UTD-JSOM: Management Students Learn Firsthand About Power of Giving

As part of an innovative class project, University of Texas at Dallas students got a rare opportunity last fall to win $10,000 for a local youth leadership nonprofit by using their grant-writing skills.

Student teams in a management of nonprofit organizations class in the Naveen Jindal School of Management produced funding proposals to support the Alliance of Elite Youth Leadership (AEYL) in McKinney, Texas. One team’s application won $10,000 for the organization’s summer internship and apprenticeship program.

Students in a management of nonprofit organizations class celebrate after completing a project that resulted in $10,000 of support for the Alliance of Elite Youth Leadership. Mike Redeker MBA’97, MS’01 (front, second from left) and his real estate development company McKinney East contributed the funding for the project.