PennFuture

==Insights==
Just ten years ago, in 1998, PennFuture was formed by The Heinz Endowments and the Pew Charitable Trusts - and a great experiment took off.
Could a new organization - statewide, with lawyers, organizers, policy experts, communications professionals and environmental specialists - sue polluters, mobilize citizens, and forge legislative majorities to clean up Pennsylvania's environment and improve our economy? Could it drive change throughout the state, and stand up against the polluters who controlled Harrisburg? Could it lead in making Pennsylvania a model for a new green economy? Could it do it all in a different way from the way environmental causes had always been advanced? And could it make these changes with only a few years of funding?
Now, ten years later, the answers are clearly YES to all of these questions. PennFuture has transformed the Pennsylvania political landscape, and made the environmental movement a key player in driving public policy.
How? PennFuture is a different kind of environmental organization.
Tough. Strategic. Professional. Goal-oriented. And now, with a ten year track record of proven results.
Donors like you have been a key ingredient to our success. And your continued support will make the next decade even more successful. Your end of the year gift to PennFuture (which you can make by visiting our secure website) can help us make our mission a reality - to create a just future where nature, communities and the economy thrive.
We have so many victories to point to:
* from building Pennsylvania's clean energy markets to making mining companies accountable for the environmental harm they cause;
* from stopping power plant pollution in local communities to successfully demanding that all power plants in the state sharply curtail their toxic mercury pollution;
* from leading the Next Great City coalition in Philadelphia, making the environment a key issue in the mayor's race to helping Pittsburgh receive federal designation as a Solar America city, getting enough money to set the course to make the city solar powered;
* from passing the clean vehicle rule, giving all Pennsylvanians access to the cleanest cars and trucks made to leading the fight to secure guaranteed funding for environmental protection and cleanup through the Growing Greener bond;
* from our Cool Pennsylvania Campaign: Stopping Global Warming at Home, which is leading statewide change to take serious action to stop global warming to our Safe Food, Safe Families Campaign - Keeping Medicine Working for You, which works to stop rampant use of human antibiotics in healthy animals at factory farms;
* from our work protecting Penn's Woods for anglers, hunters and outdoors enthusiasts to protecting drinking water in rural and urban areas alike; and many more.
Your end of the year donation will help us build on this track record in our next decade.
We can expand our role as the watchdog over government. We can add to the $2 million annually in free legal services that we already provide to local communities. We can do even more to enforce environmental regulations. We can grow the renewable energy market even faster.
In a world where you have so many choices for donations, PennFuture is one of the very best investments you can make with your charitable dollars.
PennFuture works to protect the environment and economy of Pennsylvania - here, at home - and shape its future by working at the state and local levels. We are dedicated to professional, effective advocacy that delivers results to our supporters. In fact, the Philadelphia Inquirer referred to us as "Pennsylvania's leading environmental advocacy organization," and Pennsylvania's leaders from both parties have lauded our leadership in enforcing the laws on energy, air pollution, farming, water pollution, mining and much more. The Commonwealth is a far better place than it was when PennFuture was formed nearly a decade ago - and we know we helped make that happen. And with your help, we can continue.
So as you decide your gifts this season, I hope you will agree that PennFuture delivers results - and add us to your list. Please visit our website secure website (https://www.pennfuture.org/donation_form_secure.aspx) to make a donation today.
We will do everything we can to ensure that the next ten years of this great experiment will lead to even greater victories than the ones we are celebrating this year.
Together, we can make Pennsylvania's future brighter and greener.
 
John Hanger, president and CEO
P.S. Under a federal law due to expire on January 1, 2008, individuals can donate up to $100,000 from an IRA to a tax-exempt group (like PennFuture) without accruing any tax liability. This donation would be excluded from your gross income for the tax year. For more information, see the booklet at the Council on Foundations website, http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Government/Charitable%20Reform%20Resource%20Center/06_IRACharitableRolloverFinal.pdf and consult your tax advisor.
Remember, the donation has to be made before January 1, 2008 to qualify for this special tax exemption.
P.P.S. For a donation of $120 or more, we'll be happy to send you a DVD of the Academy Award™ winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, or a copy of the new children's book (ages 11 and up) An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming (adapted for a new generation). Just note in the comments section of our donation form which you want. Or, if you'd prefer not to receive any gift premium, let us know that, too.
Did you know that PennFuture members receive reduced rates at all PennFuture conferences, luncheons and other events? Make another difference for Pennsylvania today - join PennFuture. Just go to our secure website at www.pennfuture.org .
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Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future
610 N. Third Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
http://www.pennfuture.org
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