giving
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 supporting communities in need. 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 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.
GIVING
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 committed to advancing social good.
Giving
Ways to Give
Whether supporting students through our SP2 Scholars Program or driving innovation at one of our many research centers, SP2 students, alumni, and faculty are focused on designing solutions to complex social problems.
News
Faculty & Research
04/09
Equipping Students and Nonprofits for Impact: A Q&A with Dr. ChiaKo Hung
In this Q&A, SP2 Assistant Professor Dr. ChiaKo Hung reflects on what makes teaching at SP2 meaningful, the impact his research aims to have, and his favorite way to spend time in Philadelphia.
News
Faculty & Research
03/27
SP2 launches social work affiliate program with HUP and CHOP
Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), in an innovative partnership with the Departments of Social Work at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), has established a first-of-its-kind social work affiliate program.
News
Student Life
03/27
SP2 announces alumnus Dr. Shadrack Osei Frimpong as 2026 commencement speaker
Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) has announced that SP2 alumnus Dr. Shadrack Osei Frimpong, NPL’19, a global health leader and scholar whose work focuses on occupational neurology, will deliver the School’s 2026 Commencement speech on May 16.
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