Slingshot is grateful to Linda and Frank Smith for their generous support as Principal Investors. Linda and Frank Smith have been with Slingshot from the very beginning, offering their support as trusted advisors and counselors through Slingshot's evolution. Their investment expands Slingshot's ability to conduct impact studies and powers the work of our Insights Team.
Slingshot Memphis
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
Memphis, Tennessee 1,927 followers
Fighting Poverty. Accelerating Impact.
About us
Slingshot Memphis is a poverty-fighting center of influence that's igniting a movement to revolutionize the way we fight poverty. Unlike business, medicine, and many other sectors that have established, objective processes for measuring outcomes, the poverty-fighting ecosystem simply hasn't. This has made it nearly impossible to know which programs and services most effectively reduce social and economic gaps. Slingshot has addressed this by developing a new, standardized methodology to measure poverty-fighting effectiveness. By providing previously unavailable insights about poverty-fighting outcomes, we empower decision makers to allocate financial and other resources toward solutions that produce effective outcomes for our neighbors experiencing poverty. We believe that as our community embraces this new methodology—or “Poverty-Fighting Feedback Loop”—we can measurably reduce poverty and accelerate access to equitable opportunities for all Memphians. To turn our mission into reality, we work with poverty-fighting organizations to study their effectiveness, identify opportunities to enhance their outcomes, and invest directly to amplify high-impact programs and services.
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http://www.slingshotmemphis.org
External link for Slingshot Memphis
- Industry
- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2016
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802 Rozelle St
Memphis, Tennessee 38104, US
Employees at Slingshot Memphis
Updates
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We are grateful to work alongside The Soulsville Charter School in revolutionizing the way we fight poverty in Memphis. Ashley Shores, former Managing School Director of The Soulsville Charter School, shares her take on working with Slingshot: "We have participated in several external reviews (through organizations like TNTP, SchoolWorks, etc.), and I think the process with Slingshot has been most thorough." Learn more about The Soulsville Charter School and its poverty fighting impact here: https://lnkd.in/efikfqde
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At Slingshot, we aim to equip decision-makers with the insights and tools to make more evidence-based poverty-fighting decisions. We're excited to highlight some examples of how Slingshot's insights have made a difference in Memphis over the past 18 months. Check out our 2023 Annual Report to learn more! https://lnkd.in/gZkzNjpZ
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Please join us Thursday, July 25th from 5:00 - 6:30 pm for a Slingshot Happy Hour at WISEACRE Brewing Company HQ Downtown. We'll be there to give updates on the work we’ve done this summer and share some of our plans for next year! For the entire month, patrons will be able to donate to the Accelerate Impact Fund, donations raised that directly amplify poverty-fighting programs and services in the city, when they close their tabs. RSVP (optional) here: https://lnkd.in/g5VdAWrW
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How would our city change if we collaborated more? New Memphis convened a series of conversations with leaders from three visionary organizations who are revolutionizing the way Memphis develops and implements solutions. Hear how these big visions for big change are coming to life and learn how you can get involved to amplify access in this week's episode! Listen here: https://apple.co/3y9nAo9 More For Memphis Slingshot Memphis The Collective Blueprint
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Technology tools are critical enablers for students and job seekers as they seek to align their skills and interest to in-demand living-wage career paths. We profiled three of the top tools that are in use around the United States: Naviance, Xello, and YouScience. Check out the MemWorks Blog to learn more! https://lnkd.in/ghZwKJ_w
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Please join us Thursday, July 25th from 5:00 - 6:30 pm for a Slingshot Happy Hour at WISEACRE Brewing Company HQ Downtown. Members of the Slingshot team will be there to give updates on the work we’ve done this summer and share some of our plans for next year! For the entire month, patrons will be able to donate to the Accelerate Impact Fund, donations raised that directly amplify poverty-fighting programs and services in the city, when they close their tabs. RSVP (optional) here: https://lnkd.in/g5VdAWrW
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We'd like to thank Meg Thomas Crosby and Scott Crosby for their continued generous support of Slingshot as Principal Investors. Since Slingshot's founding, Meg and Scott have championed our mission of revolutionizing the way we fight poverty. Meg also advises and guides our work as a member of our Board of Directors. We are grateful for their investment and everything they do make Memphis a better place to live for all Memphians.
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Believe Memphis Academy Charter School students are well prepared to tackle the challenges of future schooling thanks to the education they receive at Believe. Believe creates between $1.60 and $1.70 in estimated poverty-fighting benefits for its students for each dollar it spends. Check out Believe's 2023 impact study to learn more!
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For Sanghmitra Tripathy, the incredible organizations that make up the Slingshot portfolio give her confidence in Slingshot's mission to revolutionize poverty-fighting. She's grateful for the trust placed in Slingshot by Memphis' poverty-fighting organizations and their drive to grow their impact. Curious to know how we are building a better Memphis? Explore our website: https://lnkd.in/gaC6BKpP