Financial Aid

What is The Penn Fund?

Emily Kernan, executive director of The Penn Fund, discusses the mission of The Penn Fund and why donating is such a personally meaningful experience for many alumni.

Brandon Baker



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Scripps News

Income program helps those formerly incarcerated stay out of prison

Next year Penn will release its findings on a guaranteed income program designed for the formerly incarcerated in Gainesville, Florida.

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Barron’s

Philanthropy is changing as individual donations decline

According to a Penn study, individual donations fell about 4.5 % during the pandemic, but the average amount of each gift surged more than 200%.

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Harrisburg Patriot-News

250K in Pa. signed up for Biden administration’s student loan relief plan

A 2022 report from Penn estimated that student loan forgiveness could cost the federal government around $1 trillion.

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Time

Biden’s latest student loan forgiveness plan probably won’t work, experts say

Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law explains why borrowers shouldn’t expect Biden’s new student loan forgiveness relief to be as sweeping as previous attempts.

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The Washington Post

Four million have enrolled in Biden’s new student loan repayment plan

The Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates that the Save student loan repayment plan will cost as much as $558 billion over a 10-year period.

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Chronicle of Philanthropy

Part stock fund, part donor-advised fund: A new bid for young donors

Katherina Rosqueta of the School of Social Policy & Practice discusses progress in the quest to identify meaningful metrics of nonprofit performance, such as SP2’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy.

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