Byrne Pelofsky would like to congratulate Karen Dolt, Chief Executive Officer of Northland Health Care Access and Byrne Pelofsky client, as a Kansas City Community Champion as part of 816 Day. This annual celebration takes place on August 16 (8/16) and is a nod to Kansas City’s 816 telephone area code. It was established in 2018 by then-mayor Sly James….
In September 2023, Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) will break ground on the KCK Community Education, Health & Wellness Center (KCKCEHW) in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The KCKCEHW is strategically designed to meet the holistic needs of the downtown community and eastern Wyandotte County. The state-of-the-art center will partner with Swope Health to offer health, wellness and education services…
Nonprofit video production is the key to engaging and mobilizing supporters in the digital age, especially when you consider that 82% of global internet traffic in 2022 will come from video alone. By combining compelling imagery with dialogue and music, nonprofit video content has the unique ability to captivate audiences and establish an emotional connection with those interested in supporting…
Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2022 was presented to a full audience in June 2023 at the National WWI Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Hosted by Nonprofit Connect and sponsored by Byrne Pelofsky + Associates and Bank of America, the presentation featured Dr. Una Osili, Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at the Lilly…
SAVE, Inc., a Byrne Pelofsky client, is the recipient of a $400,000 House appropriation secured by Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II for FY2023. SAVE is one of 15 community projects that will receive this federal funding for the benefit of communities in the Fifth Congressional District. The funding will be used to support PRIDE Haven, Kansas City’s first and only drop-in…
Construction is moving forward on Congregation Beth Shalom’s new sacred space – the result of a successful $12,000,000 capital campaign executed in partnership with Byrne Pelofsky. The new sanctuary is part of a planned addition to the current campus at 143rd and Lamar. The Lamar site was constructed in 2006 and serves primarily as a school. The new sacred space…
Despite inflation rates reaching a 40-year high, giving to nonprofits in the United States in 2022 reached nearly $5 Billion, according to Dr. Una Osili, Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Dr. Osili presented Giving USA 2023: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2022 to a full auditorium…
According to Giving USA 2023: The Annual Report on Philanthropy, American individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations gave an estimated $499.33 billion to U.S. charities in 2022. Economic conditions introduced new challenges in 2022 after record giving records were set during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Giving USA, the longest-running and most comprehensive report of its kind in America…
Byrne Pelofsky is excited to spotlight Kanbe’s Markets, a local organization working to alleviate food insecurity in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. For the past twelve months, Byrne Pelofsky has been supporting Kanbe’s capacity building efforts through grant writing services and guidance around a strategic three-year growth campaign. Kanbe’s Story Long before he started Kanbe’s Markets in 2016, Founder &…
Byrne Pelofsky would like to congratulate Dr. Bonnie Humphrey on her retirement after 18 years as President of Missouri Valley College (MVC). During her tenure, Dr. Humphrey successfully directed several major capital projects and campaigns for MVC. Byrne Pelofsky has partnered with Dr. Humphrey and MVC’s development staff over the past two years to raise over $8,000,000 in support of…