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Put real-world money skills within every child's reach

Your gift helps children in grades K-6 take part in Career Lab Live programs, especially at schools that could not otherwise afford them. Career Lab Live Corporation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 39-3910687. Contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Where your gift goes

  • Hands-on career readiness for children in grades K-6
  • Practical financial literacy: counting change, budgeting, saving and staying safe from scams
  • Programs for schools and communities that could not otherwise afford them

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What a gift pays for

Each amount below pays for children's places in a program, worked out from our published program prices. A gift of any size helps; these show what some amounts cover. A smaller gift can pay for materials instead: see the estimate further down this page.

  • $250One child's after-school term

    Funds one child's place in an after-school term of weekly 60-minute sessions.

  • $350One child's summer camp week

    Funds one child's place in a full-day summer camp week.

  • $1,000An after-school term for 4 children

    Funds 4 children's places in an after-school term of weekly 60-minute sessions.

  • $2,500A full after-school group

    Funds a whole after-school group at the 10-child minimum for one term of weekly 60-minute sessions.

  • $3,500A full summer camp week

    Funds a whole summer camp week at the 10-child minimum.

Major gifts

Funding several groups at once

Larger gifts work the same way: each amount below pays for whole after-school groups, worked out from the same published prices.

  • $5,0002 full after-school groups

    Funds 2 whole after-school groups at the 10-child minimum, 20 children in all, for one term of weekly 60-minute sessions.

  • $10,0004 full after-school groups

    Funds 4 whole after-school groups at the 10-child minimum, 40 children in all, for one term of weekly 60-minute sessions.

  • $25,00010 full after-school groups

    Funds 10 whole after-school groups at the 10-child minimum, 100 children in all, for one term of weekly 60-minute sessions.

  • $50,00020 full after-school groups

    Funds 20 whole after-school groups at the 10-child minimum, 200 children in all, for one term of weekly 60-minute sessions.

To talk about a gift at this level, email partnerships@careerlablive.org.

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Materials only · Estimated

What it costs to put materials in a child's hands

We want donors to see where money goes. These are our own estimates of the cost of materials alone, per child, for a group of 10 children. They are not prices, they are not what a school or family pays, and they are not comparable with the amounts above, which pay for a child's whole place in a program.

Estimated · materials only

$50Materials for one child

Covers the estimated materials for one child's first after-school term: a share of the reusable kit plus that term's consumables, $49.36 in all, estimated for a group of 10 children. Estimated, materials only; it does not include staff, the room or devices.

How the estimate is made up

Estimated materials cost, materials only

After-school program, per term

Per child, for one term of weekly sessions; costed before the published session lengths were set, so it may change.

Facilitator kit, bought once, year one share
$43.24 per child (estimated, materials only)
Consumables and printing, every term
$6.12 per child per term (estimated, materials only)

Estimated materials cost, materials only

Summer camp, for a whole summer

Per child, for a full five-week summer; the range depends on which weekly topics a site chooses. These figures cover all five weeks together: they are per summer, not per week.

Summer kit, bought once, year one share
$57.09 per child for the whole summer (estimated, materials only)
Consumables, printing and building supplies, every summer
$23.42 to $25.83 per child for the whole five-week summer, not per week (estimated, materials only)

What these estimates leave out: staff pay, the room, laptops and Wi-Fi, and any software subscription. They count only the things children and facilitators handle: play money and coins, card decks, whiteboards, headphones, folders, worksheets and certificates.

How firm they are: they are planning estimates built from typical retail prices for each item. No supplier has quoted them yet, so real costs will differ.

The buy-once kit is reused term after term, so after the first year the cost per child falls to the recurring figure plus an allowance for wear.

Questions about giving

Are donations to Career Lab Live tax-deductible?

Donations to Career Lab Live Corporation are tax-deductible as allowed by law, because it is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 39-3910687).

What does a donation to Career Lab Live pay for?

A gift of $250 funds one child's place in an after-school term of weekly 60-minute sessions, and a gift of $350 funds one child's place in a full-day summer camp week.