Our Partners
AFI
AFI ScreenNation™ is the first online video posting-and-sharing community for middle and high-school students, aged 13-18. Through the ScreenNation site teens are able to share their thoughts regarding issues of importance to them or ideas for making the world a better place. It's an opportunity for teens to be heard and spark action.
To learn more, visit www.afi.com/education/
American Red Cross
When a natural disaster strikes any of our more than 850 U.S. communities, we know we can count on the American Red Cross to provide immediate and essential relief to those affected by the disaster. Best Buy works with the American Red Cross and the National Disaster Relief Fund in times of need.
Learn more about the American Red Cross, and make a donation
Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Best Buy Children's Foundation is a proud supporter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Club Tech program. Through Club Tech, Clubs across the country are provided with the tools to give members computer skills; introduce them to digital movie making, photography and web design.
Visit www.bgca.org to learn more about Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement seeks to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives. Best Buy Children's Foundation is proud to partner with Junior Achievement to host Job Shadow opportunities for middle and high school students in our stores nationwide. This program helps students make the critical link between what they learn in the classroom and how that applies to the workplace.
To learn more about Junior Achievement visit www.ja.org
MOUSE
MOUSE (Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools & Education)
MOUSE is a nonprofit organization that creates technology-based opportunities that motivate underserved students to succeed in today's information society. The MOUSE Squad program trains students to serve as their schools technical support help desk. The program addresses the technology needs of elementary, middle and high schools and provides students with real life skills.
To learn more visit www.mouse.org.
NAACP - Image Awards
Best Buy is a proud sponsor of the NAACP Image Awards. Presented annually, the NAACP Image Awards is the nation's premier event celebrating the outstanding achievements and performances of multicultural people in the arts.
To learn more visit www.naacpimageawards.net.
National Council of La Raza - Emerging Latino Leaders Scholarship Program
Best Buy is a proud partner of the National Council of La Raza's (NCLR) Emerging Latino Leaders Scholarship Program. The NCLR-Best Buy Latino Leaders Scholarship Program recognizes high school seniors for their leadership in their communities through volunteerism and provides them the opportunity to benefit from higher education.
To learn more visit www.nclr.org.
National Urban League - Project Ready
Best Buy is a proud partner of the National Urban League Project Ready Program. The Project Ready College Preparation Curriculum is a unique and comprehensive approach to addressing the academic, personal, and social needs of African American teens. The curriculum integrates academic preparation along with life skill development and personal, global and cultural awareness to transition into post-secondary education.
To learn more visit www.nul.org.
RACE: Are We So Different?
Best Buy is proud to support the Science Museum of Minnesota and the American Anthropological Association as the national presenting sponsor of the traveling exhibition "RACE: Are we so different." The exhibit will visit numerous cities within the U.S. through 2010 to educate people on the idea of race. Through scientific and historical data, race is examined in ways that challenge how people think about human variation.
To learn more visit www.understandingrace.org.
Scholarship America
Each year Best Buy Scholarships are awarded to graduating high school seniors. Students are selected based on academic achievement, community service and work experience. Scholarship America is our nonprofit administrative partner for the Best Buy Scholarship program. To learn more about Scholarship America visit www.scholarshipamerica.org.
Learn more about Best Buy Scholarships
Toys for Tots Foundation
In partnership with the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, we created Toys for Teens in 2001 to provide gifts for teens during the holiday season. To learn more about the Toys for Tots Foundation visit www.ToysforTots.org.
Learn more about the Best Buy Toys for Teens program.
United Way
Best Buy has been a long time supporter of United Way. Last year alone, the company and our employees contributed over $7.6 million to our communities. The dollars donated are in addition to the numerous hours that our employees spend volunteering with United Way funded agencies in their communities.
For more information about United Way visit www.UnitedWay.org.
GoNorth!
GoNorth! is a free adventure learning program for the K-12 classroom developed at the University of Minnesota. A team of educators, scientists, and K-12 teacher explorers are dog sledding LIVE to 5 circumpolar Arctic locations (2006 - 2010) to educate the world.
The online education program is anchored in natural and social science curricula for K-12 classrooms. Each spring, during the 14-16 week LIVE event, learners enter the online classroom for powerful collaborative opportunities. The team presents live field updates and field research findings in collaboration with NASA and the National Science Foundation.
The result is a community of motivated learners on the Internet acquiring knowledge from the expedition, the Arctic peoples, subject matter experts, and from each other.
Join the team and more than 3 million learners worldwide at PolarHusky.com.
@15™ FUND
A commitment of @15™ is to create opportunities to empower youth. That's why we've created the @15 Fund - a designated fund within the Best Buy Children's Foundation advised by teens. No one knows better than teens what they are experiencing during this important phase in their lives. With the @15 Fund, teens will have the opportunity to voice their opinion and inform funding decisions of Best Buy Children's Foundation grants working to advance the @15 mission.
Sweat Equity Enterprises (SEE)
SEE is a project-based youth development program that takes place in a real professional environment. Teenagers participate during four years of high school gaining intensive design, technology and entrepreneurship training. Students have the opportunity to develop original graphics, products, or apparel designs from concept to prototype in partnership with a company partner.
To learn more visit www.sweatequityenterprises.org.
Search Institute
Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization that provides leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. The institute generates and communicates new knowledge and brings together community, state and national leaders.
There is an abundance of research on teen problems, angst and risks but little or no formal research on teen strengths, hopes and passions. Search Institute will conduct a research study on behalf of Best Buy Children's Foundation focused on youth ages 14-16 to gain insight into their passions and strengths as part of our @15™ commitment to teens.
To learn more about the Search Institute visit www.search-institute.org.
Youth Venture
Youth Venture inspires and invests in teams of young people to design and launch their own lasting social ventures, enabling them to have a transformative experience of leading positive social change.
Youth implement a variety of programs to address all kinds of social issues, including poverty, health, the elderly, the environment, education, diversity issues, and the arts. Youth Venture supports youth through this process of designing and launching their ventures, providing guidance and how-to's. Youth Venture works to stay involved with the team; connecting them with like-minded young people and catalyzing a movement of youth-led social change.
To learn more visit www.youthventure.org
