Interested in helping?
You can help fulfill Maria Montessori’s vision of world peace one community at a time in several ways.
Join our board or our grant committee liaisons
We need volunteers to serve as board members and as grant liaisons on our grant committee. We’re growing and more hands make light work for all our volunteers.
We’re an all volunteer board. We need board members passionate about helping spread Maria Montessori’s principles, especially to under-resourced communities. You must know something about Montessori pedagogy, have about five to seven hours per month to donate, be eager to tell others about MGGF and encourage them to donate, be a donor yourself. What’s in it for you? You’ll experience the joy of seeing under-resourced children thrive, become eager to go to school, and become life-long learners.
For those who want to dig into the back stories of our grant applicants, we seek grant liaisons. These volunteers talk with grant applicants, learning much more about a grant request and finding answers to their questions and questions the Grant Committee members have. They build personal relationships with applicants. In some cases, they might actually visit the applicant. Grant liaisons play a vital role in understanding applicants, the Montessori initiatives, its environment and its needs. These volunteers must have some basic financial knowledge, be excellent communicators, be able to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures, and have about five hours a month to devote to building relationships with grant applicants/recipients.
Grant liaisons represent their grant applicant(s) at our Grant Committee meetings, filling in the gaps on the application and addressing questions that other Grant Committee members might have. In some cases, they may advocate for an application, in other cases, they don’t support the application.
Want to volunteer? Click on the button below and let us know how you want to help.
We are seeking additional liaisons - please volunteer
Guide your students as they learn about philanthropy by conducting a fundraiser
Are you a Montessori teacher/guide at the elementary or adolescent levels? We have a turnkey student-based classroom or school fundraiser, called Children for Change. It’s designed for elementary or adolescent children to learn about philanthropy, who are philanthropists, and what philanthropists do. Then they create, plan, execute and finally critique a fundraiser they design. MGGF provides the support materials to help them learn about philanthropy, project planning, teamwork, and best of all seeing how their efforts can have a positive impact on an under-resourced community.
In 2022, four US-based Montessori schools raised more than $5000 for Ukrainian relief.
Uncover a grant opportunity
Do you know of a Montessori school in an under-resourced area? Perhaps you know someone who dreams of starting a Montessori school that serves an under-served population. We want to meet these dreamers. Encourage them to visit our website, www.montessori-mggf.org/grant-request-guidelines to see if they meet our criteria for a grant. If they do, help them write their grant request.
Become a fundraiser
You can become a fundraiser, spreading the word about MGGF to your friends, family and co-workers, encouraging them to support a cause you believe in. When we are raising money for a grant recipient that truly speaks to your heart, we’d love to have you join us in fundraising.
Does your company have a matching gift program? Many corporations do. But they need you to tell them about your donation. Reach out to your HR department and ask what needs to be done to match your gift to MGGF. And if you have family members that work for a corporation with a matching gift program, ask them to let their HR department know about their donation.
Some corporations encourage their employees or associates to volunteer. Or they host a non-profit day, where non-profits can talk about their mission and vision. Would you be willing to talk about MGGF? We’ll supply you with materials for you to present. Just let us know.