We strive to not only help the organizations we support and the individuals those organizations serve, but also drive a culture of civic responsibility that reinforces the fiduciary duty we owe our clients.
About Philadelphia Reads:
Philadelphia Reads, an initiative of the Mayor's Office and the Free Library of Philadelphia, partners with local businesses to mentor and tutor K–3 students in the workplace.
FS Volunteers:
Each week while school is in session, FS volunteers mentor students from nearby Southwark Elementary during the lunch hour.
About Second Harvest:
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida provides over 64 million pounds of food to people in need each year.
FS Volunteers:
FS volunteers visits the Second Harvest warehouse to assemble food kits for families in need each holiday season.
About Cradles to Crayons:
Cradles to Crayons provides children living in homeless or low-income situations with essential items for home and school. New and gently used donations come to the Cradles to Crayons warehouse through the support of families, community groups and corporate partners. More than 1,500 volunteers visit the warehouse monthly to inspect, sort and package donations for children in need.
FS Volunteers:
During Cradles to Crayons’ annual Backpack-a-thon, FS joins volunteers from across the Philadelphia region to assemble backpacks for children in need.
About Vetri Community Partnership:
Vetri Community Partnership uses fresh, healthy food and family style eating to improve the lives of children living in our communities. Vetri's "Eatiquette" program aims to help kids experience the connection between healthy eating and healthy living by transforming traditional school cafeterias into culinary, nutritional and socialization classrooms.
FS Volunteers:
Through the Eatiquette program, FS volunteers teach students how to set a table, practice teamwork, engage in conversation and make healthy food choices.
About The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program:
Founded in 1984, the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program (MAP) has produced over 3,600 murals in the city of Philadelphia. Through these transformative public art projects, MAP plays a pivotal role in beautifying Philadelphia's neighborhoods while providing the city's at-risk youth with education and leadership opportunities.
FS Volunteers:
During Mural Arts’ paint days, FS volunteers work with local artists and community members to create murals around the city.
About Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia:
Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP) provides children from low-income Philadelphia families with critical scholarship funding.
FS Volunteers:
During Lottery Day, an annual CSFP event, FS volunteers will join CSFP parents and friends to celebrate the awarding of 2,000 new scholarships to children in need.
About Love Your Park:
Philadelphia’s Love Your Park initiative is an annual citywide event featuring service projects in parks throughout the city.
FS Volunteers:
During Love Your Park week, FS volunteers partner with the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Department to clean up neighboring FDR Park.
About Boys & Girls Club of Central Florida:
Boys & Girls Club of Central Florida serves nearly 13,000 youth between the ages of 6 and 18, providing them with a safe place to learn and grow. Programs focus on character and leadership development, education and career preparation, health and life skills, sports and fitness training, and the arts.
FS Volunteers:
FS volunteers spend time with students enrolled in the Boys & Girls Club after-school program, offering mentoring and homework help.
About SquashSmarts:
SquashSmarts provides free, academic and athletic mentoring to underserved youth living in Philadelphia.
FS Volunteers:
FS Volunteers visit the SquashSmarts facility to offer homework help and play squash with student partners.
About Philabundance:
Philabundance is the Philadelphia region’s largest food bank and hunger relief organization. Each week, Philabundance provides food to over 90,000 people through a network of more than 400 local service agencies.
FS Volunteers:
Each November, FS volunteers visit the Philabundance warehouse to sort and pack food donations for the hungry.
We aim to support our non-profit partners and the individuals those partners serve through monthly volunteer events and ongoing in-office service opportunities. FS employees may participate in up to three paid days of community service each year in addition to ongoing in-office programs.
We support our employees in their personal charitable giving by offering a 1:1 match to contributions made to qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations.
In the event of a natural disaster, the FS Foundation will contribute match funds to an employee-selected organization that provides disaster relief and/or emergency management services.
We offer board training and placement programs to employees seeking non-profit board service opportunities.
