SUPPORTOUR WORK
SAIL runs on volunteered time and donated materials. Here is what actually helps.
Where the money goes
A student-run budget, spent on students
SAIL is run entirely by high school students. We have no paid staff, no office, and no overhead beyond the cost of the materials we hand to students during a workshop and the filing fees required to operate as a nonprofit.
In our last fiscal year we operated on $2,100+ in grants and contributions — money that covered our Ohio incorporation, our federal 501(c)(3) application, a domain name, and the supplies for every workshop we ran. Our sessions are free to every school and community organization that hosts one, and they will stay that way.
Because there is no staff to pay, the marginal cost of reaching another classroom is close to the cost of its supplies. That is unusual, and it is the main argument for supporting us: a small contribution moves directly into a room full of students rather than into keeping an organization running.
Students For AI Literacy is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 42-3520807. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. We are glad to share our ledger and a summary of what a specific contribution funded with any donor or grantmaker who asks.
How to help
Four Things That Help Most
We are a small organization, so specific offers are far more useful to us than general ones. Any of these can be arranged by email, usually within a week.
Host a workshop
If you teach, run a library program, or lead a youth organization anywhere in the Cincinnati area, we will bring a session to your students at no cost. You provide the room and the students; we bring the curriculum, the activities, and the student instructors.
Request a session→Donate materials
Our workshops run on physical supplies — notebooks, UV pens for the invisible-ink activity, printed handouts, and name tags. Donated materials go directly into a classroom, and in-kind gifts are tax-deductible the same as cash.
Offer materials→Sponsor a chapter
Roughly $400 covers a new chapter's first year of programming — every workshop it runs, for every student it reaches. Local businesses and community foundations can sponsor a specific school and receive a short report on what that chapter did.
Talk about sponsorship→Partner with us
Schools, districts, and nonprofits working on digital literacy, workforce readiness, or youth programming often overlap with what we do. We are glad to co-design programming rather than drop in a one-off session.
Explore a partnership→Get in touch
Email us about any of the above and a student on our team will reply. Tell us what you have in mind and we will work out the details with you.
Email our team→sail.national.youth@gmail.com · +1 (513) 953-6153