Support Legwork
Give an educator’s big idea a real shot.
We write and file grants for schools, for free. Gifts pay for the writing.
Where gifts will go
- $10You give
- x 25gifts like yours
- $250one grant written and filed
- $5,000a school can ask for
About $4,900 runs our first year: about 20 schools.Start-up costs are covered by a founding gift, so gifts go to the grant work.Funders decide which applications win. Schools pay nothing either way.
Why can’t schools just pay for it? Follow the School Dollar.
Why you can trust it
New nonprofit.Grown-up rules.
Volunteer directorGifts pay for grants, not salaries.
Two sign-offsOn every payment of $2,500 or more.
Books checked monthlyBy an independent board.
Awards go to schoolsWe never hold the money or tell schools what to buy.You hear backEvery February: what your gift did.
Giving opens soon.
We’re finishing the paperwork every new nonprofit needs before it can accept gifts. Until then, the best way to help is to send Legwork to a teacher with a big idea.