It’s time for back-to-school planning! If education is on your mind, you’re in good company. Charitable giving to education rose in 2024 to more than $58 billion! If education and related causes are important to you, the Wayne County Foundation can help you explore a variety of meaningful ways to make an impact. Here are a couple of ideas to inspire a deeper discussion:
Investigate opportunities to improve the quality of education itself
Many donors are concerned that high school graduates are ill-prepared for post-secondary education, whether that’s a traditional four-year college, community college, or trade school. The Wayne County Foundation can help you address this gap with your charitable dollars. For example, you could establish a fund to support teacher and classroom needs, which in turn helps improve student success. Indeed, teachers are often considered the single most important in-school factor for student success. Charitable funding that enhances teacher training, mentorship, and ongoing professional development creates ripple effects across classrooms and generations of students.
Find your education “niche”
By establishing a field-of-interest fund at the Wayne County Foundation, you identify specific parameters within education that you’d like to fund. For example, you may be interested in supporting local grassroots programs offering tutoring and mentorship. Or, you may decide to direct your charitable dollars to quality early childhood programs, which have been shown to yield high returns on investments in education. We can help you identify an area of focus and then align it with quality programs in the community.
As students head back to school and education is top of mind, the Wayne County Foundation is here to make sure your giving is impactful, focused, and in line with your philanthropic goals.
