Denison Venture Philanthropy

07/06/2019

How would you answer the $10,000 question?
See previous posts for more details.

06/27/2019

Denison Venture Philanthropy Begins Next Grant Cycle

GRANVILLE, Ohio—Denison Venture Philanthropy (DVP), a unique Denison University student program organized around philanthropy, will present $10,000 and 200 volunteer hours to a Licking County non-profit organization. Grants for the Denison Venture Philanthropy program are mostly funded through the generosity of David Kuhns, a member of the Denison class of 1968. In 2008 Kuhns challenged Denison students to organize an effort based around philanthropy – but one that also required an investment of student time as well as dollars. DVP creates strong ties between the college and the community and offers students experience with real-world issues.

To date, more than $87,500 and 1,900 student hours have been invested in the Licking County community by DVP. Other organizations DVP has partnered with include Career and Technology Education Centers, Together We Grow, Center for Disability Services, Newark’s Look Up Center, the Licking County Humane Society, among others.

This is a unique experience both for the Denison students interested in learning more about philanthropy and for the grantees to have volunteers helping to insure the grant project can be successful. In that regard, DVP specifically looks for grants centered around community that are sustainable in the future.

This year, the grants will be due to DVP’s grant manager: Micah Arnold at [email protected] by August 30th, 2019 They will be reviewed by the whole organization in Fall 2019. The grant will be dispersed in January 2020—along with the 200 hours of service to be completed by May 2020.

(picture of cute pony from Hope Farm Granville, our most recent grant awardee!)

04/17/2019

Some of our philanthropy team was honored at the Denison University DCA awards. Now back to volunteering!

09/12/2018

Hi everyone!

TONIGHT we will be meeting in Higley 326 at 8:30pm. We'll eat food, get to know each other, and LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS. Yay!!

Bring ya friends :)))

We're super psyched to have you! Just a recap of the amazing org you just joined
$10k and 200 service hours for a local non-profit project benefiting the community
2017 - Together We Grow Gardens -- funded a greenhouse for a community garden located at an elementary school which is now part of the curriculum there!!
2018 - C-TEC of Licking County; we taught ESL to immigrants and refugees of Newark
2019 - TBD / UP TO US!!!!!
You get to volunteer off-campus
Free food (Thanks Wyatt!)
Great resume builder and networking opportunity with the community!!

Tovey did a great job this summer and we have SIXTEEN projects to look at 🙂

Hope to see you!

08/15/2018

GRANT OPPORTUNITY

Our grant cycle has reopened and the due date (Friday September 7, 2018) is fast approaching. We welcome all NON-PROFITS in LICKING COUNTY to apply.

If you have any questions, please see the description in the next paragraph, comment below, or email Tovey Nederveld, grant manager, at [email protected].

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Denison Venture Philanthropy, which is a student-led organization at Denison University that aims to provide $10,000 and 200 hours of community service to one selected Licking County organization each year. We've recently released a request for proposals (see attached) and wanted to reach out and make sure Licking County Park District knew about this opportunity.
This year we’re really hoping to engage further with the community prior to our grant deadline and work with organizations to create more opportunities to do good work in Licking County. We’d be happy to work with you in constructing a proposal and answer any questions you may have about the application and process. Please don’t hesitate to contact if you are interested in submitting a proposal or if you have any related questions.
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RFP can be found by clicking the Google Drive link below.

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06/09/2016

Hello everybody!
Below is a link to this year's community brief! We had an amazing time working with CDS and all of our new members this year! We are looking forward to the 2016-2017 school year and all the opportunities that are ahead of us.

Denison Venture Philanthropy

04/18/2016

Denison Venture Philanthropy awards a $10,000 grant to the Center for Disability Services in Newark.

02/23/2016

Hello Everybody!
DVP will be hosting our first annual conference which will be held on Saturday, February 27 from 10am to 4pm!

The conference is designed to stimulate conversation surrounding social entrepreneurship and effective giving.

Keynote speaker Richard Marker of Wise Philanthropy will be speaking on educated giving and the best practices of grant making.

The conference will be held in Granville, Ohio at Denison University's Talbot Hall. The conference is free of charge and lunch will be provided. We'd love to have you stop by!

09/14/2015

The 2015-2016 school year has officially started and all proposals are in! We have a total of 15 projects to consider this year and are super excited to get started. Thanks to everyone who showed up to the meeting and we hope to see everyone out again this week!

06/01/2015

Denison Venture Philanthropy has officially wrapped up the 2014-2015 school year. It was an eventful year with conferences attended, presentations given, and 200+ hours of service done with the Look Up Center. Attached is a link to the Community Brief, a summary of the DVP's year. Feel free to go through it and we hope you join us during the next grant cycle!

https://orgsync.com/10460/files/788864/show

OrgSync is a web-based platform and community management system that centralizes student involvement and streamlines campus and organization communication.

04/24/2015

Denison Venture Philanthropy presented in front of the Board of Advisors this afternoon. Our presentation included our model, past and present work, as well as future goals, including collaboration on campus and a DVP conference. It was a great afternoon full of networking. Thanks to Dr. Laurel Kennedy, Dr. Adam Weinberg, Dr. Fadhel Kaboub, and the Board of Advisors for this opportunity!