JEFFERSONVILLE a After nearly a year spent gathering donations for a new American Red Cross disaster relief vehicle, Jeanne Curtis has hit the mark.

Curtis a a major gift officer for the Southern Indiana office of the Louisville area Red Cross a secured the final amount needed for a relief vehicle to serve Southern Indiana at Thursday’s Clark County Commissioners meeting.

Rising student debt due to soaring college tuition has caused some community leaders to think outside the box when it comes to scholarship programs.

A new Reverse Scholarship Program introduced by the Community Foundation of St. A reverse scholarship is a talent-retention program that will pay students on the back end of their college career, after they have completed a degree in a STEAM-related field science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics but only if they agree to move back home and work within the county.

Eager to get started, the Community Foundation of St. Clair County, said he thinks the success of reverse scholarships will cause other states to re-invent their definitions of scholarships.

Maiers said the premise for the program came to him a couple of years ago while he was helping the Huron County Community Foundation with their strategic planning.

“A few of their donors wanted to know what community foundations could do to bring college kids back home after college,” he said.

They began working together to find the answer.

Mackenzie Price, director of the Huron County Community Foundation, started brainstorming with Maiers and their legal counsel at Clark Hill to plot out a community foundation-led effort addressing talent attraction and retention. The result is the new Reverse Scholarship Program, Maiers said.

“We anticipate that this reverse scholarship award will appeal to young college graduates in their mid- to late 20s,” he said, “who still have some student debt and are weighing their options for returning home to start a family.”

The community foundations in Huron County and St. Rising student debt due to soaring college tuition has caused some community leaders to think outside the box when it comes to scholarship programs.

A new Reverse Scholarship Program introduced by the Community Foundation of St. Phil Pavlov believes Michigan’s economy is indeed turning around; yet still, graduates are leaving for greener pastures elsewhere.

“I commend the work of our local community foundations in identifying solutions like this Reverse Scholarship Program that can help restore prosperity to our region, and I’m proud to assist the effort in Lansing with a senate resolution that lets them better engage philanthropy and attract talent at the local level,” he said in a statement.

Traditional scholarships are awarded and paid on the front end of a student’s career, with no guarantees they will complete their studies, graduate from college or, if they do, return to their communities to help contribute to its growth and prosperity. Clair County, said he thinks the success of reverse scholarships will cause other states to re-invent their definitions of scholarships.

Maiers said the premise for the program came to him a couple of years ago while he was helping the Huron County Community Foundation with their strategic planning.

“A few of their donors wanted to know what community foundations could do to bring college kids back home after college,” he said.

They began working together to find the answer.

Mackenzie Price, director of the Huron County Community Foundation, started brainstorming with Maiers and their legal counsel at Clark Hill to plot out a community foundation-led effort addressing talent attraction and retention. The result is the new Reverse Scholarship Program, Maiers said.

“We anticipate that this reverse scholarship award will appeal to young college graduates in their mid- to late 20s,” he said, “who still have some student debt and are weighing their options for returning home to start a family.”

The community foundations in Huron County and St.

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Nottinghamshire Community Foundation’s Celebrating Local Philanthropy event at Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club, near Cotgrave, on March 23. Pictured (L-R) are: Paddy Tipping, chairman of Nottinghamshire Community Foundation and Nottinghamshire police and crime commissioner, 1% Matters co-founder Mark Goldby, Lord Mayor of Nottingham Jackie Morris, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire Dr Jas Bilkhu, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo CEO Clotilde Dedecker, 1% Matters co-founder David Ryley, Nottinghamshire Community Foundation CEO Nina Dauban and Fabian French, CEO of UK Community Foundations

New York learning from Nottinghamshire businesses how to help charities

Businesses in Nottingham are inspiring charitable efforts across the pond after teaming up with an American philanthropy organisation.

Members of the Nottinghamshire Community Foundation (NCF) have shared ideas on how to encourage donations with the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, in New York state.

The US organisation’s CEO Clotilde Dedecker flew over to speak about the “power of collective action” at the NCF’s Celebrating Local Philanthropy annual event at Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club, near Cotgrave, on Wednesday.

She said: “We have a peer learning relationship, where we share best practices and thinking about how to support charities and individuals in a way that makes a difference to critical needs in our communities.

It’s really embraced by Nottingham businesses and people.”

About 120 people, including some of Nottinghamshire’s most successful entrepreneurs, joined civic dignitaries at the celebration event.

High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire Dr Jas Bilkhu spoke about his year in office, including the organisations and charities he has been involved with.

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He has helped raise money for Age UK and domestic abuse charity Karma Nirvana, while he has attended events supporting organisations like Nottinghamshire Hospice and Rainbows Children’s Hospice.

Dr Bilkhu said in his speech: “It’s an opportunity to make a difference and lend support to the voluntary services and charities.”

One example of business philanthropy highlighted was the 1% Matters Fund, set up by Riley Wealth Management founder David Ryley and SMS Electronics managing director Mark Goldby.

They give away one percent of their salary and have encouraged other firm bosses to do the same.

Mr Goldby, who is now a trustee of the foundation, said: “I’m really pleased with how it’s been going. I’m Nottingham born, raised and educated so I care passionately about the city and county.

“It’s making an important difference locally and this event is getting the message of the concept out there so more businessmen and women sign up.”

Nina Dauban, CEO of Nottinghamshire Community Foundation, added: “We brought together a lot of philanthropists to celebrate local giving and its benefits.

“We especially like to promote the importance of coming together as businesses or individuals giving a small amount can make a huge difference locally.

“It’s even more important as government cuts continue to bite for charities.”

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Noted Fundraiser Howard Charish Joins Institutional Advancement

Howard Charish, a professional who has led a distinguished career within the world of Jewish fundraising, has joined Yeshiva University’s Institutional Advancement team as senior philanthropic advisor.

Prior to that he served as CEO of UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ.

“We are so pleased to have Howard join us,” said Seth Moskowitz, vice president for institutional advancement. He has also been given honorary citizenship by the city of Netivot, Israel, just the eighth individual to receive this distinction in the city’s history, and received the Saul Schwarz Distinguished Service Award from the New Jersey Association of Jewish Communal Service.

Charish is married to Sharon, former principal of the lower schools at Solomon Schechter Day School of New Jersey. Yeshiva University News Most Recent News YU Names New Senior Philanthropic Advisor

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“>xThese 4 Georgia colleges doing the best with low-income students 1:25 a.m. Department of Education on Thursday issued a report highlighting public and private colleges and universities that have been successful at helping enroll low-income students and getting them through school and graduated.

Four Georgia institutions were highlighted in the report:

1. Agnes Scott College – the private women’s liberal arts college in Decatur was listed as having 45 percent of its enrollment being eligible for Pell grants for low-income students. About 71 percent of the school’s Pell recipients graduated in six years, compared to 72 percent of non-Pell recipients.

Spelman College graduates cheer after receiving bachelor of arts degrees during their commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 17, 2015, at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta. Secretary of Education John King visited Georgia State last week to learn more about the intensive advising and student tracking that has helped the school improve its retention and graduation rates for those students, and the Obama administration has given the school a $9 million grant to share its strategies nationally. Morehouse College – Slightly more than half the students at the country’s only all-male college for black men are Pell recipients according to the report. The school is one of a group of historically black colleges that are working to improve its college completion rates. Spelman College – Like Morehouse, the report features Spelman with 68 percent of its enrollment receiving Pell as one of a group of HBCUs that is successfully graduating its Pell recipients. The goal is to help students thoroughly engage with the material they are learning.

“While it’s true that college remains the greatest driver of socioeconomic mobility in America, it’s also true that if we don’t find ways to keep a college degree within reach for middle- and lower-middle class families, our institutions of higher education could end up having the opposite effect they could become a barrier, not a bridge, to greater prosperity,” said King, in a statement announcing the findings.

Thursday’s report also called for colleges with significant gaps in completion rates for its Pell and non-Pell recipients to work harder at narrowing the gap.

Read the full report: “Fulfilling the Promise, Serving the Need”

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