Education nonprofits White-Williams and Philadelphia Futures merge

Measured by the bottom line, a merger between White-Williams Scholars and Philadelphia Futures seems hardly noteworthy.

After all, the two Philadelphia nonprofit groups are worth barely $12 million, couch-cushion change when compared, say, with the $68 billion Pfizer Inc. spent to buy Wyeth last year.

Still, the thought of a marriage of the two college-prep programs gave Susan Segal goose bumps.

The merger will mark a rare coming together of two well-established and financially stable nonprofit organizations with a goal of serving more students more effectively.