How can I start a Fix it With Five chapter at my school?

If you are interested in starting a Fix It With Five chapter on your campus, please explore our website.  If you have any questions please email [email protected].  It is the goal of Fix It With Five to create chapters and will help students interested in any way possible. 

Start a FIWF chapter to:
  • Engage the student body in exploring urgent social issues and community responses by developing educational and awareness initiatives.
  • Strengthen community ties to your school by fostering relationships with local non-profits.
  • Discover opportunities for volunteering, fundraising, interning, and employment in the non-profit field.
  • Make a lasting difference in the community through a collective contribution to vital programs designed to raise the human spirit and preserve human dignity.
  • Establish a student legacy of philanthropic giving.

How do I begin:
  • The key is student initiative and leadership.
  • Hold informational meeting to gather support.
  • Create a planning committee and design a mission statement. Consider how this connects to your college’s mission statement.
  • Petition to show student involvement.
  • Create marketing materials: PowerPoint presentation, fact sheets, and posters.
  • Present FIWF to the student government.
  • Organize staff and faculty support.

Grant Process:
  1. Student committee is formed at the beginning of the academic year.
  2. Committee compiles a list of eligible area nonprofits and sends “invitation to apply” letters to these organizations.
  3. Committee receives, organizes, and reviews grant applications.
  4. Committee deliberates and selects 3 finalists.
  5. Finalists are invited to campus to present their proposals to the student body.
  6. Committee organizes and oversees online student voting process in which every student has an opportunity to select their choice of the grant recipient.
  7. Committee submits final results to Student Association for ratification and announces winner.
  8. Committee members formally present award to recipient at a public event.
  9. Non-profit awardee returns to campus the following year to report on grant use and impact.