Students of Georgetown, Inc.
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| 501(c)3 non-profit | |
| Founded | Georgetown University, 1972 |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC, United States |
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Key people
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Melina Hsiao (CEO) Christopher Caminiti (COO) Jared D'Sa (CFO) |
| Website | thecorp.org |
Students of Georgetown, Inc., commonly known as "The Corp" /ˈkɔːrp/, is a 501(c)3 non-profit public charitable organization at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and is the largest entirely student-run 501(c)3 non-profit corporation in the world, with seven subsidiary companies generating annual revenues in excess of $5 million. Only undergraduate students of Georgetown University work as employees or sit as members of the Corp's Board of Directors, distinguishing business operations at the Corp from other student-run companies such as Harvard Student Agencies, which allows non-students and alumni to serve as board members.
As a registered charity, The Corp's profits fund grants for student organizations, as well as scholarships for students, with each recipient being chosen by The Corp's Philanthropy Committee or Board of Directors.
Vital Vittles is the largest of seven businesses currently owned and operated by The Corp. Referred to by the company as "services", these businesses also include three campus coffee shops called Uncommon Grounds, More Uncommon Grounds (MUG), and Midnight MUG, the catering service known as Corp Catering, a convenience store called Hoya Snaxa, a printing service called Corp Ink and "seasonal" services — Student Storage and Shuttles — which only operate at the beginning and end of each semester for storage and during the holidays for shuttles. Starting at the beginning of the 2014-2015 academic year, The Corp opened its newest storefront service, a salad and health foods service called The Hilltoss.
The Corp finds its roots on May 2, 1971. On the preceding day, large-scale May Day protests took place throughout Washington, DC, ending in clashes between protesters and police. Protesters sought refuge from the Metropolitan Police Department by coming to the campus of Georgetown University where, on May 3, Rev. Robert J. Henle, S.J, the university's president, authorized the police department to use tear gas to disperse and remove the protesters. Many students were caught in the middle of the violence.
In October of that year, Student Body President Roger Cochetti and Vice President Nancy Kent determined that the only way to protect students' rights was to form a separate legal entity that would have the authority to challenge the university's actions. The Student Government subsequently incorporated the undergraduate students of Georgetown University as "shareholders" in a new organization called "Students of Georgetown, Inc." in order to provide a means of filing lawsuits on behalf of students against the university.
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