# Imagination Foundation > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Imagination_Foundation > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Imagination_Foundation.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_Foundation > Source revision: 1357086788 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [Imagination (disambiguation)](/source/Imagination_(disambiguation)). The **Imagination Foundation** is an American non-profit organization that primarily works at developing children's skills. ## History [Nirvan Mullick](/source/Nirvan_Mullick) and [Harley Cross](/source/Harley_Cross) founded the Imagination Foundation in 2012, inspired by the response to Mullick's short film *[Caine's Arcade](/source/Caine's_Arcade)*.[1][2] Imagination Foundation received initial seed funding from the Goldhirsh Foundation.[3] The foundation's first program was the Global Cardboard Challenge. The program launched a second short film by Mullick called *Caine's Arcade 2: From a Movie to a Movement*, which was posted online in September 2012, and ended by advertising Global Cardboard Challenge.[4] Mullick received the 2012 Big Ideas Fest Innovation in Action Award[5] and the [Dan Eldon](/source/Dan_Eldon) Creative Activist Award from the Creative Visions Foundation. In 2012, Mullick spoke at Mattress Firm's National "Bed Talks" event, leading to a partnership for the 2013 Global Cardboard Challenge.[6] Mullick and Cross continued to run the organization until bringing on a full-time Executive Director, Mike McGalliard in May 2013. In 2014, the Imagination Foundation was featured in the Ashoka and Lego Foundation "Re-Imagine Learning Challenge".[7] ## Programs The Global Cardboard Challenge is an annual challenge that invites kids to build things using cardboard and recycled materials. It culminates in a global "Day of Play" where communities display the children's cardboard creations. In 2014, Imagination Foundation partnered with the [National Head Start Association](/source/National_Head_Start_Association) and [Lakeshore Learning](/source/Lakeshore_Learning_Materials) to launch a national campaign to bring [STEM](/source/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics) education to pre-school children. The partnership was announced at the [Clinton Global Initiative](/source/Clinton_Global_Initiative) America with a 3-year commitment to engage 30,000 pre-school children in early STEM education.[8] ## Partnerships with national business In 2014, [Focus Features](/source/Focus_Features) and [Laika's](/source/Laika_(company)) *[The Boxtrolls](/source/The_Boxtrolls)* helped to promote that year's Cardboard Challenge.[9][10] That same year, [Reddit](/source/Reddit) partnered with Imagination Foundation by making the 3rd annual Global Reddit Day of Service on the same day as the 3rd annual Global Cardboard Challenge's Day of Play.[11] ## References 1. Louie, Steven (14 August 2013). ["Thinking outside the box, boy's cardboard creation spurs worldwide movement"](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/thinking-outside-box-boys-cardboard-creation-spurs-worldwide-movement-f6C10921475). *[NBC News](/source/NBC_News)*. Retrieved 2024-11-01. 1. ["Kamagra O Cialis"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210127095435/http://www.cainesarcade.com/imaginationfoundation). Archived from [the original](http://www.cainesarcade.com/imaginationfoundation) on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2014-12-01. 1. ["Initiatives, Goldhirsh Foundation"](http://www.goldhirshfoundation.org/initiatives/)[non-primary source needed] 1. Archived at [Ghostarchive](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/Ul9c-4dX4Hk) and the [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20120914204207/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul9c-4dX4Hk): ["Caine's Arcade 2: From a Movie to a Movement"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul9c-4dX4Hk). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*[non-primary source needed] 1. ["Innovation in Action Award | Big Ideas Fest"](https://bigideasfest.org/index.php?q=about-innovation-award/2012). *bigideasfest.org*. Retrieved 2024-08-01.[non-primary source needed] 1. ["Mattress Firm Announces National Sponsorship of Imagination Foundation's 2013 Global Cardboard Challenge (NASDAQ:MFRM)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130807000247/http://ir.mattressfirm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=782098). *ir.mattressfirm.com*. Archived from [the original](http://ir.mattressfirm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=782098) on 2013-08-07.[non-primary source needed] 1. ["Just Announced: The 10 Re-imagine Learning Challenge Champions | Changemakers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141108215547/http://www.changemakers.com/play2learn/blog/just-announced-10-reimagine-learning-challenge-champions). *www.changemakers.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.changemakers.com/play2learn/blog/just-announced-10-reimagine-learning-challenge-champions) on 2014-11-08. 1. ["National Head Start Association - Recent News - NHSA Announces Partnership with Imagination Foundation and Lakeshore Learning"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141204140439/http://www.nhsa.org/news_and_advocacy/recent_news/nhsa_announces_partnership_with_imagination_foundation_and_lakeshore_learning). Archived from [the original](http://www.nhsa.org/news_and_advocacy/recent_news/nhsa_announces_partnership_with_imagination_foundation_and_lakeshore_learning) on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-11-30. 1. ["YouTube, a Google company"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170405155215/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0SonOy8ftU). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0SonOy8ftU) on 2017-04-05.[non-primary source needed] 1. ["Focus Features"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141204062629/http://www.focusfeatures.com/the_boxtrolls/imagination). Archived from [the original](http://www.focusfeatures.com/the_boxtrolls/imagination) on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-11-30. 1. ["Upvoted | The Official Reddit Blog"](https://www.redditinc.com/blog/). *www.redditinc.com*. 14 October 2023.[failed verification] --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Imagination Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_Foundation) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_Foundation?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.