BrightEdge is the innovation, impact investment and venture capital arm of the American Cancer Society. Today, our ACS Impact Venture Fund (AIVF) invests in for-profit, early-stage companies developing cutting-edge, cancer-focused therapeutics, diagnostics, devices, and technologies to fuel and accelerate ACS’s mission of ending cancer as we know it, for everyone.
FJC –A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds (FJC) is a boutique public charity that offers a diverse menu of philanthropic services to a range of stakeholders. FJC is primarily a platform for Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). In addition to DAF accounts, its over 1,000 accounts include fiscal sponsorships, collective giving accounts, and many other philanthropic vehicles that enable nonprofit organizations and their supporters to achieve their missions. FJC acts as a scaled platform that allows its account holders to focus on mission, rather than be burdened with the details of operations and compliance. Our roles as sponsors of DAFs and fiscal sponsorship organizations situates us as an intermediary between the financial services sector and the nonprofit sector.
The Merchants Fund provides grants and other support to merchants and small businesses in Philadelphia.
TMF was established in 1854 - a time in our nation’s history when there was no safety net to provide health and disability insurance or pension plans and retirement benefits - to provide charitable gifts to merchants facing financial hardship. The Fund evolved from the Mercantile Beneficial Association, an organization dedicated to providing business advice, networking opportunities, and protection from financial failure or default due to illness, old age, or disability.
Recognizing its privilege as a funder and the historical and systemic disinvestment in communities of color, including BIPOC business owners, as well as the inequitable access to capital experienced by BIPOC, immigrant, and women merchants, TMF seeks to:
- Utilize the access and acumen of its leadership to strengthen its grantmaking;
- Engage small business owners in decision-making processes;
- Align its corpus to reflect its values; and
- Make flexible grants that address these historic disparities and build wealth within these communities.
We are a nonprofit organization that aims to attack the wealth gaps in the United States while also ensuring the retiring small business owners can leave a legacy behind with the jobs they have created in their communities.
