Field Visit Team
Social workers and community liaison
Our social workers carry out the annual family audit on every sponsored student, verify household circumstances at enrolment, and stay in contact with schools through the year.
Our mission
Foundation Elevators is a non-profit organization creating access to education through scholarships, community and mentorship programs for underprivileged children and young people. We believe their lives will significantly improve, thus positively affecting their immediate families, communities and the world at large.
Everyone understands the importance of education. Foundation Elevators strongly believes that a good education, mentorship and strategic positioning are the key to success and can create a better future for young people and their families.
Foundation Elevators champions continuous learning for young people. Our primary mission is to create access to education through scholarships for underprivileged young people and children. We empower our program participants to realize fulfilling careers and become positive forces within their community.
Our vision
Every student should have the opportunity to complete their education — regardless of social and financial background. Our vision is a brighter future for disadvantaged children and young people from around the globe through access to education, mentorship programs and personal development.
Thanks to the generous support of Foundation Elevators partners, associates, philanthropic individuals, corporations and international associations, Foundation Elevators hope to raise enough funds and resources to help more than 1,000 students by 2050. We hope that you will join us on our journey to create a brighter future for these young people and their families.
Due diligence
We work with other responsible charity foundations and government social workers to identify promising students from low-income families. All of our students are genuinely in need: their families earn less than 50 US dollars per month and often suffer from hardships such as chronic or terminal illness.
Our promise — transparency
Meet your student in person; hear their story in their own words. Receive regular letters from them as well as copies of their grades, so you can see how much your gift has impacted their lives. An annual financial report is sent to all our stakeholders.
Every donation counts
As a volunteer-led, non-profit organization, 100% of your scholarship donation goes to support our sponsored students. Keeping costs down means your gifts make the biggest impact possible.
We give not because we have enough, but because we care enough.
Foundation Elevators The line we print on every banner we carry into the field
Transparency
How we choose, and how we prove it
We work with other responsible charity foundations and government social workers to identify promising students from low-income families. All of our students are genuinely in need: their families earn less than 50 US dollars per month and often suffer from hardships such as chronic or terminal illness.
- Meet your student in person and hear their story in their own words
- Receive regular letters and copies of their grades
- An annual financial report goes to all our stakeholders
- An annual family audit is carried out in person by our Field Visit Team
Our team
Volunteer-led, on the ground
Foundation Elevators is run by volunteers. These are the standing teams that carry the work — from the annual family audit to loading the truck.
Distribution Team
Logistics and community projects
The volunteers who plan, pack and deliver the Widows in Need and Happy Feet distributions — from loading the truck to placing each parcel in a family's hands.
Sponsor Outreach
Sponsorship and partnerships
Pairs sponsors with students, runs the Pairing Ceremony and Take Your Student To Lunch Day, and keeps sponsors updated with report cards and letters.
Volunteer Recruitment
Volunteering and community
Reviews every volunteer application, matches skills to the work that needs doing, and supports new volunteers through their first months.
Join the people who make this work
Sponsor a student, give a one-off donation, or contribute a few hours a week of your professional skill.