Organizations We Have Partnered With

CRA has worked with over 40 diverse faith-based, non-profit, and community-based organizations. Including large non-profits, schools, Universities, churches, development agencies, community-based grassroots groups, and start-up organizations. Below are a handful of organizations (and a sample of the types of organizations) that we work with. It is significant to note that all of the organizations below have recommended our services to another non-profit organization at least once.  

Angel Food Ministries ( Atlanta, GA )

www.angelfoodministries.com   
Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to providing food relief and financial support to communities across the U.S. CRA has assisted AFM in USDA grant evaluation.

EPPC Global Management ( Cleveland, TN)

www.eppcmanagement.com
EPPC Global Management is a unique institution - a non-profit public policy research organization or "think tank", designed to work with Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations to help them become stronger, more sustainable, and better able to serve their communities. CRA has partnered with EPPC Global Management in both grant writing and evaluation efforts on behalf of various groups and organizations throughout the country.

Pine Haven Village (Douglas, GA)

www.pinehavenvillage.com
The mission of Pine Haven Village is to provide a variety of high quality living arrangements for seniors in Willacoochee, GA as well as other County residents. Pine Haven Village will be an assisted living facility in Willacoochee, Georgia.  Currently they are in the initial phases of constructing the facility at this time and plan to have studio, one, or two bedroom apartments for seniors, as well as a variety of programs, services, and facilities to meet all of their needs. By providing opportunities for seniors to volunteer in programs such as Meals on Wheels, adopt a Grandparent, or a Hospice volunteer, seniors are given a sense of hope, meaning, and purpose in life.

“As a Registered Nurse I have observed the lack of basic needs for our aging population in the rural south.  It has been a dream to build a non for profit assisted living facility along with other programs to assist in these areas.  With Christina Ryder and Associates’ expertise in grant writing, brochure design, and Internet start up they have made this dream begin to be a reality.  But most of all, their encouragement, devotion and compassion to see a project from start to finish sets them above all others.  I highly recommend their services and will continue to use Christina Ryder and Associates for further phases of development.”

- Elizabeth H. Lara, RN, MSN, Executive Director, Pine Haven Village, Inc.

Teen Challenge of Southern California (Riverside, CA)

www.teenchallenge.com
Teen Challenge of Southern California (a part of Teen Challenge USA) is a faith-based, non-profit substance abuse prevention and recovery program. TCSC serves over 20,000 individuals a year through a variety of services including residential recovery centers and after-school youth programs. For several years, CRA has assisted TCSC with proposal writing, program development, research, and evaluation efforts. Of particular importance is the work (done on a national level) in regards to the Access to Recovery Initiative. CRA has assisted Teen Challenge USA in collecting significant data, presenting barriers, successes and concerns to domestic initiative policy advisors.

Way Maker Ministries (Harvey, LA)

www.waymaker.org
Way Maker Ministries (WMM) is a faith-based non-profit organization whose mission is to help those whom society has deemed no hope for. WMM serves homeless women and children, those at-risk for homelessness, at-risk youth, and ex-offenders. CRA has partnered with WMM in their efforts to assist children and families in the region so that the quality of life for individuals in the greater New Orleans region is not compromised in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. CRA has assisted WMM in various consulting and evaluation capacities.

“Way Maker Ministries strongly recommends the services of Christina Ryder & Associates, L.L.C.. They represent cutting edges practices as consultant firm to the nonprofit sector.” - Pastor Charles L. Johnson, Executive Director, Way Maker Ministries