DonorsChoose is an online charity that makes it easy to help a classroom in need. This blog is the place to get DonorsChoose news, tips for project creation and reaching your project goal, classroom stories, and outstanding student thank-you notes.
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The DonorsChoose.org tech team is looking for 1-2 more strong developers who would enjoy working for a great cause at a fast-moving org that’s serious about technology!
Pls help us grow our great tech team by spreading the word that we’re looking for a top-notch Senior Software Engineer.
Maybe you know someone who wants to…
The DonorsChoose.org tech team has been working hard all summer to prepare DonorsChoose.org to open to teachers in all 50 states.
Some of the new and improved functionality is strictly behind-the-scenes, while other updates will change the donor or teacher user experience…all for the better, we hope!
To increase awareness of the changes and explain…
Great news on the Members Project front! American Express is awarding $100,000 to the four other semi-finalists who made it into the Top 5. All of the proceeds will go to fulfilling projects on our site. In this competition, being #2 still means getting much-needed resources into classrooms!
We would also like to extend our…
To kick off the DonorsChoose blog, I thought I’d share the email sent to all our donors and newsletter subscribers following the American Express Members Project.
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Friends,
Out of 7,000 nonprofit initiatives, DonorsChoose.org finished 2nd in the American Express Members Project. Twenty-two thousand people voted for our entry, “Teachers Ask. You Choose. Students Learn.”…