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Helping Nonprofits develop growth strategies in five key result areas.

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Meet Ron Zwisler

My Skills and Experience - Career in marketing with Kimberly-Clark.  Currently owns and operates a number of franchises.

My Passion - Helping people in need.

My Significant Matter - I had the privilege to help start the School Scholarship Program as part of the Ayta Abellen Partnership in the Philippines.  We've helped over 50 children continue their education.

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Connecting those who want to help with those who want help.

 

You don't have to look far to see a world in need.  Neither do you have to look far to see willing hearts wanting to make a difference.  At Significant Matters we work to connect the two by focusing on four key areas:

  • Individuals - helping people discover their passion and connecting them to opportunities
  • Nonprofits - helping nonprofits increase effectiveness through consulting and coaching
  • Collaboration - facilitating collaboration to create holistic, sustainable results
  • Mobilization - mobilizing and connecting resources to organizations and initiatives

 

Thanks, Welcome Hope Project!

An ffordable housing initiative, helping families into home ownership.

For many families home ownership is a near impossibility. Circumstances, costs and credit make the bar to entry just too high. The Welcome Home Project! is a collaborative effort of Significant Matters involving volunteers, churches, community groups, area banks and businesses working together to help low to moderate income families into home ownership. Hear the story of Geoff and Devy Lundy:

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A Poor Man Has No Sizes

by Executive Director, Tom Bassford

There are long stretches of endless grasslands and open plains in the Transkei region of South Africa. Road trips in this part of the world were made for random reflections and candid conversations. On one such occasion a group of five of us from the US and South Africa were sharing stories of our efforts and experiences among the endless poor and ever dying in this remarkable country.

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Hope Kenya! 

Helping one man re-connect to his homeland and make good on 20 year dream.  Read John Wilson's story and the birth of Hope Kenya ... (the rest of the story)