Foundation Support

Partner with Character.org

We welcome the opportunity to learn how your donor intent and our mission may intersect.

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3 Ways to Support Character.org

Research

We welcome the opportunity to conduct research, publish, and widely-disseminate national reports on critical issues that align with your donor intent and character development (i.e., a survey on perceptions of character formation, how to promote academic honesty and integrity.)

Sponsor

Our work reaches thousands of people worldwide who care about character. We take every step we can to amplify our sponsors so our stakeholders learn that your foundation is committed to empowering people of all ages to practice and model the ethical core values that shape our hearts, minds, and choices.

Collaborate

We look forward to learning about your philanthropic priorities and how they may align with our work with parents and families, schools, sports and after-school programs. Character.org works in communities across the United States as well as in nations across the globe.

Find out more

Please reach out to Jeanne Lawrie, Development Director, for more information or complete the contact form and she will follow up with you.

Thank you to our Foundation Partners

Commitment

Parents need to commit to model and reinforce to their children the core values and character strengths that mean the most to them. They also need to be creative and offer meaningful experiences that illuminate how important these character strengths are to the family’s core values.

Conversations

We know “We need to talk” freaks kids out, but too often parents avoid having conversations about character, especially as children get older. While it may not be easy to talk sometimes, we know from the research that parents who avoid talking to their children about serious matters quickly lose trust and connection.

Celebration

Parents need to find ways for their children to be active participants in their own character growth. Optimal character development occurs when children begin to make self-motivated commitments to consistently practice a core value (e.g. “I want to be the kind of person who is always honest and shows up on time.”) Parents need to celebrate these moments to shape and define individual character.