Key Facts

  1. What is it?
    • I Love Schools, Inc. is a national web-based non-profit that matches teachers with donations of school supplies, materials and equipment - all for free.
    • As of May we are currently trying to help over 35,000 teachers registered from all 50 states.


  2. Who is Jerry Hall?
    3. Jerry Hall, the founder of I Love Schools, Inc. is a San Diego businessman. He owns a web design firm: eWebLab and uses the profits of his company to support I Love Schools, Inc.
    Jerry's motivation stems from:
    • A childhood promise to help schools
    • A lifelong goal to find a vehicle to provide help to a large amount of people
    • An ability to donate profits from his company eWebLab in June 2003
    • A strong belief that web-based non-profits can be administered for significantly lower costs than non-internet companies


  3. Who is helped by I Love Schools, Inc.?
    4. Any teacher, teaching any child. This includes public, private, charter, home and pre-schools.


  4. Where did Jerry get the idea?
    5. Jerry saw a similar website in 2001 that was designed to help the five Boroughs in New York and realized the idea had national potential.


  5. How it works:
    • Teachers register their needs on the site
    • Donor searches list of teachers to find a match for their intended donation
    • Donor and teacher communicate to transact donation
    • Teacher updates listing - Everyone benefits!


  6. How is administration paid?
    7. Since I Love Schools, Inc. is a non-profit company, no money is made from donations to teachers. We don't take any part of donations offered through the website because we want 100% of those donations to go to the teachers. I Love Schools, Inc. operations are funded by donations from businesses, individuals and profits from eWebLab.


  7. When was I Love Schools, Inc. founded??
    8. I Love Schools, Inc. celebrates it's three-year anniversary in June of 2006.


How does I Love Schools, Inc. work from the TEACHER'S perspective?
I Love Schools, Inc. matches America's teachers with donations of school supplies, materials and equipment. Any teacher from any school can register.

I Love Schools, Inc. helps verify the teacher and school address to give the donor confidence the donation will be used in the classroom. To date, I Love Schools, Inc. has verified over 100,000 schools. Teachers registering from an established school automatically receive a gold star verification. Teachers from other schools not in the database such as home schools, preschools and private schools are given the opportunity to receive this gold star verification following a simple approval process.

Once a school is registered, all of the teachers from that school are welcome to begin requesting donations of specific equipment, materials or supplies. Their requests are entered into the database and posted on a personal teacher home page. The teacher can also include a photo of their classroom as well as a narrative of their need in their own words.


How does I Love Schools, Inc. work from the DONOR'S perspective?
A donation of new or used items or cash can be made directly to a teacher and classroom. Or, a cash donation can be made to I Love Schools, Inc. and dedicated to a specific school, teacher or to the administrative costs of I Love Schools, Inc.

By visiting the donors page on the www.iLoveSchools.com website, a donor can search for a teacher and classroom that fits their intended donation criteria. Donors can search for a classroom by:
  • School Name - A visitor can search for a specific school by name to view requested needs.
  • Location - A visitor can search for schools by a specific city or state and view a list of schools in those areas that are requesting donations. A donor can also search by zip code which allows a school search from a 2 mile to a 100 mile radius.
  • Item/Category - A visitor can search by specific item or a general category if the visitor has an item and wants to find a school requesting it.
  • Notify Me - Visitors to the site can register to receive email notification if a certain school requests a donation. They can choose as many schools as they like for this feature. This allows them to keep an eye on a specific school that they would like to help and what items are being requested.


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