PUBLICATIONS
: : PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
the Bridge (PDF)
Browse through the Foundation's newsletter to learn more about our work in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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
Wilmer Shields Rich Gold Medal Winner.
2005 Winter - feat. Commission to Build Philanthropy
2004 Special Edition - feat. Raised Up Right Fund
Wealth Building:
Changing Lives: An Investment in the Mid South (PDF)
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.
(Released January 2008)
Health and wellness:
Our Region, Our Health (PDF)
Report documenting the Foundation's 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.
promoting equity:
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.
More information on the Commission here.
More Than Words Series (PDF)
A 4-part series that describes the Foundation's organizational transformation emphasizing racial, social, and economic equity. (Released April 2008)
Black Male: Why the Mid South Cannot Afford to Ignore the Disparities Facing its Black Men and Boys (PDF)
A report focusing on the status of African-American males in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The intent of the report is to provide compelling data and statistics and raise awareness to the disparities facing the Mid South's black males.
(Released November 2008)
disaster / recovery:
Reflection (PDF)
1-year anniversary reflection on the status of the Mid South in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Wilmer Shields Rich Gold Medal Winner.
PDF (Released August 2006)
Hurricane Katrina: Looking Ahead (PDF)
Reflection memoranda detailing the Foundation for the Mid South's meeting with regional stakeholders in Memphis, TN following Hurricane Katrina on September 15, 2005.
Hurricane Relief and Rebuilding (PDF)
Reflection memoranda detailing a meeting hosted by the Independent Sector and the Foundation for the Mid South in Washington D.C. with policy makers, philanthropic leaders, and business executives to discuss the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the outcome of the Memphis meeting.
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latest reports:
Black Male: Why the Mid South Cannot Afford to Ignore the Disparities Facing its Black Men and Boys
A report focusing on the status of African-American males in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The intent of the report is to provide compelling data and statistics and raise awareness to the disparities facing the Mid South's black males. (Released 2008)
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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.
(Released 2008)
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More Than Words
FMS published a 4-part series that describes the Foundation's organizational transformation emphasizing racial, social, and economic equity. All four reports, the Mid South Commission to Build Philanthropy's report, and a concise online summary of the Building Philanthropy Initiative is available on FMS's www.promoteequity.org website.
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