--- description: Find out why Wonderschool was selected for the list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2022: Wonderschool image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt455a48ada087c3b2/698a3036d07533e554e6ca9c/T100-Companies-P-Wonderschool.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Mar 30, 2022 # Wonderschool Childcare help by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/) ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Wonderschool helps licensed educators and caretakers launch in-home preschools or daycares. Wonderschool helps licensed educators and caretakers launch in-home preschools or daycares.Getty Images At a time when roughly half the U.S. lives in a [childcare](https://time.com/child-care-crisis/ "undefined") desert, Wonderschool wants to make it easier to find care. The company works with childcare programs in 32 states, helping them start in-home programs and assisting with billing, enrollment, and curriculum for a cut of their revenue. Solving the childcare crisis is a tall order; Wonderschool CEO Chris Bennett acknowledges more government aid is needed because the costs exceed what most parents can pay. But he hopes this is a start: “We want every child to have quality childcare within five minutes of their home.” _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies "undefined"). Wonderschool Is one of the 2022 TIME100 Most Influential Companies ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159402/wonderschool/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159402/wonderschool/"},"headline":"Wonderschool","datePublished":"2022-03-30T10:21:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:01:02.341Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159402/wonderschool/","keywords":["metaverse","TIME100 Companies","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt455a48ada087c3b2/698a3036d07533e554e6ca9c/T100-Companies-P-Wonderschool.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"creator":"Katie Reilly","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt455a48ada087c3b2/698a3036d07533e554e6ca9c/T100-Companies-P-Wonderschool.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2022/6159402/wonderschool/","name":"Wonderschool"}}]}] ```