purpose over profit

Marcella is a New York City women’s clothing brand designed to create long-lasting and affordable clothes for its customers. But co-founders Siyana and Andy Huszar also have a greater purpose — empowering women and girls around the world. To accomplish that goal, they have partnered with Camfed, an organization that supports education for girls in Africa.

Soap Hope near Dallas, Texas employs people with disabilities to work in the store selling natural soaps. Store owners say it’s important to welcome all employees and give them an opportunity to shine – plus, profits go toward My Possibilities, an adult education program for people with autism, Down syndrome and other diagnoses.

Holly Christine Hayes is a survivor. And after breaking out of human trafficking and overcoming addiction, the founder and CEO of Sanctuary Project wants to help other women do the same. Her Austin, Texas-based jewelry company offers jobs and a fresh start for human trafficking survivors.

Wes Hurt was in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction when he came up with his latest business idea — a beverage company that would help people who were also recovering from addiction. Clean Cause, based in Austin, Texas, now donates half its profits to supporting people in recovery. It also employs them.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, 321 Coffee had to shut down and its staff, many of whom have special needs, were sent home. CEO Lindsay Wrege talked about how the business adapted and actually grew thanks to a new idea.

Studies show that getting people back to work after they get out of prison helps reduce the chance they will return to crime. And yet it is very difficult for people with criminal records to find jobs. One coffee shop in Dallas, Well Grounded Coffee, is offering jobs, community and hope to women with criminal histories.

Holly Hayes is a survivor of trafficking and the founder of Sanctuary Project, a nonprofit jewelry business that is giving job training and steady employment to other victims. Hayes joined LX News to discuss how her project is helping women through the long healing process survivors face.

A cafe in Charlotte, North Carolina, is giving people recovering from addiction a fresh start. The Community Matters Cafe partners with the Charlotte Rescue Mission to offer jobs and life skills to people leaving its treatment program. The café’s chief operating officer, Ed Price, joined LX News to discuss how the business is putting purpose over profit.

The company SoapBox has donated just under 20 million bars of soap to people in need in the U.S. and around the world through its program of donating a bar of soap for every product it sells. CEO David Simnick joined LX News to explain that the company is not only improving health care and hygiene, but that by finding...

After Heather Roberts went through a medical crisis, she decided to help other struggling moms through the sale of her aromatherapy bath bombs. Heather joined LX News to share how she built her company Mom Bomb, which donates 100% of its proceeds to providing services to mothers in need.

In Blue Handmade, a leather accessories company in North Carolina, has been donating 50 meals for every bag sold during the pandemic. The owner, Mary Lynn Schroeder, joined LX News to talk about how the donation program has helped keep her business running during the economic downturn while helping people in need.

Howdy Homemade Ice Cream Shop in Dallas is run mostly by 13 employees who all have Down syndrome and autism. NBCLX had the chance to meet with owner Tom Landis, who says his business is creating a successful path into the workforce for his special needs staff.

Ben Higgins is using his fame as a former Bachelor to do good. Higgins created Generous Coffee as a for-profit business that donates 100% of its earnings to non-profit groups that help developing global communities as well as at-risk kids in the U.S. He joined LX News to talk about what he’s learned as he’s built his business, and offered...

The co-founder of 4ocean is trying to solve a global problem with his growing business: trash in the oceans. Co-founder Alex Schulze said the company is also offering stable ocean-cleaning jobs to local fishermen in countries like Indonesia, Haiti, Guatemala and here in the U.S.

Joe Deloss is the owner of Hot Chicken Takeover, a Nashville-style hot chicken restaurant in Westlake, Ohio, that is creating opportunities for people in need of work and helping create a brand that meaningfully advances social change.

Rethreaded, a unique gifts company based in Jacksonville, Fla., is giving survivors of human trafficking an opportunity to remake their lives by providing community, mental health services and a job that will help get them back on their feet. Founder and CEO Kristin Keen joined LX News to explain their long-term plan to help women.

Tacos 4 Life started with the mission to end childhood hunger. It’s strategy is simple: With every taco purchased, a child in need receives a free meal. The business, which launched as a pizza joint in Arkansas, now has 16 taco restaurants in five states and has provided 14 million meals to kids in countries around the world in partnership...

In our latest installment of “Purpose Over Profit,” LX News talked to Laura Brady, the founder and CEO of Concierge Auctions, a high-end real estate auction firm that is building a home for a family in need for every home it sells. Laura Brady said the company has funded the construction of more than 200 homes in El Salvador and...

Noonday Collection is a company that creates a marketplace for artisans in vulnerable communities around the world. In the latest in our “Purpose Over Profit” series, Noonday Collection founder and co-CEO Jessica Honegger explains how the jewelry and accessories business is now helping get emergency care to those communities that are struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.

Cafe Momentum is more than just a great Dallas restaurant — it’s a place where teens coming out of the juvenile justice system are given a second chance. During a 12-month paid internship program created by Cafe Momentum founder Chad Houser, the teens are taught life and job skills and made to feel part of a team — sometimes for...