Education

Ateconqueso makes amazing books that feel like paper but won't tear, can be wet and washed, won't cut, and don't have staples. For every book we sell, we give one equal to a disadvantaged family. Upon delivery of the book, we train moms and dads to know how to use it as an early childhood development tool at home.

Biosphere Foundation is working to provide island peoples in the Coral Triangle with education and empowerment to create changes in their natural environment. This foundation is dedicated to advancing research on the biosphere and using community outreach programs to create locally driven change. Their programs work to address the issues of climate change and improve the lives of those affected by these changes.

Softball is a gender-neutral, equal opportunity sport, and at it’s very core it teaches a lesson in gender equality. Run The Bases believes softball has the power to bring communities together. They teach the sport and impact the live’s of the kids by teaching them they can have fun regardless of their race, gender, or ability. Essentially, you’re helping kids learn comradery, and we need more of that around.

The LA Alliance aids all the Boys and Girls Clubs in L.A. who service youths become career professionals. There’s power in numbers, that’s why the alliance’s mission is to raise funds, increase visibility, and improve the sustainability of the clubs and the programs. By donating you’re helping all 135 clubs, and that’s a lot of people.

Prison PTSD is very real and there are few resources to aid the prison population in and outside of the system. Give A Beat helps reduce this harmful effect of incarceration by providing classes in music production, DJ-ing, and connecting both juvenile youths and adults to music professionals. They are building solidarity among empathetic artists, volunteers, and businesses to create opportunities for social change. With the power of music and your donation we can help battle systematic racism put in place by the prison systems.

The Southeast Ventura County YMCA is focused on uplifting their community through youth development programs and resources that teach healthy living and social responsibility. Their mission is centered around building relationships within the community and providing ways to get involved with giving back. The YMCA is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization and has the reach and ability to create positive change in many people’s lives.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, the founding blocks for a good education. Seeds to STEM knows the value this education can give to underserved communities in Dallas/Fort Worth area. Your donation would help them continue to STEMulate the minds of their students, you’re literally shaping the future.

QReach Foundation is focused on enhancing the overall health of the world and teaching children about the interconnectedness of the body, mind and spirit to better understand themselves. Their programs centered around positive relationships with animals and emotional balance are designed to help children achieve their highest potential while positively impacting those around them. Desire for a more understanding, compassionate world is at the heart of this foundation.

For youths in low-income or underrepresented communities, college isn’t always an option, and if it is, it’s difficult to stay in, graduate, and make a career out of a Major. That’s why Thrive Scholars helps kids through the whole process. They work with teens during after school programs, providing them guidance with the application process, and they support them even after graduation. Thrive Scholars knows that to thrive in this world, career skills are needed and connections matter. Your donation helps them continue this good work to reach more children.

A big part of the homeless population in Portland, OR is a teenager or younger, and schools lack funds/volunteers. Kids First Project believes that by giving these disadvantaged youths, in and outside of shelters, a wealth of after-school programming they can empower them to reach their full potential.

Imagine the opportunities you’d have if in the 3rd grade you already knew how to read at grade level? Catch Up and Read has made it their mission to help kids advance from an early stage and this trickles in a ton of benefits for the students. Supporting this approach to reading means you’re giving kids a better chance to excel in schools and achieve more than the standard.

Hug It Forward has found a creative way to build schools for children in South America while using responsible, recycled building materials. Their buildings are made out of plastic bottles filled with inorganic trash that would otherwise be in a landfill. Centered around morals of being empathetic and culturally sensitive, Hug It Forward is working to create long lasting change in these communities. They are driven by their passion to educate people about waste reduction and provide children with a better future.

Since 2007 Asante Africa has been transforming the lives of kids from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Their programming involves everything like entrepreneurship, leadership, female hygiene, financial, and social skills. Giving to this cause Gives these youths more than a fighting chance at being a catalyst of positivity for the East African communities and beyond.

Ocean pollution, which is mostly plastic, affects island populations unlike other coastal communities in the world. Specifically, in the Bahamas, programs like BPM are encouraging and arming citizens with the knowledge and hands on approach to cleaning up their beautiful island home. Their success has helped save the lives of the volunteers and plenty of sealife.

IEN is in the business of educating and empowering Indigenous Peoples with the proper tools to combat the dangers brought on by climate change. Through their educational programs, youths and adults learn how to survive in the climate crisis without sacrificing their way of life. By respecting the natural laws of Mother Nature and the Circle of Life IEN has provided Indigenous People with the knowledge of sustainability and your dollar helps keep the movement going.