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Ballard Center

BYU Marriott School of Business
Email: ballardcenter@byu.edu

360 TNRB
Provo, UT 84602

(801) 422-5283
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Alumni Experiences

Utah: The Giving State

January 09, 2018
According to Cicero Social Impact's report The Giving State, the first ever statewide report on philanthropy, Utah gives more time and money than any other state in the United States.
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Student Experiences

Kisoa Farms: Creating Jobs in Madagascar

December 06, 2017
After five missionaries from the Madagascar Antananarivo Mission returned home, they felt compelled to give back to the people they had lived and worked with for two years.
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Student Experiences

A New Do Good. Better FHE

December 01, 2017
Paper, tape, scissors, pipe cleaners, and cookies. These were some of the items used during the Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance's new family home evening event.
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Student Experiences

Investing in Social Change

November 20, 2017
Regardless of students backgrounds or majors, the Ballard Center's Impact Investing Program teaches them the fundamentals of determining which companies will be financially successful and create real social change.
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Student Experiences

Students Tackle Homelessness

November 13, 2017
One hundred college students, ten days, and one social problem to solve. Students across campus came together to creatively provide a realistic solution for Lava Mae, a nonprofit serving those experiencing homelessness.
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In the News

"Threads of Hope" Wins Changemaker Competition

October 25, 2017
William Knowles couldn't help but think of his own mother as he captured the story of Nepalese women struggling to provide for their families in his film "Threads of Hope."
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Center News

Sam Cobbs: Social Innovator of the Year

April 14, 2017
As a homeless college student, Sam Cobbs was humiliated while he stood in line to get food stamps. Welfare services said he would need to drop out of college if he wanted their aid, but he knew that college was his only chance at escaping poverty.
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Center News

Graphic Design Students Make a Splash

March 31, 2017
BYU professor Linda Reynolds sees the skills she teaches as more than a mixture of aesthetics, images, symbols, and words her design classes teach students to do good better.
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Student Experiences

Promoting Life-Saving Rats

March 28, 2017
An SIP team from the Ballard Center is spreading the word about a little animal doing a huge amount of good.
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