November 24, 2005

Dreams to Dollars

By Rebecca Gardyn

Nonprofit organization helps Tennessee charities win grants

When Donna Fortson created the Memphis Family Shelter a decade ago, she never dreamed her tiny charity could get a big grant from the federal government. Instead, Ms. Fortson started the homeless shelter with $25,000 she scraped together with help from other women in her church.

But by the end of its second year, Ms. Fortson's charity, which houses women and children for up to two years, had won a $74,000 grant from the

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