Stronger Communities.
Stronger Schools.

Everyday purchases can do more than support local businesses — they can help fund schools and expand opportunities for students across our community.

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Our Mission

Increasing support for the schools and organizations that serve our community

Biz4Ed Foundation exists to strengthen communities by increasing financial support for K–12 schools and eligible charitable organizations, through local business givebacks, philanthropic partnerships, and matching-fund initiatives. Because when communities work together, everyone benefits.

How It Works

A simple cycle of everyday generosity

Local Businesses Give Back

Businesses contribute a portion of eligible purchases, or a set amount, when customers choose to support a school or nonprofit.

Communities Support Participating Businesses

Families, educators, and neighbors choose participating local businesses for products and services they already need.

Schools and Nonprofits Receive Their Givebacks

Biz4Ed Foundation collects and distributes designated business contributions to the school or nonprofit the supporter selected.

Philanthropic Partners Expand the Impact

Separate contributions from corporate partners, foundations, sponsors, and individual donors fund foundation operations and create matching opportunities for Title I schools.

No school or nonprofit gives up the support it earns. Philanthropic contributions create additional impact beyond the original business giveback.

Every Giveback Goes Where It Belongs

100% of every designated business giveback

When a business contributes through the Biz4Ed network, 100% of that designated giveback goes to the school or nonprofit selected by the supporter — no administrative or operating expenses are deducted. That’s what separate philanthropic support is for.

Business givebacks

Go entirely to the designated school or nonprofit.

Philanthropic contributions

Help sustain the foundation and expand its impact.

More Than Traditional Fundraising

Ongoing support, not another campaign

Traditional fundraising depends on volunteers, seasonal campaigns, and repeated requests for families to spend more. Biz4Ed Foundation takes a different approach — connecting local businesses with the people and organizations they already serve, so support is generated through the purchases happening throughout the community every day, all year long.

Expanding Opportunity Through Matching Partnerships

Closing the resource gap between schools

Not every school has equal access to fundraising resources or high-value business partnerships. Philanthropic matching directs additional resources to nearby Title I schools facing the greatest need.

School A giveback$10,000

School B giveback$10,000

School C giveback$10,000

School D giveback$10,000

Philanthropic match for Title I schools +$40,000

Illustrative example: four schools each keep the full $10,000 they earned; a philanthropic partner adds $40,000 for designated Title I schools.

For Schools

Turn everyday relationships into school funding

Your school community already shops, hires local service providers, and supports neighborhood businesses. Biz4Ed Foundation helps turn those existing relationships into meaningful financial support for your school.

Participating schools can:

Receive 100% of their designated business givebacks.
Create an additional source of ongoing school funding.
Strengthen relationships with local businesses.
Give families and community members an easy way to support their school.
Participate without relying on another traditional fundraising campaign.

Bring This Program to Your School

Why it works for schools

No car washes, no wrapping paper, no volunteer coordination — just the purchases your families are already making, redirected toward the school they care about.

For Businesses

Make an everyday impact on the community you serve

Local businesses play an essential role in building strong communities. By participating in the Biz4Ed network, businesses can support the schools and charitable organizations their customers care about.

Business partners can:

Choose the contribution structure that works for their business.
Support schools and eligible nonprofits connected to their community.
Strengthen relationships with local families and organizations.
Make a meaningful impact through everyday customer transactions.

Every designated business giveback is directed to the school or eligible nonprofit selected by the supporter.

Learn About Business Participation

Why it works for businesses

Customers already choose where to spend. Participating gives them one more reason to choose you — and lets your business show up for the schools your customers care about.

For Nonprofit Organizations

Strong communities are supported by more than schools

Local nonprofits, youth organizations, and other eligible charitable organizations also help improve lives and strengthen neighborhoods. Biz4Ed Foundation welcomes opportunities to work with eligible nonprofit partners interested in connecting their supporters with participating local businesses.

When supporters shop with businesses in the Biz4Ed network, qualifying purchases can generate contributions for the organization they choose to support.

Participating nonprofits can:

Create an additional source of ongoing community support.
Build relationships with local businesses.
Give supporters a simple way to contribute through everyday purchases.
Participate in a broader network dedicated to strengthening the community.

Explore a Nonprofit Partnership

Why it works for nonprofits

Your supporters are already customers of local businesses. This turns that overlap into an ongoing, low-effort source of support alongside your existing fundraising.

For Philanthropic Partners

Build a stronger, more equitable system of support

Corporate partners, banks, foundations, sponsors, and individual donors can help build a stronger and more equitable system of community support. Philanthropic contributions help sustain the foundation’s operations while creating opportunities to expand support for Title I and under-resourced schools.

Partner support can help:

Preserve our commitment to directing 100% of designated business givebacks to their intended recipients.
Support the administration, tracking, processing, and distribution of charitable contributions.
Create matching-fund opportunities for schools with greater financial needs.
Expand community participation across additional schools and neighborhoods.
Connect philanthropic investment with meaningful local impact.

Whether your goal is to support one school community or help expand a broader regional initiative, we welcome the opportunity to explore a partnership.

Become a Philanthropic Partner

Why it works for partners

Every dollar of philanthropic support is separate from designated givebacks — so your contribution funds operations and matching impact, never a cut of what a school already earned.

About Biz4Ed and Biz4Ed Foundation

One ecosystem, two complementary roles

Biz4Ed develops and operates the local business network connecting businesses with schools, families, and eligible nonprofits. Biz4Ed Foundation operates independently, running the charitable side — collecting and distributing designated givebacks and building the philanthropic partnerships that expand their impact.

Join Us

There’s a place for you in this effort

Whether you represent a school, a local business, a charitable organization, or want to support students through a philanthropic partnership — we’d love to hear from you.

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