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Now familiar with how a community foundation serves the community, the learners form a Youth Advisory Committee and use parliamentary procedure to conduct business.
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Unit: Advise and Consent
Unit: Philanthropy in Action
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This lesson will teach students the role of a community foundation, explain that it is a part of the third sector of the American economic system, and extend the possibility that a foundation may fund a student project to benefit the community.
Unit: Philanthropy 101 Course of The Westminster Schools
Grades:
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To introduce students to grantmaking and the work of community foundations. ...
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Grades:
11
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To understand the workings of a large foundation that distributes major capital gifts and programmatic gifts like scholarships for higher education....
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Unit: Foundations: Unit Two of Establishing a Student-Run Foundation
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Students learn about the different types of foundations and how they differ from other nonprofits. They collaborate to explore what needs their own foundation will address.
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Grades:
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Students learn about the history of foundations and the role individuals played in their development.
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Grades:
9
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Students identify needs in the school and community and have a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of keeping the areas of focus for their foundation open or defined to a narrow focus (e.g., addressing environment or poverty). The advantage of an open foundation is the...
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Unit: Foundations and You
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Students learn the definition of a foundation and become familiar with the resources of the Learning to Give Website. A representative of a local community foundation speaks to the class about the foundation’s mission, activities and funding.
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Unit: Rise of Foundations and Nonprofits (The)
Grades:
9
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This lesson gives learners background to recognize different types of foundations. Learners will gain knowledge of the historic basis of foundations in their communities, state and nation.
Unit: Doing Our Share
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Students will interview citizens of their community and identify examples of philanthropy.