September You must read each of the Community 10 Decide on the issue we will N/A fund Issues Papers submitted by your peers Discuss 29 and come to class prepared to discuss Draft our fund’s mission Community Issues, which issue our class should choose. statement and a paragraph Paper Findings and Papers will be posted on ELMS. or two that outlines the Developing Our funding focus of our grant Class Philanthropic competition. Fund’s Mission and Values October 4 11 & 12 Student briefings in and is a Additional readings Craig Dykstra, “What Grant?” Developing Our small group discussion of & 6 assigned to specific Amy Kass, ed. Giving Well and Class Philanthropic readings students who will Doing Good. Bloomington: Indiana Request for Fund’s Discuss and finalize our University Press, 2008, 79-81. lead small group Proposals Request for Proposals by the discussions. Joel Orosz. The to Insider’s Guide end of class Grantmaking. New York: 2000, 246-248. Sample RFPs shared by instructor. Our Request for Proposals will be released to nonprofits around October 9th. Potential deadline for applications is midnight, October 24. 13 October N/A . “Creating High-Impact Examining High Discussion of high-impact 11 Social Nonprofits.” Stanford Impact Nonprofits nonprofits Innovation Review. Fall 2007. and Digging Discussing the issue we will Readings to be added to ELMS on Deeper into our fund the community issue we select Issue October 14 Discuss our community Readings to be added to ELMS on Digging Deeper on issue 13 the community issue we select our Issue and Review sample proposals Sample budgets and proposals to be Learning how to and budgets accessed on ELMS Assess Proposals Learn about next semester Potential Panel Guests TBA – and the Do Good Challenge October 15 Discuss Case Parks and Partnership in New York Additional readings Leadership and Continue reviewing sample City (Part A): Adrian Benepe's 18 assigned to specific Community Impact Challenge. (Purchase at Harvard proposals and budgets students who will Business Publishing) lead small group discussions. October 16 Potential Panel Joel Orosz. The to N/A Insider’s Guide Preparing to Grantmaking. New York: 20 Discuss and prepare Review Our 2000, 56-62. application review forms Proposals
10 Discuss Community Issues, Paper Findings and Developing Our Class Philanthropic Fund’s Mission and Values September 29 Decide on the issue we will fund Draft our fund’s mission statement and a paragraph or two that outlines the funding focus of our grant competition. You must read each of the Community Issues Papers submitted by your peers and come to class prepared to discuss which issue our class should choose. Papers will be posted on ELMS. N/A 11 & 12 Developing Our Class Philanthropic Fund’s Request for Proposals October 4 & 6 Student briefings in and small group discussion of readings Discuss and finalize our Request for Proposals by the end of class Craig Dykstra, “What is a Grant?” Amy Kass, ed. Giving Well and Doing Good. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008, 79-81. Joel Orosz. The Insider’s Guide to Grantmaking. New York: 2000, 246-248. Sample RFPs shared by instructor. Additional readings assigned to specific students who will lead small group discussions. Our Request for Proposals will be released to nonprofits around October 9th. Potential deadline for applications is midnight, October 24. 13 Examining High Impact Nonprofits and Digging Deeper into our Issue October 11 Discussion of high-impact nonprofits Discussing the issue we will fund . “Creating High-Impact Nonprofits.” Stanford Social Innovation Review. Fall 2007. Readings to be added to ELMS on the community issue we select N/A 14 Digging Deeper on our Issue and Learning how to Assess Proposals October 13 Discuss our community issue Review sample proposals and budgets Learn about next semester and the Do Good Challenge Readings to be added to ELMS on the community issue we select Sample budgets and proposals to be accessed on ELMS Potential Panel – Guests TBA 15 Leadership and Community Impact October 18 Discuss Case Continue reviewing sample proposals and budgets Parks and Partnership in New York City (Part A): Adrian Benepe's Challenge. (Purchase at Harvard Business Publishing) Additional readings assigned to specific students who will lead small group discussions. 16 Preparing to Review Our Proposals October 20 Potential Panel Discuss and prepare application review forms Joel Orosz. The Insider’s Guide to Grantmaking. New York: 2000, 56-62. N/A