Pay it Forward Grants
RFPs due February 5, 2010 for the summer semesters and fall semester 2010!
Click here for to view the Pay it Forward Request for Proposals
Grant Application Assistance Call: January 13th, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Call-in Number: 1-888-387-8686
Conference ID Number: 7900437
Join the call for tips, tools and information regarding the application process.
The Pay it Forward grant for student philanthropy 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. The program will address critical economic needs in communities through student-led grant making and volunteerism. It will focus efforts in three needs areas: children and youth programs; neighborhood development and revitalization; and hunger, homelessness and health issues. The purpose of this initiative is to develop a new generation of philanthropists through a course-based service-learning environment that engages college students in hands on philanthropy, grant-making, and service while providing community nonprofits with much needed assistance in the current deflated economic environment. Selected campuses will receive $5,000 for each awarded course. $4,500 of the grant must be invested in local non-profit 501(c)(3) agencies through a mini-grant process at the determination of the students in the course while the remaining $500 will be used to support course activities related to the project.
Funding for Pay it Forward is made possible through The Corporation for National and Community Service (Learn and Serve America Higher Education.) The Corporation for National and Community Service improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering.
Administrative support for Pay it Forward is provided by the Kentucky Campus Compact, the Michigan Campus Compact, and the Ohio Campus Compact.
Pay it Forward was modeled after Campus Connects, a student philanthropy program of Kentucky Campus Compact and Ohio Camus Compact. Below are links to sample syllabi from that program:
- Social Research Methods Course
- Community Based Writing Course
- Business & Technical Writing Course
- Introduction to Community Counseling Course
For more information regarding Pay it Forward contact:
Michelle Snitgen
Assistant Director of Grant Programs
1048 Pierpont, Suite 3
Lansing, MI 48911
Phone: 517.492.2439
Fax: 517.492.2444
Email: msnitgen@micampuscompact.org