Tag: Kansas City gift

Nonprofits need merch too: How Sandlot is helping local orgs get the goods with no risk, low waste 

By Tommy Felts / April 17, 2025

HelpingHats’ debut celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Made in KC — and helps raise money for a high-profile nonprofit Sandlot Goods’ newly launched HelpingHats programs aims to help like-minded organizations reach their fundraising goals while also supporting American manufacturing, explained Thomas McIntyre, noting local-first retailer Made In KC serves its test case ahead of a…

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Building a movement: How empowering one small business can change their world (and ours)

By Tommy Felts / February 19, 2025

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Brandon Calloway is CEO and Co-Founder of Generating Income For Tomorrow (G.I.F.T.), and now writes a weekly blog, The Equity Advocate. The racial wealth gap in America isn’t just a statistic; it’s a reality that has defined the lives and limited the futures…

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Entrepreneurship is the path to freedom; how Black business pioneers’ legacies still stand today

By Tommy Felts / February 4, 2025

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Brandon Calloway is CEO and Co-Founder of Generating Income For Tomorrow (G.I.F.T.), and now writes a weekly blog, The Equity Advocate. In the past eighteen months of traveling from city to city, I’ve made it a point to delve into the histories of…

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Chef brings Urban concept back to Troost; $25K GIFT grant boosts fight against gentrification

By Tommy Felts / August 16, 2024

Chef Justin Clark’s latest venture — an eatery that blends Asian and soul food influences — aims to not only blur the boundaries between menus, but break down dividing lines within and between communities. “The goal was to create familiar items that everyone actually can relate to as Americans, but then again, we add some…

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‘I Am’ the domino effect: This changemaker wants to show youth impacted by redlining another reality

By Tommy Felts / May 26, 2023

When Elijah Dormeus moved to Kansas City in 2019, he brought with him a nonprofit that provides mentorship and leadership training to students in underserved communities, with the end goal of empowering them to achieve their dreams. “The I Am Foundation really came from leading, encouraging, and motivating students to see themselves greater than their…

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