It’s Not Back to School
As Usual.
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OUR MISSION
Powering today’s classrooms to prepare tomorrow’s graduates.
We offer the most flexible and accountable funding for teachers and schools through our proprietary, easy-to-use fundraising platform.
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We’re making a difference.
Years in operation
Classrooms adopted
Million students supported
Million raised to date
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Corporate Sponsorship
We offer customized programs that engage our sponsors’ customers, employees, and vendor partners.
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Cause-Marketing Campaigns
- Fully integrated and customizable campaigns, unique to each sponsor.
- Evergreen, episodic, or seasonal activations that can take place during key-business times: Back-to-School, Teacher Appreciation Week, holiday, or other strategic times throughout the year.
- Local, regional, and/or national.
Teacher Program
- Sponsors support individual teachers.
- We identify and match teachers to sponsors based on sponsors’ objectives: key-business markets, curriculum focus, grade levels, or other sponsor criteria.
Surprise Adoption Events
- These in-school events provide sponsors with a highly engaging, in-person experience in their key-business markets.
- Sponsors present the donation at a school-wide assembly.
- Sponsors often invite local media, C-suite executives, and field employees to participate.
Spotlight Funds
- These funds focus on a specific subject or unique need: STEAM, New Teachers, Inclusive Classroom, Highest-Need, and Disaster Relief.
- Grants are awarded based on teachers’ or administrators’ proposals.
School Program
- Sponsors support individual schools.
- We identify and match schools to sponsors based on sponsors’ objectives: key-business markets, curriculum focus, grade level, educational innovations, or other sponsor criteria.
Teacher Appreciation Week
- Teacher thank-you eCard campaign, a thank-you movement the first week in May.
- Sponsors invite their employees, customers, and the public to send free thank-you eCards to all of the teachers in their lives.
All corporate sponsors receive unique, branded content from teachers and schools to use for storytelling and marketing their social impact.
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Our Team
Executive Director
EVP, Corporate Sponsorships
Account Manager
Program Manager
Program Coordinator
Donor Communications Coordinator
Director of Marketing & Corporate Sponsorships
Technology Project Manager
Marketing Manager
Graphic Designer
Our Board
Board Officers
Jen Swanson, Chair
Founder & Principal, Jen Swanson LLC
Matt Johnson, Vice Chair
Director, Technology, West Monroe Partners
Julie Krueger, Secretary
Americas Staffing Director, Google
Kurts Strelnieks, Treasurer
Vice President, Commercial Lender, Union Bank & Trust
Board Members
Ami Miesner Anderson
VP Brand Marketing and Performance – Tenet Healthcare
Rahoul Ghose
Chief Information Officer, ECMC Group
Erik Huckle
Head of product, HupBeat
Jordan McGowan
former National Director of Business Development; Commercial & Corporate Baking, Wealth Management, U.S. Bank*
Martha Phelps
Partner,
Davis, Wright Tremain
Patrick Strother
Founder and Chief
Marketing Officer
Strother Communications
Group
Chuck Stroud
Controller,
Minnesota Austism Center
Neely Tamminga
CEO, Distill
Ryan Vernosh
Principal, Maxfield Elementary School
(*) Former / Retired
AdoptAClassroom.org Advisory Council
Dr. Hines and COMMON
Dr. Hines shares AdoptAClassroom.org’s commitment to teachers and children, particularly in under-served schools. She currently serves as President of the COMMON Ground Foundation and a member of both the Chicago Board of Education and the Obama Foundation. As a retired teacher and principal, Dr. Hines uses her 35 years of experience working in urban areas throughout the country to develop effective school leaders who will guide others to provide the best possible education for children least likely to receive it.
Sheryl Crow
AdoptAClassroom.org
National Spokesperson and Partner
As a former teacher, Sheryl knows first hand how hard it can be to get the supplies needed to help your students. Sheryl is passionate about education and a huge advocate for our teachers. She believes being a teacher is one of the most important jobs there is and they should treated as professionals and given the respect, support and supplies they need to educate our nation’s children.
Scott Pansky
Senior Partner / Co-Founder
Allison+Partners
Scott is a recognized expert on cause-related marketing and strategic philanthropy. He is known for his ability to build strong associations between corporations and their core causes. As a public relations practitioner for more than 25 years, Scott has counseled and led teams in creative strategy and partnership marketing efforts. He shares his expertise as part of the AdoptAClassroom.org Advisory Council.
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