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The Philanthropic Collaborative (TPC) represents key participants in philanthropy - private and community foundations, charities, elected officials and community leaders.

With major economic reforms under consideration, it is more critical than ever for the philanthropic community to join together to ensure policymakers understand the critical role foundations play in our everyday lives.

There is no better way to convey this story than through the words of those individuals on the front lines of the charitable community. Time, Talent and Treasure tells the true story of the charitable community in America - one voice at a time. It highlights the outstanding work being done in every corner of our country - work that strengthens the fabric of our communities while making the United States a better place to live.

Milestone Centers, Inc.
	On any given day, Milestone's broad array of behavioral health and developmental disabilities services include providing community homes to elderly persons, helping deaf individuals suffering from schizophrenia, advocating for middle-aged individuals coping with depression, or providing best practice mobile therapy to children struggling with behavioral issues. It may be assisting a developmentally-challenged young woman with structured employment and job training or providing food and clothing to a homeless man with bipolar disorder. Milestone's services cover all of this and more; our mission means being there when, and where, the need is most urgent. (more)
Vermont Public Interest Research Group
	There are more than 80,000 chemicals used in the United States, the vast majority of which have never been comprehensively tested to determine their potential health and environmental impacts. Many of these chemicals are in products used in our homes, schools and workplaces every day, and they can be found in our children's toys, our food and the millions of products that line store shelves across the country. It was this threat to people's health that led the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) to take action. (more)
NCLR’s Institute for Hispanic Health
	NCLR's Institute for Hispanic Health (IHH) has developed science-based, bilingual curricula and educational materials on a number of diseases for use by its Affiliates. Over the past ten years, NCLR and its Affiliates have trained more than 200 lay health educators who have reached an estimated 10,000 individuals with prevention messages.” (more)
Toledo Community Foundation
	The rate of low weight births in Lucas County is among the highest in Ohio. In certain zip codes, the low weight births can be twice the average rate. As a result of these findings, the Toledo Community Foundation took a leadership role to fill a void of programming and funding. The Lucas County Initiative to Improve Birth Outcomes is a community partnership aimed at reducing the incidence of low birth weight babies in targeted, high-risk areas of Toledo. Through the program, those at risk are identified, connected to care, and the outcomes measured for efficacy. “Prevention is always better than treatment,” says Elizabeth Ruppert, M.D., pediatrician and former member of the board of Toledo Community Foundation. “We know that today we can make changes and the fastest way to do that is to close the gap between first class comprehensive medical care and the delivery of that care.” (more)
Academy Prep Center for Education
	Academy Prep provides an exemplary, college preparatory middle school education along with a comprehensive set of life changing services. Students attend Academy Prep up to 11 hours a day, 6 days a week, 11 months of the year, and all are provided full-tuition scholarships. In addition, students participate in extracurricular activities on afternoons and weekends. Academy Prep has accomplished all this through reaching out to mentors and community partnerships in the Tampa Bay area. Boasting over 14,000 hours of service, the children's families, along with 25 corporations and civic groups, 30 non-profits partners, and 300 individuals actively engage the children throughout the year. (more)
Family Reading Partnership
	The Family Reading Partnership is a non-profit, community-wide organization that promotes early literacy. They are a broad-based, local coalition of individuals, businesses, schools, libraries and other organizations. They have joined forces to create a culture of literacy in Ithaca by promoting family reading practices throughout the community. Together with a variety of community partners the Family Reading Partnership supports several programs in addition to Books at Birth, including the Books to Grow On program. (more)
Challenge Industries
	Deafness and blindness were not about to define a smart and determined Teresa Battisti, or prevent her from living a full, well-rounded life. From her first meeting with the staff at Challenge, there was a sense that Teresa had found a place she could work and enjoy, while receiving the supportive services she needs. Today, Teresa has overcome her communication limitations and enjoys giving back to the charity that has given her so much.... (more)
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte
	Children's Theatre of Charlotte was founded sixty-one years ago with a belief in the power of theatre, that arts are central to learning and that they delight, enlighten, and enchant. These beliefs are woven into their wide array of programs serving more than 321,000 young people and families every year. Education programs at Children's Theatre inspire creativity, confidence and a sense of community. Professional teaching artists lead students through engaging, interactive sessions. (more)
The DC Central Kitchen Table Tale
	It may not be too much to say that Robert Egger runs an anti-hunger and job training conglomerate and that he is a one-man antipoverty think tank as well. His conglomerate goes by the name of the DC Central Kitchen (DCCK), but it is not a "soup kitchen," and it does far more than just feed the hungry. Indeed, it consists of eight different programs... (more)
The Prison Entrepreneurship Program Tale
	One member of the group, Alvin Hammons, served 19 years in prison for attempted murder. Another, Edward Tobar, spent 12 years behind bars for manslaughter. Others were drug dealers, gang leaders or burglars. Indeed, name the offense, from aggravated assault to murder, and they have committed it... (more)
The Delancey Street Foundation Tale
	West Magazine put it well: "A bank robber is broiling chickens. A jewel thief is refilling the water glasses. A waiter is talking about his time in San Quentin . . . Delancey Street might look like every other successful restaurant . . . but the menu here comes second to the mission: providing felons with a solid first step on the straight-and-narrow."... (more)
Everybody Wins! DC Tale
	Starting in second grade, her lunchtime reading partner on Tuesdays gave Jasmine Harrison "someone to want to do well for and make proud," she says. Indeed, Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the partner, has been exceedingly proud not only of Jasmine-who is now a freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University-but also of his overall participation in Everybody Wins! DC, the largest literacy and mentoring program in the Washington area.... (more)
Gillette Mobile Outreach Clinic Tale
	When Wanda and Carey Schlecht of Willmar, Minn., took in foster son Cody at six weeks old, they were told that he had spina bifida, an incompletely developed spinal cord and covering. "We were told that he would probably never walk," recalls Wanda... (more)
Children’s Scholarship Fund Tale
	One mother worried that her kindergartner, a fast learner, wouldn't get the best education possible in a public school. Another fretted about her daughter's safety at an elementary school where police were rumored to have been called more than once. A third mother, who is on welfare, felt that a good private school education would open doors for her daughter that had been closed to her... (more)
St. Leo’s Residence for Veterans Tale
	There are an estimated 18,000 homeless veterans in the Chicago metropolitan area. Traveling the streets in search of food and shelter, many of these individuals find shelter wherever they can find it-under a bridge, an overnight shelter, or even a quiet, protected area. Making matters worse, many of these individuals suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), substance abuse and oftentimes a variety of other health problems... (more)