What is IMPACT? IMPACT is a program at the University of Utah that is currently in partnership with Howard University, a Historically Black University, and a variety of corporate sponsors in Salt Lake City, Utah. This initiative focuses on internship, mentorship, professional development, academic achievement, community engagement, travel, and tourism. A cohort of students immerse themselves in a new environment as they dive [...]
To everyone that gave their support to the 1917-Minute Challenge and the David Eccles School of Business, we want to say THANK YOU. With the close of the 1917-Minute Challenge yesterday, we are excited to announce 794 donors from 30 states and three countries contributed gifts to the Eccles School ranging from $1 to $250,000 to total a record-breaking $574,905. All of these [...]
The David Eccles School of Business celebrated the 67th Annual Scholarship Luncheon, an event honoring the relationship of donors and the students benefiting from the scholarships created because of those donors. This year's celebration, held on Nov. 2, broke a record, with more than 1,250 students and donors in attendance, a marker of just how large the Eccles School has grown. Through the [...]
The Sorenson Impact Center, a grantee of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) Social Innovation Fund (SIF), today announced three awardees that will receive tailored data services in support of Pay for Success projects. The awardees include Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Northwest Oregon Kinder Ready Collaboration and the San Diego Workforce Partnership. President and CEO of Sorenson Impact, [...]
The Sorenson Impact Center is paving the way for groundbreaking programs in social impact financing. Forbes contributor Devin Thorpe took note and published this lead in his recent piece about how the David Eccles School of Business, the University of Utah and Salt Lake County at the forefront of this world changing program. It is almost as if the earth shifted a few degrees [...]
The Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business and Pima County, Ariz. today announced a groundbreaking effort to address the causes of homelessness in Pima County. Together, they are preparing to implement a $1.3 million federal “Pay for Success” (PFS) Supportive Housing Demonstration Grant, the first of its kind in Arizona. Funded by the Department of Justice (DOJ) [...]
The Sorenson Impact Center and Social Finance today launched a Pay for Success (PFS) competition with a geographical focus to develop PFS projects that expand high-impact social interventions to measurably improve the lives of those in need. The competition is supported through funding from the Social Innovation Fund (SIF) at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). Pay for Success is an innovative [...]
The Sorenson Impact Center is our applied academic institution dedicated to facilitating innovative cross-sector and evidence-based policies and programs. One such Congrats to the subgrantees selected for our 2016 #PayforSuccess Fellowship Program! Read the full press release here. Today, the Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business announced the selection of 3 governmental entities and 4 nonprofit service [...]
The latest installment in the #EcclesExperience film series is all about impact – how the David Eccles School of Business impacts the lives of students, our community and the world around us. First Ascent Scholar student Florecita Martinez Torres shows us how students who are trailblazers can carve a path to a new future at the Eccles School. We highlight how the Kem C. [...]