The Ohio Campus Compact's Pay It Forward program engages college students in philanthropy through a service-learning initiative that incorporates grant-making and volunteer service to benefit local nonprofits. In the 2013-14 academic year across three campuses, 407 students contributed 4,728 volunteer hours and awarded over $650,000 in grants to support 435 nonprofit organizations. The program aims to cultivate a new generation of philanthropists while enhancing community services and student engagement.

1. PAY IT FORWARD
College Student Philanthropy
Education & Service Initiative
Inspiring the next generation of philanthropists
The Ohio Campus Compact (OCC) Pay it Forward program is developing a new
generation of philanthropists through an innovative course-based service-learning
program that engages college students in hands-on philanthropy, grant-making, and
volunteer service while providing community nonprofits with much needed assistance
during difficult economic times. Participating faculty infuse the study of philanthropy as
a core component of the coursework and each course receives real dollars to
award non-profit agencies. Students provide at least 15 hours of volunteer
service to local nonprofit agencies while simultaneously identifying community needs,
establishing funding criteria, and engaging in group decision-making as part of the
course. Pay it Forward simultaneously improves student learning, faculty scholarship,
college engagement and nonprofit capacity and impact.
Participating campuses in Licking County during Spring 2013 semester and the 2013-14
academic year included The Ohio State University-Newark (OSUN), Denison
University and Otterbein University for a total of 22 Pay it Forward courses that
invested real dollars in the Licking County Community.
Approximately 407 students at the three campuses provided 4,728 volunteer hours in
Licking County, where they had the opportunity to learn about the role organizational
capacity plays in increasing a nonprofit’s ability to meet its mission more efficiently and
effectively. Students worked in teams at nonprofits and learned about funding streams,
including the use of grants, then wrote a grant through the PIF program asking for
money to fund their organization’s proposed project. Speakers, including a local
foundation director, were invited to some classes to talk about grant writing and
funding. Next, student teams presented their case for funding to their fellow students,
instructor, and OCC staff. Presentations talked about who their organization is, its
mission, the proposal students submitted for grant funding, and how the funding would
impact the organization’s ability to serve the community. Students then voted on
which organizations to fund at what level.
Examples of projects funded are $2,500 to expose at-risk high school students to
programs of education such as a day at a local college, $1,750 to develop a walkway,
extend water lines and get closer to the goal of adding a basketball court at multiple
community garden sites in Newark, and $560 to produce a financial literacy video for
the lobby of the Licking County Coalition of Housing.
Because of the impact and outcomes of Pay it Forward on both students and
community partners, OCC will continue to expand upon Pay it Forward as a part of
experiential learning in Licking County and throughout Ohio.
We would not have been able to provide this experience for students and nonprofits
without your generous support of the Pay it Forward program. Thank you.
631 N. Pearl Street
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Since January 2010, Pay it Forward has engaged nearly 4,200
college students in 197 courses across 37 campuses,
dedicated more than 69,000 total volunteer hours, and
invested $655,500 in 435 community nonprofit
organizations.

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6th Street and
Growing Gardens
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Bridges Out of Poverty
(BOP)
Children's Reading
Foundation of Licking
Co
CTAG (Newark City
Schools Closing the
Achievement Gap)
Excel Academy
Flying Colors Early Ed
Center
Garden of Hope Granville Historical
Society
Granville Studio of
Visual Arts
Habitat for Humanity-
MidOhio
Hartford Independent
Fair
Heisey Collectors of
America (Heisey Glass
Museum)
Hope Farm Granville
Johnstown Youth
Athletic Association Inc
Landlab
Licking Co Humane
Society
Licking Co Parks
Licking County Center
for the Visually
Impaired
Licking County Coalition
of Housing (LCCH)
Licking County Food
Council
Licking County
Landtrust
Monroe Township Fire
Dept
My Place to Be
Newark Ice Hockey
Association
Ohio Fuzzy Paws Shih
Tzu Rescue Inc
Ohio Nature Education
(ONE)
PBJ Connections Inc
Prevent Assault and
Violence Education
(PAVE)
ProTeen Center
Salvation Army
Salvation Army-Power
for Life Program
SPARK
Sparta The Citadel The Freedom School
The Licking County
Aging Program
The Main Place Recovery
Center
The Works
YES Club
Each of the following organizations in Licking County received a Pay it Forward grant between $500 and
$2,500 to build the capacity of their programs:
Quotes
from
the
Program
I
learned
that
I
can
make
a
difference
even
if
I
don’t
have
much
to
give.
–Licking
Co.
PIF
student
Spring
‘13
Grants
such
as
this
allow
us
to
keep
participation
fees
lower,
allowing
our
programs
to
remain
affordable
to
more
parents
in
the
community.
–Johnstown
Youth
Athletic
Association,
Inc.
YES
Club
was
very
pleased
with
the
relationship
with
the
college
students
as
well
as
the
university.
We
received
great
feedback
from
the
students
who
spent
their
time
at
YES
and
also
heard
that
students
did
such
a
great
job
advocating
that
other
students
then
wanted
to
volunteer
at
YES
in
the
future.
We
value
the
relationship
with
Ohio
State
University
and
the
monetary
support
helps
in
the
success
of
our
youth
as
well
as
the
growth
of
our
program.
–YES
Clubhouse
[I
learned]
how
donating
one’s
time
can
be
just
as
useful
as
donating
money.
–Licking
Co.
PIF
student
Spring
‘13
This
course
has
made
me
realize
I
have
a
responsibility
and
can
make
a
difference
in
a
small
way
and
that
I
can
give
in
the
future.
–Licking
Co.
PIF
student
Spring
‘13