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Making an undesignated donation is the most direct way to support all of PCOP’s educational and outreach programs. PCOP also has a variety of designated giving options described below. However you choose to give will be valued. If mailing a check, please make payable to Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia (specific funds/projects can be mentioned on the memo line).

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Gifts in Honor, Tribute and Memory

Large or small, honorary or celebratory, you can pay tribute to the important people in your life by honoring them with a gift to PCOP.

In lieu of accepting traditional presents, consider asking friends or family to make a gift to PCOP, or if you’re a guest at an upcoming celebration, consider making a gift to PCOP on the recipient’s behalf. Not only will you honor them, but you will also make a lasting impact on PCOP’s work.

Gifts to PCOP help support our low-fee supervision program, new projects, and operating costs.

 

Support PCOP Conferences

  • The Sydney Pulver Lecture Fund supports the Sydney Pulver Lecture, an annual program that is part of our Psychoanalytic Forum series.
  • The Gerald D. Pearson Lecture Fund supports the Gerald D. Pearson Lecture, an annual program addressing topics in child and adolescent psychoanalysis.
  • The Katz Fund is dedicated to underwriting programs for the public, such as Psychoanalytic Forums. 
  • The Robert Waelder Memorial Lecture Fund supports the Robert Waelder Memorial Lecture.

 

Support The Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation Scholarship Funds

  • The Patricia Claffie Fund provides scholarships for social work students who wish to expand their understanding of human behavior through psychoanalytic training.

  • The Harry L. Friedberg Fund encourages the use of film to further public understanding of psychoanalysis. This Fund has provided seed money for the development of From Freud to Einstein: Why War?, a feature documentary film analyzing war from a psychoanalytic perspective. 
  • The Edward L. Hicks IV, MD Scholarship Fund was established in the memory of Edward L. (Ted) Hicks, a highly regarded psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who served devotedly in leadership roles at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia for over forty years. This scholarship helps clinicians train in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in order that Ted’s commitment to psychoanalytic treatment and psychoanalytic thought continues to flourish.
  • The Henri Parens Hope Scholarship Fund was established in honor of Henri Parens, MD for his over fifty years of dedicated work and in keeping with the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia’s commitment to community service. This scholarship’s purpose is to support students of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia who are financially challenged and who have expressed an interest and plan to apply psychoanalytic knowledge to the understanding of social problems with the intention to improve the lives of individuals, especially children and the underserved.
  • A Foundation Endowment Fund has been established to allow the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia to provide scholarships to clinicians-in-training. The Foundation Endowment Fund also enables the Foundation to support and encourage innovative programs, bringing the insights of psychoanalysis to address important social and cultural issues and move the field of psychoanalysis forward. 
  • In addition to providing scholarships, the Foundation provides financial support for various educational and outreach initiatives of the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. 
 

Support Special Projects

  • The Board Fund supports innovative program development at PCOP.
  • The Eugene Baum Research Fund supports psychoanalytic research projects.
  • The Alex Burland Fund supports improvements to historic Rockland Mansion which houses PCOP’s office, classrooms, and meeting rooms.
 

Support the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation

The Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation was established to secure the financial future of Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia through its endowment, and to offer scholarships and grants supporting outreach and research of psychoanalytic ideas.

The Endowment Fund of the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation supports PCOP with scholarships and grants for outreach projects and research of psychoanalytic ideas. Gifts to the Endowment Fund of the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Foundation can be made without any restrictions or designations. The Foundation’s Endowment Fund has flourished with prudent management and through the efforts of the Annual Appeal Campaign.

 

 

Planned Giving and Bequests

Please contact PCOP for more information about these options.

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