Why should we care?
SCS’s ability to provide a quality, equitable education is being undercut by high teacher turnover and year-long teaching vacancies, as well as significant maintenance deficiencies within the schools, all of which leads to higher financial, educational, and health costs. A lack of access to wraparound services provided by qualified social workers, psychologists, and nurses inhibits the successful treatment of trauma or Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE). Abuse, neglect, and trauma significantly increase the likelihood of suspensions, juvenile criminal behavior, and incarceration. With a median age four years below the national average, Memphis’s population can support economic development, but only if we provide children in our community access to opportunities and support.
MICAH Partnership Dues
MICAH partners contribute to MICAH's work in a variety of ways, including through the payment of annual dues. A list of current partners can be found on the partnership page of our website.
Each organization determines their own MICAH dues amount according to a sliding scale. Dues are half of 1% of the organization's annual budget. Dues will not exceed $4000 and will not go below $200. However, an inability to pay dues should not deter an organization from pursuing MICAH partnership, and we encourage existing partners to reach out to us if they cannot pay their dues! Email paige@micahmemphis.org for more information.
How to Pay Dues
1. Partners must first fill out the partner check-in form, which takes roughly five minutes. It is due in March each year. The 2021 form can be found at bit.ly/micah2021partnership. The check-in is incredibly important, because it shows us who your delegates and financial contact are, what you're pledging to give, and if you are active or not.
2. Pay your dues before the dues deadline, which is November 15th. You can pay dues in one of two ways:
Online
Visit micahmemphis.org/donate to pay dues online. Make sure to click the "2021 dues" designation, and only pay one year of dues at a time. Do not click "recurring" unless you want your payment to be automated!
By Check
You can send any dues checks to our PO Box, which is:
MICAH
P.O. Box 40852
Memphis, TN 38174
Be sure to write "2021 dues" in the memo line, and indicate your partner organization on a separate piece of paper if you are not using your partner organization's checkbook. Otherwise, we won't know that it is a dues payment for your organization, and it will count as a donation.
Because of the speed of mail delivery and our inability to check the PO Box every day, please expect a delay in receiving your dues payment. If you're worried we haven't gotten it, feel free to send an email to paige@micahmemphis.org!