Multiplying Good
The Power of Service to Others
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Multiplying Good envisions a world where service to others motivates everyone to do something that has a positive impact on those around them. Our purpose is to help people realize their true potential through service to others.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Students In Action
Students In Action (SIA) is a unique youth service, leadership and recognition program that supports, trains and empowers today's youth to be leaders, problem solvers, entrepreneurs and impactful global citizens.
The six goals of SIA help youth develop confidence in their ability to make a difference and build the skills to do it well, in the process better preparing them for success in school, work, and life.
PREPARE: Prepare to serve your community
INVESTIGATE: Investigate community needs
EXECUTE: Plan and execute high-quality service projects, engaging peers and community members in the process
REFLECT: Evaluate success and personal growth
SHARE: Tell service
Our in-depth, reinforcing support structures of training, technology, and a continuum of adult care uniquely position us to unlock service passions, and give young people confidence in their ability to make a difference and the skills they need to do it well. It is our goal to deliver this to more than 1 million young people.
Recognition Partners
Our Media Partners and Corporate Partners recognize and honor exceptional individuals in their communities and networks. Our goal is to highlight and celebrate these local heroes and to provide a platform to increase their positive impact.
For over 50 years, news and media outlets have utilized our prestigious Jefferson Awards platform to share inspiring news stories and identify local unsung heroes as a powerful way to engage audiences.
We work with many of the country’s most successful companies to celebrate their employees and inspire their organizations. Recognition empowers employees and leads to greater empathy and more meaningful impact on entire workplace cultures.
The Ripple: A National Community of Service
The Ripple offers the chance to connect service-minded individuals through a Mega Force for Good. Offerings within The Ripple include our podcast series aimed at sharing stories of service, Learning for Good workshops, and an online community to build connections and learn from one another.
ChangeMakers
Multiplying Good’s ChangeMaker program is a series of volunteer, networking, fundraising, and celebration events that take place over a 12- to 16-week period. This prestigious opportunity, offered through our local chapters, recognizes a group of individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to servant leadership and the potential to truly move their community forward.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of Media Partners
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Recognition Partners
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Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of Youth Participants
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Students In Action
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
* To be the country's most profound award for public service - at a national and community level.
* To be the organization most central to building a culture of service in America
* To engage, train and activate young Americans to be leaders, to get involved in their communities and to create maximum, measurable impact.
* To measure the impact we are having on our constituents.
*To measure the impact that our constituents are having on their communities and on the issues they care about around the world.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Multiplying Good is an organization with legacy, scale, and reach through the following core programs:
YOUTH LEADERSHIP & SERVICE
Multiplying Good concentrates on building confidence and developing key skills for youth leaders through programs like Students In Action - a unique youth service, leadership and recognition program that supports, trains and empowers today’s youth. We have an expansive and rising network that includes 37,000 youth who have received in-depth training over the past decade and have in turn engaged hundreds of thousands of their peers, across Leadership Communities in 11 states. This deep learning experience happens through an extensive support structure encompassing training, technology, and a continuum of caring adults. We have set a bold strategic goal to train one million youth as the next generation of empathetic leaders and changemakers.
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
Our employee recognition platform, Champions, is the largest of its kind in the country. By partnering with organizations to celebrate their employees we help employers, that represent a base of 8 million employees across the country, to use the power of recognition to inspire the individual and build compassionate, caring workplace environments. Recognition empowers employees, connects them to purpose, and leads to greater empathy and happier and more productive workplace cultures.
JEFFERSON AWARDS
Unparalleled in amplifying excellence in service for nearly 50 years, our national events honor those who multiply good with Jefferson Awards. We honor those who put others first because we believe in the power of recognition. Our prestigious platform connects employees, unsung heroes and youth to a national brand, synonymous with service and prestige - along with national figures – elevating all and exponentially increasing their acts of service.
MEDIA PARTNERS
Media Partners leverage our prestigious brand to elevate the best of their communities, and in doing so are positioned to multiply good. Multiplying Good works with Media Partners to strengthen ties to their communities through compelling and powerful storytelling. Our passionate Media Partners enable audiences to nominate individuals and provide a platform to recognize grassroots unsung heroes in their hometowns. By providing recognition and a platform for these individuals, we multiply the positive impact they can deliver. Today, this network reaches 100 million Americans per year and has given more than 63,000 Jefferson Awards to grassroots unsung heroes. In addition, Media partner sponsors connect their brands to the best of their communities, helping local media tell remarkable stories of these local changemakers.
Our programs and recognition platforms are designed to create a ripple effect of action - where those engaged in service to others are supported to do more and those around them are inspired to act, creating stronger, more connected communities.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Multiplying Good has a strong, 49-year history of amplifying excellence in public service, and a proven track record of activating youth in service to others over the past thirteen years. We continually grow and improve our programming, supported by research, evaluation, and the resources of a national brand, as we elevate and recognize individuals for their accomplishments in service and leadership.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Multiplying Good offers powerful programs that help individuals discover their potential through service to others. For nearly 50 years, we have generated ripples of good by igniting and honoring public service passions. We support everyone and their service through the unique combination of activation, training and recognition.
Students In Action Youth Service & Leadership Program: 37,000 young people trained as empathetic leaders and changemakers; 77,000 young people mobilized by SIA participants to engage in service
Media Partners: 100M Americans reached each year by our Media Partners
Recognition Champions: Corporate participants represent a base of 8 million employees
Jefferson Awards: Over the past four decades, the list of Jefferson Award recipients is unparalleled. They include hundreds of
national figures — both public and private —more than 63,000 unsung heroes, and tens of thousands of employees and young people in communities across the country. These individuals represent the good that is happening all around us, in every community across the nation. It is our mission to elevate them and exponentially increase their acts of service.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Multiplying Good
Board of directorsas of 12/05/2023
Jack Russi
Deloitte, LLP
Term: 2017 -
Jack Russi
Deloitte, LLP
Vance Kershner
Labware, Inc
Jim Meeks
MOVE Systems
Mark G Shafir
Citigroup
Sam Salman
NRS Associates
Jennifer B. Ezring
Cahill, Gordan, & Reindel LLP
Joseph N. Sanberg
Aspiration
Michael O'Mary
The D.E Shaw Group
Reneé Brown
Former WNBA Chief of Basketball Operations and Player Relations
Steve Zide
Zide Family Foundation
Hillary Schafer
Multiplying Good
Sam Beard
Co-Founder, Multiplying Good
Scott Perry
Former Manager, NY Knicks
Tobi Petrocelli
Verde Enterprise, LLC
Patsy Doerr
The Association of Junior Leagues International
Chai Gadde
BioTek, reMEDys
Darrin Johnson
Molina Complete Care of Virginia
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? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
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? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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