Ronald C. Dendas, Program Officer of The Rider-Pool Foundation, was recently asked to contribute his perspective on findings from the first four years of the Collective Impact Fellowship. His article appears here on the nationally […]
Read MoreBuilding 21 Allentown 2018 provided hands-on, rigorous learning opportunities for 50 Building 21 students this summer. The students participated in work experiences at 19 different sites across the Lehigh Valley through the last two months […]
Read MoreAugust 16, 2018 – The Rider-Pool Foundation has announced the participants of the fifth year of the Collective Impact Fellowship Program as follows: Sherri Binder, PhD, Executive Director, Ripple Community Inc. Josh Bridges, Administrator, MH/ID/EI/D&A, […]
Read MoreOn January 16-18, 2018, The Rider-Pool Foundation and The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley hosted Sylvia Cheuy, Consulting Director of the Tamarack Institute’s Collective Impact Idea Area, and Jen Roynon, Director of Partnerships […]
Read MoreOn Monday, June 18, 2018, The Rider-Pool Foundation offered certificates of completion to 12 community leaders to conclude the 2018 Collective Impact Fellowship Program. The Foundation created the Collective Impact Fellowship Program with a substantial […]
Read MorePromise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley’s inaugural class of Leadership Without Limits participants completed a rigorous 8 week developmental intensive program, grounded in self reflection, team building, and courageous leadership. Support for the program was provided by […]
Read MoreThe Rider-Pool Foundation was recently showcased in a case study publication by the Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement. Tamarack was founded in 2002 as a place to understand community change and help organizations and citizens work better together […]
Read MoreThe Rider-Pool Foundation provided support to Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley (PNLV) for the creation of their Leadership Without Limits! initiative. See a video of the program here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1srDAahjXoEKgKXZqmT-UMX_cKKoBwPkF/view?ts=5a8373de
Read MoreAmerica continues working on King’s dream Rev. Larry Pickens In 2018, we mark 50 years since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, in Memphis, Tenn. Our […]
Read MoreCongratulations to ANIZDA, City Center Investment Corp., and everyone else involved in helping the Queen City receive this important recognition. “The Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority (ANIZDA) announced today that the “Downtown Allentown Revitalization […]
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Support from The Rider-Pool Foundation allows us to extend the length of our programs, offer more interesting programs, and reach additional groups of students.
Shannon Fugate – Executive Director, The Baum School of ArtThe NIZ is an engine of change. I hope that all activity around it, all community development programs, are undertaken not with the idea of doing this for people, but instead, doing this with people.
Reverend Larry Pickens – Ecumenical Director, Lehigh Conference of ChurchesThe focused support of The Rider-Pool Foundation in education, human services, culture and art, and community development closely mirrored Mrs. Pool, a woman who was foremost a teacher, a musician, and a strong proponent of reacting to the needs of the community around her.
Edward F. Meehan, MPH – Executive Director, The Rider-Pool FoundationThe training and cross collaboration from the Collective Impact Fellowship was so powerful that it has fundamentally changed how I develop projects within my program and consider how to be most effective in community collaborations.
Lori Molloy, Esq. – Executive Director, North Penn Legal Services and Collective Impact Fellow