Support living schoolyards for all children!
Your support is critical in helping Green Schoolyards America continue our work to ensure that every public school student and community—regardless of zip code and income—have access to vibrant, climate-resilient schoolyards, daily nature, and joy. With your help, we will reach more children, support their learning, protect and improve their environment, and grow a greener future!
Help Build A MODEL Schoolyard Forest in Los Angeles!
All donations received by November 30th will be matched 1:1 up to $60,000
122nd Street Elementary School’s schoolyard is—like the majority of school grounds in the country—covered in unshaded, barren asphalt. Green Schoolyards America is partnering with the school community at 122nd Street to transform this under-utilized, unwelcoming outdoor space into a shade-filled oasis that will inspire the school’s 600 students, give them a safe and healthy place to play and learn, bring much-needed climate resilience to their urban community, and serve as a model for schools across the region and beyond.
“Before all the technical things happen, someone’s heart and eyes need to open to how things can be different. Green Schoolyards America does this exceptionally well.”
Other ways to give
By check: Check can be made payable to "Earth Island Institute." Please write “Green Schoolyards America” in the check's memo section. (For more information about our relationship with Earth Island, see Fiscal Sponsorship section below.) Mail checks to the following address:
Green Schoolyards America
c/o Earth Island Institute
2150 Allston Way, Suite 460
Berkeley, California 94704-1375 USA
Tribute and memorial gifts: A tribute or memoriam donation to Green Schoolyards America honors your loved one and helps support our efforts to bring living schoolyards and their benefits to children everywhere. To make a commemorative gift, you can use our online form and include the name of your loved one in Step 2, or send a note along with your check.
Donate stock: Support Green Schoolyards America with a gift of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. You can get an immediate charitable deduction for the full market value of the stock and avoid capital gains taxes that would normally be due upon sale. You can instruct your broker to transfer shares to Green Schoolyards America through our fiscal sponsor, Earth Island Institute. (See below for more about fiscal sponsorship.) Earth Island maintains a brokerage account with Charles Schwab. When transferring securities please inform your broker of the following:
Account Name: Earth Island Institute
Charles Schwab Account Number: 3024-7477
DTC Number: 164
Please alert Green Schoolyards America that your gift is being transferred to our account, as the stock will arrive without identification. To assist our staff and ensure your gift acknowledgment, please send the following information to our Development staff:
Your name
Name of security
Number of shares
Date of Transfer or of Transfer Request
For information on IRA contributions, wills and planned giving, employer matching donations, or other questions, please contact our Development staff at development@greenschoolyards.org.
Fiscal sponsorship and Financial Information
Green Schoolyards America is a fiscally sponsored project of Earth Island Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1982 by legendary environmentalist David Brower. This means that we operate under Earth Island’s EIN number and they process any grants or donations to our organization, provide financial oversight, administrative, technical, and legal support, and provide access to a peer network of more than 75 world-changing projects like ours. Learn more about Earth Island’s Project Support Program.
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