Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    SELLING SPARE CHANGE NEWS PROVIDES SELF-EMPLOYMENT TO HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS. VENDORS (SALESPEOPLE) PAY $.35 FOR EACH COPY, SELLING THEM FOR $1.00, WHICH PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED INCOME AND THE PRIDE IN HAVING AN HONORABLE JOB, OFTEN FOR THOSE WHO FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND MAINSTREAM WORK.THE WRITERS FUNDEACH ISSUE OF SPARE CHANGE NEWS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO OR THREE VENDORS AND LOW-INCOME WRITERS TO PUBLISH THEIR WORK. THEY EARN $50 PER PUBLISHED PIECE, ALLOWING THE INTERESTED PUBLIC TO HEAR THEIR VOICES OF THESE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE. MOST PUBLISH MULTIPLE TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF OVER 120 PIECES.THE PAPERSPARE CHANGE NEWS IS PUBLISHED TO INFORM THE INTERESTED PUBLIC ABOUT CAUSES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY, TO DESCRIBE FIRSTHAND REALITIES FACED BY POOR PEOPLE, AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN GENERAL
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $90.3K

  • Spare Change News Program

    SELLING "SPARE CHANGE NEWS" PROVIDES SELF-EMPLOYMENT TO HOMELESS AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS. VENDORS (SALESPEOPLE) PAY $ .50 FOR EACH COPY, SELLING THEM FOR $2.00, WHICH PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED INCOME AND THE PRIDE IN HAVING AN HONORABLE JOB, OFTEN FOR THOSE WHO FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND MAINSTREAM WORK. THE WRITERS FUND EACH ISSUE OF SPARE CHANGE NEWS AND PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO OR THREE VENDORS AND LOW-INCOME WRITERS TO PUBLISH THEIR WORK. THEY EARN $50 PER PUBLISHED PIECE, ALLOWING THE INTERESTED PUBLIC TO HEAR THE VOICES OF THESE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE. THE PAPER "SPARE CHANGE NEWS" IS PUBLISHED TO INFORM THE INTERESTED PUBLIC ABOUT CAUSES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY, TO DESCRIBE FIRSTHAND REALITIES FACED BY POOR PEOPLE, AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN GENERAL.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $49K