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Campus Connects
Student Philanthropy Project
Generously Funded by Roger Grein
Congratulations
to the seven schools in Kentucky and Ohio
who were awarded funding for the Campus
Connects Project in Spring 2008!
Kentucky
University
of Kentucky
Contact:
Danielle Clore,
dclor2@email.uky.edu
Ohio
Defiance
College
Contact: Laurie Worrall,
lworrall@defiance.edu
Mercy
College of Northwest Ohio
Contact: Candace Tavormina,
Candace.Tavormina@mercycollege.edu
Mount
Union College
Contact: Susan Denning,
denninsk@muc.edu
Otterbein
College
Contact: Melissa Kesler
Gilbert,
mgilbert@otterbein.edu
University
of Cincinnati
Contact: Kathy Dick,
Kathy.dick@uc.edu
Walsh
University
Contact: Shauntey James,
sjames@walsh.edu
Application
Information and Resources
Application
Click here to download the Campus Connects
Student Philanthropy Project application.
Introduction
Roger Grein is an
active philanthropist from the
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area. He is
passionate about helping college students
understand philanthropy by giving them an
opportunity to be philanthropists and to
become engaged with the local community at
the grassroots level. Inspired by the
Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project at
Northern Kentucky University, Mr. Grein’s
goal is to build a sustainable model of
academic student philanthropy that can be
replicated across the country and , perhaps,
across the globe. Mr. Grein strongly
believes that whether today’s college
student ends up teaching in a classroom,
serving as the CEO of an organization,
researching global climate changes, or
millions of other possibilities, that
student will benefit from knowing what it
takes to create and support healthy
communities.
The
Campus
Connects Student Philanthropy
Project helps students learn how to
be engaged citizens and to understand the
important role philanthropy plays in the
health of our communities, of our nation and
of the world.
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Project Goals
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To provide students with
the knowledge and practical experience
needed to manage philanthropic funding.
The student learning will occur
within a credit bearing academic course,
consistent with the course content and
goals. The intent is to have the study
of philanthropy embedded in courses
across the curriculum in such diverse
disciplines as computer science or
nursing, biology or teacher education,
accounting or foreign language studies.
In alignment with the course objectives,
philanthropy topics could include
community needs assessment, establishing
funding criteria, data gathering,
interviewing techniques, and outcome
assessment. The ultimate goal is to
grant funds to support non-profit
organization that are addressing
community needs.
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Project Model -
Partnerships with institutions of higher
education
How it
works on your campus
Each applicant institution for the Campus
Connects Student Philanthropy Project can
apply for funding to support up to four
philanthropy courses per year on its campus
(a maximum of $18,000). Each course
will be allotted $4,500 with a minimum of $4000 to be
donated to student-identified and -selected nonprofit organizations. The
other $500 can be used by faculty for course
development-related costs. Chosen
institutions agree to work toward creating a
sustainable philanthropy program.
Thus, in the first two years of the project,
100% of the funding comes from Roger Grein.
In year three, the institution provides 50%
of the funding and in year four, the
institution provides 100% of the
philanthropic funding.
This project is looking
to fund nonprofit 501c(3) community efforts
identified by the students in the
philanthropy courses. The host institution
reserves the right of final approval of
funding recipients.
Examples of courses
where faculty have integrated a philanthropy
component into the curriculum include Social
Research Methods; Community-Based Writing;
Ethical Issues in Marketing; Women, Writing
and Rhetoric; World Music; Community Health
Nursing; Drawing; Sociology of the
Environment; Managing Organizational Change;
Strategies of Persuasion; Spanish
Translation and Interpretation; Occupational
Justice; and Telecommunications and Networking.
Administrative Support
Administrative support is funded by Roger
Grein. A project coordinator is located at the
Kentucky Campus Compact (KyCC) at Northern
Kentucky University. The coordinator is
responsible for the general administration
of the project such as: providing faculty
and student handbooks, providing training
and technical assistance for campus teams,
supporting the work of the campus liaisons,
supporting the work of the outside
evaluator, ensuring quality data collection,
and overseeing the development of a website
for the project. The
Ohio Campus Compact supports the campus liaisons in Ohio and communicates
with the project coordinator at KyCC.
The advisory committee
for this project includes Roger Grein and
his representatives, the directors of the
Ohio and Kentucky Campus Compacts,
representatives from the institutions chosen
to participate in the project and the
project coordinator. This committee will be
responsible for providing feedback and
advice for the on-going development of the
project as well as planning for future
funding.
The
Campus Connects
Student Philanthropy Project
is intended to provide opportunities for
college students to get practical experience
in philanthropy. A unique design of this
program is that Roger Grein is looking to
partner with higher education institutions
that are committed to creating a sustainable
student philanthropy program on its campus.
Using a four-year project timeline, Roger
Grein will provide the seed money for the
project and will fund all costs in years one
and two. In year three, Mr. Grein and the
higher education institution will evenly
share the costs for the philanthropy courses
while Mr. Grein will continue to finance
most of the administrative costs. In year
four, the higher education institution will
fund 100% of the cost of the philanthropy
courses and the campus administrative cost
(campus liaison.) In years five and beyond,
the institution will continue to support the
philanthropy courses through the funding
sources it developed over the four years of
its involvement in the project.
The Campus
Team
A
successful applicant institution will agree
to have a team dedicated to this project.
This team will include the faculty who will
teach the philanthropy courses, a
staff member from your campus office of development, and the campus
liaison (VISTA or faculty or staff). This team will attend
one training and two meetings (middle and
end of semester/quarter) offered by the
project and will work toward building a
sustainable project at their institution.
Each institution that is selected for this
project will conduct a celebration event at
the end of each semester or quarter as a way to deliver the
money to the nonprofits and at the same
time provide visibility to the project.
The
faculty role
will be to integrate a philanthropy project
into their academic course. Materials
provided to the participating faculty
include sample syllabi and
a handbook with resources for both faculty
and students. Students will be expected to
achieve the learning goals of the course at
least partially through learning and
practicing the basics of philanthropy. The
professors will be responsible for having
students complete an online survey to track
the results of the project. Faculty will
also be asked to complete an online survey
at the end of each course and submit contact
and other relevant information on funded and
unfunded 501(C)(3) organizations submitting
a grant application (see page
14
of the manual for specifics on what to
submit for each organization).
The
development staff
role will be to develop sources of funding
to sustain this project after the seed money
is expended. The institutional “match” for
the third year must be raised by the
beginning of the third year in order to
continue in the project. Funding could come
from an external source such as a foundation
or corporation or from internal funding such
as designating the project for special
giving from alumni.
The
VISTA
member/designated faculty or staff member
role will be to serve as the campus liaison
for the project – to support the faculty and
students and provide updates to the
institution about the project. Some
examples of activities could include:
helping faculty/students identify nonprofits, assisting in marketing the project
on campus, serving as a consultant to
students, assisting in the data collection,
and/or following up with nonprofits after
they receive funding. This person will
receive $500 per year for logistics and
materials. (If your institution wants to
participate in the project but does not have
a VISTA member, you will need to designate a
faculty or staff person to fill this role.)
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Campus
Eligibility
A higher education
institution must be a Campus Compact member
in good standing in Ohio or Kentucky and
agree to the commitments in the
Roles and Responsibilities
section. The Campus
Connects
Student
Philanthropy Project will
fund approximately 32 philanthropy courses
in institutions of higher
education in Ohio and Kentucky.
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Timeline
November 7, 2007
Application deadline
November 2007
Announcement of selected institutions
November 2007
Successful institutions conduct faculty
selection process
Several Dates TBD
Training for Campus Teams
Spring Term Faculty conduct philanthropy courses
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Application
Process
Campuses will be
selected competitively by those who best
meet the
criteria. Because
this is a 4-year project, this is a
one-time application with a submission
deadline of Wednesday,
November 7, 2007.
Grants are renewable for up to four
years, pending continued funding and
satisfactory involvement on the part of
the higher education institution.
The Campus
Connects Student Philanthropy Project
intends to develop future funding
for more philanthropy courses.
Information about such opportunities
will be distributed by the Ohio and
Kentucky campus compact offices.
Applications will
be reviewed by a committee that includes
individuals representing Roger Grein,
OCC, KyCC, and higher education
institutions in both Ohio and Kentucky.
Decisions of the review committee are
final and not subject to appeal.
Because this
project will be most successful with
strong administrative support,
preference will be given to campuses
that have a VISTA member/designated
staff member who will serve as the
campus liaison. In addition, preference
will be given to campuses that have the
capacity to set up restricted accounts
that can receive contributions to a
specific project such as the
Campus
Connects Student
Philanthropy Project.
Applications must
be received in the KyCC office no later
than 5:00 PM on
Wednesday,
November 7, 2007.
Applications can be sent by email or
through the mail. Campuses are
encouraged to submit applications
electronically via email attachments.
However, applications will not receive
any preference in selection based on the
type of submission.
Please contact
Missy Gish via email or phone at
859-572-5256 with questions about this
program.
Missy Gish, Project Coordinator
Kentucky Campus Compact
Nunn Drive, Founders Hall 536
Highland Heights, KY 4109
Phone: 859-572-5256
Fax: 859-572-1445
Email: gishm@nku.edu
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Application
Guidelines
A complete application
consists of three elements:
-
a title page,
-
a narrative that
responds to the questions outlined
below, and
-
a letter of
endorsement signed by the president, the
director of development, and the chief
academic officer.
Each of these elements
and the prescribed format of the application
are described in more detail below.
Additional materials should not be submitted
and will not be
forwarded to review committees.
Part 1:
Title
Page
Part 2: Narrative
Please respond to the
questions listed below in the order that
they are presented. Please use the headings
provided to help guide the application
review team, and limit the total length of
the narrative to no more than ten pages
(double-spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch
margins).
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Institutional Commitment:
Describe the institution’s desire and
commitment to create a student
philanthropy program through the seed
money provided by Roger Grein.
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Institutional/Organizational Climate:
Describe the current climate of your
campus concerning engaged learning and
civic engagement and a sample of
activities and/or initiatives that
currently take place at your
institution. List any activities/topics
that your institution would choose not
to fund based on the values and goals of
your college/university.
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Faculty
Engagement: Name the faculty
that will conduct the philanthropy
courses and any previous experience they
have had with service-learning and/or active
learning/teaching. Include the names of
the courses where philanthropy will be
taught. Provide a brief description of
how you plan to identify the courses and
faculty each semester/quarter (faculty
can teach more than one course).
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Development
Engagement: Name the
development staff person who will be
part of the
Campus Connects Student Philanthropy
Project team. Describe
any experience he/she has had in
developing funding for similar projects.
Describe your institution’s ability to
designate giving to specific projects
such as this. If you do not currently
have this ability, describe how you
would develop this ability during the
first two years of the project. Describe
any ideas you have for developing
funding for this project.
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Campus Team: Indicate your commitment to having the
campus team attend the training and mid
and end of semester/quarter
meetings associated with this project.
Describe any additional support on your
campus that would be available to this
project.
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Project
Liaison: Name the VISTA
member on your campus who would serve as
the campus liaison for this project. If
you do not have a VISTA, name the staff
or faculty who would serve in this
position. Describe any existing systems
on campus for disseminating information
about such projects.
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Timeline:
Provide a very brief timeline
of when you would implement the
philanthropy courses during each year.
Also provide a brief timeline of
development activities for this project.
Please use the headings provided and
respond to these elements in the order they
are presented.
Part
3: Letter of Endorsement signed
by the President, the Chief Academic
Officer, and the Director of Development
A letter of endorsement
must be submitted with the application. The
letter should indicate that the
administration is aware of and supports the
efforts articulated in the proposal and is
committed to institutionalizing a student
philanthropy program on its campus. The
institution will have the final approval in
funding decisions and should communicate to
faculty if there are causes that should not
be funded due to incongruity with the values
and goals of the institution.
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Selection
Criteria
Campuses will be
selected to participate in the
Campus Connects
Student Philanthropy Project
based on which institutions best
meet the criteria. In order to be eligible
to participate, each campus must meet, at
minimum, the following basic requirements:
1. Each
institution must identify the faculty who
will be teaching philanthropy courses in
year one and how faculty will be selected in
the future.
2. Each
institution must identify a development
staff person who will devise and implement a
plan to create sustainable funding for this
project.
3. Each
institution must identify a campus liaison –
a current VISTA member or a faculty or staff
if there is no VISTA on campus.
4. The
campus team must be committed to attending
the required trainings and meetings.
5. The
institution must agree to provide faculty
with a list of initiatives that should not
be funded based on institutional values and
goals.
6. Each
institution must agree to provide funding
for this project beginning in year three,
based on the number of courses that were
funded by Roger Grein. For instance, if
Roger Grein funded four courses in each of
years one and two, the institution would
agree to fund two courses in year three and
four courses in year four. If Roger Grein funded two courses in
each of years one and two, the institution
would agree to fund one course in year three
and two courses in year four.
All complete
applications will be reviewed by a committee
comprised of Roger Grein and his
representatives, OCC, KyCC, and higher
education institutions in Ohio and Kentucky.
The following criteria will be used in the
review process:
Institutional
Commitment (25 points) – The
Campus Connects Student Philanthropy Project
is designed to be a model of building
sustainable philanthropy programs in higher
education institutions. Roger Grein is
looking for institutions that will commit to
this vision and agree to build a
philanthropy project on its campus.
Institutional/Organizational Climate (10
points) - This initiative fits into the
climate of the institution concerning
engaged learning and civic engagement. The
campus has experience in these types of
initiatives and/or has recently made it a
priority to get involved.
Faculty Engagement
(20 points) – The institution has identified
the faculty and courses that will include
student philanthropy in year one. It has
also provided a description of
faculty/course selection in years two
through four.
Development
Engagement (15 points) – Development
staff is committed to finding and/or
developing funding for a sustainable
philanthropy project on campus.
Campus Team (10
points) – The team is committed to working
together to make this project work. They
will attend trainings and meetings and help
each other in the implementation of the
project.
Campus Liaison
(10 points) – The Campus Liaison will
provide the necessary structure to ensure
all parts of this project work together.
Timeline (10
points) – The campus has a realistic
timeline for offering philanthropy courses
and for developing funding for the ongoing
support of this initiative.
Competitive
Priority Review Criteria
In addition to the
criteria listed above, the review committee
may consider the following factors. These
criteria may be employed in the event that
the review of the factors listed above
results in a tie between two or more
institutions.
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Institutional
diversity –Campus Compact serves a wide
variety of types of institutions of
higher learning (two-year, four-year,
public, private, faith-based, HBCU and
tribal, comprehensive, technical,
liberal arts, research, Extension,
etc.)Competitive priority will be given
to ensure representation from the full
range of types of member institutions.
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Development – The
Campus Connects
Student Philanthropy Project
is a sustainable program model.
Competitive priority will be given to
institutions that currently have the
capacity to designate giving to a specific
project.
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Application
Checklist
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Title
Page
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Narrative
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Letter of
Endorsement
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One original, eight
(8) copies (if mailed using the regular
postal service)
Campuses may submit
applications one of two ways: electronically
(via email to the
Kentucky Campus Compact) or via regular
postal delivery. If submitted
electronically, applicants should
electronically scan pages requiring a
signature (the Title Page and the Letter of
Endorsement) and submit these documents with
the narrative. Campuses electing to use
regular postal delivery must submit one
original and eight (8) copies of the
application. While Campus Compact prefers
electronic submissions, the method of
submission will not impact selection
decisions.
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Program
Information and Resources
Manual
Click here for the Campus Connects Student Philanthropy
Project Manual
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PowerPoint Presentation Highlighting Past
Investments
Click here to
download a PowerPoint presentation of past
investments.
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Suggested Course Timelines
Semester
Timeline
Quarter
Timeline
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Sample Syllabi
Sample
Syllabus #1
Sample
Syllabus #2
Sample
Syllabus for Course that Incorporates
Fundraising
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RFP and
Letter Templates
Request for Funding
Proposal (RFP) #1
Request for Funding
Proposal (RFP) #2
Request for Funding
Proposal (RFP) #3
Overview
Letter
Cover Letter to
Accompany RFP
Award Letter
Rejection
Letter
**NOTE: Remember to copy Missy Gish, Campus
Connects Project Coordinator on all correspondence to
nonprofits.**
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Evaluation Tools
Students, Faculty,
Funded and Unfunded Organizations are all
required to complete an
end-of-semester/quarter online survey. These
surveys will be posted here at that time.
See page 32 of the
manual for a copy of the online student
survey.
Sample of
Funded Organization Survey
Sample
of Unfunded Organization Survey
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