Promote youth volunteerism

Explore our Volunteer Resource Center for information about matching your students with volunteer opportunities, starting a volunteer program in your school, service learning, and family volunteering.

Our volunteer opportunity database for students is searchable by area of interest and geographic location.

Both you and your students can sign up for customized email alerts (they're free) to receive notifications of volunteer opportunities in your area.

Connect your class with your community

Discover your local nonprofit organizations and invite them to come speak to your class.

Implement a service learning program using the resources listed in the Volunteer Resource Center.

Try iMentor Interactive, a nonprofit technical assistance program that can help you build an online mentoring program at your school.

Present your students with a diverse research tool

We highlight excellent educational websites developed by nonprofit organizations to teach young people about the issues they work on.

Using these websites, students can explore current issues such as human rights, poverty, environmentalism, and more. Students will hone their computer research skills while learning about the world around them.

Help your students turn their ideas into action

Students will find resources on how to start their own club, community project, or organization.

They can read stories about organizations started by kids and see what these young people have achieve/d. We also point kids toward organizations that provide funding for student projects.

Use nonprofit resources in your classroom

Idealist offers a database of resources and materials produced by nonprofits.

Materials offered include curricula, reports, newsletters, videos, pamphlets, class speakers, and much more.

Learn more about using Idealist in your classroom with our issue guides:

Human Rights Education

Environmental Education

Submit a school project proposal and get funding.

Explore nonprofit careers

Learning to Give curriculum introduces 3rd through 12th graders to the different kinds of careers available at nonprofit organizations.