For more than eight years the Columbia College Philanthropy Leadership And Community Engagement (P.L.A.C.E.) Fellowship Program has strategically collaborated with non-profits and community partners to augment new and existing community impact efforts in the Eau Claire area.

The P.L.A.C.E. Fellowship Program is a unique, four-year partnership with the Sisters of Charity Foundation and Columbia College designed to increase a student's awareness of the impact of philanthropy on community nonprofits. If you have questions about the program, please contact Dr. Tamara Burk.

Community Partners

    •    Metanoia Community Project
    •    Transitions (Ready, Willing, and Able Program)
    •    Southern Leadership Summit
    •    Big Brothers Big Sisters
    •    Girls on the Run
    •    Alcorn Middle School
    •    Eau Claire High School: Jefferson Awards
    •    Auntie Karen Foundation
    •    SCANPO, SC Association of Nonprofit Organizations
    •    The Friendship
    •    Prosperity Project
    •    Midlands Reading Consortium
    •    The Barclay School
    •    Tell Them!
    •    Lutheran Seminary
    •    Eau Claire Rotary
    •    Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
    •    Eau Claire Community Council  
    •    Choose Well SC
    •    New Morning Foundation
    •    ReBuildSC
    •    SC Association for Community Economic Development 
    •    SC Community Capital Alliance
    •    Columbia Reentry Center
    •    SC Apple Seed Legal Justice Center
    •    Epworth Childrens Home
    •    SCCADVASA
    •    Harvest Hope 
    •    Atlantic Institute 
    •    North Columbia Business Association 
    •    Girl Scouts Mountains to Midlands 
    •    Columbia Children's Theatre
    •    U.S. Army Adjutant General School
    •    Palmetto Center for Women
    •    Midlands Family Promise
    •    Girl's Center- Youth Learning Institute at Clemson
    •    United Way
    •    Chicktime Columbia
    •    Ronald McDonald House
    •    Sustainable Midlands
    •    Tutor Eau Claire
    •    South Carolina Human Trafficking Resource Hub
    •    The Therapy Place
    •    Korey Williams and Associates
    •    Dianne's Call
    •    Mayor's Fellows Program
    •    Walk to End Alzheimer's Association
    •    WREN (Women's Rights and Empowerment Network)
    •    Pawmetto Lifeline
    •    SC Housing
    •    Homeless No More
    •    Community Development Department