Giving Back
We're All About
Giving Back
Each year, participating Paul Mitchell Schools across the country host hundreds of cut-a-thons, fashion shows, car washes and other fun events for good causes. We’re proud to make a difference—and it’s so much fun we call it FUNraising.
Learn More“WHY ARE WE SO DEDICATED TO OUR ANNUAL FUNRAISING CAMPAIGN? BECAUSE IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND BECAUSE WE CARE. WE ARE HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!”
Giving Is Our Style
At Paul Mitchell Schools, our students and team members have helped raise over $26 million for charity since 2004. We're helping to change the world, one good deed at a time.
36 MILLION MEALS
for African children orphaned by AIDS
71 R.I.S.E. SMART HOMES
for critically wounded veterans
ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER
for hundreds of thousands of people – for life!
2025 Charities We Support
Making a Difference
- $1.7 million+ to help sick kids through Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
- $350K to provide homes for people in need through Habitat for Humanity
- $1.1 million+ to support our veterans and first responders through the Gary Sinise Foundation
- $803k to fight sex trafficking through CAST and organizations in India, Cambodia and Thailand
- $935k+ to help animals through Morris Animal Foundation, American Humane Association, and Best Friends Animal Society
- $1.4 million+ to feed hungry children through Food 4 Africa
- $2.5 million+ to fight cancer through Fran Drescher’s Cancer Schmancer, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, City of Hope, Bright Pink, and the American Cancer Society
- $785k+ to build wells that provide safe, clean drinking water to 22K+ people for the rest of their lives
- $1.5 million+ to support memory loss caregivers and families through Leeza Gibbons’ Leeza’s Care Connection.
- Plus funds for local charities including animal rescue shelters, mental health organizations, clubs for boys and girls, shelters for victims of domestic violence, and many more.
In addition to raising money for our national charities, many Paul Mitchell Schools have chosen to include local charities in their FUNraising campaigns. Over the years, we’ve raised money for your local animal rescue shelters, mental health organizations, clubs for boys and girls, shelters for victims of domestic violence, and many other local causes that our school leaders and future professionals are passionate about.