Special Events
Institute Philanthropy Project
IPVS Students host a community car wash to raise money for DC Youth
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A key component of the IPVS experience is participating in the Institute Philanthropy Project. This interactive project allows students to directly impact the Washington, DC community through service and philanthropy, while learning valuable event-planning, fundraising, grantmaking and facilitation skills.
This interactive project allows students to plan and implement fundraising events and at the end of the summer, the IPVS class will present a grant award to a worthy organization of the class’ choosing. Students also take part in service projects that give them first-hand experience in the DC community.
Students will be responsible for serving on one of the fundraising committees, voting in the final grantmaking decision and taking part in service projects.
Past Committees
- Movie Night
- Raffle and Silent Auction
- Cornhole Tournament
- Community Book Sale
- Community Car Wash
- TFAS Talent Show
- Date Auction
- Grant Evaluation
- Community Service
Please click here to view full committee descriptions and student responsibilities.
Past Volunteer Projects Include:
- Literacy Field Day for kids at Community Family Life Services hosted at Georgetown University
- International Fair with country presentations for children at YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs
- Outdoor Activities for youth at the Living Classroom's Backyard Adventures Event
- Meal delivery preparation with Food and Friends
- Trip to Native American History Museum with youth from Martha’s Table
- Safety Training for at-risk inner city children
- Ice Cream Social for families at the Ronald McDonald House
- Sports Day at a summer leadership camp for youth
- Carnival for youth campers at Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind
- Field day with the Boys and Girls Clubs
- International Fair for inner-city kids at Beacon House
”Sometimes when I think back about my time in IPVS, I have to pinch myself to remind myself that it is real. I was able to do so many wonderful things this summer. The program really helped me figure out what I want to do after graduation.”
Kristi Beroldi
Florida Atlantic University
Intern, Urban Alliance Foundation
“Without this experience from TFAS, it would be like writing a book with no context, no vision and no inspiration. It was this TFAS experience that reinvented the possibilities and endeavors which will continue to drive my future.”
Lana Klipfel
College of Dupage
Intern, YMCA
In addition to the Institute Philanthropy Project service projects, IPVS students have the opportunity to take part in service projects that are planned in conjunction with the annual Service Saturday event. These projects are for students in all five of the summer programs to come together for one day to perform various projects throughout Washington D.C.
Institute students participate in a park restoration project as part of TFAS Service Saturday
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Past Service Satuday Projects Include:
- Facilitate games and activities for students at the Discovery Creek Children’s Museum’s Say Hello to Summer Event
- Stream clean-up and park revitalization at Marvin Gaye Park
- Meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen, Food & Friends and Martha's Table, Inc.
- Playground restoration at Community Family Life Services
- Working with the elderly at The Washington Home
- Sorting and Organizing food at Capital Area Food Bank
- Moving books and supplies at Booker T. Washington Charter School
- Tracking and organizing donations at the Habitat for Humanity Re-store
- Cleaning and preparing lunch alongside the women at Rachael’s Women’s Center
- Organizing the library of the after-school program at Interstages
- Cleaning and organizing the Asian American LEAD Community Center
- Delivering meals to homebound senior citizens in Northwest DC through IONA Senior Services’ Weekend Home Delivered Meal Program
- Sorting fresh produce at DC Central Kitchen’s Miller Farm
- Sprucing up a garden in Anacostia Park with Student Conservation Association
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