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Recent News from CREATE Foundation


Franklin helps RRC raise $200K
Foundation: CREATE Foundation

... furniture maker Hassell Franklin worked his magic Tuesday with money and philanthropy. ... Ripley banker Bobby Martin, who became friends with Franklin through their philanthropic work in the...more

Daily Journal recognizes Top 40 Under 40
Foundation: CREATE Foundation

Grant Meyer – The director of community planning for the Community .... Downtown Tupelo Ain Street Association, Tupelo Arts Council and...more

OUR OPINION: Lee County nonprofits deserve recognition
Foundation: CREATE Foundation, Lee County Community Foundation

The Tupelo/ Lee County Community Foundation of the CREATE Foundation will host its annual “A Night for a Hand Up” on Monday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m....more

Our View: Jobs for felons can help build community strength
Foundation: CREATE Foundation

This week, the Lowndes Community Foundation and the CREATE Foundation released a report on the information it gathered from a...more

CREATE Foundation announces new officers and board members
Foundation: CREATE Foundation

David Rumbarger, President and CEO with Community Foundation Development, has been appointed to the Secretary position. "We bid farewell to our retiring members Ormella Cummings, Chief Strategy...more

Toyota to provide health coaches to local schools
Foundation: CREATE Foundation

According to Assistant Superintendent Windy Faulkner, each school district in the Pontotoc-Union-Lee Alliance will receive a grant to hire a career coach. The CREATE Foundation will administer the...more

CREATE's Phantom Ball non-event fundraiser approaches
Foundation: CREATE Foundation, Lee County Community Foundation

TUPELO – The Tupelo/Lee County Community Foundation will host its annual major fundraiser in April, but this year's Phantom Ball is a “non-event” for which guests are invited to ... The...more

Benefactor Gives Major Gift To Amory's Library
Foundation: CREATE Foundation

“I think this is Jim saying to his mother, I loved you so much, and you loved the library so much that in whatever way I can I want to contribute back to the library,” said Jon Will, of the...more

CREATE Foundation receives major gift for Amory Municipal Library
Foundation: CREATE Foundation

From left, Elizabeth Louise Smith Endowment Fund trustee Jon Will, Amory Mayor Brad Blalock, Amory Municipal Library Board President David Millender and CREATE Foundation President Mike Clayborne...more

NEWMS honors 5 women 'pioneers, heroes, survivors, humanitarians, servants'
Foundation: CREATE Foundation

This year for the first time, the event's emcee, Juanita Floyd, was honored for 33 years of services at the CREATE Foundation – the largest and oldest community foundation in Mississippi – for...more



Social Enterprise Network Sites


Nonprofit impact investing firm, Acumen, has invested $1.2 million to KZ Noir, a Rwanda-based coffee processing company owned by Kaizen Venture Partners. The investment will equip KZ Noir the funds for working capital, debt refinancing, and capacity expansion.




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