Our partners are some of our greatest resources. As you learn about issues, seek connections with community organizations, look for service opportunities, or want to plan a project, our partner organizations can help you magnify your impact.
Crayon Collection
The Crayon Collection mission is to inspire a commitment to environmental consciousness and the infusion of art education in underfunded schools. View the TeachOne for Back to School 2018 Creative Community unit created in partnership with Crayon Collection.
Design for Change USA
A global movement of students addressing the Global Goals using the power of Design Thinking. They follow a simple framework: Feel Imagine Do Share. Visit Design for Change - USA for more information.
The #DoGoodFromHome Challenge calls on youth and the caring adults in their lives to connect through kindness while they are social-distancing. Kids and teens can use their compassion and creativity to do acts of good from home. Small acts can make a big difference!
Incorporate Learning to Give lessons and activities and share student work using #DoGoodFromHome on Social Media. Movement promotion in partnership with Design for Change USA and Hasbro. Details Here
INSPIRE3
INSPIRE3 – INdiana Service-Learning Philanthropy Initiative provides resources to Educate, Engage, and Empower students, classrooms, schools, and communities in Indiana as they seek opportunities for service-learning and philanthropy. A grant-funded program facilitated by the Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP) and the Indiana Middle Level Education Association (IMLEA), INSPIRE3 provides Indiana educators with free resources, professional development, and financial support in the form of mini-grants for service-learning projects. For more information contact Joan Belschwender, joan.inspire3@iasp.org, INSPIRE3 program director.
Multiplying Good
To power others to have maximum impact on the things they care about most. Through celebration, we inspire action. Jefferson Awards programs and partnerships drive Americans to change their communities and the world. Multiplying Good, formerly known as the Jefferson Awards Foundation, was founded in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Senator Robert Taft Jr., and Sam Beard.
KidGuard
KidGuard For Nonprofits aims to partner with nonprofit organizations around the world supporting defense of children at risk due to digital causes. KidGuard also selects organizations proactively working to improve child safety and parent education across high risk technology issues facing kids such as Cyberbullying, Sexual Predators, Teen Depression, Substance Abuse, Social Media usage, and many more.
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University
The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy increases the understanding of philanthropy and improves its practice worldwide through critical inquiry, interdisciplinary research, teaching, training, and civic engagement.
Magnify Learning
Magnify Learning is a teacher driven non-profit organization offering open workshops in summer, onsite workshops, and customized Project Based Learning trainings with an emphasis on sustainability and authenticity based in Indiana. Learning to Give worked closely with Magnify Learning to identify PBL-related resources.
McGregor Fund
In partnership with the McGregor Fund, Learning to Give offers the Urban Philanthropy Education Resource with philanthropy education and service-learning tools and lessons for the urban teacher. To honor the legacy of C. David Campbell, the McGregor Fund supports one Teacher in Residence each summer to help Learning to Give serve Detroit and other urban school districts and involve more students in philanthropy and service. The Teachers in Residence create and add tools and lessons to the Urban Philanthropy Education Resource each summer. If you are a teacher in the Detroit area, apply to serve as next summer's Teacher in Residence.
Project Giving Kids
Project Giving Kids is a nonprofit that connects kids to causes. PGK’s online platform provides age-appropriate activities for children, allowing them to learn the power of giving back at an early age, while simultaneously supporting the local nonprofit community. Kids have fun and learn they can change the world, while also changing their own.
The Glenn Institute of the Westminster Schools
The Glenn Institute of the Westminster Schools (Atlanta) helps educate young people about the principles and practice of philanthropy, supports community service programs, and promotes the value of service learning as an important instructional methodology throughout the school’s curriculum. Learning to Give offers Westminster's featured summer course Philanthropy 101 which teaches effective giving and informed critical thinking about community service through readings, research, site visits, and meetings with local leaders. It connects students to their local community and, through community-based experiences, helps them become more aware of society’s growing needs and their own interests.
The Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy
The Johnson Center for Philanthropy is an academic center that focuses on the practice and theory of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector in general. They support the ideal that nonprofit, government, and business leaders should value collaboration over competition. They are the current host of the Our State of Generosity Teaching Resources, which includes three lessons for middle school and three lessons for high school, plus several activities that center on project-based themes of leadership, careers, and philanthropy.
YouthGiving.org
YouthGiving.org is a hub to inspire, connect, and inform youth grantmaking. YouthGiving.org provides one place to find out about different youth grantmaking program models, organizations, case studies, reports, and grants made by and for youth.
Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana (YPII)
YPII provides assistance to Indiana Community Foundation Youth Philanthropy Programs, and facilitates a Partner Network of community organizations that promote and raise awareness of youth philanthropy. Learn more about Phil's Gift Box for families and classrooms to learn about philanthropy through games and discussion.
365give
The 365give Challenge is a powerful education tool that instills lifelong global citizenship in young children. They empower students to participate in their community as change makers and active leaders. 365Give challenges students to give back to the world every day.
International Partners
Learning to Give Bulgaria
In partnership with Learning to Give, the Bulgarian Donors Forum established in 2016 a sister website in Bulgaria. This group is introducing philanthropy education in pilot schools in year one through their website.
The Beautiful Foundation (South Korea)
The Beautiful Foundation is a nonprofit organization led by the voluntary participation of citizens in sharing. It was established in August, 2000, with the purpose of spreading a mature philanthropic culture and supporting neighbors in community and public-benefit activities.
Partnership Opportunities
If you would like to learn more about partnership with Learning to Give, contact Betsy Peterson, Director, or Annie Hernandez, Trustee, of Learning to Give. Partnership Policy.
With a shared vision for teaching young people about opportunities for making a difference, these partners worked with Learning to Give to create resources for classrooms.
