All kids should have chances to leave their classrooms. To see the world, and to learn from it.

We fund field trips through Expedition Grants for K-12 students in communities that need them most. We cover the costs that keep classes stuck inside.

Children walking up a sunny dirt path through a meadow, carrying butterfly nets

$300 to $700

What a field-trip bus costs per day. District-owned buses often carry a $500 to $600 four-hour minimum.

$150 to $450

What admission alone costs for a class of 30 kids, at a typical $5 to $15 per student.

removing cost barriers

In a study, the few museums whose field-trip attendance rose were the ones that covered the costs: buses, substitute teachers, even lunch.

What we do

An Expedition Grant covers the two main things that keep a class home.

We pay the ride

Transportation is the single biggest reason a trip never happens.

We cover admission

The museum, farm, or theater, free for every student on the trip.

Bonus

We bring the shirts

And a little extra: every Expedition comes with shirts for the kids, because a field trip should feel like an event.

Why it matters

A randomized study found that one museum field trip raised students' critical thinking, empathy, and tolerance. Disadvantaged students gained two to three times more.

Crystal Bridges study, 2014

Two kids in rain boots splashing in a muddy puddle

Teach at a school that could use a hand?

If your students could use an Expedition and the budget is not there, tell us about your class. We would love to help you get them out the door.

Email us about an Expedition

Send a kid somewhere new.

Your gift puts boots on a bus and gets a classroom out into the world. That is the whole idea.

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