After our wonderful visit to Arthur Ashe Charter School in New Orleans, it was time to move on to our second affiliated site — Foundation Preparatory Academy, which serves kindergarten through 8th-grade students from all over the city. Renée, Kris, Shayne, and I all got into Shayne’s car to make the short drive from the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans to the Fairgrounds neighborhood, where Foundation Preparatory Academy was located. On the way, Renée explained […]
A Quiet Refuge in New Orleans
Foundation Preparatory Academy is a true safe haven for kids
How You Can Get Involved Beyond Sponsorship
We have many other opportunities to support Children Incorporated
Beyond sponsoring a child, several other ways to support our work exist. Two of the most important ways we need your support is by either becoming an ambassador for our organization or hosting a fundraising event. Both of these important volunteer opportunities offer you, as a supporter, a way to get involved in our work with no or limited financial commitment and greatly help children in need around the world. Become an aMbassador One way […]
Why Sponsor a Child?
Understanding the long-term impact of sponsorship on a child’s education, health, and future opportunities
Child sponsorship: It’s been around for a long while, and there are dozens of organizations, but why is it important? And why should you consider it? At its core, child sponsorship works to break the cycle of poverty, creating lasting change for individuals and their communities. At Children Incorporated, we believe that is done through education. Having a degree, even just high school diploma, increases your likelihood of financial success by 70%, according to […]
The Crescent City of Charter Schools
Our Director of Development visits her first affiliation in New Orleans
Renée Kube, Kristen Walthall, and I arrived in New Orleans on a Tuesday afternoon in early December 2024 with the plan to visit our five affiliated sites over the next two days. In New Orleans, Children Incorporated partners directly with Communities in Schools (CIS) Gulf South to help implement our sponsorship program within the local schools, and their Chief Program Officer, Shayne, graciously offered to pick us up and be our tour guide for the […]
How Sponsorship Funds Are Managed
Breaking down how your donations are changing lives
When you choose to sponsor a child through Children Incorporated, your support goes exactly where it’s needed most — directly to the child you’re helping. In fact, over 85% of every dollar we receive goes straight to program services, and often even more. That means your monthly sponsorship is making a real, personal impact — not filtered through layers of red tape or spread across unrelated programs. Your sponsored child receives those funds each month […]
How Sponsorship Works
A step-by-step explanation of the sponsorship process
Our sponsorship program is managed by our staff in our office and our 300 volunteer coordinators at our affiliated sites in 20 countries around the world. Our volunteer coordinators work closely with our sponsored children to ensure their particular needs are met and relay those needs to our sponsors. Sometimes our sponsors chose a child based on age or location, or they chose a child who has been waiting the longest for a sponsor. The […]