Teachers Across Borders

What Teachers Across Borders does

Teachers Across Borders, Inc. (TAB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2002 and headquartered in La Crescenta, California. The organization's purpose is to deliver professional development workshops to in-service teachers in emerging countries, operating through volunteer teachers recruited primarily from the United States and Europe. TAB has conducted workshops in Cambodia and Myanmar since 2004, in South Africa since 2011, and in Uganda since 2018, with workshops currently scheduled for summer 2026 in Katwadde. Workshop content covers ESL, educational leadership, language arts, social studies, science, and math, with TAB additionally supporting teacher honorariums, curriculum development, and peer networking. All staff and participating teachers work on a volunteer basis, and the organization is supported by independent affiliate entities TAB Sweden, TAB Australia, and TAB South Africa that operate regional programs.

TAB's business model relies on two revenue streams: tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations (collected via the Givebox platform), and a $1,000 per-volunteer program fee that covers in-country housing, food, and local transportation but excludes international flights. Volunteers frequently fundraise to cover the fee themselves. The organization has no software product, platform, or technology-based services; its offering is delivered exclusively through in-person workshops and coordinated through a basic website, Facebook, Instagram, and an email mailing list. Headcount is in the 1-10 range and is largely volunteer, with a small executive team consisting of a President, Treasurer, Secretary, Technology lead, and Board Member.

Name

Teachers Across Borders

Legal name

Teachers Across Borders, Inc.

Website

https://teachersacrossborders.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Teachers Across Borders is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2002 that runs volunteer-led professional development workshops for in-service teachers in Cambodia, Myanmar, South Africa, and Uganda, funded by donations and a $1,000 volunteer participation fee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Teacher Professional Development Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Language Schools (611630)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Teacher Professional Development & In-Service Training Institutes (EDAHAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

General Language Schools & Institutes (EDAMAFAA), Business & Professional Language Training Abroad (EDAIAEAC)

Keywords

• Teacher professional development
• International volunteer teaching
• Educational workshops nonprofit
• In-service teacher training
• Emerging country education

Headquarters

HQ city

La Crescenta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: TAB operates as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that accepts tax-deductible donations from individuals and organizations to support workshop operations in Cambodia, Myanmar, South Africa, and Uganda. Donors receive tax letters for their contributions.
2. Volunteer Program Fees: Volunteer teachers contribute $1,000 to cover housing, food, and local transportation costs during workshop programs. This fee does not include flight costs. Many volunteers fundraise to cover these fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Teachers Across Borders (TAB) organizes and delivers in-person professional development workshops for in-service teachers in emerging countries, brought by volunteer expert teachers recruited from the United States and Europe. Workshop topics include ESL, educational leadership, language arts, social studies, science, and math. Programs also include teacher education, honorariums, curriculum development support, and professional networking for local teachers in Cambodia, Myanmar, South Africa, and Uganda.

Product overview

Teachers Across Borders (TAB) is a non-profit educational organization that operates as a single, unified program — professional development workshops for teachers in emerging countries. The organization does not offer a software product, platform, or technology-based services. Its primary offering consists of in-person teacher training workshops conducted across multiple countries (Cambodia, Myanmar, South Africa, Uganda), supported by volunteer teacher programs and donation-based funding. TAB has developed affiliate organizations in Sweden and Australia that conduct their own regional workshop programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TAB South Africa: Affiliate organization supporting teachers in South Africa
• TAB Sweden
• TAB Australia

Products and services

• Professional Development Workshops for Teachers in Emerging Countries In-person professional development workshops conducted by volunteer expert teachers from the US and Europe for in-service teachers in Cambodia, Myanmar, South Africa, and Uganda. Workshop topics include ESL, educational leadership, language arts, social studies, science, and math, and use learner-centered teaching methods.
• Volunteer Teacher Program Structured international volunteer placement program that recruits credentialed teachers from the US and Europe to deliver TAB workshop content on the ground in partner countries. Volunteers contribute a $1,000 program fee and often fundraise to cover it; flights are not included.
• Tax-Deductible Donation Program Donation channel (501(c)(3)) that accepts tax-deductible contributions from individuals and organizations to fund TAB's workshop operations. Donors receive tax letters; donations are processed via the Givebox integration on the TAB website.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TAB SwedencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTAB Sweden is an affiliate organization created by volunteer teachers. Their work has been focused in Siem Reap Cambodia and Bagan, Myanmar. Directors: Anna Östman and Jenny Kimming.
• TAB AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTAB Australia is an affiliate organization created by volunteer teachers. Their work has been focused in Battanbang, Kampong Thom and Kampong Cham, Cambodia.
• TAB South AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTAB South Africa is an affiliate organization that supports teachers through professional development. Director: Yunis Peer.
• Partnership for ChangeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTAB partnered with Partnership for Change to deliver a 7-week and 6-week English course for tourism students in Myanmar.
• Good Shepherd Primary SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTAB workshops in Uganda are held at Good Shepherd Primary School in Katwadde village. TAB works with the local school to deliver professional development to surrounding teachers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Projects Abroad: Runs fee-based volunteer placements abroad, including teaching and education projects in Africa and Asia. Directly comparable volunteer-pays model and target geographies overlap with TAB.
• WorldTeach (Harvard Graduate School of Education): Places volunteer educators in low-income countries to teach and co-train local teachers. Highly comparable mission and delivery model to TAB, though backed by Harvard and larger in scale.
• Global Volunteers: Operates paid volunteer service programs including teaching and teacher-training placements in developing countries. Matches TAB's volunteer-pays-to-serve model and education focus.
• Cross-Cultural Solutions: Provides structured volunteer abroad experiences in education and community development. Comparable paid-volunteer model and developing-country placement focus.

Broad incumbents

• Room to Read: Major education nonprofit operating literacy and teacher-support programs across developing countries in Asia and Africa. Overlapping teacher-training mission but with much larger institutional funding.
• Peace Corps: US government volunteer program with a major education sector sending Americans to teach and train teachers overseas. Same audience and mission category, vastly larger scale and government-funded.
• Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO): Large international NGO placing skilled professionals (including educators) as long-term volunteers in developing countries. Much broader scope and scale but same teacher-capacity-building mission.
• UNESCO Capacity Development for Education: UN agency running teacher training and curriculum development initiatives in emerging countries. Comparable mission of in-service teacher capacity building at policy and system level.
• Plan International (Education programs): Global humanitarian organization with substantial education and teacher-training programming in developing countries. Same beneficiary population but vastly larger institutional footprint.

Others

• Reach Out and Read: US-based nonprofit focused on early literacy and educator training. Adjacent rather than directly competitive — comparable nonprofit structure and teacher-engagement model, but different beneficiary and geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/teachersacrossborders
• Instagraminstagram.com/teachersacrossborders
• Xx.com/tabhelpinghand
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teachers-across-borders

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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