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ClassWish.org provides teachers the classroom resources they need. And our new referral program rewards union representatives for letting teachers know about this opportunity.
Imagine: Well-Equipped Classrooms at Your School
ClassWish.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, makes it easy Wish lists easily attract donations for the resources you want.
Resources for your entire school – and more for you Spread the word at your school to help all the teachers and students, and earn referral rewards to get even more resources for your own classroom.
“This nonprofit is a swift and inventive way for communities to unite in support of the tools that make learning more accessible for all students.”
Sarah Brown Wessling National Teacher of the Year
“ClassWish helps teachers get the supplies that are
so essential for children to get a great education.”
Nancy Pelz-Paget Director, Education and Society Program, Aspen Institute
Experts Endorse ClassWish.org
Teachers are Already Getting Support. So Can You!
Mr. Mansfield, University Preparatory Academy: $1,633.58 Ms. Irvin, Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School: $829.80
Ms. Peralta, Rocklin High: $809.68 Ms. Belolan, Waterside Children's Studio School: $1,175.00 Ms. Ilana, P.S. 290 Manhattan New School: $925.00
Miss Henggeler, Stadley Rough School: $1,002.75 Ms. Debes, Lincoln Elementary School: $1,000.00 Ms. Yacenda, Mott Hall Bronx High School: $763.59
Ms. McClellan, Gulf High School: $1,001.50 Ms. Lindsay, P.S. 112 Jose C. Barbosa School: $800.00
Ms. Guarriello, Waterside Children's Studio School: $1,943.91 Mr. Koning, White Lick Elementary School: $1,002.00 Ms. Buensuceso, University Preparatory Academy: $957.43
Ms. Guarriello, PS- 317 Waterside Children's Studio: $1,943.91 Ms. DiPrato, Sand Lake Elementary School: $2,003.00 Ms. Hutchins, Rison High School: $1,001.50
We Feel Your Pain
“Many California teachers are scrambling to find fresh ways to thriftily educate their students and maintain their physically crumbling classrooms.” They now spend $1,500 a year of their own money to keep their classrooms afloat.
"I always ask business owners if they have pens with their logo on them so that I can distribute them to the students," says Nosanov Goldman, who has been teaching for 22 years. "I've never had to beg like this."
• Teachers easily create Wish Lists.
• Visitors (parents, grandparents, graduates, local businesses and others) see what is needed, and they make tax-deductible contributions to help.
• The full amount of the donation, less only a discounted credit card processing fee (just 2.2% and 30 cents) is credited to the teacher’s wish list account.
• More than 16,000 companies match employees’ donations, which can double their funding.
ClassWish.org: Wish Lists Provide Relief
Teachers Get Resources from Favorite Vendors
Educators use donations they receive to get resources from any of our partners (we keep adding more).
ClassWish sends the items right to the educators.
We deduct from the educators’ wish list accounts only the amount they would have paid had they bought the items, themselves. No fees!
It’s quick, easy and efficient.
The Result: Teachers and Students Get the Support They Need
ClassWish.org: A Different Approach to Better Serve Educators
• ClassWish welcomes every K-12 educator: teachers, student teachers, coaches, administrators, PTA/PTO leaders, and booster clubs.
• ClassWish serves all K-12 schools.
• ClassWish does not make teachers earn points to post their needs.
• ClassWish is easy. Create a wish list in minutes. No need to define an educational project or write a 400-word essay. No approvals needed.
• ClassWish wish lists never expire. No need to start all over again every four months.
• ClassWish does not charge fulfillment fees.
• ClassWish educators can use their funds as soon as donations come in.
• ClassWish educators need not raise any minimum amount, and they do not lose their money if they do not reach some target.
You may know of another nonprofit with a superficial similarity to ClassWish. Our solution is quicker, easier, more efficient, and risk-free.
Our new referral program gives union representatives a quick and easy way to:
• help all the teachers and students in their school
• get even more resources for their own classroom.
It is modeled after the tremendously successful program that helped Dropbox.com grow to 100 million users.
Introducing a New Referral Program
www.ClassWish.org/1389
Union representatives get a personal referral URL
They use it to invite other teachers, coaches, administrators, PTA/PTO leaders, and booster club leaders via email, flyers, and social media
Referral Program: Union Reps Invite Other Teachers
Referral Program: Invitations Accepted
When educators use the union rep’s invitation URL to come to ClassWish.org and to join the site, we keep track of who recruited them.
The invited educators create Wish Lists at ClassWish.org.
Parents, grandparents, graduates, local businesses and others see the Wish Lists, and they make tax-deductible donations to help. Many employers match those donations.
Referral Program: Wish Lists and Donations
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After receiving donations, educators visit ClassWish-Vendors.org to have ClassWish send the resources they want.
As educators use donations they receive in their first year, ClassWish credits 3% of that amount to the wish list account of the union rep who recruited them.
Referral Program: Teachers Get Resources; Union Reps Get Rewards
3% referral reward
Union reps use their ClassWish referral rewards to get more classroom resources.
Referral Program: Union Reps Use Rewards for Classroom Resources
Of course, we cannot know exactly how much any particular union rep will receive in referrral rewards, but the following illustrates the opportunity.
$400 year-1 donations to a typical teacher
X 25 teachers recruited by a typical union rep
$10,000 total donations to teachers recruited by a union rep
$5,000 year-1 donations to PTA/PTO /booster club leaders recruited by rep
$15,000 total year-1 donations to educators recruited by a union rep
X 3% referral rewards
$450 referral rewards to a union rep who shares word of ClassWish.org with colleagues (plus donations to his or her own wish list)
Size of the Referral Program Opportunity for Union Reps
Students: Students get the classroom resources they need to thrive.
Teachers: Teachers get the resources they need – without spending their own money.
Community: Supporters get an easy, rewarding, efficient, and tax-deductible way to support teachers and students.
Union Reps: Union reps improve classrooms for all the students and teachers in their school. They also earn referral rewards, which they can redeem for additional resources for their own classrooms.
Everyone Wins!
Frequently Asked Questions About Wish Lists
Do you charge any fees when someone donates to my wish list?
We charge no fees! The full amount of the donation, less only a discounted PayPal credit card processing fee (just 2.2% and 30 cents) is credited to your wish list account.
What happens when my donors’ employers match donations?
We credit the full amount of those matches to your wish list account.
Do you charge any fees when I use donated funds to get resources?
No. We deduct from your wish list account only the amount you would have paid if you bought the item, yourself. It is totally transparent.
How do you cover your expenses?
We consolidate buying power to get discounts or rebates from vendors, and the spread helps cover our expenses without having to charge fees to donors or teachers.
Do referral rewards to union reps come out of donations to invited teachers?
No, deals with our vendors cover the referral rewards.
Frequently Asked Questions About Referrals
How do you keep track of which educators I have recruited?
When educators use your invitation URL to come to ClassWish.org and to join the site, we credit you with recruiting them.
Do educators have to join ClassWish on their first visit for me to get credit?
No, but they must use your invitation URL to access the site when they do join.
Will I be able to see who I have recruited?
Yes, it is totally transparent.
What is the easiest way to invite teachers?
We will provide you a web page with personalized tools, including email messages and flyers that you can post or distribute.
Do referral rewards to union reps come out of donations to invited teachers?
No, deals with our vendors cover the referral rewards.
It’s Easy to Start Getting Support Now
1. Create a Wish List at ClassWish.org in just minutes to start attracting donations.
2. Share this opportunity with other educators to • help all the teachers and students in your school • earn referral rewards to get more resources for your own
classroom It is easy at ClassWish.org/union-reps
We will later allow others to use our referral program to invite educators and earn rewards, but we are offering this opportunity to union representatives first.
Appendix: ClassWish’s Leadership
ClassWish is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Our leadership is shown on the following pages.
Chairman of ClassWish
Patrik Silen
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Graduate, Harvard Business School
ClassWish Board of Advisors (page 1 of 3)
Janis Abkowitz, MD, President, American Society of Hematology
Rahn Bailey, MD, President, National Medical Association
Richard Bernstein, former Bureau Chief, TIME and NY Times
Edward Benz Jr., MD, President and CEO, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Jeremy Berg, PhD, President at American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Larry Bock, Founder, USA Science & Engineering Festival
Lewis Cantley, PhD, Director, Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Ph.D. Regents Professor, Mathematical Biology, Ariz State Univ
Joe Colaco, PhD, President, CBM Engineers
Christopher Cross, Chairman, Cross & Joftus
Scott Cutler, EVP, NYSE-Euronext
Robbert Dijkgraaf, PhD, Director, Institute for Advanced Study
Fred Dylla, PhD, Executive Director and CEO, American Institute of Physics
Esther Dyson, investor and philanthropist
ClassWish Board of Advisors (page 2 of 3)
Paul Farmer, MD, Co-Founder, Partners in Health; University Professor at Harvard Univ.
Harvey Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine; former Provost, Harvard Univ.
William Friedman, PhD, President, Public Agenda
Judy Garber, MD, Past President, American Association for Cancer Research
Phillip Griffiths, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study
Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN, FAAN, Former Dean, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Adam Hirsch, SVP Emerging Media and Technology, Edelman PR
Clifford Hudis, MD, President-Elect American Society of Clinical Oncology
Melany Hunt, PhD, Vice-Provost, California Institute of Technology
Thomas Killian, PhD, Chairman, Department of Physics, Rice University
Jay Labov, PhD, Senior Advisor for Education and Communications, National Academy of Sciences
Don Levy, former Senior VP, Sony Pictures Digital
Mark Linaugh, Chief Talent Officer, WPP
Luz Martinez-Miranda, PhD, President, National Society of Hispanic Physics
Betsy Morgan, former CEO, Huffington Post
Jan Morrison, Pres & CEO, Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM
ClassWish Board of Advisors (page 3 of 3)
Autumn Nazarian, Senior Partner, GroupM ESP Entertainment & Sports Partnerships
Karen Ostlund, PhD, President, National Science Teachers Association
Becky Wai-Ling Packard, PhD, Director, Weissman Center for Leadership, Mount Holyoke
Melanie Parker, Exec Director, Global Education & Career Development, MIT
Nancy Pelz-Paget, Director, Education Program, Aspen Institute
Greg Richmond, CEO, National Association of Charter School Authorizers
Elena Rios, MD, President, National Hispanic Medical Association
Sharon Robinson, PhD, CEO, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify Media
Paul Rothman MD, CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Charles Sawyers, MD, President-elect, American Association for Cancer Research
Tim Shey, Director, YouTube Next Lab at Google
Michael Turner PhD, President, American Physical Society
Hannah Fairfield Wallander, Senior Graphics Editor, The New York Times
Robert Weinberg, PhD, Founding Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Professor of Biology at MIT
401 7 Avenue, level B New York, NY 10001 http://ClassWish.org rep@ClassWish.org
We look forward to sending resources to your school!