Help us do more of this work!
If you have been touched indirectly or directly by one of our programs and would like to support this mission, we invite
you to tell the world about it by writing about your experience in a blog. By making others aware of this work you will
help us grow our programs to support these amazing students! Click Here to tell your story!
Supporting a student, a service project, or a school...
Thank you for your interest in supporting this work! All of our programs are paid by for by donations. If you are
interested in investing in young people that are prepared to challenge themselves to new levels of achievement and
service, please consider helping sponsor our work with a donation.
Donations will be used to fund projects such as:
- Individual Student Life Coaching
A carefully selected and professionally certified life coach
provides 1-on-1 coaching support for a student in the schools where we have established such capabilities.
- Peer coach training
Small groups of students participate in learning fundamental life-coaching skills and are then tasked with
using these skills in support of other students. Students not only learn new ways to relate to others, the coaching attitude is leveraged
throughout the school community, often achieving significant school culture change.
- Community service project
Through student-designed community service projects, students not only help others in their community,
they learn firsthand the personal value of being of service. Life coaches help reinforce these lessons by reflecting with the students during
and after the service projects. Such projects often require funds for materials, transportation, and incentives for participants as well as
the life coach fees.
- Staff training
Exposing school staff to fundamental life-coaching skills can enhance educator relationships with students and each other.
The result often include greater student self-direction and responsibility as well
as reduced educator workload and stress.
- Parent Workshops
Training parents with fundamental life-coaching skills can greatly enhance relationships within the family, easing
the challenges as teens transition to greater self direction and more responsibility.
We are a 501(c)3 private operating foundation, and your donation may be tax deductible (Please seek the advice of
your own tax professional for guidance in your particular situation).
Click here for a copy of our IRS determination letter.
We have no paid staff and no "overhead" comes out of your donations. Every dollar goes to cover direct program expenses,
which are conducted by carefully selected certified third party Life Coaches which work on a paid or volunteer basis.
Non-dedicated cash donations are received by mail at: The Gary S. Stevens Foundation, 18050 Langford Blvd., Jordan, MN 55352. If you
intend a specific use for your donation please contact us first by email.