Organizations and Businesses

The Philadelphia region is home to hundreds of non-profit organizations, civic and professional associations, and public agencies dedicated to connecting the region to the rest of the world and enhancing its international reputation.  

Whether it's an international development agency working on behalf of women's rights in Afghanistan or teaching sustainable agricultural techniques in Africa, an association of citizens organized in support of the goals of the United Nations, a chapter of the International Visitors Council dedicated to citizen diplomacy, or a chamber of commerce focused on promoting business ties with South America, you can find it here.

From multi-national corporations to neighborhood restaurants specializing in ethnic and regional cuisine; from law and accounting firms that handle cross-border transactions every day to a busy port that ships a world of goods; from airlines serving both Asia and Europe to a pharmaceutical industry that spans the globe; and from international investors to small-to-medium businesses that import and export goods of every kind, the Greater Philadelphia business community is one of the keys to the region’s vibrant international character.

 

Featured Organization / Business: Philadelphia Global Business Alliance

 Philadelphia Global Business Alliance (PGBA) provides a comprehensive range of resources to international companies planning to establish themselves in the Greater Philadelphia Area, which includes New Jersey and Delaware, as they enter the US market and offer assistance to those companies seeking to expand their business globally.

 

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Nonprofit
Estudia Chile
EstudiaChile is dedicated to improving cultural and educational connections between the United States and Chile, with the understanding that international education promotes peace and global cooperation. Whether studying-abroad as an undergraduate, backpacking across Patagonia, working as a professor at a university, or teaching English at an institute, EstudiaChile believes that these educational experiences are also opportunities for citizen diplomacy and cultural understanding.
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Civic/Community Organization
European Citizens Abroad
Millions of Europeans live outside of the European Union and many more live outside of their country of origin within the EU. "European CItizens Abroad" is an international, non-partisan, and pro-EU political organization. "Europeans Abroad Vote 2014", their first initiative, aims at raising awareness of the EU Parliament Elections in 2014 and increasing participation of European citizens who do not live in their native country.
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Communication, Entertainment, Media
Exit Design
ex;it is an experience design and strategy firm that designs the connection between people, information and environment. ex;it helps complex organizations advance their missions through design, research and a deep understanding of how people experience the places where they work, learn, heal and discover.
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Civic/Community Organization
Exton Region Chamber of Commerce (ERCC)
The Exton Region Chamber of Commerce is a private, voluntary, nonprofit business organization dedicated to improving the economic environment of our community, fostering the development of business growth and prosperity, advocating for sound public policy, and providing our members with outstanding programs and benefits.
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Law and Public Safety
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
With 650 lawyers in 11 offices nationwide, Drinker Biddle & Reath provides clients with unparalleled service in matters ranging from billion-dollar deals to complex class actions, across a broad spectrum of industries. Their 160-plus year history is marked by service to the public and the bar and innovating for their clients. 
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Other
Fairmount Park Conservancy
The Fairmount Park Conservancy believes in the power of open spaces and the importance of nature to urban communities.
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Fairmount Water Works
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Fairmount Water Works

While serving as the capital of the young nation in the 1790s, Philadelphia was swept four times by yellow fever.

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Nonprofit
Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center
For more than 200 years, the Fairmount Water Works has told the story of our connection with water. It operated as a pumping station from 1815 to 1909, an aquarium from 1911 to 1962, as the Kelly Natatorium until 1972, and today serves as Philadelphia Water's public education destination, housing an award-winning urban environmental education center.
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Finance
Firstrust Bank

Our mission

  • To cultivate prosperity for our customers, our employees, and the communities we serve.
  • To continue to provide high-quality financial services in a competitive and profitable manner.
  • To foster thriving commercial enterprise and home ownership.

Our story

In 1934, at the height of the Great Depression, Samuel A. Green founded First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia in South Philly, around his Mother’s kitchen table. It became Firstrust Bank in 1987.

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Education
Fisher Fine Arts Library- University of Pennsylvania

In 1885 University of Pennsylvania’s new provost, the physician William Pepper, declared that the university would build a new library building specifically designed to manage the torrent of books and periodicals produced by the use of steam-powered presses and cheap wood pulp paper. Pepper appointed Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard Furness to chair the building committee, and Furness appointed his brother Frank to make the design. 

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