2011 Member

Institutions

Antioch University Midwest Ashland University

Baldwin-Wallace College Bowling Green State

University Capital University

Case Western Reserve University

Central Ohio Technical College

College of Mount St. Joseph College of Wooster

Columbus State Community College

Cuyahoga Community College

Defiance College Denison University

Heidelberg University Hiram College

Hocking College John Carroll University Kent State University

Lorain County Community College

Lourdes College Marietta College Mercy College

Miami University Muskingum University Notre Dame College

Oberlin College The Ohio State University

Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan University

Otterbein University Owens Community College Shawnee State University

University of Akron University of Cincinnati University of Dayton University of Findlay

University of Mount Union University of Toledo Urbana University Walsh University

Wilmington College Wittenberg University Wright State University

Xavier University Youngstown State University

631 N. Pearl Street Granville, Ohio 43023

(740) 587-8568 (740) 587-8569 FAX

www.ohiocampuscompact.org

Ohio Campus Compact is a statewide coalition of college and university presidents and their campuses working to promote the civic purposes of higher education. Our mission is to provide statewide leadership in mobilizing resources, services and partnerships that help Ohio colleges and universities fulfill their civic missions.

✬ Ohio’s colleges and universities are more engaged in service to communities, thanks to Ohio Campus Compact’s grants, training and service initiatives. In 2012 Ohio Campus Compact will celebrate 20 years of service as a leader in promoting civic engagement and public service in campus and academic life. We invite you to learn more about our most recent successes and meet a few of the many dynamic students, faculty, VISTA members and campus community service directors that work tirelessly every day to connect campuses with communities. Together, we’re creating powerful partnerships focused on service to our communities and our country. At the core of our work is strengthening institutions to better serve the community and educate future civic leaders. On some campuses, we have funded innovative service-learning initiatives; on others we have provided consulting and training to deepen community service programs. Across the state, our member campuses are engaged in many issues confronting our state—from access and success in higher education, to health disparities, food security and the housing crisis. Our member campuses respond in remarkable ways that create powerful campus-community partnerships for positive change.

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The Compact Impact

2011 Nonprofit Excellence Award

Program Year Report

The Ohio Campus Compact received the prestigious 2011Ohio Nonprofit Excellence Award by the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations. Each year, the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations (OANO), recognizes a handful of truly outstanding nonprofits from around Ohio. The Excellence Award recognized the creativity, execution, achievement, and overall excellence of the Ohio Campus Compact Pay it Forward program.

OANO Executive Director Jennifer Williams (left) presents Ohio Campus Compact staff Dick Kinsley, Kirsten Fox and Susan King with the 2011Ohio Nonprofit Excellence Award for the Pay it Forward Initiative.

Engage We engage campuses

in service to the community..

Our Students in Service and AmeriCorps VISTA programs strategically connect college resources with communities in need. Participants gain valuable experience and educational awards. Campuses expand their civic outreach. And community partners receive critical support.  

Our Service Program Impact by the numbers:

• 157 first generation, low-income students on 16 campuses earned $177,724 in AmeriCorps educational awards for 28,796 hours of service benefiting communities through our Midwest Campus Compact Citizen Scholar (M3C) Fellows Program.

• 75 students at seven member campuses dedicated more than 22,500 hours of volunteer service and earned a total of $84,900 in AmeriCorps educational

awards as part of our new Students In Service program

• 20 VISTA Summer Associates spent eight weeks working in local communities on food access and nutrition education projects.

• Summer Associates maintained 18+ community gardens that produced over 2,000 lbs of donated produce, engaged over 800 disadvantaged youth, served 11,719 meals and recruited 2,327 volunteer hours during the eight week service.

• 34 VISTAs dedicated a year of their lives to help local community groups to fight hunger, homelessness, illiteracy, joblessness and other poverty-related issues.

This is what a year of campus-based VISTA work can do:

Ohio Campus Compact VISTAs leveraged: • 20,862 students who served as community

volunteers • 134,087 service hours performed by community

volunteers • $143,663 = Dollar value of cash resources

developed by VISTA Members • $117,623 = Dollar value of NON-cash resources

developed by VISTA Members

About Ohio Campus Compact Service Programs

The Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA Program places and supports VISTAs who create and expand programs designed to bring individuals and communities out of poverty. VISTAs serve in the poorest areas of their communities to tackle poverty-related problems such as hunger and homelessness, financial literacy, veteran student services, public health and college access.

The Midwest Campus Compact Citizen Scholar (M3C) Fellows Program supports cohorts of predominantly low-income and/or first generation college students who receive a $1,132 AmeriCorps education award for tuition or loans in return for 300 hours of community service.

Students in Service (SIS) is a part-time AmeriCorps program that supports college students in providing valuable service to their local communities. Students in Service members make a difference in their communities, gain valuable civic and workforce skills, and earn a $1,132 education award.

Lorain County Community College

 

Mery Kanashiro has been working to alleviate issues of homelessness and poverty in the local Delaware, Ohio community for the past two years. Most significantly, she has been instrumental in the development of a new community center, the Second Ward Community Initiative, located in a traditionally underserved part of town. She is currently serving as a board member, assisting with their capital fundraising campaign, and recruiting volunteers and donations to provide the center with resources. She has also provided connections with key players in the Delaware and Ohio Wesleyan University communities. Over the course of the past year, the SWCI has achieved 501(c)3 status, has received thousands of dollars in in-kind donations from the Ohio Wesleyan community, and lined up partners for programming opportunities both on campus and beyond for when the center opens. Mery also has been an on-campus resource for OWU students to learn about issues of homelessness and poverty in their backyards. Among many things, she has connected student volunteers with local agencies, advised the service clubs on campus, coordinated a major day of service, and executed a local, multi-day immersion experience centered around local poverty and service, which is now in its second year.

invest We invest in civic engagement on our member campuses. Our innovative Pay it Forward student philanthropy grants provide funds to service-learning courses which engage students in charitable giving and service to the local community.  

We invest in good ideas.

Our Campus Grants’ Impact Pay it Forward by the numbers:

Pay it Forward Student Philanthropy Grants supported 73 student philanthropy courses on 31 campuses in 3 states (Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.)

1467 students participated in Pay it Forward service-learning courses, contributing a total of 28,306 volunteer service hours while investing $328,500 dollars into 194 local non-profit organizations.

74% of students plan to volunteer or engage in philanthropic activities throughout their lifetime as the result of taking the Pay it Forward course – compared to just 45% before taking the course. As the result of taking a Pay it Forward class, there was a 50% increase in likelihood to volunteer or engage in philanthropic activities throughout the lifetime.

More so, there was a 46% increase in likelihood to volunteer after graduation as a result of taking a Pay it Forward course. Only 48% of PIF students planned on volunteering after graduation prior to taking the course; however, after taking the course this statistic jumped to 76% of PIF students plan on volunteering after graduation.

As a result of taking a Pay it Forward course, 85% of PIF students believe they can make a difference in their local community and 84% believe they have a responsibility to help others in need.

95% of community partners agree that the Pay it Forward initiative helped to meet community needs.

When asked to compare the same course with and without the philanthropy component, 78% of faculty observed that students in Pay it Forward courses were personally invested in the class.

Faculty rated critical thinking and problem solving as the more frequent skill developed by students through participation in a Pay it Forward Course. This was followed by communication skills and teamwork skills respectively.

96% of faculty intend to partner with local non-profit organizations in future courses.

 

This project was a life-changing experience that I will never forget. I learned group skills, time management, organizational skills and lessons for a lifetime. This experience was truly a life changer.”

~ Student Course Evaluation

About Ohio Campus Compact Grant Programs Since January 2010, the Ohio Campus Compact Pay it Forward initiative has been 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 the economic downturn. 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 non-profit 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 non-profit capacity and impact. Since January 2010, Pay it Forward has engaged over 2,500 college students in 121 courses across 34 campuses, dedicated more than 46,400 total volunteer hours, and invested $512,000 in 320 community nonprofit organizations.

“Helping to develop these young and intelligent minds gives up hope that philanthropy will continue long into the future.” ~ A Kid Again, Inc. (Community Partner with Otterbein University)

“Working with the Pay It Forward Philanthropy Program has been an amazing experience for our entire community. It has impacted students, faculty and community partners. This program has taken learning to a different level; students are inspired to work harder while faculty, enjoying increased collaboration in an interdisciplinary project, have utilized data from the past two years to publish an article and present at a national conference. Our community partners have also benefitted, not only from funding for important programs and services, but additional student volunteers. The Pay it Forward initiative is an incredible win-win program!”

~Mila Cooper, Director of Service-Learning, Baldwin-Wallace College

Our Outreach Impact

by the numbers: • 35 member campuses received

one or more direct grants, student educational awards, or VISTA member services in 2011.

• $15,500: the average return on investment for Ohio Campus Compact member colleges.

We empower campus leaders to help local communities.

empower

We bring together scholars and the state’s brightest youth leaders. We put that brainpower to work to tackle issues like poverty, hunger and joblessness. Our symposiums, trainings & resources bring out the best in faculty, administrators and campus leaders. And with our help, they make an even greater impact on students and in local communities. In 2011, Ohio Campus Compact launched a new website, expanded it social media presence and provided new e-engagement tools to support campus- based community service programs.

About Ohio Campus Compact Training, Resources & Outreach Programs

Ohio Campus Compact believes that constant learning and the empowerment of leaders who care about our communities are critical to addressing today’s most pressing social and economic challenges. Ohio Campus Compact proudly provides the following services to support college faculty, campus community service directors and other professionals engaged in campus-based community service, service-learning and civic engagement initiatives:

• Workshops & Symposiums • Resources & Publications • Regional Collaboration & Networking • Individualized Campus Consultations (training, retreats, peer-matching and coaching)

“Membership in the OCC has been invaluable to Central Ohio Technical College. OCC's resources and networking possibilities are superb. In addition, OCC has provided our college with ongoing, in-depth, personalized assistance as we attempt to strengthen and expand our service learning efforts. Providing this assistance is an energetic, eminently adept, friendly, and superbly customer-oriented OCC staff. We are very grateful to OCC for their continued, collegial help.” Dr. Richard J. Prystowsky Central Ohio Technical College

“Membership with Ohio Campus Compact has been invaluable to us, as has been working with them to develop a service learning identity for our campus. Professional development and networking opportunities have allowed us to explore the many ways to create service learning opportunities for our students while understanding some of the unique circumstances and needs in our local and state community. OCC has been available to help us define goals for our program while also offering ongoing guidance and encouragement to our service learning support staff. We are looking forward to continued growth and will rely on OCC to help our program develop and succeed."

- Krista Kiessling, Director of Service Learning & Harvest Project Coordinator

Owens Community College

   

Board of Directors Dr. Dale Knobel, President, Denison University Jim Henry, Director of Development, The Ohio State Medical Center Dr. Luis Proenza, President, University of Akron Dr. Toni Murdock, Chancellor, Antioch University Dr. Richard Prystowsky, VP for Academic Affairs, Central Ohio Technical College Father Robert Niehoff, President, John Carroll University Dr. Daniel DiBiasio, President, Wilmington College Dr. Rock Jones, President, Ohio Wesleyan University

Our Efficiency Financial information for 2011 program year

REV EN U E SOURC ES AMT Membership dues $187,570 Foundation/Corporation Grants

$18,312

Contributions $14,661 VISTA/AmeriCorps $454,380 Learn & Serve $471,750 State Government $0 Fees $21,600 In-kind Donations $1,148 Other $39,338

 EX PEND ITU RES AMT Grants to members $714,527 Training conferences & assistance to members

$18,738

Member services $354,822 Publications $0 General & Admin $78,825 Occupancy $0 Membership dues $30,712

 

Our Supporters In addition to support from our member institutions listed at left, Ohio Campus Compact received generous support from:

Staff Dick Kinsley, Executive Director, Lesha Farias, Sr. Program Manager, AmeriCorps VISTA Kirsten Fox Ph.D, Sr. Program Director, Academic Initiatives Susan Studer King, Program Director, Outreach & Engagement Coral Breuer, Program Director, Student Outreach/VISTA Elizabeth McAnally, Office Manager Brenna Limbrick, VISTA Project Coordinator  

Denison University State Farm Insurance Ohio Campus Compact Board of Directors Ohio Campus Compact VISTA Alumni & Friends of VISTA  

Member Institutions

Antioch University Midwest

Ashland University Baldwin-Wallace College

Bowling Green State University

Capital University Case Western Reserve

University Central Ohio Technical

College College of Mount St. Joseph

College of Wooster Columbus State

Community College Cuyahoga Community

College Defiance College

Denison University Heidelberg University

Hiram College Hocking College

John Carroll University Kent State University

Lorain County Community College

Lourdes College Marietta College Mercy College

Miami University Muskingum University Notre Dame College

Oberlin College The Ohio State University

Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan University

Otterbein University Owens Community College Shawnee State University

University of Akron University of Cincinnati University of Dayton University of Findlay

University of Mount Union University of Toledo Urbana University Walsh University

Wilmington College Wittenberg University Wright State University

Xavier University Youngstown State University

 

631 N. Pearl Street Granville, Ohio 43023

(740) 587-8568 (740) 587-8569 FAX

www.ohiocampuscompact.org

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In-kind Donations

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Expenditure Categories Grants to Members

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