Program Spotlight

Northeastern Students4Giving (NS4G)

A Northeastern student initiative recently awarded three grants to support non-profit programs to combat youth violence within the Stony Brook communities.

Northeastern Students4Giving, which gives students the opportunity to learn about non-profit management and philanthropy, made awards to the Haley House, Hyde Square Task Force, and Urban Edge.

On April 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. in 444 Curry Student Center, Human Services, the Center of Community Service and Northeastern Students4Giving will host an award breakfast for the grant recipients.

The Northeastern Students4Giving is made possible by Campus Compact in association with Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund.

For philanthropy courses, students become the givers

Sunday Boston Globe June 25, 2009

Students at other schools have taken what they’ve learned in the classes and spread the philanthropy movement campus wide. Northeastern students started an extracurricular club last fall that operates as a de facto board of directors charged with overseeing, and growing, the pot of money students disburse through the philanthropy classes.

Missy Elumba, a health sciences major and ice hockey player who founded the club, also started a spinoff for NU student athletes. The group granted about $8,000 to local youth sports organizations, including helping bring tennis to impoverished Boston elementary schools.

“The class inspired me to make a difference and build something that could go on year after year,’’ said Elumba, who graduated last month.

“In the future, these student athletes could go on to be professional athletes and make money with philanthropy instilled in them.’’

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Northeastern University Programs Receive Grant to Educate Future Generation of Philanthropists

Experiential Learning through Courses and Activities Underscore Urban Engagement

Boston- September 10, 2008- Northeastern University's Human Services Program, in collaboration with the university's Center of Community Services, were selected by Campus Compact and the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund to participate in the 2008-2009 academic year's Students4Giving program. As part of the program aimed at inspiring and educating future philanthropists, Northeastern will teach students about non-profit organizations and fundraising as part of a series of courses and activities that involve community outreach and partnerships with Boston-area nonprofit organizations.

Financed by Fidelity, the Students4Giving program provides each of the schools with a $15,000 Giving Account, a donor-advised fund, which will be managed by the students enrolled in the courses. Northeastern students will learn about and be involved in a variety of activities that teach them how to meet community needs by researching local issues, evaluating IRS-qualified 501(c)(3) public charities and assessing where a donation would make the most impact.

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HUSV 3570 Strategic Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management

This is a service-learning course requiring participation in a group project to support the work of a Boston-area nonprofit organization. The goal of the course is to build practical skills in nonprofit program management by designing and implementing a project that is responsive to the needs of the partner organization. In parallel with the service-learning component, the class will focus on exploring the relationship between sound program design and successful fundraising at every stage of the program life cycle, from needs assessment through evaluation. The semester will culminate with oral and written presentations of the group project and a final exam focusing on an overall organizational assessment of the partner organization.