By and Dr. , /PRNewswire/ -- Middle Bucks Institute of Technology (MBIT) recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Philanthropy Today Club (PTC), a student-run philanthropic club where students learn the process of evaluating grant applications and culminate their work with of grant awards annually. The only known organization with exclusively student-managed philanthropic giving, the club started with the help of a grant from the Raab Foundation in 2014.
Growing in popularity and interest each year, the club now manages two distinct grants, one from the Raab Foundaton and one from the Heenan Foundation, each with specific guidelines to which the students must adhere. Each year, a new group of students at MBIT is taught the language and meaning of Philanthropy. , Board Chair Emeritus, Norman Raab Foundation shared; "I was inspired to initiate the Philanthropy Today club in high schools after meeting another foundation that operated a similar program in their home community.
It seemed like an ideal program for high school students to learn about their community and work collaboratively to make decisions to create impact. Our goal has always been for the clubs to be student led, so that student voices are heard. Over ten years at MBIT, with the thoughtful advising of and her team, the Philanthropy Today club has grown and evolved to lift up student voices and connect students to organizations working on issues important to them in their community.
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