Diamonds Shelter inc

About the Organization

Organization category

Public Charity

Country / State

United States / Tennessee

Mission

Diamond shelter is a non-profit organization that helps the homeless community we strive to make a change in the community. Our mission is to help every homeless person we can and make a difference in their life and support them along the way and provide them with everything they need as far as food clothing hygiene bedding household items etc. And we aim to get a building that we can house clients at we just opened up and got verified by the state so we're very new in the process but hopefully we will have plenty of supporters in the community that will be willing to reach out and help us along the way. With every positive person we will surely make a change.

Programs or services

A diamond shelter the programs and services we provide are meals daily food boxes for people in need clothing a place to take showers hygiene items and any other necessity that someone might need and also we provide a place for them to do laundry at and we plan on expanding we also provide financial literacy and different therapy groups that can help individuals vents learn coping skills and how to regulate their emotions and be successful in society we also provide back around services.

Detailed programs

We have shelter. We do wraparound services we do financial classes anger management and IOP services and also we work with children as well

Target Audience

Adam shelter we do not have like age preferences we serve literally everyone that is homeless that goes for your families and children I'm single individuals men or women.

Geographic Focus

United States, Tennessee (USA), Davidson County (TN), Nashville (TN)

Current projects

Right now our active project s are obtaining urgent rapid funding to put our solid feet on the ground with being able to provide each and every individual with what they need to help the community and also to jump start the business

Organization goals

At diamond shelter we are working toward being successful with our shelter that works with the homeless community our goal is to provide at least a thousand homeless people services every year. Also we would like to provide items for the community that does not agree to stay at the shelter and our long-term goals is to provide clients with permanent housing and do wrap around services for them.

Leadership

Courtney Garrett executive director and phone number is 615-613-7212. And my board member's name is larmonzoe Wilson and his contact number is 615-613-7684

Strategic priorities

Are strategic priorities are to first get urgent rapid funding so we can give back to the community and provide them with what they need. And obtain a building to shelter the homeless community. Also our goal is to provide them with classes such as financial literacy, and self-sufficiency classes to help the homeless community be able to learn how to become productive people in the community.

Funding Needs

Grant categories you're seeking

Housing of food hygiene clothing bedding household items etc anything that will help a non-profit organization working with the homeless community homeless grants etc

Funding needs

Diamond shelter is currently I'm currently seeking funds up to $250,000 and that money will provide a variety of things that the homeless community might need also we are looking to obtain like a building / house to house some individuals and also we are looking for funding for a company vehicle to be able to take clients to appointments and anywhere else that they might need to go the funding will also go to classes that we give out and materials for the classes and also anything else that the shelter might need.

Impact & Recognition

Outcomes and impact

Diamond shelter our goal is to have major outcomes and a wonderful impact on the community and people that are cheering us on and helping us motivate and become a successful organization

Success stories

Diamond shelter is fairly new we just open and we are hoping to have a lot of success stories in the near future but right now currently we are seeking funding to get our business off the ground and move forward with our organization to help the community.

Organization achievements

Diamond shelter just literally opened up about a month and a half 2 months ago we are starting from scratch we just got verified through the IRS to be 501c3 non-profit and hopefully we need all the help that we can get

Major funders

Diamond shoulder does not have any funders or supporters at the moment we will greatly appreciate the funders that want to be a part of the success of diamond shelter.

Partnerships & Collaborations

Right now diamond shelter is looking for partnerships and people we can collaborate with to make our organization grow and succeed in our goals and our mission to help the homeless community and to make Nashville a greater place.

Internal checks & balances to prevent fraud

Diamond shelter has an account with Bank of America and we have two step authenication process to go through. We also have fraud protection.

Get Involved

How can volunteers get involved?

Volunteers can get involved by gathering any possible donations that would be helpful to our business / shelter that would help out tremendously

How can donors support your mission?

Diamond shelter would really appreciate any type of help that we can get whether it's in time gifts or reoccurring support anything we get will help out tramendasly.

Do you accept partnerships?

yes

Are you seeking board members?

no

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