Scholarship Fund

Invest in professionals who are investing in themselves. IIRP Scholarships are awarded to worthy adult professionals working in education and youth services in some of our most challenged communities across the globe.

To ensure that urgently needed funds are perpetually available for IIRP students, graduate students who accept funds from the Foundation “Pay-It-Forward Scholarship” agree that, as circumstances allow, our students will replenish the pool of funds for future students.

Your scholarship gift will be repaid many times over — financially, through the Pay-It-Forward scholarships, and also globally, as IIRP graduates work to benefit youth, families and communities through restorative practices.

Annual Fund

As a newly accredited graduate school, without interest from endowment, operating profits from a dining hall, residential hall, or fancy bookstores, we rely on gifts to the Annual Fund to fill the gaps between our income and expenses.

An annual contribution assures that together we will advance the education of professionals at the graduate level, along with the conduct of research to develop the growing field of restorative practices.

Restorative Projects

The IIRP is a leading provider of restorative practices professional development and consulting throughout the world, providing restorative solutions to solve complex social problems in schools, communities, social care and criminal justice settings.

Through the IIRP Graduate School and its programs, and working with our affiliates, we are able to bring culturally appropriate and sustainable programs. We have designed our professional development programs to build local capacity so that they may be offered not only at our Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA location but at locations around the world—so that local staff may provide professional development in their own organizations and communities. Gifts to the Foundation subsidize those costs in economically disadvantaged communities.

Community Service Foundation

The Community Service Foundation has provided direct services for delinquent and at-risk youth and their families for more than three decades. At CSF we believe that all young people are capable of change and growth, and we won’t give up on them. Our programs focus not just on academic mastery, but also on social and emotional support that builds young people’s connections with their families and communities.

What’s more, research has shown that youth in CSF programs improve significantly in terms of behavior, social values and self-esteem.

With a gap between State support and what families can afford, your support allows us to provide crucial tutoring services, counseling and life-skills training and provide extracurricular and sports activities.

Middle Earth and the Shawn Szuch Scholarships further inspire and support our high school graduates and provide tuition and book scholarship so our high school graduates can continue their studies in higher education.

The Restorative Learning Network

We believe in the power of connections.
Restorative Practices Learning Network is a membership program dedicated to sharing what works with those people who are implementing restorative practices in their respective settings.

Together we are building an interdisciplinary knowledge base to create a more engaged, productive and civil society.

Join the Restorative Learning Network

Associate Member, $25 annual contribution
Support your learning, and others. As an associate member you will
• Receive all articles of Restorative Works, an online publication sharing best-practices free of charge.
• Gain access to the Restorative Leaning Network LinkedIn Group, to post and receive feedback from fellow restorative practioners year-round.
• Gain eligibility to become part of the editorial circle of Restorative Works.

Face-to-Face Member, $50 annual contribution
In addition to all of the membership benefits above, you will receive added benefits:
• Attend the IIRP World Wide Conference at a discounted rate
• Attend IIRP professional development events at a discounted rate
• Build your library with a 20% discount on IIRP publications (books & DVDs)

Sponsoring Member, $100 annual contribution
In addition to your personal benefits, you will
• Support our scholarship programs to assist worthy students and professioanls lacking financial resources
• Receive acknowledgement in IIRP publications for your charitable donation

Network Steering Committee
By volunteering for this committee, you will be participating in a restorative governance structure that will guide the Restorative Works peer-review publication and guide the development of interest groups and activities in the Restorative Learning Network.

Mirroring Athenian democracy, each year a 15 person committee will be selected by lottery, by-passing elections and academic nominations that can be biased by showmanship, to ensure a true peer-represented review of restorative articles.

Committee members serve a two-year term.