Save Up Program

The RISE Foundation Save Up program held the 6th Annual RISE Family Reunion on April 27, 2013. The event was held at the Pink Palace Museum from 5pm until 8pm. (The reunion is always held in a location with a cultural emphasis or where program participants may not have ever had an opportunity to visit.) Attendees were...

The economy may be unstable, but the Save Up program is continuing to work with low-income families in Shelby County to make the best choices possible with the limited resources they have. Since January, 2013, RISE has graduated 23 program participants who are now in the savings component of the program.  These...

  Ms. Rosetta stands proudly as she holds her certificate that shows that she has completed the financial literacy class that is the first phase for all RISE Save Up participants. Ms. Rosetta's class ended on Sept. 27th with ten other women. Now she is ready to begin the Savings component with her first $75...

Ms. LaTonya purchased her first home in 2006 as a participant in the Save Up. Since then she has purchased a car, computer, made several home improvements and now her daughter is in college a year earlier than expected. Ms. LaTonya also went back to school and completed her undergraduate degree so...

When Ms. Tee entered the Save Up program in Memphis, Tennessee; she had been dependent on government housing subsidies for 13 years.  She was tired of paying rent for something that could she could never call her own.  She also wanted a nice place to raise her daughter, in a safe neighborhood.  So, when she...

The Save Up program continues to educate families on how to make better financial decisions in preparation for asset purchase. Twelve (12) new participants completed the intensive six-week financial literacy course. During that time, a Save Up participant, Sheena Harper, purchased her first home. RISE coordinated a...

The Save Up Program, the flagship program for the RISE Foundation, is gearing up to begin another class to help low-income families become financially self-sufficient and asset owners on January 19. Since July 2011, the Save Up Program has graduated a class of 20 participants, increasing the graduating class number from 437...