Causes: Children & Youth, Education, Preschools, Primary & Elementary Schools

Mission: RESET is a volunteer organization of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals whose mission is to motivate children to discover and explore the worlds of science and math, and to encourage them to consider education and career choices in related fields. Through hands-on science lessons, interactive experiments and related field trips, RESET volunteers teach children in ways that are engaging, relevant, and fun, helping them to make important connections between life and learning.

Results:
• RESET is a featured nonprofit in the 2016/17 Catalogue for Philanthropy. Selected from nearly 200 applicants in a rigorous vetting process, RESET was designated “one of the best small charities in the Greater DC area. ” Organizations were chosen for their impact, fiscal soundness and overall management.
• RESET has reached more than 15,000 students with hands-on science programs since it was founded in 1988.
• More than 500 scientists and engineers have volunteered with RESET since its inception.
• RESET volunteers represent more than 20 different Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) fields, including aerospace engineering, energy science, forensic anthropology, geology, and neuroscience.
• In school year 2015/16, RESET placed 120 volunteers in 30 schools in DC, Maryland and Virginia, providing hands-on science programs to 1,933 students, an increase of 10.9% over the previous year and the most ever in a school year.
• RESET has partnerships with 17 schools, 10 out-of-school time learning centers, and 3 PreK child development centers.

Target demographics: Low- and moderate-income PreK, elementary, and middle school students

Direct beneficiaries per year: approximately 1900 a year

Geographic areas served: D. C. metropolitan area, including Northern Virginia and Maryland

Programs: 1.RESET In-School Program (PreK–8th grade)2.RESET After-School Programs (PreK–8th grade)