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About ClassWish
ClassWish.org, an exciting new nonprofit website, helps educators and schools get the supplies they need for their students to excel.
Yes. ClassWish is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All contributions made to ClassWish are tax-deductible.
You can contact us via email or regular mail:
feedback@classwish.org
ClassWish, Inc.
401 Seventh Avenue, office level B
New York, NY 10001
Who Can Use ClassWish
ClassWish is available for all accredited 501(c)(3) or public K-12,private, parochial, magnet, and charter schools in the United States.
ClassWish uses a database of schools that have been submitted to the U.S. Department of Education by each state. New schools and addresses updated in the last year may not appear on ClassWish. If you cannot find a particular school, just login and then let us know. We will let you know when we have added it to the database.
Educators (as defined in the User Agreement), including teachers, administrators, and PTA/PTO officers are invited to create Wish Lists for classroom or school-wide needs.
You can also write-in the name of any educator so you do not have to wait for them to create a Wish List.
Also please tell the educators you know about this opportunity to get the supplies they need! Just click here or click "Invite Teachers" from any school page to send an email invitation. Or click here to print a flyer that you or your child can deliver.
We encourage educators, parents, students, community members and other supporters to take an active role in spreading the word ClassWish.
Educator FAQ
ClassWish is available for all accredited 501(c)(3) or public K-12, private, parochial, magnet, and charter schools in the United States.
ClassWish uses a database of schools that have been submitted to the U.S. Department of Education by each state. New schools and addresses updated in the last year may not appear on ClassWish. If you cannot find a particular school, just login and then let us know. We will let you know when we have added it to the database.
Educators, including teachers, administrators, and PTA/PTO officers are invited to create Wish Lists for classroom or school-wide needs.
ClassWish.org provides a convenient, rewarding, and efficient way for teachers, administrators, and PTA/PTO officers to inspire parents and others in the community to contribute toward the supplies you need for students to excel.
ClassWish makes it simple:
*Educators create a Wish List of the supplies they need for classroom or school-wide needs.
*ClassWish provides easy tools, such as emails and flyers, to spread the word to parents and others in the community.
*Supporters see exactly what is needed and how they can help.
*Contributions are tax-deductible, and we provide a receipt 1.
*ClassWish also makes it easy for contributors to seek matching donations from their employers.
*Educators submit a request online for ClassWish to purchase the needed supplies.
*ClassWish receives all educator requests, purchases the items, and has them sent directly to each school.
*To help ensure transparency and accountability, ClassWish.org displays all items sent to educators.
1 ClassWish is 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Charitable gifts and donations are tax deductible to donors who are United States taxpayers. Download our tax letter »
It's free!
It's easy! Just register, login to ClassWish.org, and search for your school. Then, click "I Teach Here" on that school page.
ClassWish does not require you to get permission. If you are in doubt about school policy, please check with your principal.
At this time, we ask each ClassWish educator to select just one school to display on their profile. If you teach at more than one school, please select the one school that you would prefer to have appear on your profile. Any supplies you request will be sent to that school. Please note that these supplies then become the property of that school, and can only be used there.
To help us honor donors' preferences that all contributions go to support the school they intend to support, we ask educators to spend all of the money in their account for one school before seeking contributions to benefit another school. Any supplies ClassWish provides will be sent to the school with which your Wish List is affiliated. These supplies become the property of that school, and can only be used there. You cannot take materials ClassWish provides from one school to another.
Creating a Wish List is as easy as shopping online. And since you don't have to pay for the items, it's even more fun!
Once you have signed in and indicated that you are an educator, you can create a Wish List in just minutes. Just search our online catalog for the items you need, and click to add them to your Wish List.
To encourage contributions and to help ensure accountability, we encourage you to include additional information for each wish, such as grade level, and a short comment about why the supplies will improve the children's education.
You can include on your Wish List any supplies or equipment that supports the educational needs of your students and meet the ClassWish Eligibility Requirements, and that are available from the ClassWish.org online catalogue or from our vendor partners, which are listed at http://classwishteachers.weebly.com/request-resources.html.
If there is anything you need and can't find, just let us know, and we will do our best to add it.
We list field trips on the School Needs page for each school, so you can fund field trips for the school, but we do not yet have a way for individual teachers to raise money for field trips.
Yes, you can get inspired by other Wish Lists either by clicking on one of the educators on the ClassWish homepage or by using our school search and clicking on one of the educators associated with that school.
Most of us care about children, education, and our communities. Your Wish List is likely to receive contributions from parents, grandparents, neighbors, local businesses, alumni, friends, and others you ask.
Many people are eager to help their local schools; they just need to be asked. The first step is getting the word out about your Wish List. Our customizable emails and printable flyers make it easy to spread the word, so you can start getting funding for the supplies you need. We also encourage you to use your existing channels of communication with parents, friends and colleagues.
The more energetically you spread the word, the faster people will know about your needs, and the sooner they will have the opportunity to contribute toward the things you need.
Wish Lists do not expire, and educators are able to add, edit, and delete items at any time, as well as deactivate them.
You can see the entry in your Account when you are logged in. Please note that it may take 24 hours for new donations or requests to be reflected there.
If someone reverses a credit card transaction toward your Wish List, we will deduct those funds from the amount available for your Wish List.
If your Wish List is inactive for 12 months, or if you leave the school with which it is associated, ClassWish may elect to transfer the balance in your Wish List to another Wish List at the same school or elsewhere.
Once your Wish List has received contributions, you can (i) add items from your Wish List or other items from our online catalog to My Requests, or you can place orders from the websites of our vendor partners, which are listed at http://classwishteachers.weebly.com/request-resources.html. After receiving your request, ClassWish will order the items and deduct the amount shown for the items, shipping and tax from the balance of what was contributed toward your Wish List, and we will have the items shipped directly to your school. If the total price of the items you request, plus shipping and tax, exceeds the amount available in your Wish List, you can make a contribution toward your own Wish List.
A few states do not charge sales tax, and many states exempt nonprofits from sales tax. However, some states charge sales tax, even on items sold to nonprofits, and we need to collect that amount to pay our vendor. If your school is in a state that charges sales tax to nonprofits, the sales tax will appear on donor checkout pages and on educator Request pages.
Absolutely! We know educators need flexibility in meeting their needs. You can see the items contributors recommend you request, but you may request the money contributed toward your Wish List be used for whatever items you need, even if they are not already on your Wish List or are not the items suggested by the contributors. Just be aware that contributors will see what items we deliver to you, and keeping contributors happy is usually the best way to get more contributions.
Most items are sent by UPS, and larger items are generally sent by truck. The shipping rates for items ordered from our ClassWish catalog are shown on the Request page:
The shipping rates for items ordered from our vendor partners generally appear on those websites.
For orders $60.00 or more, shipping is free.
We currently do not charge any fees on Wish Lists or School Needs. The difference between the retail price you see and a discounted price we earn by aggregating purchases will cover our operating expenses (just like a store lives off of the spread between wholesale and retail prices). The one exception to that is field trips, where we send the money, rather than ordering items, and we charge a low 5% fee. We do deduct the credit card processing fees of 2.9% and 30 cents per transaction before crediting the donation amounts to educator accounts.
Some websites that process charitable and educational donations add large fulfillment fees. ClassWish deducts only a fee to cover our cost of processing the credit card payment: just 2.9% and 30 cents per transaction.
We currently display items on educator Wish Lists if provided through our ClassWish catalog. We may later display items provided through our vendor partners.
All items ClassWish provides are shipped to the address that we have on file for your school. We receive these addresses from the U.S. Department of Education. If the address that appears for your school is not current, there is a place for you to indicate this when you submit a Request. We will then confirm the correct address directly with your school before shipping your items.
No. To help ensure that the supplies are used only for educational purposes at the school for which you register on our site, ClassWish can only ship supplies to the school address listed in our database.
All items ClassWish provides are contributions from ClassWish to the school or nonprofit to which they are shipped.
Educator may return items ONLY if they arrive damaged. Items must be returned within 7 days of receipt. Some of our vendor partners may have stricter return policies, which are disclosed on their websites and which you will be subject to.
In order to return an item, please send an email to: returns@ClassWish.org. Be sure to include your name, school, Request number (you can find this on the Request Confirmation email you receive), the shipping number (from the packing slip), the vendor who provided it, the list of item or items you wish to return, and the reason for the return.
ClassWish will issue return call tags and instructions on how to return the item(s).
ClassWish will have our vendor send a replacement if possible. If not, the amount of the returned item (including sales tax and shipping and handling fees) will be credited to your Wish List.
ClassWish invites
- teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, school nurses, coaches, principals, administrators, other employees directly serving students in an educational capacity, and officers acting on behalf of school Parent Teacher Association units recognized by the National Parent Teacher Association and on behalf of other parent teacher organizations (collectively, “Educators”) in
- K-12, public, magnet and charter schools, and private and parochial that are exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that are in the United States (collectively, “Allowed Schools”) and other 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (“Allowed Nonprofit”).
to create wish lists (“Wish Lists”) indicating the supplies and equipment they need for their students to excel and to submit requests (“Requests”) for ClassWish to provide particular items funded by contributions to such Wish Lists.
ClassWish does not accept Wish Lists or Requests from teacher's assistants, student teachers, substitutes, part-time after school teachers, or staff developers.
Funded Requests cannot be transferred to another teacher.
In order to register on ClassWish.org and create Wish Lists and Requests, you must attest to the following:
- I confirm that I am an Educator in an Allowed School or an employee of an Allowed Nonprofit, as those terms are defined above;
- I confirm that I am NOT a teacher's assistant, student teacher, substitute, part-time after school teacher, or staff developer;
- The activities for which I intend to use any items received through ClassWish are legal and fall within the standards of my state and/or local board or department of education, and the policies of my Allowed School or Allowed Nonprofit;
- All information I provide to ClassWish is accurate, and I will promptly update the information to keep it accurate;
- Any Requests I submit and any items I receive are solely for use in my classroom and/or school and any items I request through ClassWish will not be for my or anyone else’s personal use;
- I agree that any items provided to me by ClassWish shall become and remain the property of the Allowed School or Allowed Nonprofit to which ClassWish has them delivered. I will not take such items to another school or nonprofit, nor will I take such items for my personal use.
- I commit to including in my Wish Lists and Requests only items that will benefit my students’ education, including extracurricular activities, and to use any items that I receive from ClassWish only for such purposes.
- I agree that in the event that ClassWish determines that any items I received through ClassWish are not being used in accordance with these Eligibility Requirements, I will return such items to ClassWish at my expense.
Contributor FAQ
You can browse ClassWish.org to find Wish Lists created by educators, administrators, and PTA/PTO officers for classroom or school-wide needs. You can also write-in the name of an educator, and we will notify them that we created an account for them. You can also fund School Needs, and we will have the PTA/PTO leader or school principal request items with those funds.
You can make a general contribution toward a Wish List or can indicate your preference that your contribution be used for particular items, and the educator who created the Wish List will see your preference. However, in order to give educators greater flexibility in meeting the most pressing needs of their students, they may request that the funds be used to purchase any items available through the vendor catalogs on ClassWish.org. All items provided through contributions to ClassWish may be displayed on ClassWish.org.
Shipping rates are set forth in our Educator FAQ.
Wish Lists may show what has already been sent to the educator, as well as what they are requesting. Remember, they can use contributions for any items we offer, as they think best, to fill their most pressing educational needs.
ClassWish lets you see exactly what each educator and school needs.
We accept all major credit cards. Our credit card processing service is provided by PayPal, and we use an SSL certificate signed by a Certificate Authority (GoDaddy) for security on the page that accepts your credit card information. You can check the security of this page by looking for a locked padlock icon, usually found in the Address Bar or Status Bar of your browser. When that lock is secure, and the web address starts with "https", your information is protected. Clicking on the lock icon will give you more detailed information about our identity, the Certificate Authority and the certificate itself.
A few states do not charge sales tax, and many states exempt nonprofits from sales tax. However, some states charge sales tax, even on items sold to nonprofits. If you are contributing toward a Wish List in a state where we will have to pay sales tax, we need to collect that. In those cases, the sales tax amount will appear on the checkout pages.
Some websites that process charitable and educational donations add large fulfillment fees. ClassWish adds only a fee to cover our cost of processing the credit card payment: just 2.9% and 30 cents per transaction. For donations made to teacher Wish Lists, the amount of the processing fee will be included in your donation amount displayed at checkout and included in your receipt. For donations made to School Needs and write-in teacher donations, we will deduct the fee before crediting the amount to the Educators.
Not at this time. We hope to offer recurring contributions in the future.
Not yet, but if you are interested in that, please let us know.
Yes. ClassWish is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax deductible to donors who are United States taxpayers.
Yes, we will email you a receipt for your tax-deductible contribution. If you do not receive a receipt from us within a few hours, please check your spam folder. If it's not there, please contact us by email at receipts@classwish.org to confirm that we received your contribution. We will try to get back to you by the next business day.
Many companies match employee contributions, and this is a wonderful way to double your impact! Also, many companies favor contributions to educational nonprofits. Be sure to ask your company whether they match contributions; their policy on what types of contributions they match; and their limits on matching. If your company will match your donation, submit your ClassWish receipt and whatever form they require. If they match your contribution, the funds will be credited to the same Wish List (but not necessarily the same items) as you originally supported.
Educators can see the date and amount of contributions, plus the items recommended by the contributor. However, we do not disclose to the educator the identity of the contributors. The reason is that we do not want to stigmatize children whose parents are not in a position to contribute as much, or at all.
We send educators supplies, not money.
Educators can visit the site at any time to see how much has been contributed toward their Wish List and which items their contributors recommend.
We all know that educators need flexibility in meeting the needs of their students, so we permit them to make adjustments and request that ClassWish use the money contributed toward their Wish List to purchase any items they require, even if those items are not already on their Wish List or are not the ones suggested by the contributors.
After receiving an educator request, ClassWish will order items from our vendor partners and deduct the amount shown for the items plus shipping and tax from the balance of the Educator's Wish List. We instruct our vendors to ship all supplies directly to the school
Educators can see your contribution as soon as it is made. As soon as they want, they can request that ClassWish purchase the items they need. ClassWish orders the items within two business days and has them delivered to their school. Items are typically sent by UPS, which takes just a few days. Larger items are sent by truck, which may take a bit longer.
All items ClassWish provides are contributions to the school or nonprofit to which they are shipped.
ClassWish is not able to handle contributions of materials. If you have items to donate, we encourage you to contact an educator, school or nonprofit organization in your community that might be able to use them.
ClassWish does not facilitate classroom visits. If you would like to become more involved with your local school, we recommend that you contact an educator, the principal, or the PTA/PTO about your interest.
Spreading the Word
Our customizable emails, printable flyers, and banners ads make it easy to:
*Capture more resources for your classroom and school. Just get the word out to friends, family, neighbors, colleagues, and local businesses.
*Spread the word within your school. Be sure that everyone in your school knows about ClassWish: parents, teachers, the principal, and the PTA/PTO.
*Spread the word to other schools by telling educators and parents you know.
Use your imagination, and let us know what worked for you!
Privacy and Security
ClassWish.org uses an SSL certificate signed by a Certificate Authority (GoDaddy) for security on the page that accepts your credit card information. You can check the security of this page by looking for a locked padlock icon, usually found in the Address Bar or Status Bar of your browser. When that lock is secure, and the web address starts with "https", your information is protected. Clicking on the lock icon will give you more detailed information about our identity, the Certificate Authority and the certificate itself.
For added security, ClassWish.org does not store any part of the credit card number used for your donation.
No! We take your privacy very seriously. We will never sell or share your personal information without your explicit consent. We password protect all pages that have your private information, including address and order history. Please see our Privacy Policy.
To make sure that you receive contribution receipts and other important emails from ClassWish, please add admin@classwish.org to your address book or "safe senders" list in your email program.
