YouthBuild Global



YouthBuild Philly is a proud United States Department of Labor (DOL) YouthBuild Grantee, 2022-2025 and 2024-2027 cycles. DOL’s $1.5m in federal funding supports workforce development instruction programs at YouthBuild Philly. Another $375,000 is invested in workforce development instruction through non-federal sources.

Key Resources and Partners

365 Health Services

Apple Tree Housing Services

Bebashi – Transition to Hope

BQ Basements

Career Link

CareGivers America

City of Phila. Office of Homeless Services

College Together

Columbia North YMCA

Community College of Philadelphia

Community Legal Services

Covenant House

Cradles to Crayons

Defender Association of Philadelphia

Drexel Center for Nonviolence

Drexel Writer’s Room

ELECT

Empire Beauty School

FAB Youth Philly

Germantown House

High Point Coffee

Healing Hurt People

Jewish Family & Children’s Serv. (JFCS)

Lady Electricians

Lutheran Settlement House

MarsCare

Merakey

North10 PHL

Oak View Group

Orleans Technical College

PA Career Link

Philabundance

Philadelphia Energy Authority

Philadelphia Horticultural Society

Playworks

Porter’s Daycare and Educational Center

PowerCorps

Programming for Excellence Inc.

Provision of Grace World Mission Church

Provision Vocational Training Center

Rising Sons

Sam Staten SR.- Pre-Appr. Program

Savage Construction Company

Thaddeus Stevens College

The Block Gives Back

The Wardrobe

Urban Creators

Valley Youth House

Williamson College of the Trades

Women Against Abuse

Women Organized Against Rape

Youth Sentencing & Re-Entry Project

“YouthBuild Philly changes lives and provides motivated young men and women educational pathways to vocational careers or higher education. We are proud to support this important mission. “

– Michael Lehr and Linda Pennington

MAKE A GIFT TODAY

To discuss a gift to YouthBuild Philly please contact Jenifer Trachtman, Chief Development Officer, at jtrachtman@youthbuildphilly.org or 267-325-8631. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these lists. If we have inadvertently misspelled or omitted your name, please accept our apologies and notify Jenifer Trachtman. 

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https://www.youthbuildphilly.org/donate/

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