donate today
In celebration of the Bee's centennial, we have partnered with the Scripps Howard Fund to create a fund that will help increase access to our program at every level.
Donate below if you beelieve in the power of words to transform students' lives!

your
donation,
matched
The Adam R. Scripps Foundation has pledged a generous $500,000 match for the founding year of Beelieve. Donate today and have your gift matched through the end of 2025.
$100 =
1 school
In the first phase of the fund, we're working with Teach For America to provide free enrollment to any of their partner schools for the 2025-2026 school year. With the match, your $100 donation will provide one Title I school with the spelling bee program for an entire year.
just the
beeginning
We're thrilled to kick off this fund as part of our centennial celebrations. Together with our partner the Scripps Howard Fund, we are looking ahead to even more ways we can increase access for students at every level of our program, thanks to donations from word nerds like you.
BEElieve is a partnership between the Scripps National Spelling Bee and the Scripps Howard Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 87-2877540). Contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law and will be used to help under-resourced schools participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.