We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Tisha Dolby. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Tisha below.
Tisha, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Any thoughts about whether to ask friends and family to support your business. What’s okay in your view?
Being the founder/executive director of a non-profit organization makes it very difficult to continuously go to friends and family for support. We are a smaller organization and don’t have major donors, recurring donor base, or corporate sponsorship that allow for our organization to have the capacity to operate effectively and fulfill our mission. Most people have a misunderstanding of how nonprofit organizations operate and the funding barriers that we face.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
Tisha, an advocate, speaker, a trauma informed lifestylist coach & founder/Executive Director a faith-based nonprofit organization is a survivor, and overcomer was exposed to alcoholism and drug addiction from birth and enduring child abuse and domestic violence, sexual assault, and loss of a child (SIDS). Tisha vowed to do what was necessary for her children leading to the decision of raising her children in a single parent home. Focusing on God, healing, growing, and maturing. Tisha took the steps to break the multi-layered, multi-generational cycle.
Tisha has been helping others by utilizing her twenty-five plus years of experience working with various organizations in roles such as mentor, coach, guest speaker, facilitator, and supportive services. Tisha became a resource for her participants and community. Tisha works closely with families, schools, doctors, community partners and local government to provide outcomes, plans and services. Assisting participants with a holistic approach to healing and transformation. She teaches a process that she designed called the “I CHOOSE me and everything else comes second box” healing from abuse (verbal, emotional, mental, physical and drug), loss of a child and supportive services.
Power Passion Purpose Inc., a faith-based people centered, trauma-informed nonprofit organization, established 2016 in Los Angeles, California and is now headquartered out of Northwest side of Houston, Texas (2021). The mission of Power Passion Purpose is to help women who have experienced trauma, violence, abuse, & human trafficking learn to safely live independently through our transitional housing program with trauma informed supportive services. Thes services are provided with a holistic approach by providing the necessary skills, tools, and resources leading to a life of safety and economic self- sufficiency. Power Passion Purpose will also provide 24-hour safety net services and ongoing after care services. Power Passion Purpose works closely with our local community collaborators, law enforcement, counselors, and social workers to ensure the women have a safe passage out. Ultimately, Power Passion Purpose Nonprofit’s mission is to help the underserved community of Houston, help stop the multi-layered, multi-generational cycle of trauma, violence and abuse while providing a safe way out.
Power Passion Purpose Nonprofit is located in the Northwest area of Houston, Harris County. Per Texas Domestic Violence Statistics of 2020 Harris County accounted for 41,300 almost doubling the next county of Dallas with 22,136. 25.8% of the total number of reported Family Violence Incidents in Texas included wives, common-law wives, and ex-wives. 143 Texas law officers were assaulted while responding to a domestic violence incident per the report.
Power Passion Purpose currently has an expansion project ongoing to secure a facility that will allow phase II (phased out transitional housing) and phase III (intake to employment resource center) of the organization to open.
The following are the services that Power Passion Purpose Nonprofit currently provides:
• The New Empowered Woman Program – N.E.W. (Healing & Self-Love) – 6 weeks offered by-annually.
• 7-Core Values for Life Parenting Program – 8 weeks offered by-annually.
• Healing-N-Motion (Beginning Summer 2024 will be offered 2x a month)
• Quarterly Community Events
• Care Packages
• Supportive Services
The Following are services that Power Passion Purpose Nonprofit will provide:
• Phased out transitional & independent living housing program
• Resource center – Intake to employment
• 24-hour Safety Net Services – wraparound care
• Level Up Program (Leadership Development)
• A resource for the local community – office space, yoga/meditation space, salon, meeting rooms, event space, collaboration opportunities
Can you open up about a time when you had a really close call with the business?
Were to begin…being founded in mid 2016 with limited resources and support we started off in a questionable place. It was not that much of an issue because the mission, vision, value of the organization outweighed any doubts that we faced. We understood the need was too great not to start. We were just beginning to navigate the arena and get a flow going with our programs, services and support and were hit with our first major blow…COVID-19!!! I know I don’t have to explain how this created hindrances, barriers and roadblocks to our organization and the world. Not only was we not able to host in person activities, events, or programs the increase in trauma, and violence numbers skyrocketed and still haven’t been appropriately reflected. We were dealing with the obstacles of providing help for women while they were in harm’s way safely and seeking funding such a new organization. As if this was not enough barriers to overcome, we also had an organizational relocation from California to Texas (2021). This transition was met with the loss of some our community partners and a great deal of our financial supporters. The relocation almost took us out because we had to rebuild our community relationships up as if we were a brand-new organization all the while still having to continue operating. We were required to continue operating in fear of losing our 501c3 status although we were underfunded. We were in a position that we didn’t meet the requirements for seeking certain funding because we weren’t a new organization, but we also didn’t have the consistent recurring giving.
How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?
What has helped me build my reputation in the market is the fact that I am a survivor, advocate, and a trauma informed coach with 25 plus years of experience. With lived experience I not only successfully stopped the multi-layered multi-generational cycle within the raising of my children. I have full understanding of what the need is, where the gap is, and we provide a comprehensive tailor-made programs and services that address the core of the problem leading to permanent solutions. Lastly, while founded the organization was 2016, I began doing the work out of my home while raising my children, breaking the cycle, and also providing assistance to friends, family the community to do the same.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.power-passion-purpose.org/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/power.passion.purpose.inc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/POWERPASSIONPURPOSEINC
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tisha-dolby