Enterprise

In the wake of dwindling federal and state funding and increased competition for foundation grants, a growing number of nonprofits are launching earned-income ventures. Known as social enterprises, these entrepreneurial endeavors provide a new revenue stream to support the social mission of their nonprofit parents.

Amos House launched its first social enterprise, Amos House Works, in 2004. The business has expanded from serving healthy lunches in school cafeterias to catering fine cuisine for corporate meetings and events. Revenues help to cover staff costs and grow the business which is providing training opportunities and jobs for persons who were formerly unemployed and homeless.

Our catering division, More Than a Meal, provides high-quality and delicious food for business meetings, events and private functions.  Our institutional division prepares tasty and healthy meals for school lunch programs and summer camps. 

This spring Amos House Works will open a restaurant, the Friendship Café, on the corner of Broad and Friendship Streets in conjunction with SWAP, a community development corporation. Based on the success we have had in job creation and income generation, Amos House plans to launch other enterprises, including a painting business that will provide jobs for graduates of our carpentry training program.

Would you like to learn more about Amos House Works? Please call 401-440-3300 or click here.