JACKET PHILANTHROPY PROGRAM 6 courses
130 students 31 Community Partners $31,000 awarded
National Philanthropy Day Award - Jacket Philanthropy Program is an innovative, student-led, academic service-learning program. In Fall 2019 JPP was the recipient of a distinguished annual award presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) – Cleveland Chapter at the National Philanthropy Day celebration. AFP's 2019 Philanthropy Awards ceremony honored BW's JPP for "Outstanding Youth Philanthropy," one of just six awards. Eliza Bryant Village, nominated BW for the accolade, which was presented with a video highlighting the power of the JPP collaboration.
$205,500 Total grant awards in JPP history
JPP Celebration Goes Virtual 160 students, faculty and community partners logged in to attend the virtual JPP Grant Awards Ceremony when courses went remote in Spring 2020. In place of live presentations, students shared about their servicelearning experiences and grant proposals via a video gallery.
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Read all about it! JPP gets published... Dr. Lisa Green and Christy Walkuski have published an article in the Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, sharing details of the 2018 alumni study. Article: Green,L. & Walkuski, C. (2020). Paying It Forward: Does Teaching Philanthropy Change Behavior After Graduation? JNEL, 10 (20).
