What do you think of for-profit philanthropy?

PlansForUs has a mission of increasing the impact teachers have on their students. We believe that we can partly achieve this by building tools at PlansForUs that increase the flow of ideas between teachers. The impact of this free flow of ideas will be that appropriate classroom strategies will find the the teachers that need them. PlansForUs is a knowledge organization and collaboration tool that will create new intellectual partnerships that may not have existed without PlansForUs.

Sorry for the plug, but it helps to talk about what we are up to. Anyway back to for profit philanthropy and fulfilling our mission.

What about those schools that lack the resources for a teacher to fully realize his or her lesson plan and curriculum. What about those teachers who are losing the interest of their students because they are limited in their ability to create valuable out of classroom experiences. What of those classrooms that don’t have enough books or a staff that has been worn down by years of administrative neglect. In order to achieve our mission we are going to need to broaden our scope. That’s why we will seek to create relationships with teacher focused non-profits that we admire, like DonorsChoose and Teach for America.

These relationships might integrate these organizations directly into our website. A DonorsChoose submission widget on every user account page or a special section of the website dedicated to the teachers and alumni of Teach for America. Combine this with significant financial commitments from PlansForUs and you establish an ecosystem of good for teachers. An ecosystem that allows us to achieve our mission.

Speak to you soon.

by Tyler, CEO