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Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart

Laura S. Wittcoff

Small & Gutsy offers our listeners the opportunity to learn about the smaller, less known nonprofits and social impact organizations with revenues under $10 M. Our aim is to bring their stories to life, celebrate them, and further build their client, potential employee, volunteer, and funding networks. The goal of the Small & Gutsy podcast is to raise the visibility of this Big little social impact sector. Tune in as we interview a different organization so you can learn about them, maybe find a

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01:05:21

Small &. Gutsy Interviews The Lauder Employment...

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2022/03/29

Today’s episode highlights an incredible organization that is affiliated with JNF, Jewish National Fund, and yes, JNF doesn’t fit our criteria of being under 10 million dollars, but the affiliate organization, The Lauder Employment Center, known as the LEC certainly does - I chose to not only highlight them for this episode, but ask you to please consider a donation for my April 1st./April Fool's birthday - my.jnf.org/laudercenter/Laurawittcoff Their mission is to diversify economic opportunities

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01:00:36

Small & Gutsy Interviews Threads Worldwide

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2022/03/08

Threads Worldwide, a fair profit ( notice I didn’t say for-profit), social impact organization, was founded in 2011 by three women exemplifying Margaret Mead's words,“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” These women are, in fact, changing the world. They partner with artisans in developing countries by purchasing their jewelry and other handmade items, creating a growing market for handmade goods to sell

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53:12

Small & Gutsy Interviews Visionary Women

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2022/02/28

Visionary Women is built on the belief that women do and should empower one another through inspiration, mentorship, leadership and yes, resources; They create opportunities through multiple channels to offer engaging conversations with innovative female leaders, and fund high impact initiatives to lift up women and girls.

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58:58

Small & Gutsy Interviews Rapunzel Alone

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2022/02/07

Theater is one of those experiences that is enhanced by the audience around us - by the reaction, by the community interaction, by the sheer feeling of having others witness what we ourselves are experiencing - it makes it all that much more real, sometimes, magical, sometimes, devastating…but always human….and always leads to a conversation about the topic of the theater production on so many levels. Rapunzel Alone is an incredible collaboration between 24th Street Theatre & The Wallis to bring

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57:55

Small & Gutsy Interviews The Survivor Mitzvah Project

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2022/01/31

The Survivor Mitzvah Project’s goal is that no Holocaust survivor who has experienced the darkest days of human history will ever be cold, hungry, or neglected again. 100% of every dollar donated for survivors goes directly into the hands of a Holocaust survivor in need. As Founder, Executive Director and Awakened Humanitarian, Zane Buzby shares, "we cannot do anything about the past, but we are in the position to write a more hopeful final chapter to the Holocaust, one of friendship, kindness and

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01:01:30

Small & Gutsy Interviews, Do-Gooder,Georgia Van...

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2022/01/10

How many of us as children had dreams of what we’d like to be, what our work might be when we grow up. Some of us knew quite early that we’d like to be doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers, teachers, park rangers, pilots, chefs, builders; maybe some of us were involved in family businesses and imagined continuing that legacy, the list of options is vast, but few of us perhaps imagined that our life’s work and ambition was to spread positive messages for children around the world. Meet

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43:11

Small & Gutsy Interviews SparkShare

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2022/01/03

SparkShare’s goal is to empower young people to be the change agents in their own communities as well as in their own lives.Their 3 driving principles that guide their work are: Listening to young people articulate what holds them and their peers back from opportunity, connecting youth with the resources and organizations they need, so they can solve the problems they identify, and Building partnerships that enable youth and adults to work together to create positive, lasting change in their

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45:07

Small & Gutsy Interviews StartOut

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/12/27

StartOut is a community of LGBTQ+ founders, professionals and their Allies with a national membership of over 17K. StartOut began in 2009 and has been the champion for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, promoting the successes of the LGBTQ community, as well as researching the economic impact of LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.

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44:01

Small & Gutsy Interviews UR Community Cares

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/12/20

Recognizing the many challenges older adults face when beginning to experience declining physical and cognitive abilities, Michelle Puzzo and M.D. Birmingham decided to take action and founded UR Community Cares in 2019 in their home state of Connecticut. They built the UR Community Cares digital platform as a way to match those in need with those in the same community who are eager to help. UR Community Cares is dedicated to helping older and physically disabled residents stay safe in their homes

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49:53

Small & Gutsy Interviews Bright Invention

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/12/13

Bright Invention, the genius output of creator, founder and Executive Director, Benjamin Lloyd uses a scenario-based technique as the foundation of this flexible and dynamic performing arts nonprofit which does three things: improvisation, corporate training, and creative work with marginalized communities. Bright Invention has become the epitome of a growth mindset by using improvisation to empower people and organizations to unlock their potential.

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45:55

Small & Gutsy Interviews For Land and People

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/12/06

For Land and People, the responsibility is in thinking about the here and now with a clear vision for the future. With an incredible team of experts leading this effort; For Land and People is determined to change the way we engage with each other, the Earth and the next generation of potential stewards, including and focusing on our disenfranchised and marginalized youth. What better way to engage young folks lost in our system of stigma and shame than to engage them in an environment of mentoring,

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41:04

Small & Gutsy Interviews The Wish Project

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/11/29

The Wish Project’s goal is to provide local people in need with basic furniture, home goods and baby items, while helping the planet by recycling used goods. In this way, individuals in pain can focus on getting the social services they need and the Wish Project is reducing our collective waste - a win-win!

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49:13

Small & Gutsy Interviews The Phoenix

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/11/22

Rise, Recover and Live is the mantra of a movement started by Scott Strode and a core group of team members to be a safe, sober active community of peers who support each other every day on the journey to recovery. This peer-driven movement is called the Phoenix, clearly for a reason...the beautiful image of an immortal bird that cyclically renews and rises to become a stronger, better self is an impressive and guiding symbol. Their mission is to create a supportive community while building personal

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42:38

Small & Gutsy Interviews REM and Company

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/11/15

What do you get when, during COVID-19, you cross a group of students studying business who need internships, and small businesses who are struggling to survive with 1 really smart, hard-working entrepreneur who knows how to leverage learning with sustainability? REM and Company is a social impact initiative that is becoming an information hub!

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44:09

Small & Gutsy Features BAGLY

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/11/08

Youth Can Change the World or at Least Your World View In line with a true social movement and long before the days of community, political, or financial support, the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth, known more commonly as BAGLY was founded by LGBTQ+ youth. Since1980, BAGLY has operated as a youth-led, adult-supported social support organization, committed to social justice and creating, sustaining, and advocating for programs, policies, and services for the LGBTQ+

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55:29

Small & Gutsy Features Cooley's Anemia Foundation

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/11/01

What began as the story of one man’s family is today the story of many families working together toward a common goal – better treatments and a cure for a disease that threatens our most precious resource – our children. Cooley’s Anemia or Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that reduces the production of functional hemoglobin (the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen).

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41:06

Small & Gutsy Features The Boston Bulldogs Running Club

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/10/25

The Boston Bulldogs Running Club is a true success story in every sense of the sentiment. Coach Mike Ferullo began this journey as an 8th-grade dropout, 15-year old drug user, hooked on heroin by age 17, in and out of detox, and sometimes jail until at age 22. From this experience, volunteering, and returning to finish his education, in 2015, he established the Boston Bulldogs Running Club for all those adversely affected by addiction.

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47:51

Small & Gutsy Interviews Lydia Place

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/10/18

Lydia Place’s mission is to disrupt the cycle of homelessness and promote sustained independence for current and future generations. Lydia Place has serves anyone experiencing homelessness and offering an array of programs to support the entire family. Their long-term vision is to have this generation be the last to experience homelessness - a truly beautiful vision. In their own words, every family deserves a home

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51:32

Small & Gutsy Features Beat the Streets New England

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/10/11

The Five "E" High Fives are Foundational to the Success of BTSNE BTSNE is a groundbreaking Regional Wrestling Powerhouse that utilizes the sport of wrestling to provide opportunities for youth to discover their full potential by building relationships within themselves, their team, and their community. BTSNE focuses on their core values, the five “E” High Fives: Engage, Enrich, Evolve, Educate and Empower. Their mantra states it all: to give kids a fighting chance by using wrestling as a tool and

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37:09

Small & Gutsy Interviews EmpowHer

Small & Gutsy: Nonprofit Stories with Heart ·

2021/10/04

EmpowHer is the only gender-responsive organization in Los Angeles County that provides a social-emotional learning course during the school day in middle and high schools. Their programs serve to support girls in developing the necessary skills to boldly break ceilings, embrace their voices, engage in social justice, and end generational cycles of poverty.

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