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White House Representative and State Health OfficerSpeak at Alliance Quarterly MeetingCOVID-19: It’s Not Over Mr. Josh Dickson of the White House Office of Public Engagement along with Dr. Thomas Dobbs, Director of the State Department of Health,  lead a discussion about the COVID-19 vaccination efforts across the country and in Mississippi. Although many Americans have […]

Creating a financially sustainable nonprofit is crucial for the success of an organization. This requires the intentional implementation of tried and true strategies as well as innovative ideas. The Alliance is here to help make that a reality with the Nonprofit Professionals: Fundraising Executives learning track. This program supports emerging and established nonprofit fundraisers/development professionals […]

Excellence in Action Certification Operating an excellent nonprofit is complex and requires substantial expertise. Organizations with this capacity are more likely to achieve long-term success and have the type of meaningful impact they seek. The Alliance is here to help make that a reality with the Excellence in Action (EIA) Certification. Excellence In Action (EIA) […]

The LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi envisions a state where all LGBTQ Mississippians live safely, openly and without isolation, prejudice, and discrimination. Why We Exist: As the first and only grantmaking fund in the state focused on supporting organizations that improve quality of life for LGBTQ Mississippians, the Fund works as a pipeline that fuels and […]

Greetings Friends, There is an old song that has lyrics about “…bring out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer….”  May is the month that starts that sense of summertime adventure – it’s a month of beginnings and endings, promise, and reflection. It functions as the gateway to summer, a favorite time of year when […]

Karla Edwards-Central MS Hub Director for Volunteers and Nonprofits A native of Natchez,  Karla has spent the last two and a half years working at The Alliance as the Central MS Hub Director, and is committed to a lifetime of service. She received her Master of Nonprofit Management from University of Central Florida. She also […]

The Maddox Foundation Volunteer Center/Northwest HUB has been in existence for fifteen years in some variation or another.  In 2018, the volunteer center joined Volunteer MS and The Alliance to become part of Mississippi’s new HUB network.  The existing director, Brenda Smith, who joined the volunteer center in 2012, has guided the Northwest HUB through […]

Founded in 1998 by three Teach for America alumni, the Sunflower County Freedom Project grew and demonstrated remarkable results, gaining the attention and interest of a group of community leaders in Meridian, Mississippi who were searching for opportunities to support and challenge the youth in their city. In 2014, the Meridian Freedom Project opened its […]

On Friday, May 7, at the Rickhouse in Jackson, the inaugural cohort of participants in the Alliance’s Emerging Leaders: Fundraising Executives learning track graduated from the program. This event has special meaning for many reasons. First and foremost, we had the opportunity to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the participants. The program started […]

Something about the way we are interacting with one another as colleagues and peer organizations just feels different. Do you feel it, too? My strong sense is that none of us could escape the pain of this past year. Unlike many other times in our nation’s shared history, the pandemic left no one unscathed. Maybe […]