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| Formation | 1991 |
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| Legal status | Non-profit organization |
| Headquarters | Stamford, Connecticut |
| Website | http://buildon.org/ |
buildOn is an international nonprofit organization that runs youth service afterschool programs in United States high schools and builds schools in developing countries. The organization's programs engage young Americans from mostly urban areas in community service and promote literacy among children and adults in developing countries.[1]
buildOn views its service learning and school construction programs as a form of social activism that intends to, in their words, "break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations". buildOn is based in Stamford, Connecticut. They have a four-star rating from Charity Navigator.[2]
- ^ * Pelzer, C. (2009, March 10). [Web log message]. Retrieved from "World Blog - A foundation, for a school and for life". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ^ "Charity Navigator - Rating for buildOn". www.charitynavigator.org. Retrieved 2023-04-18.