Partners & Sponsors

Visible civic investment. Measurable civic outcomes.

Schools Reinventing Counties works because county education offices, sponsors, and civic leaders commit to making it real. The worlds come built. The stakes are genuine. The results are real.

Ways to Partner →

California counties in
the 2026–27 program year

450K+

Students served by the
lead county partner alone

Jan 9

Statewide championship
at the Nixon Library, 2027

Who's in the program.

Orange County is the founding county partner, the first county in California to run a program like this. San Bernardino, Riverside, and Yolo counties joined for 2026–27, with additional counties expected as the program grows. Lifeboat Studios builds every county world.

Lead County Partner

Orange County Dept. of Education

County Partner

San Bernardino County Office of Education

County Partner

Riverside County Office of Education

County Partner

Yolo County Office of Education

World Builder

Lifeboat Studios

Four ways to get involved.

County / Education Office

Lead your county.

County offices of education are the cornerstone partners. When a county commits, the world gets built, and every school in that region gets access to a civics and esports program built around their actual county: its geography, community, and local challenges.

Endorse the program and introduce it to district leaders and school administrators
Coordinate Minecraft Education licensing for participating schools
Host or co-host the county championship finals

Corporate Sponsor

Back the program.

Sponsorship runs from county level to the statewide championship. Your name goes on program materials and events in the counties where you do business, attached to student work that communities and their leaders actually see.

County, regional, or championship-level sponsorship tiers available
Brand recognition across program materials, events, and media (off-platform only; sponsor branding does not appear inside Minecraft worlds)
Invitation to county finals and the statewide championship

Grant Foundation

Fund the infrastructure.

Each county world is a one-time build, used by students and teachers for years. Grant funding underwrites the world builds that make place-based learning possible at county scale.

Fund one county world build or underwrite program operations
Built on a clear premise: a real location, a real problem, and a real audience produce better student work than any open-ended prompt
Reaches students who rarely participate in traditional civic programs

Civic Host

Contribute a real challenge.

City and county government partners bring a genuine community problem and a commitment to show up and hear what students propose. Students research, design, and pitch their solutions to the leaders who can actually act on them.

Name one real community challenge for students to investigate
Designate a staff contact to engage with the student design process
Attend the county finals to hear student pitches in person

The return on civic partnership.

Partnering with Schools Reinventing Counties is not a one-time transaction. Each organization contributes what the others can't, and the results reflect that.

Visibility

Your name on program materials, events, and media, attached to student work that county leaders and their communities actually pay attention to.

Evidence

Documented student outcomes you can cite in grant reports, board presentations, and annual impact statements. The program produces the kind of evidence funders ask for.

Access

A working relationship with county education leadership, superintendents, and the civic networks in the communities where you operate.

Visible civic investment. Measurable civic outcomes.

Who's in the program.

Four ways to get involved.

Lead your county.

Back the program.

Fund the infrastructure.

Contribute a real challenge.

The return on civic partnership.

Visibility

Evidence

Access

Interested in partnering?