A strategy is not a vision, a mission, or a set of goals. It is a plan that provides a clear diagnosis of a problem, a guiding policy to address it, and a coherent set of mutually supportive actions.
Simply providing a house doesn’t solve homelessness-no, it’s not that easy. It requires address the root causes. TCI’s Nathan Mayo responds to the premise of the book ‘Homelessness is a housing problem in this article, originally published in WORLD Magazine.
What do pioneering rock band Van Halen and a popular candy have to do with effective charity? If we learn a lesson from that connection, we can find clients who are ready to invest in their own success. TCI’s Nathan Mayo explains in his recent article.
Believe it or not, America’s most dysfunctional, misguided charity has a local chapter in almost every community across the country—often just around the corner from where you work, shop, or live. But don’t be fooled: there are better ways to give.
The obsession with slashing overhead has resulted in fewer resources for charitable efforts. There is an alternative—a measurement that can drive funders to support your cause without forcing you to chase a metric that rates you higher when your organization is starving.
We owe it to our clients to ensure that they are learning from our classes and training opportunities. If you’re not using a curriculum with pre-made testing, you’ll have to design the test yourself. Here are five checks to ensure your test works.
Our attempt to provide wholesome food to needy families through SNAP does not work as we intend. Not only does it completely sidestep root causes of poverty but, in many cases, its image of delivering vital sustenance to people in need is mere illusion.
Financial knowledge is critical to escaping poverty, but research shows that most financial classes fail to change behavior. Here’s why that is, and what you can do about it.
When Helping Hurts is a rallying cry for the Church that simultaneously convicts and compels. Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert set out to awaken American Christians to the stark contrast between their beach vacations and the grinding poverty in foreign slums.
The top quarter of American income earners can expect to live a decade longer than the bottom quarter. This health disparity seems downright cruel. Not only do those in poverty have to pay more for things like credit and insurance, they also pay more years to the grim reaper.
