PennPAC Annual Report 2019-2020 Letter from our Executive Director Dear Friends, I am honored to present our most recent Annual Report (2019-2020) to you. It has been a year of exciting growth and strength for PennPAC, thanks to the support of our volunteers, donors and friends. While the past few months have been extremely challenging due to the COVID-19 crisis and heightened tensions surrounding long-term racial inequities in our country, PennPAC has continued to deliver to a struggling nonprofit sector. In fact, we were able to quickly transition to virtual programming to complete our Spring 2020 projects and host our very first virtual ImPACt event. As we enter the fall, we have received more nonprofit applications than ever, highlighting the need for PennPAC during this difficult time for nonprofits and those who benefit from their services. This summer, we were excited to announce that we were selected by Penn to be a Shared Interest Group (SIG). The University’s vast reach will enable PennPAC to communicate our opportunities to many more in the alumni community. We thank our many strong advocates for making this partnership a reality. Over the past year, our Operating Board has grown and we launched our Advisory Board - currently made up of 10 members - who will provide strategic guidance and financial support. Both boards are made up of dedicated alumni who each bring a unique lens to the work and are committed to furthering our mission. We also took on ourselves as a client and completed our first “PennPAC for PennPAC” project. The guide delivered by this team will serve as a roadmap as we prepare to grow our footprint to meet the outsized demand from both potential clients and alumni-volunteers. I look forward to a busy 2021. We will approach the work with a renewed sense of purpose and importance. I am confident that whatever comes our way, PennPAC and our cadre of amazing volunteers and supporters will be ready to help. Thank you and best regards,
Jackie Einstein Astrof PennPAC Founder & Executive Director