Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.45
Liaison Keisha Payson
Submission Date May 8, 2024

STARS v2.2

Bowdoin College
EN-10: Community Partnerships

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 3.00 Keisha Payson
Sustainability Director
Sustainable Bowdoin
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1st Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Common Good Grant

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
Not Sure

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:

The Common Good Grant provides over $10,000 to local non-profits that serve the greater Brunswick community. With the intent of maintaining current programs as well as funding new initiatives that serve local communities, the grant is made possible by an anonymous donor interested in providing students the opportunity to learn about the field of philanthropy while developing relationships with non-profit organizations. Over the last few years, the Common Good Grant Committee, a group of twenty-six Bowdoin students advised by the staff of the McKeen Center, have identified certain areas of need that they wish to emphasize in a given year. The most recent year, the committee made a commitment to fund at least one organization providing services in the following four areas: arts, history, and culture; health and basic needs; adult and youth education; and development, environment, agriculture, and sustainability. The committee also committed to funding at least one organization with Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) leadership. BIPOC-led organizations working anywhere in Maine could apply for Common Good Grant in 2022–2023. They can, but do not have to fit into any of the above four areas of emphasis.


2nd Partnership

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
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3rd Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
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Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
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Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
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Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
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A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
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Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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