Now, Morgan is one of the first 15 staff members working for the night shelter\u2019s newest social enterprise: the Greater Good Collective<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Collective is a coffee spot, thrift store, goods shop and donation center all in one.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the perfect job, because now I\u2019m working and it\u2019s helping put money back into (the shelter),\u201d Morgan said. \u201cI found my place.\u201d<\/p>\n The storefront at 2603 S. Cherry Lane in west Fort Worth allows Presbyterian Night Shelter to grow its social enterprise efforts while giving UpSpire employees opportunities for work outside of manual labor.\u00a0<\/p>\n Barbara Clark-Galupi, Presbyterian Night Shelter\u2019s chief growth and strategic initiatives officer, noted most of UpSpire\u2019s 250 employees are men. UpSpire\u2019s contracts include litter abatement, janitorial services and landscaping \u2014 all physically demanding careers.<\/p>\n The nonprofit was looking for other ways to employ women and men when the building in west Fort Worth was donated to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n Job options such as those in a makerspace or an event center were floated before the Greater Good Collective framework was decided, Clark-Galupi said.<\/p>\n \u201cI knew that there wasn\u2019t an independently owned coffee shop anywhere around here. So it just seemed like a good fit,\u201d she added. \u201cCoffee people are thrifting people, and thrifting people are coffee people.\u201d<\/p>\n Greater Goods, Greater Grounds and Greater Grab make up the majority of the accessible floor plan. Clark-Galupi said the goal was for people to be able to get a coffee and have the opportunity to peruse the thrift and goods store without having to exit the building or vice versa.<\/p>\n The open space concept was a risk, Clark-Galupi admits, but the goal was to have crossover from business to business.<\/p>\n \u201cThe more closed off you make it, the more we thought that would be putting a barrier to the experience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Greater Give, the donation branch of the collective, doesn\u2019t just serve the thrift store down the hallway. Clark-Galupi said the goal is for it to serve as Presbyterian Night Shelter\u2019s primary donation center for all nonfood items.<\/p>\n \u201cWe also pick up donations. We have a website<\/a> that you go to to sign up for a Monday or Wednesday pickup, and we\u2019ll come and pick up your stuff at your house,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The Greater Good Collective provides the same benefits for its staff as the rest of UpSpire employees \u2014 no-cost transportation, uniforms and lunch.<\/p>\n Providing those benefits ensures that no barriers exist for people who work within the shelter\u2019s social enterprise network.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s about giving that second chance,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cThey\u2019re willing to work with you instead of against you to keep you working.\u201d<\/p>\n The primary goal of Presbyterian Night Shelter\u2019s social enterprises is to give those experiencing homelessness employment. However, a secondary but important goal is to make sure the Collective is profitable, Clark-Galupi said.<\/p>\n Although oversight of the South Cherry Lane storefront is her primary role, Clark-Galupi noted that the shelter is not stopping at just one addition to the UpSpire enterprise. In addition to the nonprofit\u2019s woodworking business which began in October 2024<\/a>, Presbyterian Night Shelter is looking to employ 750 people in a decade. Part of that growth in jobs offered is meant to offset the nonprofit\u2019s other lofty goal of 1,000 units of housing available for people who come to the shelter.<\/p>\n But the UpSpire enterprise wheel will continue to churn jobs and revenue, Clark-Galupi said. Presbyterian Night Shelter has already been given another building on the east side of Fort Worth. Plans for that space are still being decided.<\/p>\n In terms of the Collective\u2019s moneymaking potential, Clark-Galupi noted the business has some risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nevertheless, she\u2019s hopeful \u2014 and said the first couple of open days have been promising.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re super excited and hoping that word gets out in the community so that they\u2019ll see this as part of their community,\u201d Clark-Galupi said.<\/p>\n Ismael M. Belkoura is the nonprofit editor for the Fort Worth Report. His position is supported by a grant from North Texas Community Foundation. Contact him at ismael.belkoura@fortworthreport.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Disclosure: Barbara Clark-Galupi is a member of the Fort Worth Report\u2019s reader advisory council<\/a>. At the Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This <a target=”_blank” href=”https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/2026\/08\/20\/a-greater-good-is-coming-to-west-fort-worth-through-coffee-thrifting-and-giving\/”>article<\/a> first appeared on <a target=”_blank” href=”https:\/\/fortworthreport.org”>Fort Worth Report<\/a> and is republished here under a <a target=”_blank” href=”https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/”>Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.<img src=”https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cropped-favicon.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1″ style=”width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;”><\/p>\n <img id=”republication-tracker-tool-source” src=”https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/?republication-pixel=true&post=738998&ga4=2820184429″ style=”width:1px;height:1px;”><script> PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: “https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/2026\/08\/20\/a-greater-good-is-coming-to-west-fort-worth-through-coffee-thrifting-and-giving\/”, urlref: window.location.href }); } } <\/script> <script id=”parsely-cfg” src=”\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/fortworthreport.org\/p.js”><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Ismael M. Belkoura, Fort Worth Report August 20, 2026 For the last five years, Jessica Morgan\u2019s dream…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1013671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,7371,7372,5615,57041,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,62758,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1013670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-america","tag-fort-worth","tag-fortworth","tag-lead","tag-presbyterian-night-shelter","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-upspire","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117130225276724512","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1013671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1013670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1013670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8730-1024x683.jpg\")
Greater Grab is the thrift store section of the Greater Good Collective. (Ismael M. Belkoura | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8741-1024x683.jpg\")
Greater Grounds is the coffee shop section of the Greater Good Collective. (Ismael M. Belkoura | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8737-1024x683.jpg\")
Greater Goods of the Greater Good Collective is where shoppers find secondhand housewares. (Ismael M. Belkoura | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8744-1024x683.jpg\")
Greater Give, the Greater Good Collective\u2019s donation center, is located at 2603 S. Cherry Lane in west Fort Worth. (Ismael M. Belkoura | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_8729-1024x683.jpg\")
The seating area of the coffee shop, the thrift store and the goods store are all on the same floor, with no dividing walls. (Ismael M. Belkoura | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n