Research for Non-Profits is a 300/500 level service-learning course that gives students an introduction to non-profits and grant-seeking while teaching them research and information literacy skills. The final project is a funder research portfolio for a non-profit client with a funding need. This portfolio contains detailed profiles of funding agencies that are most likely to give to the non-profit as well as statistics and research studies useful for writing a grant proposal. As students draft, revise, and polish the portfolios, they hone their research skills as well as engage with larger information literacy concepts, particularly the value of information; information creation as a process, and how authority is constructed and contextual. Attendees will learn about the course’s long development road as well as how partnerships were built, not only with the campus center for service and learning but multiple academic departments as well. The presentation will also provide two semesters’ worth of course outcomes including student and course partner assessment. Attendees will leave the session with access to lesson plans, rubrics and best practices for working with community partners
