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Fund the Life Skills
School Skips
Your gift puts an AI-tutored, age-aware education in practical life skills within reach of a young person who needs it — free.
Common Sense Academy teaches what the classroom leaves out: money, judgment, civic context, and the social intelligence to navigate real life. It's AI-tutored, adapts to every learner from age 8 to 22, and awards credentials that require genuine effort to earn. Every dollar you give underwrites free access for a young person who could never afford a tutor — and helps us keep the lessons rigorous, current, and honestly earned.
Sustained monthly support is how we build cohorts that last.
Your $25/month: sustains a learner through every stage.
Add ~$1 so 100% goes to our mission
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What Your Gift Funds
What Your Gift Funds
Common Sense Academy runs on donations and grants so that access never depends on what a family can pay.
- Free access to an AI tutor that explains every lesson at the learner's own pace
- Keeping the curriculum current — real money decisions, digital judgment, civic literacy
- Stackable, verifiable credentials that require real work to earn
- Sponsored learners from the Foundations stage through Young Adult
Our 2026 Commitment
Where Your Money Goes
These are our allocation commitments for the 2026 program year. We will report actuals against them in our FY2026 annual report.
85%
Programs & Services
10%
Administration
5%
Fundraising
Over $500,000 raised across our first chapter
Founded 2006. First chapter 2006–2021. Your gift helps build the next one.
Good to Know
Questions, Answered
Is Common Sense Academy really free for learners?
Yes. Donations and grants underwrite free access so a young person's education in practical life skills never depends on what their family can pay. Your gift is what keeps it free.
What will my donation actually fund?
The AI tutoring behind every lesson, the ongoing work of keeping the curriculum rigorous and current, and free credentials for learners who earn them. We commit to reporting actual allocations in our FY2026 report.
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Yes. The Legacy Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 20-4557510). You'll receive a tax receipt by email immediately after your gift.