The GIVEN Institute is thrilled to announce a new alignment with the OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation and their Innovation Challenge. Starting in 2022, 3 spots in the Challenge’s semi-final round will be set aside for GIVEN cohort participants! We are so excited to stand alongside the OSV Institute to encourage and support innovation in the Church, especially by women.
GIVEN & OSV Challenge: A Natural Alignment
As the OSV Institute has looked for organizations to work with to amplify the Challenge’s goals of “Making it Real, Blazing New Trails, and Leaving a Legacy,” GIVEN’s track record with Forum Alumnae and their Action Plan projects was a natural fit. Samantha Kelley, 2016 GIVEN alumna, was one of last year’s Challenge finalists with her nonprofit FIERCE Athlete. And Anna Carter and Shannon Ochoa, 2016 and 2019 GIVEN alumnae, were one of the winners in the 2020 Challenge—earning $100,000 for their nonprofit Eden Invitation. GIVEN alumnae founded and led another $100,000 winner in the 2021 OSV Challenge: FemCatholic. All of these projects began as Action Plans at the GIVEN Forum.
New Collaboration
Three Action Plan projects from the 2021 GIVEN Forum cohort will move into the semi-final round of the 2022 OSV Challenge. These three women will be awarded $10,000 in seed money by GIVEN benefactors and then will take part in the OSV Challenge Accelerator and compete to be a finalist with a chance to win a $100,000 prize for their Action Plan.
Stay tuned for more information! OSV Institute and GIVEN are committed to innovation for the good of the Church and the world, but also, as importantly, to illustrate collaboration between Catholic organizations to amplify resources to bring more people to Christ.
