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Give a gift with the power to make lasting social change.
Financial support enables the School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) to offer a unique, world-class education that brings together rigorous academics, meaningful field experiences, and a deep commitment to exploring and addressing axes of inequality. With your gift, we can provide our students and faculty with all the resources and support they need to learn, teach, practice – and dedicate their careers to fighting for change and positive impact.
Support the SP2 Annual Fund
A gift to the SP2 Annual Fund gives us the flexibility to provide financial aid to our students, attract and retain the world’s best faculty, and invest in important campus and technology improvements that are vital to ensuring our students’ success.
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Your Impact
Thanks to donor support, thousands of our students, alumni, and faculty working alongside vulnerable populations to design solutions to complex social problems. Here are stories from just some of the SP2 changemakers who are fighting to create a more just and equitable world.
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Ways to Give
Whether supporting students through our Social Justice Scholars Program or driving innovation at one of our many research centers, SP2 students, alumni, and faculty are working alongside vulnerable populations to design solutions to complex social problems.
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Faculty & Research
01/07
SP2’s Dr. Desmond Patton to deliver keynote at SSWR conference with 40+ SP2-led sessions
Collaboration as innovation will be the theme of an address by Keynote Speaker Dr. Desmond Upton Patton of Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) at the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 2025 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington.
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Faculty & Research
12/20
Journey to Joy
In a joint class within SP2 and the Annenberg School for Communication, Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Desmond Upton Patton invites students to seek fulfillment in less tangible forms and dream big in Journey to Joy: Designing a Happier Life.
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Faculty & Research
12/17
Paper on philanthropic strategies wins editors’ prize for three SP2-affiliated authors
The first author of the paper is Dr. H. Daniel Heist, a graduate of SP2’s PhD in Social Welfare Program. He is joined by SP2 Professor Ram Cnaan and fellow SP2 PhD graduate Dr. Megan M. Farwell.
Contact Us
To give by mail:
University of Pennsylvania
Office of the Treasurer
PO Box 71332
Philadelphia, PA 19176-9913
To give by overnight mail:
Trustees of University of Pennsylvania
Attn: Lockbox 824949
525 Fellowship Road, Suite 330
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054