Invest in the next generation of innovators
Give resources. Share your knowledge. Open a door.
At Creative Innovators Project, students do more than complete projects. They learn to trust their ideas, work through failure, collaborate with others, and turn imagination into something real. Your support gives young innovators access to materials, mentorship, competitions, workshops, leadership opportunities, and a community that recognizes strengths they may not have discovered yet.
Every child deserves a place for their ideas
CIP creates that place.
Some children shine on a field. Some find their confidence on a stage. Others come alive when they are handed a pile of materials, an impossible problem, and the freedom to imagine a solution no one else has considered.
Here, students learn that creativity is not just an artistic talent — it is the ability to adapt, communicate, lead, take thoughtful risks, solve problems, and keep going when the first idea does not work. These are skills they will carry into classrooms, careers, communities, and every challenge that comes next.
Your support ensures that finances, access to materials, or lack of opportunity do not stand between a young person and the moment they begin to believe in their own potential.
Choose how you want to make a difference
Six ways to give
Give where it is needed most
Flexible donations allow CIP to respond to the program's most important needs — student materials, equipment, workshops, competition expenses, community programming, and future growth.
Give supplies or equipment
Put real tools and materials directly into the hands of young creators. Purchase an item from the CIP Wishlist, donate new materials, fund a complete supply category, or help equip an entire team.
Give a child a membership
Sponsor all or part of a student's CIP membership and make a full season of creativity, teamwork, mentorship, and hands-on learning accessible to a family who may otherwise be unable to participate.
Become a business partner
Businesses of every size can create meaningful opportunities for local students — financial sponsorship, donated materials, employee volunteerism, professional mentorship, hosting a student experience, or supporting a specific CIP program.
Sponsor a student experience
Help fund the moments that change how a student sees themselves — from their first workshop to the moment they present an original solution or compete alongside their team.
Become a CIP coach
CIP coaching is not traditional sports coaching. Our coaches create safe, encouraging environments where students develop ideas, navigate disagreements, recover from setbacks, and take ownership of their work. You do not need a child enrolled in CIP to coach.
Help stock the next big idea
Students cannot build, test, perform, or experiment without materials.
Donors may purchase from our current wishlist, sponsor a complete supply category, or help CIP obtain larger tools and equipment.
Creative Innovators Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions may be tax-deductible as permitted by law. Considering a gift of $5,000 or more? Start a major giving conversation.