Stand Together Announces Catalyst Program Will Include Reno-Based Organization

RENO, Nev., March 23, 2018 (Newswire.com) - Stand Together announced today that Reno-based non-profit Nevada Youth Empowerment Project (NYEP) would be one of 16 community organizations from across the country selected to participate in a unique Catalyst Program.

NYEP's involvement will be part of the fourth installment of Stand Together’s Catalyst Program, a six-month program designed to help all 16 of the innovative groups build capacity and increase their impact to help more people break the cycle of poverty. In addition to receiving personalized coaching in a proven business framework, Market Based Management®, each of the selected organizations will also receive a $25,000 grant.

We are confident that our Catalyst Program can further equip these for-purpose organizations with the business acumen, tools and a national network to grow their efforts and transform more lives and communities.

Evan Feinberg, Executive Director of Stand Together

The organizations selected by Stand Together to participate in its Catalyst Program are: Bridge House (Boulder, CO), Cares of Washington (Seattle, WA), City of Refuge (Atlanta, GA), Family Independence Initiative (Oakland, CA), Inner City Visions (Los Angeles, CA), Lawn Life (Cincinnati, OH), The Last Mile (San Francisco, CA), New Pathways For Youth (Phoenix, AZ), Nevada Youth Empowerment Project (Reno, NV), NPower (Brooklyn, NY), The Path Project (Loganville, GA), Reality Changers (San Diego, CA), Shelters to Shutters (Fairfax, VA), Thistle Farms (Nashville, TN), Towards Employment (Cleveland, OH), TROSA (Durham, NC).  Stand Together evaluated hundreds of organizations and selected these 16 groups based on a variety of factors, including the effectiveness of their approach, their leadership and their vision for growing and scaling their impact.

“We are excited to partner with each of these 16 inspiring organizations that are helping people to improve their lives,” said Evan Feinberg, executive director of Stand Together. “We are confident that our Catalyst Program can further equip these for-purpose organizations with the business acumen, tools and a national network to grow their efforts and transform more lives and communities.”

With the addition of these 16 groups, Stand Together now has partnerships with 72 organizations throughout the country. Stand Together’s fourth cohort of its Catalyst Program will begin with a three-day opening summit in Arlington, Virginia, on March 19 and will conclude in late August of this year.  

ABOUT STAND TOGETHER
Founded in 2016, Stand Together assists community organizations by providing business coaching, resources and networking to sustainably grow, scale and replicate.

ABOUT NEVADA YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
Founded in 2007, the nonprofit Nevada Youth Empowerment Project is entirely community funded and receives no assistance from federal, state or county governments. Nevada Youth Empowerment Project (NYEP), a unique, community-based youth service provider founded in 2007, develops, implements and evaluates programming targeting homeless, aged-out, unprepared, parentless youth (ages 18-21), designed to produce the outcomes desired for older youth and emerging adults - high school graduation, employment, college education, independent housing, good citizenry and avoidance of welfare.

Source: Nevada Youth Empowerment Project