Make A Difference with your Donations Today
The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking is dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations that are committed to the pursuit of social impact and ecological sustainability. Your support advances our mission
to cultivate equitable and sustainable solutions for society’s most pressing challenges. Currently we are seeking contributions for the following initiatives.
Championing Equity
The Taylor Center team believes that anyone can be a changemaker, but those in historically marginalized communities often go unrecognized. Each year we provide over $50,000 to a diverse population of students engaging in social impact projects worldwide.
Naming an endowed gift to uplift the legacy of catalysts like Bayard Rustin, organizer of the March on Washington, or Kimberly Bryant, Founder of Black Girls Code, helps more students begin to see themselves as changemakers. Endowing a Taylor Award in honor of diverse communities reinforces our commitment to inclusion and empowerment.
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Empowering Scholars in Residence
Our Visiting Scholar Program offers competitive two-year assistant professor appointments to emerging scholars in social innovation and design thinking. An endowed fund could provide continual support for innovative research and impactful teaching.
Nurturing Future Changemakers
The Changemaker Institute accelerator program supports student ventures focused on social and environmental impact. Endowing this program enhances our ability to offer more financial resources and mentorship so students are prepared to take their venture to the next level and attract investors or scale up their operations.
Building a Hub of Innovation
Help us enhance the Taylor Center facilities on the Tulane University campus. As a central hub for our local programming and outreach, our dynamic facilities and equipment foster community engagement, design thinking training and collaboration in the heart of New Orleans. Your support could help us transform innovative concepts and prototypes into real-world solutions for social impact.
One-time gifts can also have a major impact on our work.
$2,000 Contribution
Support a Changemaker Catalyst Award recipient
$2,500 Contribution
Support a Spark Award recipient in the development of their social impact venture
$20,000 Contribution
Support a Taylor graduate assistant for the calendar year for Design Thinking and Social Innovation initiatives
To learn about the many other ways that your generosity can support the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, contact Kellie DeBroeck, Senior Development Officer, Major Gifts