Student Philanthropy Program
2016– 2017Application
Dear Esteemed Educator –
On behalf of our founder Mr. Roger Grein, and our Executive Director, Mrs. Kelly Collison, I would like to thank you for yourinterest in our Student Philanthropy Program. Teaching young men and women how to become educated philanthropists –wise givers of their time, talent and treasure – has been Roger’s goal from the beginning of the high school program in 2008. As we enter our ninthschool year, we are excited to continue to be able to support a diverse student population in Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, northern Ohio and northern Kentucky. But we know it would not work without the efforts of hard-working, motivated and dedicated teachers at our partner schools.
Our program is relatively simple in concepts and provides flexibility, but still takes effort on the part of the teacher. The process can be adapted to fit a classroom setting or it can be implemented as an afterschool program. It can be taught during the course of a semester or over the entire year. It can involve as few as 10 students, and some schools even have hundreds participate. We have developed step-by-step materials on our website and a Teacher Manual as a guide to implementing our program. There are also plenty of veteran teachers available to provide mentoring and support.
Roger truststhat schools and teachers that partner with Magnified Giving will take the gifts that are given and use them wisely. His hope is that our partner schools learn about philanthropy by wisely investing the money Magnified Giving’s donors generously share with us. Over time, as your program grows, we hope that you and your school will discover the resources to supplement our financial support– through fundraising, private investors, and/or by simply students pooling their limited resources together to invest in their community.
Thanks again for your interest in our program. We look forward to seeing how you might implement the program at your school and hope that we can help you and your students experiencethe power and thrill of effective philanthropy – how to give of one’s time, talent and treasure!
Sincerely,
Program Director
513.550.0518
Program Application Notes
- Funding–Each participating schoolwill receive $1000 to grant + a $250 optional matching grant. Schools that have a well-run, growing program, may have their matching grant money increased to $500. We will offer an opportunity for schools to apply for additional grant money at training. Decisions will be made at the discretion of Magnified Giving.
- Rolling Acceptance - Applications will be accepted and reviewed as they are received on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the budgeted funds have been allocated, we will halt the application process for the 2016-2017 school year.
- Teacher Contract and Principal Support Letter - Each teacher will need to print and sign the contract that explains the expectations of a Magnified Giving teacher. In addition the school principal needs to sign the support letter. This contract and support letter is included in this application and must be submitted with the application.
- Teacher Stipend –For his/her successful participation in our program, the lead teacher receive a $250 stipend – a small token of our appreciation. This stipend check will be issued in June, after the teacher completes the Final Report. Some teachers choose to donate their $250 stipend back to Magnified Giving. This donation is considered a school contribution and meets the criteria of school fundraising. This is an easy way to increase the school’s available grant money to $1500. If you choose to do this, we need to know this early and you will be asked to indicate on your application.
- Training Dates – We will offer several teacher training dates in early September. These dates will be determined this summer.
- Student Registration – In order to help Magnified Giving track the successfulness of our program, we need all student participants to register on our website. This information will be kept confidential and no information will be shared with outside organizations. Information on this registration process will be provided at training.
- Award Ceremonies – We will continue to offer multiple Awards Ceremonies in late April and early May 2017. We also encourage some of our larger and more established programs to consider having their own Awards Ceremony at their school. We can discuss this option if you are interested. We will provide a checklist of things that you should include in your ceremony and we can help you plan your own. If interested, indicate this on the application below. Note: Your key students are still needed to share their program success at one of our Magnified Giving ceremonies.
HINTS TO DESIGNING YOUR PROGRAM and COMPLETING THE APPLICATION
The best programs implement basic strategies and components. While completing your application, providing evidence that these can be implemented in your program will be helpful. Once your application is accepted, there will be time later for fine-tuning your plans.
• Strong teacher leadership – A strong teacher is needed to guide a successful program. Make sure your lead teacher has the time and interest to make this program work for his/her students.
•A focus on Education– It would be easy to give students $1000 and have them simply give it away to their favorite charity. But that is not our goal. Be sure you plan time to educate students on the basics of philanthropy – Who are philanthropists? What are your community’s social needs? What is the non-profit sector? How do agencies get funding? etc.) Resources can be found in the Teacher’s Manual and on our website to help with this.
• Student leadership – Plan ways to structure your program so that students are empowered to lead.
• Student-centered decision making – Allow the studentsto make as many decisions as possible throughout the course of the program, at nearly every step along the way. The goal is for the students to take ownership of the program.
• Site visits/volunteering touch the heart – While not absolutely required for participation, site visits and/or volunteering are strongly encouraged. If site visits are not possible, bringing agency reps into your class is also very effective. However getting your students out to see agencies they are considering is the highlight of the year for many students…and makes the decision-making even more challenging and educational. We may have financial resources available to help with site visits. This will be shared at the teacher training.
• Supporting local Non-Profit Agencies– All money needs to be distributed to local non-profit 501(C)(3) organizations that invest the money locally. Keep this in mind as you explore social issues. School partners in our northern Ohio regions may support organizations local to their region.
• Matching grants – We are able to offer an additional $250 if the students raise $250 (or if the teacher forfeits his/her stipend). If you are able to do some fundraising on your own, please indicate this on your application.
• Making tough decisions – All initial funding of $1000 provided by Magnified Givingmust be given to oneagency. Any money raised by students, along with our matching grant, can be invested as the students choose.
• Award Ceremony – Student and adult representatives from your school, along with agency representative receiving checks must participate in a Magnified Giving Awards Ceremony in April/May2017, or host your own additional ceremony.
• Data Gathering – Students must register at the start of the program and complete an online end-of-the-year survey.This is critical to our funding needs and requirements.
• Timely reporting – The teacher must provide monthly updates as well as a report at the end of the year.
• Do some research –Look over the steps for the program (see below, or visit and think how this would work at your school, in your class or club.
More information will be shared at the Teacher Training sessions in September.
Student Philanthropy Program
School Application • 2016- 2017
Please type your responses and return the completed documentincluding Teacher ContractandPrincipal Support Letter to . Applications will be reviewed as they are received.
Your Name
Your Email
Cell Phone
Work Phone
School Address
City
State
Zip
Principal’s Name
Principal’s Email
Principal’s Phone
Superintendent’s Name
(public schools only)
After reading the “Hints” page above, please answer the following questions as thoroughly as possible. We expect that you may not be able to answer all questions completely, but the more details you plan out at this time, the better. Feel free to call program director Todd Forman at 513/550-0518 if you need help completing the application.
1. What is your current role at your school? List teaching duties and other responsibilities.
2. If other adults might be involved, please provide their names, titles and contact information.
PROGRAM IMPLEMENATION
3. What grade level(s) would be working with for this program?
4. Approximately how many students would be involved in the program? Would there be any way for the entire school to get involved in any aspect of the program? (Ex. hearing agency reps, participating in voting, etc…)
5. How would you implement our program? Through an academicclass, after school program, or other (explain)
6. How long would your program run? Full-year project, single semester, or part of the year
7. Look over the 11-steps founds in the “step-by-step” list on our website: . As you begin to plan out how you would implement our program, explain how you might address each of the steps. If you are unsure about how you will approach certain steps, that is not a problem…but please share any ideas you have sketched out.
8. FOR RETURNING MG SCHOOLS: Visit to download the Program Levels Page from your Teacher Resource Manual (pg. 11). Using this page as a guide, please list any changes or improvements you might make to your program next year.
FUNDING AND STIPEND
9. Grant Money – We will provide $1000 base + $250 matching. If you know you can’t do fundraising for the matching grant, please let us know. If you think your program is well-developed and students would benefit from additional funding this year, please explain. Note: You are more likely to get more matching grant money than a larger base.
____We would like the basic grant this year: $1000 base + $250 matching
____We would like the basic grant of $1000, but will NOT need the matching money.
____Wewould like to be considered for additional matching money.
Explain:
10. Teacher Stipend– The $250 stipend check is mailed to the lead teacher at the conclusion of the program and after all data is collected by Magnified Giving.If you choose to donate your stipend back to the program, this gesture will qualify as a school donationand qualify for Magnified Giving’s $250 matching grant. Your school will immediately have $1500 to grant.
Please indicate which option you would like to choose:
____ I would like to keep my teacher stipend. (Default)
____ I would like to donate my $250 stipend back to MG prior to the start of the program.*
* Note that we cannot offer you a donation receipt for choosing this option.
MISCELLANEOUS
11. Which Teacher Training Session would you like to attend?
___Tuesday, September 6 | 4 – 6 pm |Location in Reading, OH TBA.
___Monday, September 12 | 4 – 6 pm |Location in Reading, OH TBA.
___Tuesday, September 20 | 4 – 6 pm |Location in Reading, OH TBA.
___We are a northern Ohio school and will contact you to set up virtual training.
12. Awards Ceremony – We are encouraging some of our larger schools to have their own Awards Ceremony this year. Please indicate below if you would like to discuss this option with us.
___We would like to present our checks at one of the mandatory Magnified Giving Ceremonies in
May 2017.
___We would like to explore possibly having our own Awards Ceremony this year. We will also
have representatives at the mandatory Magnified Giving Ceremonies in May 2017.
2016-2017Principal Support Letter
This signed letter must be submitted with your application.
To help us continue to partner with the leadership at your school, we needyour principal to be aware of our program and to support your involvement. Please have them read the information below, fill in the blanks and sign below. Questions can be directed to Todd Forman at 513.550.0518 or .
Founded in 2008, Magnified Giving ( is an established Philanthropy Education organization based in Cincinnati, touching the lives of thousands of students each school year.
I am aware that ______(school name) has applied to participate in the Magnified Giving Student Philanthropy program under the guidance of a lead teacher, ______(teacher name).
I am aware that he/she will guide the group of students through program steps found on the Magnified Giving website (
I am aware that our students will be learning about philanthropy, exploring the social needs of our community, identifying and contacting the 501(C)(3) non-profit organizations that addresses those needs, possibly visiting non-profit organizations, volunteering their time, making difficult decisions, fundraising (ifdetermined by the teacher), and that student representatives will be asked to attend an Awards Ceremony to present their checks(s) in May 2017.
I am aware that our students will be entrusted to “invest” $1000 of Magnified Giving’s money by choosing a local non-profit organization to receive our school’s grant, and that our students can earn more money to invest by participating instudent fundraising. (Magnified Giving will match up to $250.)
I am aware that we may have guest speakers visit our school – Magnified Giving’s founder Roger Grein, agency representatives, and possibly other guests as selected by the lead teacher.
I am aware that all student participants must register with Magnified Giving at the start of the program via an online form on Magnified Giving’s website. This will allow Magnified Giving to track the success of our program, to allow students to stay connected to Magnified Giving through our Alumni Association, and to expand the reach of their program around the region. Magnified Giving will gather basic student information (name, email address, phone number) and parent information (name, email address, phone number). This information is for internal use only and will not be shared with outside organizations.
I am aware that our lead teacher will be asked to attend a Teacher Training session in September 2016, complete monthly updates, attend an Awards Ceremony in May 2017 along with some students, and will be required to complete a Final Report in June 2017. For his/her efforts our lead teacher will receive a $250 stipend for participating in the Magnified Giving program. Failure to complete of one or more of these steps may result in forfeiture of this stipend.
Principal Name (printed) ______Signature ______Date ______
2016-2017Teacher Contract
Thiscompleted contract must be submitted with your application.
I am applying for our school, ______(school name) to be a partner school in the Magnified Giving Student Philanthropy Program for the 2016-2017 School year. I am aware that once I submit my fully completed application, it will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis.
I am aware that, if selected, our school will receive a minimum of $1000 + $250 matching (unless we opt out) which we will be directing to one or more local 501(C)(3) non-profit organizations.
I am aware that all student participants must register at the start of the program via an online form on Magnified Giving’s website. This will allow Magnified Giving to track the success of our program, to allow students to stay connected to Magnified Giving through a newly developed Alumni Association, and to expand the reach of their program around the region. Magnified Giving will gather basic student information (name, email address, phone number) and parent information (name, email address, phone number). This information is for internal use only and will not be shared with outside organizations.
I am aware that all student participants must take an online survey at the end of the program.
I am aware that I will receive a $250 stipend for participating in the program this year if I attend a training session in September, have student participants register with Magnified Giving, complete all monthly updates in a timely fashion, attend the Awards Ceremony with student representatives, and complete the Final Report at the end of the program. Failure to complete the program requirements may result in a loss of the stipend and could jeopardize our school’s future involvement. If multiple teachers are participating in the program, the lead teacher will determine how to split the stipend.
I am aware that I should invite Magnified Giving’s Founder and President Mr. Roger Grein to come speak to our group during the course of the school year.
I am aware that I need to share any class materials, forms, presentations or online resources with Magnified Giving which will be shared with other Magnified Giving teachers during the course of the year and/or and the end of the year.
Lead Teacher Name (printed) ______Signature ______Date ______