Prosper

📺📻🎙️🎤🎥📹Are you a media professional? We want to share with you, learn from you and have lunch with you at our Let's Connect: Media and PR luncheon on January 29th at 11:30am. RSVP at https://buff.ly/3Wa5V8G

Thank you to the Birmingham Times for recognizing Angela Abdur-Rasheed, our Communications and Community Engagement Director as one of the 25 People, Places and Things to Watch in Birmingham in 2025. Learn more about Angela and the other dynamic individuals and entities here: https://buff.ly/3DZY1s3

📢📢📢Calling all nonprofit leaders! A few spaces remain for the January 15th Alabama Association of Nonprofits' Nonprofit Network powered by Prosper. 👨🏼💻RSVP at: https://buff.ly/4j8J5s2 and join in the learning and sharing.

Do you want to join Prosper's team? We're hiring a Fundraising Specialist! Submissions of resumes and cover letters should be sent to jwcarpenter@prosperbham.com. Apply by January 10th.

Happy 3rd Prosperversary to Aubrie Strange! She's the Dolly Parton-style glitter and glue that keeps our funds flowing, keeps our team growing and helps make sure our mission continues going. We're so grateful for all Aubrie adds to Prosper and Birmingham!

As the New Year unfolds, we’re grateful for your support of, investment in and partnership with Prosper. Here's to another amazing year of building the most inclusive and thriving economy together! Happy 2025!🎊🎊🎊

December couldn't have been a better way to close out 2024 with impact and gratitude! In December, we: ✅Hosted CCAB Orientation and Member Meeting ✅Hosted Leadership Lab Holiday Celebration and Recognition Ceremony ✅Hosted Prosper Holiday Party for stakeholders ✅Facilitated Community Engagement training for entrepreneurs at POLARIS Birmingham ✅Facilitated Branding workshop for entrepreneurs at REV Birmingham ✅Recognized Kendra Key for her service on Prosper’s Board of Directors ✅Hosted ECMC ✅Hosted Brookings

It was a November to remember! In November, we: ✅Hosted Women’s Leadership Symposium with Momentum for 90 ✅Conversation with Staci Brooks at Alabama Possible fundraiser ✅Co-hosted Birmingham Promise fundraiser ✅Attended visit to Harlem Children’s Zone with coalition of non-profit leaders ✅Hosted virtual Leadership Lab

October was busy with recognition of legacy businesses, accelerators, football and HBCU executives, national conferences and more! In October, we: ✅Hosted the Legacy Business Awards ✅Hosted HBCU Strong during Magic City Classic ✅Hosted Nonprofit Network for 40 ✅Welcomed Cohort 6 of the Prosper HealthTech Accelerator ✅Attended Venture Atlanta and co-hosted a conversation with gener8tor between Atlanta and Birmingham business leaders ✅Attended Raleigh fly-in trip with BBA ✅Attended Grantmakers for Education and served on panel with Carlisha Harris on Catalyze Birmingham and a panel with Mayor Woodfin, Carol Butler, and Walton Foundation on collaborative grantmaking ✅Attended SOCAP conference in San Francisco

It was a September to remember! In September, we: ✅Sponsored and spoke at the Minority Vendor Program Conference ✅Hosted Prosper Board Meeting ✅Hosted Q3 Prosper Team Retreat ✅Attended Rebirth Community Corporation ribbon cutting ✅Hosted Virtual Community Conversation for 50 ✅Spoke at United Way of Central Alabama’s J. Mason Davis Society event ✅Supported Turner School of Construction in Birmingham ✅Attended Regional Inclusive Growth Network Convening in Cincinnati, OH