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Awards Reception

Capital Partners for Education receives a $3,200 grant from the 2010 IPVS class.

At the end of the Institute, students award a grant to a worthy DC-based nonprofit organization with the money raised through their fundraising projects. Institute participants attend the IPVS Awards Reception where a check is presented to the grant recipient.


Past IPVS Grant Recipients:

2011: Beacon House
2010: Capital Partners for Education
2009: Mentors of Minorities in Education
2008: Little Lights Urban Ministries & Everybody Wins! DC
2007: Community Family Life Services & Hoop Dreams
2006: Student Conservation Association, Beacon House & Youth Service America
2005: Horton's Kids & Little Lights Urban Ministry
2004: Shaw EcoVillage Youth Program & Higher Achievement Program
2003: YMCA Urban Mission Branch

"TFAS provides the perfect summer experience for any student searching for a meaningful, well-rounded experience. Not only do they show students why you should care about issues in your community, your country, and your world, but they also teach you how to make an important difference by using your passions."
Katie Gordon
Alma College
Intern, Community Bridges

TFAS also honors individuals with the David R. Jones Award for Leadership in Philanthropy and Voluntary Service. In 1998, The Fund for American Studies established the David R. Jones Center for Leadership in Philanthropy to conduct programs to prepare people for roles in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. 

These awards recognize outstanding individuals who promote the American traditions of philanthropy, free-enterprise and individual responsibility. Each year a recipient is honored for his or her philanthropic spirit and service.  

Past Recipients:

2010 Leadership in Voluntary Service Award winner, Leslie Lenkowsky speaks at the annual IPVS Awards Reception
  • 2010: Leslie Lenkowsky, Professor of Public Affairs and Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University and founding IPVS faculty member
  • 2009: Erin Slater, Chief Executive Officer, College Mentors (Awarded the 10th Anniversary Alumni Award)
  • 2008: Robert Egger, Founder and President of DC Central Kitchen
  • 2007: Robert L. Woodson, Sr. , Founder and President of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE) and Frank Hanna, CEO of Hanna Capital LLC
  • 2006: Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Chairman of American Red Cross
  • 2005: James V. Kimsey , Founding CEO of America Online, Inc.
  • 2004:  Eugene Lang, Founder, I have a Dream Foundation and  Blanka S. Rosenstiel, American Institute of Polish Culture
  • 2003: Thomas L. Phillips, Chairman, Phillips Publishing International
  • 2002: Foster Friess, Chairman, Brandywine Funds
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