Wishlist by Innovator

If you are in the Boston area and are looking for ways to get involved with or support innovative organizations, find out about opportunities with our Social Innovators here.

Innovator Wishlist

To support the Social Innovation Forum's past Social Innovators, we have complied a wishlist containing these exceptional organizations' requests for equipment, services, space, and other in-kind donations. The form that appears below the wishlist is used to indicate that you may be able to fulfill an in-kind donation request from one of our Innovators. Please fill out the form and our team will be in touch with you shortly with additional information. Thank you!

WishList by Innovator

Sort List by:  Donation Type

 

ACCESS • Actors' Shakespeare Project • Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children

Boston Learning Center • Building Impact • Close to Home • Common Impact

Cradles to Crayons • Girls' LEAP Self Defense • Future Chefs • Hearth, Inc. 

Hull Lifesaving Museum • More Than Words • Raw Art Works • Rediscovery, Inc. 

Strong Women, Strong Girls • The Theater Offensive • United Teen Equality Center

WriteBoston • ZUMIX

 

ACCESS

• Laptops, projectors
• Professional development opportunities
• Computer training in Microsoft Outlook and Excel

Actors' Shakespeare Project

• Copy machine
• Digital camera
• Chair dollies
• Sturdy hand truck
• Van
• Board Positions
• Pop-Up Shakespeare House

Bessie Tartt WIlson Initiative for Children

• Printing vendor

Boston Learning Center

• Computers
• Tickets to concerts and sporting events

Building Impact

• Video camera, laptops
• Location for spring staff retreat

Close to Home

• Computers for youth/community computer lab
• LCD projector
• IKEA furniture, coat rack, comfortable chair

Common Impact

• 10-line phone system
• Video conferencing system
• Projection screen
• Downtown Boston event space
• Pro-bono graphic designer

Cradles to Crayons

• New children's apparel: shoes, coats, clothes
• Computers: Workstation and MAC; desktop with flatscreen monitor and Windows 2000+
• New arts and crafts supplies (i.e., crayons, markers, craft kits, washable paints, etc.)

Girls' LEAP Self Defense

• Space to house 8-person administrative offices, Teen Mentor center with storage, access to a conference room
• Weekend gym-style teaching space
• Computer towers
• Printing services

Fiscal Health Vital Signs

• Software development consulting

Future Chefs

• Movie passes, restaurant gift certificates, and other small gifts
• Grocery store gift certificates/vouchers
• Clogs or donations to shoe retailers
• Knives or knife kit-specific donations
• Mentors for yound adults entering their first jobs
• Graphic designer

Hearth, Inc.

• Contributions to Hearth's Food Pantry

Hull Lifesaving Museum

• Larger, waterfront space for Boatshop/Office/Classrooms
• Downtown Boston meeting and office space (for day meetings and evening board meetings)
• Access to a van 5 times per year
• Desktop computers
• Small, light laptop computers
• Stackable meeting/office chairs

Massachusetts Senior Action Council

• Creative person to develop a video/documentary

More Than Words

• New or gently used books, CDs, DVDs, video games
• PC laptops, Desktops
• Van or truck
• Retail or warehouse space
• Van-accessible storage units or warehouse space near Waltham
• Space for replication in metro Boston/Cambridge
• Multi-line telephones for office use
• Appreciation gifts (i.e., gift certificates, event passes, etc.)
• Tutors, workshops, shadow day/site visit opportunities
• Office furniture for administrative offices

Playworks

• IT support
• Software
• Copier
• Cameras

Raw Art Works

• Dell Optiplex computers or equivalent

Rediscovery, Inc.

• Apartment furnishings (i.e., kitchen items, lamps, tables, dressers)

Smart from the Start

• Web designer
• Volunteers

Strong Women, Strong Girls

• Printing services
• Training tables
• Laptop computers
• Space for trainings and events

The Theater Offensive

• 5-7 recent Mac computers or laptops
• Snacks/meals for rehearsal and touring season
• Printing and copying services
• Portable sound system
• Digital video camera
• Digital photo camera
• Microphone
• Appreciation gifts (i.e., gift certificates, event passes, etc.)
• Storage for digital video footage (i.e., large external hard drive)

United Teen Equality Center

• Arts and crafts supplies (i.e., brushes, paints, beads, gimp, glitter, glue, etc.)
• Hybrid or vegetable oil powered van
• Hobart mixer (20 quart table models or 30-40 quart floor models)
• Commercial reach-in fridge
• Aromatherapy supplies
• Appreciation gifts (i.e., gift certificates, movie tickets, event passes, etc.)
• Locking filing cabinets (2-4 drawer, 30-36' lateral size)

WriteBoston

• Laptops for Teens in Print students
• Digital camera
• Digital audio recorders
• Web training (especially in Dreamweaver)
• Printing services
• Volunteer Tutors for writing centers (2-4 hour blocks; commitment of semester or school year)
• Appreciation gifts/prizes (i.e., journals, books, rhyming dictionaries, word games, grammar handbooks, etc.)

ZUMIX

• Fully functioning musical instruments and pro audio gear
• Unique items for silent auction
• 7- or 15-passenger van
• PC laptops (512 GB memory, Windows XP or later)
• Event planners, caterers, lighting designers

Innovator WishList Fulfillment Form