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COMPOUNDING POSITIVE CHANGE!
5+ yrs ago we started The Impact Competition.
Our vision was simple: to empower students to improve the 🌎 around them.
I think it is safe to say we succeeded with @CulverAcademies @BlessinBackpack! 🫶🙏
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Impact Competition
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Impact Competition
@Impact_Comp
We fund competitions that challenge students to solve the issues of local non-profits. Winning teams get to implement their ideas. 🥳
10+ Unis and growing!
Joined April 2022
- Our founder, Lance Breitstein, spoke today at a class on Financial Literacy at @CulverAcademies. One young student’s dream: becoming a successful entrepreneur so she can then donate it all to those in need! Love it! 🔥💪
- The judges of the 2024 @KelleySchool Impact Competition were still all smiles after an incredible day of presentations from students! Thank you to @dimension_mill for being such a great partner! We can’t wait to see the winning idea implemented!
- An inspiring Day 1 attending @CulverAcademies @RubinSchool inaugural Impact Competition! Amazing the level of detail and creativity seen in student proposals to @BlessinBackpack of Culver, IN. High schoolers helping other students not go hungry over weekends! 🔥
- Today's the big day for the Impact Competition, co-hosted by @UChicago and @ff_chicago! 🙌 We're thrilled to see passionate students pitch their ideas for creating positive social change 🫶 We can't wait to be inspired by the next generation of changemakers!
- BEAUTIFUL day for a @VillanovaU Impact Competition! Can’t wait to hear student solutions to help out The Next Step. This organization helps young adults with disabilities as they transition out of high school. tnsprograms.org
- We are back @UHouston & the @UHBauerCollege tomorrow! This year students will be helping @WorkshopHouston expand their free afterschool programs which help Houston’s Third Ward youth reach new levels of success! How did last year’s competition go? All smiles & a big check! 😁
- Congrats to Valley Consulting, winners of the 2023 @SmealCollege Impact Competition! 🥇 Student teams tackled the issue of food insecurity on college campuses! 🥪🥗🍕 Such an inspiring day on campus 🙌🥳
- True reward comes after the competition! 🙌 The Next Step receives $15,000 to help turn their ideas into reality! This funding allows them to make a positive impact on their community, ensuring a smoother transition into the real world for young adults with disabilities 🫶
- Students at @penn_state are listening to Jamison Morse on the future of 3D printed housing and its role in solving housing insecurity as part of this year’s @SmealCollege Impact Competition! 🖨️🏡🌎
- Boardmember @MikeBellafiore rightfully asked us what we can do as an org to help prevent gun violence: In our own small way, we are working on it! The Impact Competition has tackled mental health issues with @NAMICommunicate alongside @KelleySchool in 2020 and we had
- The beauty of an Impact Competition is getting to see how student participation expands their worldviews. This powerful clip highlights what a unique experience it was for @CulverAcademies students helping @BlessinBackpack!
- Celebrating all of our amazing donors & partners this #GivingTuesday! 🥳 Looking for some incredible organizations to give to? Try @Habitat_org @BlessinBackpack @NAMICommunicate. One model of giving is to try to match your Black Friday & Cyber Monday spending in donations. 🙏🌎
- Impact Competition bridges the gap between academics and the real world! 🌎 @VillanovaU students gain valuable experience by developing solutions to pressing issues and presenting them to a distinguished panel of business professionals 👨🏫
