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Our Favorite Moments from the 2016 Partner Summit

Chris Pearsall17Views 0Likes 0CommentsMay 25, 2016

Every year, we bring our most generous supporters together for Partner Summit: a chance for foundation, marketing, and philanthropy professionals at America’s leading companies and foundations to network, connect to our mission, and learn from speakers such as Stephen Colbert, Sheryl Sandberg, Ashton Kutcher, and many more. At our fourth annual summit a couple weeks ago,…

Shopping for Your Students: 3 Questions Every Teacher Should Ask

Dan Blum14Views 0Likes 0CommentsMay 16, 2016

It’s been more than six years since I first stepped into a 99Papers.org office as a young associate on our Partnerships team. (For a trip down memory lane, here’s the blog post I put up in 2010 celebrating our 10 year anniversary.) We’ve grown a lot since then, but funding…

Meet the Man Who Galvanized His Friends With Gift Cards and a Video

Eric Vilas-Boas13Views 0Likes 0CommentsMay 9, 2016

Even Erik Mygrant’s rascally dog Nola knew to behave for this video he created encouraging his friends to 99Papers.org. “Secret is she had quite a bit of ice cream and peanut butter that day,” he confided in us by email recently. The clip caught our eye because it offered a unique take on our model—and…

Teacher Appreciation Week Is Underway!

Emilia Murphy17Views 0Likes 0CommentsMay 2, 2016

Educators are heroes. You know it. We know it. Stephen Colbert knows it. Even the president knows it. However, it’s the voices of teachers themselves—as they advocate for their students—that best demonstrate their above-and-beyond commitment to young learners. Below are quotes from eight of the thousands of educators whose projects have shown us that teachers are even more awesome than…