Developing Socially-Minded Leaders

At the heart of the Notre Dame family is a shared commitment to address the most pressing challenges facing our world. The Powerful Means Initiative empowers students to transform their classroom knowledge into real-world solutions, using design thinking, impact consulting and impact investing as tools for change. By grounding decisions in empathy and collaborative innovation, we ensure that our ideas don’t just remain concepts but become actionable solutions backed by strategic investment and measurable impact. Together, we create pathways to prosperity, where business, empathy and innovation intersect for the greater good.

Join us in becoming a Powerful Means for change.

Get involved

Explore Our Programs

  • A student looks at colorful project presentation posters during a Gallery Day

    Impact Consulting Minor

    Provides foundational academic knowledge in human-centered design thinking, consulting, and project implementation to make an outsized impact on the world's most pressing problems.

  • Kathe and Renee work with ECDC Instructors on lesson plans

    Innovation for Impact Club

    Offers an opportunity for students who are not enrolled in the minor or the management of the fund to work on social impact projects.