Donate: Education Action Fund
- Jonathan Kozol
- Dec 18, 2018
- 1 min read
To all of Jonathan's friends and readers who have made donations in the past to our small nonprofit Education Action Fund:
As cold weather comes, we receive requests for help from families that we've known who face the usual emergencies for food and rent to avoid evictions, and for children's winter clothing. We're always grateful for your contributions.
We operate with no overhead except for accounting costs and are registered as a 501(c)3 charitable foundation with the IRS and the Division of Public Charities in the state of Massachusetts.
Donations may be made by U.S. mail to the Education Action Fund, 16 Lowell St, Cambridge, MA. 02138, or may be made online through Paypal at:
Can’t wait to see people taking Wacky Steps inside the new booths at upcoming Orange County events.
The eviction-prevention piece is the part I wish more people understood: a relatively small amount at the right moment can keep an entire family from spiraling. It’s the opposite of the “self-improvement” vibe you see in places like StyleLookLab — not about optimizing, just getting through the winter with dignity.
When posts mention winter clothing, I always think about how fast kids outgrow coats even when everything else is “stable.” The fact you’re registered and keeping overhead minimal is reassuring, since a lot of donation asks online feel as manufactured as an https://imgg.ai ad — this one doesn’t.
The “no overhead except accounting” detail really changes how I read this — it’s basically saying the money isn’t disappearing into admin churn. Also, having both mail and PayPal options is helpful for folks who don’t love online payments; it’s funny, the last time I saw a simple “submit” flow discussed was on hrefgo, and this feels similarly straightforward.
I’ve always respected how specific this is about what the requests look like (food, rent to avoid eviction, winter clothes) instead of vague “support our mission” language. The transparency angle reminds me of the way I sanity-check things with a simple quick vigenere cipher tool when I’m teaching basics — concrete inputs, concrete outputs, no mystery.