Last week in our philanthropy class, we started with our MAD board meeting. Last week’s discussion was run by the Evaluation Committee who is in charge of creating an evaluation form that we will use to evaluate the organisations that responded to our request for proposal. As a class we looked at the initial evaluation form created by the committee we worked together to streamline the form into more spreadsheet template in order to be able to compare and contrast the organisations side by side. The board then moved on to discuss planning the end of the year party where we will present the check or checks to the organisation(s) that we will be granting the money. It is an exciting time for our class because the proposals are starting to come in, and it will soon be time to start evaluating. The semester is flying by, and with only 6 weeks left, we are feeling the pressure of making sure that we pick best organisations that fit our criteria and our goal for catlytic change.
After the MAD board meeting we had a presentation on donor intent by four members of our class and a discussion on their research. We heard about serveral cases throughout history where the intent of a donor was not quite followed by a university or organisation. Throughout the presentation our class had a discussion about the several cases that we looked at, and were then able to relate the cases to our class goals. This got us thinking about our own intent with the grant that we will be giving.
This week we will hear a presentation on global philanthropy, and have a group discussion of how global philanthropy applies to our class and philanthropy at large. Stay tuned!
