The Veritas Forum
Pursuing Truth Together
Mission
Where does morality come from? Isn't science rapidly approaching a complete explanation of nature? Do you ever have doubts about your views? College students around the world are asking themselves and their friends these questions, but there is often no real place to explore these questions alongside brilliant faculty and leading thinkers, religious and non-religious. The Veritas Forum exists to change that landscape. We host university events that engage students and faculty in discussions about life's hardest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ to all of life. "We" refers to the hundreds of university community members who desire to host, plan, and coordinate a Veritas Forum on their local campuses, and the headquarter team in Cambridge, MA, with regional staff across North America and Europe.
Ruling year
2007
Executive Director
Andrew Schuman
Main address
PO Box 380807
Cambridge, MA 02238 USA
EIN
20-5616941
NTEE code
Undergraduate College (4-year) (B42)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Veritas Forums
Large-scale university events that place historic Christian faith in dialogue with other worldviews and invite all participants to pursue truth together.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability 2006
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of student-led Christian thought journals
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of Veritas YouTube subscribers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Veritas Forum helps university students and faculty ask life's hardest questions. Many of the world's leading universities were founded to answer the big "why" questions. Our mission is to help them wrestle with these questions anew. The first Veritas Forum was planned by students, faculty, and chaplains at Harvard University in 1992. Since then, over 200 universities in North America and Europe have hosted over 2,000 Forums.
The Veritas Forum is committed to courageous conversations. We place the historic Christian faith in dialogue with other beliefs and invite participants from all backgrounds to pursue Truth together.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We pursue our vision for universities via three mutually reinforcing program areas: Campus Engagement, People Formation, and Digital Media.
Campus Engagement
Through two key programs, students, faculty, and campus ministers foster dialogue about
life’s big questions on campus and invite participants from all religious backgrounds to
pursue truth together.
FORUMS. In the United States, Europe, and Asia, Veritas partners with campus groups and thought leaders to share the relevance of Christianity to the big questions of life.
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS. The Augustine Collective, a program of The Veritas Forum, is a network of student-led Christian journals that articulate Christian perspectives in the academic community and help to carry on the conversations initiated by Forums.
People Formation
Through two flagship programs, we gather cohorts of students for coaching, mentorship, and training on how to hone their public voices. Our vision is to connect and equip the next generation of thoughtful Christian voices for the academy and public square.
STUDENT CONFERENCE. This annual gathering brings together student writers, editors, and designers from campuses across the nation for a weekend of training and mentoring.
SUMMER WRITING INSTITUTE. Selected student writers gather annually for a week of intellectual formation and skill development. With coaching, students produce essays to be submitted to both campus and national outlets.
Digital Media
Veritas media aims to be a premier online community that re-enchants the young, intellectually curious with the beauty and breadth of the Christian Story.
PODCASTS. Veritas operates two podcasts, one of which shares our best Forum content for a broader audience, and the other, Beyond the Forum, (launched in 2021) interviews in more depth the speakers who participate in Veritas Forums.
SOCIAL MEDIA / YOUTUBE. In the world of new media, students are highly engaged in networks and communities that collaborate on, mix, and spread content. As a result, our media efforts focus on creating content that is timely, trusted, generous, and delightful. Currently, Veritas has media presence on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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The Veritas Forum
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2023
Ben Chelf
Andrea McDaniel Smith
Carter Baldwin
Annie Tsai
Tunghai University
Cullen Buie
MIT
Grace Chiang Nicolette
Center for Effective Philanthropy
Ken Miller
Claremont McKenna College
Mark Campisano
Pacific Life
Nathan Hatch
Wake Forest University (emeritus)
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
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