Laptops, Raspberry Pi, Arduino kits, robotics kits, microscopes, sensors, drawing tablets, and lab consumables, new or gently used. Your donated equipment can reach children in communities with limited access while staying out of landfills.
Donate gearPower a STEAM lab for a child with limited access to one
Your gift supports equipment, materials, facilitator training, travel, and program delivery. Donated equipment is directed to program use whenever it meets our program and safety requirements.
What your gift funds
Every gift helps turn donated equipment into hands-on STEAM learning for children who may not otherwise have access.
Your gift does more than fund a single activity: it helps build reusable STEAM lab capacity for children, facilitators, and partner sites.
Materials
Wires, batteries, sensors, lab consumables, art materials, safety supplies, and take-home project components.
Equipment preparation
Testing, cleaning, repair, software setup, packing, and transport of donated tools.
Program delivery
Workshop planning, setup, facilitation, travel, documentation, and partner coordination.
Facilitator training
Curriculum, toolkits, coaching, and preparation for local teachers, volunteers, university students, and community educators.
Impact reporting
Student surveys, learning checks, facilitator feedback, photos when appropriate, and summaries for donors and partners.
A typical pilot is designed for approximately 25 to 40 children, depending on the site, equipment, facilitator support, and program format. Sponsorship helps fund materials, travel, setup, facilitation, and local training.
Sponsor a pilotSchools, libraries, community centers, companies, and foundations: host a program, run a gear drive, or fund a regional program.
Become a partnerSample sponsorship levels
- $50 helps supply materials for one hands-on STEAM station.
- $150 helps prepare sensors, circuits, batteries, and repair parts for a workshop.
- $500 helps equip a robotics, coding, science, or creative technology station.
- $1,500 helps train and support a local facilitator.
- $3,500 to $5,000 helps support a full pilot for approximately 25 to 40 children.
- $10,000 or more helps launch a regional program with equipment, facilitator training, delivery, and impact reporting.
Other ways to give
Workplace matching, donor-advised funds, stock gifts, and estate giving are all welcome. Reach out and we'll walk you through the options.
Kids Engine is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Seattle, Washington. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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