About Us

We seek to empower students to address the most pressing social issues in their community. Most case competitions offer a theoretical proposal that students are tasked with solving. However, the Impact Competition aims to solve local, real-world issues facing the wider community, and provides the funding for the students to see their solution in action.

WHAT WE DO

The Impact Competition is a collegiate case competition that addresses a unique social issue each year, often by directly partnering with an area non-profit. The competition provides a financial incentive for teams of students to brainstorm effective solutions for the most pressing issues affecting the communities they live in, with the winning team receiving a cash prize and additional funds that allow them to fully implement their idea.

WHY WE’RE UNIQUE

Compared to other models of philanthropy, the Impact Competition has a broad range of impacts.

Most case competitions offer a theoretical proposal that students are tasked with solving. However, the Impact Competition aims to solve local, real-world issues facing the wider community, and provides the funding for the students to see their solution in action.

This is actual impact that they get to experience, not just an intellectual game.

  • Encourages students
    across multiple universities to address issues in their wider communities
  • Involves students
    in creative problem-solving about a real-world issue
  • Assists students
    in developing a passion for giving back
  • Empowers students
    by allowing them to see their winning idea in action
 
  • Establishes partnerships
    between non-profits and universities which strengthen communities ties
  • Involves industry leaders
    as competition judges who offer guidance and mentorship
  • Promotes the idea
    that a life committed to social good does not have to sacrifice profit
  • Establishes relationships
    between students and local non-profits which often continue on after

WHY JOIN US

We strongly believe that this model of impact-driven philanthropy has the power to change lives—both of the students involved and the community members they partner with.

FOR UNIVERSITIES

Make your school more desirable to potential students and donors

FOR STUDENTS

Win and receive a cash prize plus additional funding that allows you to fully implement your idea

FOR DONORS

Turn the future generation into philanthropic leaders

BENEFITS

The Impact Competition has a positive compounding effect by:

  • Proving to students that they have the power to solve real issues in their community.
  • Showing students that business, philanthropy, and making the world a better place are not mutually exclusive.
  • Strengthening ties between students, University, alumni, non-profits, and the community.
  • Improving marketability of the school and its student body from the perspective of socially-minded recruiters and corporations.
  • Building a new generation of future volunteers and donors starting at a time when young driven minds are most impressionable.