Brigham Young University
IN-25: Network for Student Social Innovation

BYU has been designated a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka U. To earn this distinction, a university must demonstrate (1) an institutional commitment to building the field of social innovation education, (2) evidence of strong student, faculty, and administrator interest in social entrepreneurship, (3) support from president and/or provost and active championship from one or multiple deans on campus, (4) employment of a programmatic initiative around social entrepreneurship: an initiative, major, minor, certificate, center, or a variant thereof, exists ensuring an “institutional home” for social entrepreneurship, (5) appointment of a mandated Change Leader accountable for the partnership from one year to the next, with senior-level support and commitment to this as a multiyear initiative, (6) commitment to developing a long-term funding strategy to keep social entrepreneurship as a core part of the institution’s offerings.

As a Changemaker Campus, BYU's Ballard Center for Social Impact has developed the following creed:

• I am a Changemaker.


• I have a unique set of talents, resources, and time that I will devote to create the changes I want to see in the world.


• I will seek to contribute to causes that align with my passions through donating to, volunteering with, or working for those organizations, or even creating my own organization.


• I pledge to support organizations that make a meaningful and sustainable impact. I seek entities that (1) address the root causes of society’s greatest problems, not just the symptoms, (2) measure outcomes and impact, (3) promote self-reliance.


• I will continuously improve how I assess organizations and my own impact on the world.


• I provide unique talents to entities that align with my passions and provide sustainable impact. By incorporating these objectives in my life, I will engage in lifelong service as a true Changemaker.