Last week, the Giving Committee made our determinations on the high-level projects on which the Philanthropy Investment Team will conduct extended diligence over the next several months. Of the 14 mid-level projects completed this cycle, 5 charities join our prior grantees as candidates for donations.

In November and December, the student team presented ten mid-level presentations to the Giving Committee (5 in the recidivism vertical, 4 in environment, and 1 in economic mobility), drawn from the 70+ unique charities reviewed throughout the Fall semester.

Happy Thanksgiving! This year, the USIT Foundation is hitting our five-year mark. Since starting our efforts, we have donated $380,000, the bulk of which has been to environmental and recidivism prevention charities. During the last giving cycle, half of our donations were provided to repeat organizations.