True Charity
- A Resurgence of Republicanism: Seizing the Opportunity to Reclaim Self-governance
- Partnering with Landlords for Affordable Housing
- Forgotten Faces: A Call for the Church to Engage the Elderly
- What’s Justice Got to Do With It? How Justice Works With Charity to Uplift the Poor
- After The Storm: How to Shape Our Mercy Ministries for Long-term Success
- Second Chances: Helping Returning Citizens Reintegrate
- Is Healing From Childhood Adversity Possible? A Review of the Book Created to Heal.
- Is Your Mission Statement B.I.G. Enough?
- How to Locally Support Refugees
- How Do I Truly Help Panhandlers?
How One Idaho-Based Program Honors Achievement at Christmas Time and Beyond
For Maggie Lyons of Charity Reimagined, Christmas represents an opportunity not just to give gifts, but to remind people of their giftings. In fact, she’s helped shape a program centered around the idea that everyone has capacity to contribute and honoring capacity is a beautiful thing.
Expecting Little Miracles: How One Scholarship Program Encourages Hard Work, Self-Sufficiency, and Service
“What can we do so you don’t need us anymore?” Missy Hanks asks this to anyone who applies to the Expecting Little Miracles scholarship program. By encouraging those individuals to turn around and serve, one little miracle for an individual could impact generations.
Therapeutic Community: How a Residential Program Teaches Clients to Hold Each Other Accountable
Challenging, relational programs are an effective path to life transformation. The only downside to such models is that they usually require a high ratio of staff and volunteers to clients. Ascent Recovery proves that there is another way.
Therapeutic Spreadsheets: How Data Facilitate Healing at a Transitional Housing Ministry
In 2006, Jay and Julie St. Clair helped transform a ramshackle apartment complex known on the street as “The Last Resort” into an urban transitional housing program they christened “God’s Resort.” From the original few units, God’s Resort has expanded to now offer nearly 40 housing units…
Relationships and Science: A Winning Combination for an Oregon Nonprofit
The data speaks for itself: a mere 2% of adults who work full-time live in poverty. Additionally, working adults are happier and healthier than their non-working counterparts. Klamath Works, in Klamath Falls, Oregon, has taken to heart the value of work—and discovered a little-known scientific tool for getting clients into jobs that work for them.
Fuller Center for Housing: 5 Tips to Transition from Paternalism to Partnership
For Royce Nelson, Executive Director of the Fuller Center for Housing chapter located in Joplin, MO, material assistance is less about provision and more about partnership. That perspective has shaped the way Fuller Center for Housing approaches charity, inspiring meaningful exchange and quality relationships—in their view, treating their clientele as collaborators rather than charity cases is key to sustainable, development-oriented solutions for those in poverty.