Medtronic supports MIFA with $75,000 grant

Memphis, Tennessee (January 19, 2011) – The Medtronic Foundation’s Memphis Community Council has awarded MIFA the final $25,000 payment of a three-year grant totaling $75,000.

The grant is in support of MIFA’s Emergency Services. This program provides rent, mortgage and utility assistance for Shelby County residents who have experienced a sudden loss of income due to a job layoff, medical condition or some catastrophe like a house fire.

“This generous gift from the Medtronic Foundation has never been more critical,” said Margaret Craddock, MIFA Executive Director. “Utility requests have increased by 48%, rent by 64% and mortgage by 40% compared to the same period a year ago.”

During its last fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2010, MIFA’s Emergency Services provided relief to more than 24,000 persons in need.

  • Memphis was declared hunger capital of the U.S. in 2011

  • MIFA serves 55,000 individuals each year

  • 74% of children in MIFA's neighborhood live in poverty

  • 86% of every dollar donated goes directly to MIFA's programs

  • In the area MIFA serves, almost 30% of those over the age of 65 live alone

  • MIFA was founded in 1968

  • Memphis' unemployment rate has been close to 10% since 2009

  • MIFA's Ombudsman program's 2 staff and 60 volunteers serve over 7,000 residents of long term care facilities

  • Only 4.5% of residents in the 38126 ZIP code have college degrees

  • Emergency Services provided assistance for 25,000 people last year

  • In 2010 and 2011, 100% of COOL seniors graduated from high school

  • MIFA Meals on Wheels serves 1,800 seniors every weekday

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