There are 34 article(s) tagged Nonprofit:

• December 2024

  • Karat Place celebrates 25 years of helping women

    Melvena Leake leads Karat Place, a nonprofit that helps women recently released from prison find their way back into society through a residential program that provides job training.

    By Jody Callahan December 30, 2024

• November 2024

  • Food Bank head departing Memphis to return to Georgia

    Cathy Pope is leaving the Mid-South Food Bank to take another job in Georgia closer to her family. The organization’s board of directors is beginning a search for her replacement.

    By Jody Callahan November 12, 2024

• October 2024

  • Bridges chooses new leader

    Sam O’Bryant will leave Literacy Mid-South to take over as president and CEO of Bridges later this year.

    By Jody Callahan October 30, 2024

• July 2024

  • Horses and people find solace in greener pastures at Southern Reins

    This nonprofit creates space for healing and second chances for people with autism, trauma or other diagnoses, and also for horses that had careers in the show ring, on the polo field or elsewhere.

    By Aisling Mäki July 14, 2024

  • Church Health introduces cohort of women leaders

    The nation’s largest faith-based, privately funded health clinic has undergone a number of leadership changes — all of them women in senior roles. 

    By Aisling Mäki July 02, 2024

• April 2024

  • Memphis-based Joffa provides jobs at home, around the globe

    The e-commerce site links socially conscious shoppers to handcrafted goods from around the world, and helps provide jobs in the 38126 ZIP code, where Advance Memphis workers staff a fulfillment center.

    By Aisling Mäki April 28, 2024

• November 2023

  • Hope Activated: ‘Without hope, all of us are gone’

    After he lost one son to gang violence and another was sent to prison, Randy Taylor, a Memphis Police Department officer, created local nonprofit Hope Activated to mentor the city’s youth.

    By Julia Baker November 21, 2023

• June 2023

  • ALSAC restructures, cuts 29 positions

    ALSAC, the fundraising organization of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, says it has laid off 29 of its 1,700 employees. 

    By Aisling Mäki June 15, 2023

• June 2021

  • Drive-thru scholarships: ‘Cream of the crop’ awarded $2,000 each

    Two nonprofits organized a colorful way to hand over scholarship checks of $2,000 each to 104 girls and young women on Friday, June 18.

    By Tom Bailey June 19, 2021

• April 2021

  • Letters to the Editor: Gun violence, nonprofit dilemma

    Letters today discuss gun violence and the dilemma nonprofits face thanks to the pandemic.

    By Letters to the Editor April 10, 2021

• June 2020

  • More than 100 nonprofits say city is ‘set up’ for oppression

    The open letter issued Monday calls for police reforms and anti-poverty initiatives. It also accuses Memphis Police of an "egregious" response to peaceful protest in the city. The black-led coalition includes a diverse group of many of the city's nonprofits, from community development corporations to arts groups to housing initiative leaders as well as social justice groups.

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2020

• April 2020

  • Crisis in charities: Needs soar as donations fall

    Hard-hit Latino families formed a 2.5-mile line and waited for hours Friday morning to receive a week's worth of free groceries. COVID-19 hardships are growing even as Memphis nonprofits report a $32 million drop so far this year in revenue.

    By Tom Bailey April 11, 2020

• December 2019

  • Munson providing economic, educational services to N. Memphis

    Arieale Munson is a product of North Memphis. “A lot of people think if you come from the hood that you won’t make it out, but I’m a witness that you can."

    By Omer Yusuf December 16, 2019

• November 2019

  • Memphis Goodwill Union Ave. store to open Oct. 29

    Memphis Goodwill has set the opening date for its 16th store, in a former Rite Aid at 1810 Union Avenue in Midtown, for Tuesday, Oct. 29.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 12, 2019

• July 2019

  • Larger headquarters feeds big goals for Mid-South Food Bank

    Mid-South Food Bank helps an average of 200,000, food-insecure Mid-Southerners each year, but now plans to assist more people with its new, larger headquarters in Southeast Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2019

• May 2019

  • New enterprise could awaken local food economy

    The co-founders unveiled the well-funded 275 Food Project, a comprehensive “social enterprise” to boost the local-food economy in Memphis as well as access to local food and the jobs it creates.

    By Tom Bailey May 23, 2019

  • Health insurance company strives to change outcomes by supporting nonprofits

    UnitedHealthcare is striving to improve the health of its members by giving $1 million in grants to seven area nonprofits to address the social determinants of health. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 13, 2019

• February 2019

  • Emerge Memphis using money from building’s sale to fund startups

    The nonprofit organization Emerge Memphis sold its historic Downtown building for $3.55 million, and will use the money to help fund Memphis startup companies.

    By Tom Bailey February 22, 2019

  • FUNdraising Good Times: Don’t underestimate the value of in-kind services and resources

    Cash is king, but organizations can expand their fund development and fundraising to include in-kind gifts and services. Here are five benefits and things to consider when building an in-kind program.

    By Mel and Pearl Shaw February 12, 2019

  • FUNdraising Good Times: 12 questions to ask before agreeing to serve as a campaign leader

    Leading a fundraising campaign requires groundwork that you alone cannot build. Here are 12 things you need to be curious about before you say yes or no.

    By Mel and Pearl Shaw February 05, 2019

• January 2019

  • FUNdraising Good Times: Creating your nonprofit business plan

    Does a nonprofit need a business plan? The answer is yes. With this column we share guidance from Bridget Ciaramitaro, experienced nonprofit planner, so you can get to work planning for the business success of your nonprofit.

    By Mel and Pearl Shaw January 29, 2019

  • FUNdraising Good Times: How to create strategic and fundraising plans

    Nonprofit planner Bridget Ciaramitaro, president of Ciaramitaro & Associates LLC, defines strategic plans and fundraising plans and explains how to create them.

    By Mel and Pearl Shaw January 22, 2019

  • FUNdraising Good Times: Should you start a nonprofit? Close one?

    The new year brings good intentions, some of which include starting a nonprofit organization. Another less-talked-about intention is closing an existing nonprofit. With this column we share thoughts on the large number of nonprofits. We provide a list of questions that individuals, board members and community leaders can ask of themselves, their organizations, and philanthropists and funders.

    By Mel and Pearl Shaw January 08, 2019

  • FUNdraising Good Times: Evaluate 2018 to make 2019 great

    As the years change, many of us reflect on the past and make promises for the future. We have visions of the wonderful things we will do personally, professionally and, most of all, for the nonprofits we serve. We’re with you on that journey with a few suggestions that relate to your nonprofit service.

    By Mel and Pearl Shaw January 01, 2019

• December 2018

  • FUNdraising Good Times: Get ahead of the curve with a pre-2019 strategy

    Yes, it’s time to focus on year-end giving at work and to celebrate with friends and family after hours. But let us suggest you find some time for pre-2019 strategy to get you ahead of the curve.

    By Mel and Pearl Shaw December 12, 2018