Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Jared Barnett, President and CEO of Slingshot Memphis, along with John Dunavant, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Development, who both highlight their organization's work in evaluating and improving nonprofit effectiveness through data-driven analysis, and then share a recap of their recent MPACT Awards.

During the interview, Jared and John discuss how Slingshot Memphis is working in partnership with nonprofits to transform poverty-fighting efforts using their “Poverty-Fighting Feedback Loop” methodology to measure poverty-fighting effectiveness. By providing previously unavailable insights about poverty-fighting outcomes, Slingshot Memphis is empowering decision makers to allocate financial and other resources toward solutions that produce effective outcomes for those experiencing poverty.

Slingshot Memphis conducts annual impact studies for nonprofits to evaluate their benefits, programming, data usage, and collaboration. At their Second Annual MPACT Awards, they highlighted organizations demonstrating high-quality poverty-fighting effectiveness and those showing improvement. Slingshot Memphis also presented over $650,000 in funding to effective organizations through their Accelerate Impact Fund. Jared and John highlight the MPROVE Award recipients and the MPACT Award recipients and share examples of how the organizations were able to make adjustments to improve outcomes and impact. They wrap up talking about how the community can get involved to support these high-impact nonprofit organizations through strategic volunteerism and financial donations through the Accelerate Impact Fund.

Visit https://www.slingshotmemphis.org to learn more about Slingshot Memphis, their methodology, MPACT Awards and how you can support their efforts.