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The Value of MIFA

By serving people efficiently and harnessing the power of volunteers, the value MIFA brings to the community is impressive:
  • 86¢ of every dollar MIFA spends goes directly to serving clients. (This far exceeds the 65¢ benchmark set by the National Better Business Bureau standards for Charity Accountability.)


  • "In the course of a year, MIFA has almost 300,000 hours in contributed volunteer labor... The result is that MIFA uses $7.1 million in volunteer labor, a sum that more than matches its operational budget for its employees*."

    David Ciscel
    University of Memphis

    *The Economic Impact of the Safety Net Collaborative (SNC) on the Memphis Community, Memphis, Tennessee, 2005, David H. Ciscel, PhD, Professor of Economics, University of Memphis.


Please see the 2007 Annual Report for more details, which include costs and funding sources.




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