There are 11 article(s) tagged Slingshot Memphis:

• April 2025

  • County grant panel near recommending ways to avoid future abuse

    Proposed changes to how the Shelby County Commission gives funds are area nonprofits follow the federal indictment of Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. on bribery and tax evasion charges. 

    By Bill Dries April 04, 2025

• December 2024

  • Guest Column: Choose effectiveness this giving season

    Jared Barnett: “With so many options, it’s easy to simply give to organizations that we are most familiar with. While this relational philanthropy represents the tight-knit nature of our community, it also limits the impact of our giving. It’s time to exchange relational philanthropy with effective philanthropy.”

    By Jared Barnett December 14, 2024

• September 2023

  • Guest column: Crime is a symptom, not a sickness

    Focusing on crime won’t solve the problem, it is simply putting Band-Aids on bullet holes. Crime is just a symptom of much deeper, systemic issues that create inequitable outcomes and a lack of hope.

    By Jared Barnett September 15, 2023

• May 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: ‘Understanding our longstanding poverty and unemployment problems’

    “We need to use research, data, analysis and experiences to understand the challenges and design evidence-based solutions. Only then can we expect to see meaningful improvements and a Memphis that works for everyone.”

    By Letters to the Editor May 21, 2023

  • Try and try again: Rugby ‘changing the game’ for Memphis youth

    Memphis Inner City Rugby has offered a lot more than rugby to those who become a part of it. 

    By Don Wade May 15, 2023

• December 2022

  • Memphis poverty disruptor expands efforts to 15 more nonprofits

    “I think the biggest thing that we’ve done is shown that there is a way that you can actually measure poverty-fighting effectiveness objectively with analytics ... and still be compassionate and caring.”

    By Jane Roberts December 21, 2022

• March 2021

  • Measuring the outcomes of the fight against poverty in Memphis

    Eric Barnes interviews Jared Barnett, managing director of Slingshot Memphis, about fighting poverty in this week’s episode of The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes March 25, 2021

• April 2020

  • Slingshot Memphis attempts comprehensive approach to COVID-19 response

    Slingshot Memphis' Knowledge Brief outlines specific needs for each of its community partners, in the wake of the global pandemic.

    By Jared Boyd April 08, 2020

• February 2020

  • Slingshot Memphis has new nonprofit partners

    The selected organizations work in areas of the city ranging from Frayser to Hickory Hill.

    By Elle Perry February 04, 2020

• November 2019

  • Nonprofit Slingshot Memphis taking its poverty-fighting algorithm to Paris

    Slingshot Memphis has grown from four partner organizations to 17 in three years and has tripled the funds going to these partners to help reduce poverty. 

    By Elle Perry November 10, 2019

• January 2019

  • Slingshot Memphis raises money for nonprofits, holds them accountable

    Slingshot Memphis partners with nonprofit organizations to help them evaluate their initiatives and determine how best to use their resources to serve the community.

    By Christin Yates January 02, 2019