Notre Dame Educa.on Conference: Networking for Mission II
Emmanuel College, Boston, MA July 14, 2012
Roger F. Grein, CPA & Sr. Rita Sturwold, SND, CFRE
Introducing… Roger F. Grein, CPA Founder and President of MagnifiedGiving
2001 … A series of coincidences A “chance remark” from Dr. James
Vortruba, President of Northern Kentucky University Moved by the Spirit on retreat Meeting with an open-‐minded Jesuit university president
History of the Program for Colleges & Universi.es
2002 -‐ Visits to 6 to 8 colleges to introduce the
concept Introduced to College Compact and Service Learning 2008-‐2009 – Contract signed with 16 colleges and universities to implement the program
2005 … It all started with a ques.on “Sister Rita, what are you teaching your
young women at Mount Notre Dame about philanthropy because, you do realize, don’t you, that your future is in their hands?”
Youth Philanthropy Council at MND is created Sparkle Worley, Director of Advancement, hand-‐
picked some students to begin the Youth Philanthropy Council (YPC). Initially 17 members Some collaboration with YPC at nearby Archbishop Moeller Catholic boys’ high school 6 hours of input from Xavier University on the process Donors shared with students why they give and how they decide on their recipients
YPC at MND YPC members created a grant proposal
form MND students and staff applied for a grant for their projects – locally, regionally and internationally YPC reviewed grant proposals and determined grant recipients and amounts Awards event at MND
MND’s YPC Develops 2007-‐2008 MND’s Donor directs students to: identify social needs in which they are interested; research local agencies that meet needs they identified; determine which agencies to visit After visits, students send grant proposal forms to agencies.
MND’s YPC Develops 2007-‐2008 – con.nued YPC reviews grant requests YPC discusses and votes on who will receive
grants YPC invites agencies selected to come to MNDHS to present their request to YPC YPC votes to determine how much will be awarded to finalists Awards event
Model program ready to be shared 2008-‐2009 Roger Grein’s vision – to share this model with
other high schools – public and Catholic Roger asked MND to provide released time for the club moderator to develop a process to invite other high schools in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to establish a YPC. MND asked Roger to fund a portion of the teacher’s salary… and Roger agreed
Expansion Membership in MND’s YPC grows while
moderator invites other schools to establish their own YPC. Starfire participants in MND’s YPC 2008-‐2009 – 8 high schools par.cipate 2009-‐2010 – 13 high schools par.cipate 2010-‐2011 -‐ 18 high schools par.cipate 2011-‐2012 -‐ 21 high schools par.cipate
Expansion -‐ con.nued Awards Events MND holds its own event Regional event -‐ at which all the high schools
present their checks to the non-‐profit agencies they have chosen
The Unexpected 2008-‐2009 -‐ Losses in the stock market
crash
Le_ers sent to the 16 par.cipa.ng
colleges and universi.es
What to do??? Magnified Giving is born!
A 501c3 non-‐profit organizaDon formed Surprise grant from Na.onal Corpora.on for Service
Learning -‐ $3 million for three years to support program in 34 colleges and universi.es!
Vision The vision of Magnified Giving is for every high school student in America, star.ng with the Greater Cincinna. and Northern Kentucky area, to someday have the opportunity to learn first-‐hand how to be generous and wise philanthropists.
The Mission of Magnified Giving
Our mission is to educate, inspire and engage students in philanthropy with three desired outcomes: touch the hearts and minds of teens, lighten the concerns of others, magnify the impact of philanthropy.
What does Magnified Giving do? The founda.on invites donors to make
contribu.ons. Then the founda.on channels the contribu.ons through the high schools for students to give to local non-‐profit agencies. Students learn the joy of philanthropy and become familiar with the needs of their own community. Hundreds of lives are impacted through the process.
Impact of Magnified Giving See packet of materials See video Xavier University –Over ten years, 1000
students participated and awarded $200,000 to agencies Leadership skills developed MND students invited to ask a foundation for a gift to the school’s building campaign.
How can our school establish a MagnifiedGiving Program?
Contact Roger Grein and Todd Forman
– email or phone support – see newsletter for contact information Web site – has a wealth of information www.magnifiedgiving.org How-‐to Manuel being written