SCHOOL SUPPLY

Impact Report
2016
 Last year the Kids In Need Foundation, in
collaboration with 33 affiliates from our National
Network of Resource Centers*, conducted a
survey of more than 10,000 teachers.

We wanted to better understand the impact

our services have when underprivileged
students gain access to quality school supplies.
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The following results reaffirm our mission and
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highlight the great need we serve in challenged
communities across the country.

* As of January 2017, the Kids In Need Foundation

National Network of Resource Centers has 40 affiliates.
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school supplies. Coming to Kids In
Need helps me provide them with
essential items so they don’t have
to worry about it.”
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The 2016 top 10 list of
requested school supplies:
1. pencils 6. glue/glue sticks
2. notebooks 7. crayons Access to school supplies
3. paper 8. art supplies has enabled me to:
4. folders 9. scissors
• Create a more equal learning environment 73
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5. markers 10. pens
• Focus my attention on other areas of need 66
%

• Increase the variety & scope of projects 65%

S.T.E.M. Three areas where

teachers are “One of my boys always needs a pencil. He has
LITERACY needing/requesting nothing at home. A pencil may sound like a
simple thing, but it is something he knows he
ARTS additional support.
doesn’t have that the other kids do. Because of
you, he now has pencils as well as all the other
supplies his family can’t afford. Thank you.”

a Teacher from Houston, TX

“My students frequently come to
school without pencils & other
supplies. It’s embarrassing for
them to ask. Having access allows
them to be like everyone else”
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a Teacher from Minneapolis, M
 CLASSROOM STUDENT CLASSROOM
PARTICIPATION SELF-ESTEEM PREPAREDNESS
INCREASED INCREASED INCREASED

82 %
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75 %
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94 %
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IMMENSELY IMMENSELY IMMENSELY
SOCIAL STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT ATTENDANCE
71% 71%

HOMEWORK ELL/ESL
COMPLETION SUPPORT
60% 64 %

INTEREST STUDENT
IN LEARNING BEHAVIOR
76 % 66 %
Significantly/Immensely Significantly/Immensely
Increased Increased
 The mission of the Kids In Need Foundation is to
ensure that every child is prepared to learn and
succeed in the classroom by providing free school
supplies nationally to students most in need.
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Right now there are more than 16 million kids living
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poverty. In 2016, we helped 5 million of those kids wi
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