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Founded in 2008, Alaska Avalanche Information Center's mission is to support and promote avalanche forecasts, education, research, professional development, and networking of practitioners in the pursuit of healthy lifestyles and the reduction of unintentional injury and death.

Kidstruments Fund makes grants and refurbishes instruments for schools and school districts to help kids in need participate in band and orchestra programs. Kidstruments Fund was created by a sixth grade cello player, who wants other kids to get the same joy from music that he does.

The Horace Mann School was founded in 1887 as a co-educational experimental and developmental unit of Columbia University's Teachers College. It became financially and administratively independent in 1946, and now is a co-educational college preparatory day school enrolling students in nursery through twelfth grade. Horace Mann seeks to educate and nurture its students and to help them fulfill their potential. To attain this goal, the School provides a challenging and rigorous set of academic and extracurricular programs within a caring and supportive environment. Students are encouraged to test and learn about themselves, to develop a concern for others and to grow intellectually, physically, socially and emotionally. The School encourages students to understand that learning is a lifelong endeavor that is valuable in itself.

Founded in 1903, Isidore Newman School is a co-educational independent school, serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, where students are valued individually, engaged academically, and taught to be socially responsible. Newman is the only co-educational, non-sectarian, independent day school in the city of New Orleans. The School prides itself on reaching out to the community, through Breakthrough New Orleans, a free program that prepares area students for independent schools; through STARS, where our lower school students share science labs with area students, and through a wide variety of community service activities happening throughout the school year in all divisions.

The Philips Brooks School Community inspires students to love learning, to develop a spiritual nature, to commuicate effectively, to be kind to others and to respect the uniqueness of each person. 

Kent Denver School continues the proud traditions of the Kent School for Girls, founded in 1922, and the Denver Country Day School, founded for boys in 1953. The schools united in 1974 to form Kent Denver School. Excellence in scholarship and character is the goal of a Kent Denver education. We seek to build a caring, diverse community of responsible citizens. To that end, the school provides a challenging college preparatory curriculum and sets high ethical standards. There are 659 students at Kent Denver, 222 in the middle school and 437 in the upper school. The school has 78 full- and part-time faculty, 51 of whom have advanced degrees.

The FPAJMZ mission is to support the City of Palo Alto in its efforts to provide exciting and interactive museum exhibits, offer science education programs, and improve zoo and museum facilities.

TrueSpark's mission is to expose, immerse, and engage America's youth on issues of character through watching inspiring movies and participating in interactive activities.

The Virginia Avenue Project empowers kids to think creatively, courageously and critically about life goals and choices by providing free, Writing and Performing Arts programming, in conjunction with long-term mentoring, throughout their growing years.

Kimball Union Academy prepares students for the challenges of tomorrow’s world by inspiring academic mastery, creativity, responsibility, and leadership.

Lawrence Academy recognizes you for who you are and inspires you to take responsibility for who you want to become. By calling on the school To champion excellence in academics and in the arts, athletics, and residential life; To offer innovative programs which personalize learning; To provide students with discerning mentors who support self-discovery and risk-taking; By calling on each other To consider a plurality of perspectives patiently and with curiosity; To engage in respectful dialogue and advance the independent thinking and success of others; To take action for the common good; By calling on yourself To develop your voice and use it creatively, constructively, and with confidence; To reflect upon, understand, and learn from failure as well as success; To cultivate a personal stake in lifelong learning and make honorable, informed choices;you will learn with others to think for yourself.

Established in 1884, the Lincoln School is an independent college preparatory school for girls where high academic and ethical standards challenge students from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 to nurture their special talents and interests. Drawing on its Quaker heritage, Lincoln School focuses on character and values, as well as knowledge, simplicity, cooperation, mutual respect, and nonviolent resolution of conflict. The aims of a Lincoln education are confidence, achievement, success, and a life-long love of learning. Total enrollment includes 167 students in grades 9-12, 91 students in grades 6-8, and 130 students in grades Nursery-5.