Cash prizes. Real nonprofit impact. An opportunity to present your idea on the national stage.
Compounding Positive Change
The Impact Competition empowers students to create and implement real solutions to pressing social issues in their community.
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Partnering with Students, Universities, & Communities Since 2018
What Do We Do
The Impact Competition is building a more altruistic world by introducing students to community-centered philanthropy.
Featured Competition Topics:
Participating universities choose a competition topic based on the most pressing needs of their local off-campus community.
Next, a non-profit whose mission aligns with the chosen topic is selected as the competition partner.
- Housing Insecurity
- Community Justice
- Mental Health Support
BENEFITS of the impact competition
The Impact Competition is building a more altruistic world by involving students in community-centered philanthropy.
Students
- Provides students with a real-world experiential learning model that is both engaging and eye-opening.
- Introduces students to the feel-good power of philanthropy while also providing valuable professional experience.
- Offers cash prizes and the opportunity to have a real impact on their off-campus community.
Communities
- Establishes closer ties between the university ecosystem and local nonprofits.
- Funnels financial support, press, and volunteers towards the non-profit sector.
- Increases student awareness of issues in the local community and activates student involvement.
Colleges & Universities
- Increases marketability of the university and its students via an innovative case competition with real-world results.
- Builds a stronger giving community by engaging alumni and cultivating donors through various opportunities for participation.
- Helps support a healthier, more supported on- and off-campus community.
Watch a Competition!
There’s nothing quite like attending an Impact Competition in person! Get a sneak peek of what it’s like to see the impact in action in this video from Cornell University.
Past Competitions
Partnering with more than a dozen high-caliber schools nationwide, the Impact Competition has held competitions focused on a variety of essential topics facing our nation.