the Bridge:
Browse through the Foundation's newsletter to read about our work in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. PDF files.
>>> 2008 Spring - feat. 5-year IDA evaluation
>>> 2007 Summer - feat. 3 leaders receive emeritus status
>>> 2006 Fall - special edition hurricane reflection (48 pages)
>>> 2006 Spring - feat. IDAs
>>> 2005 Fall Special Edition- feat. FMS Hurricane Response
>>> 2005 Winter - feat. Commission to Build Philanthropy
>>> 2004 Special Edition - feat. Raised Up Right Fund

More Than Words Series: A description of the Foundation's organizational transformation emphasizing racial, social, and economic equity. Released April 2008.

ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Part 1: Moving Beyond the Status Quo (Chris Crothers)

LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES
Part 2: Navigating Transformation: Uncertainty and Fear of the Unknown (George Penick)

GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES
Part 3: Taking Governance Seriously (Mark Constantine)

IMPORTANCE OF DOCUMENTATION
Part 4: Documentation Matters (Mark Constantine)

Changing Lives: An Investment in the Mid South
IDA programs are changing lives in the Mid South. This report describes the success of FMS's Individual Development Account (IDA) Initiative. The report contains data and stories that support the importance of growing IDA programs in our region as a means to help people grow stronger financially and to build assets and wealth.
>>> Download Report PDF (released January 2008)

Mid South Health Initiative:
>>> Our Region, Our Health. This report documents our 18-month exploration of the opportunities and the feasibility of establishing a health initiative fund that would serve low-resource communities and populations in the Mid South.


>>> Mid South Health Initiative Resource Report (PDF)
Prepared for a January 2006 conference with over 100 participants from the Mid South, the report was a product of a partnership between the Resource Center for Rural and Community Health Improvement at the LSU School of Public Health, the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, the Mississippi Health Policy Center at the Mississippi State University, and the Southern Regional Health Consortium (SRHC) serving as the principal. The report includes regional health status data and promising practices.
For more information on the initiative, click >>> here.

Reflection Memoranda:
>>> Hurricane Katrina: Looking Ahead (PDF)
Foundation for the Mid South meeting with regional stakeholders in Memphis, TN on September 15, 2005.
>>> Hurricane Relief and Rebuilding (PDF)
Joint meeting hosted by Independent Sector and the Foundation for the Mid South with a national audience in Washington, D.C. on September 26, 2005

Mid South Commission to Build Philanthropy:
>>> Where Hope and History Rhyme: Reflections and Findings from the Mid South Commission to Build Philanthropy (PDF)
With support from Ford Foundation, the Foundation for the Mid South published the learnings and recommendations from the Mid South Commission to Build Philanthropy on how philanthropy can more effective at developing community wealth and promoting racial and social equity in the Mid South.
For more information on the Commission, click >>> here.

Click to >>>add your name to the Foundation for the Mid South mailing list.

Contact >>>Chris Crothers, Communications Director, for any inquiries or to order any of the Foundation's publications.