UPDATE on Partners:
The Philadelphia
Regional Fund
Exemplars Project
The Exemplars Project is nearing completion (with
opportunities for further research or replication in the
future). This one-year initiative, funded by the William
Penn Foundation, has identified, spotlighted and called
attention to congregation-hosted programs that are
particularly innovative, affordable and effective. This
project has expanded the scope of Partners’ advocacy,
building on the research of our pioneering 1998 study,
Sacred Places at Risk.
As part of this project, Partners has developed several
program profiles that will be used in our ongoing efforts
to communicate the value and impact of historic sacred
places. (See page 9 for the case study of Breaking Bread,
hosted by Broad Street Ministry.)
At the Module IV New Dollars training sponsored by the
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, members of
Nueva Vida/Norristown New Life receive their completion
certificate, flanked by Melissa Jest of the Preservation Alliance
(l.) and Partners’ Director of Training, Elizabeth Terry (r.).
A key objective in this project has been the testimony of
the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC),
an external program evaluator, which has developed
specific quality indicators for programs in twelve
categories. PHMC’s evaluative profiles will support
Partners’ advocacy ݽɬ