giving Opportunities
Your gift has the power to change the world
Every gift to the School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) provides us with the tools and resources we need to strengthen our community. From renovating and maintaining our facilities to providing scholarship and financial aid to the very best and brightest students, we depend on donor support.
Explore some of the many different giving opportunities available to donors (including using your DAF) or contact the Office of Institutional Advancement to discuss how you can support SP2 through a customized giving opportunity.
YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS
For International Donors
Our International Giving site makes it easy to support SP2 even if you live outside the United States. Your contribution may even qualify for tax benefits in your home country.
A GIFT WITH IMPACT
SP2 Annual Fund
Annual Fund contributions are unrestricted funds that meet a variety of needs, including tuition assistance support, faculty recruitment and retention, facilities, technology, and unanticipated expenses.
SP2 Scholars Program
The SP2 Scholars Program is a competitive scholarship program with the aim of enhancing SP2’s ongoing commitment to the recruitment and retention of students with a particular interest in and demonstrated capacity for leadership in social good. The Program awards full-tuition scholarships and creates uniquely focused, rigorous academic programming. The endowed fund for this program ensures the sustainability of the program by providing funding that is available in perpetuity.
SP2 Student Financial Aid Fund
Gifts to this term fund provide critical aid to students and support SP2’s commitment to recruit the most talented class possible. By easing the financial burden, contributions support SP2 students in pursuit of dynamic careers as social change agents.
Estate and Planned Gifts
Planned gifts are especially helpful to the School and enable donors to make a substantial gift that aligns with their personal financial strategy. Planned gifts generate lifelong income, convert low-yielding assets into higher income streams at a reduced capital gain cost, provide significant income tax deduction, and reduce or eliminate estate taxes. Penn’s Office of Gift Planning can help you to find the right asset, at the right time, structured to maximize the tax benefits of your support of the University’s educational mission. For more information, email giftplanning@dev.upenn.edu.
Supporting Programs of Excellence
Each SP2 research center requires additional general operating support to maintain and expand its programming. Gift opportunities are available in child well-being, gender-based violence, economic security, data analytics, homelessness, and criminal justice. Although gifts of any size are appreciated, naming opportunities are available for a larger commitment.
For more information, please contact Bart Miltenberger.
Naming Term or Endowed Scholarships/ Fellowships
Tuition assistance in the form of named term and endowed scholarships/fellowships* is a major SP2 priority. These gifts may be designated for students of merit in any of the School’s three master’s degree programs or the Doctorate in Clinical Social Work (the PhD in Social Welfare has a separate financial support structure). Donors may name scholarships/fellowships in perpetuity for a minimum investment of $150,000. Term scholarships may be established with a minimum investment of $25,000.
* “scholarship/fellowship” may be used interchangeably
For more information, please contact Bart Miltenberger.
Named Term or Endowed Professorships
Establishing term and/or endowed professorships in targeted areas such as economic opportunity, climate, and social impact is crucial to recruiting and retaining star faculty. A minimum investment of $3 million is required to name a professorship.
For more information, please contact Bart Miltenberger.
Naming SP2’s Research Building
SP2’s research building, located at 3815 Walnut Street, houses SP2’s research entities, including the Field Center for Children’s Policy Practice & Research, the Center for Social Impact Strategy, the Evelyn Jacobs Ortner Center on Family Violence, and the Center for High Impact Philanthropy. This newly renovated building offers an excellent naming opportunity for a donor seeking high-profile recognition.
For more information, please contact Bart Miltenberger.
News
Student Life
08/26
Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice launches nation’s first practice doctorate in nonprofit administration
Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) is proud to announce the launch of the Doctorate in Nonprofit Administration (DNPA), the first practice-based doctoral program in the nation focused exclusively on leadership for nonprofit administrators.
News
Student Life
08/18
SP2 announces “The Anxious Generation” as One Book, One SP2 selection
Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) has announced the selection of “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” by Jonathan Haidt as its 2025 – 2026 One Book, One SP2 choice.
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Alumni
07/25
Alumni Q&A | Ayesha Amin, MSSP’18
SP2 alumna Ayesha Amin, MSSP’18, is a feminist activist, gender expert, and founder of Baithak – Challenging Taboos, a women-led grassroots organization advancing gender justice, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and climate justice across Pakistan. We reached out to her to learn more about her time at SP2 and the transformative work she’s leading.
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University of Pennsylvania
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PO Box 71332
Philadelphia, PA 19176-9913