Update: The Teacher Appreciation Week funding extravagana is complete! Thank you, donors and partners!
Divisiveness seems like it's at an all-time high these days, but there’s one thing that we can all agree on: Teachers bring their all to their students, no matter what. They are the constant. Throughout this rollercoaster year, they’ve brought compassion to the classroom. Joy to their craft. Hope to their students.
Together, the DonorsChoose community is bringing teachers a week they’ll never forget. Check back here for each day’s funding surprises!
MONDAY, MAY 5: EVERY DONATION DOUBLED
BREAKING NEWS: Starting at 7am ET Ripple is doubling new donations to every single teacher’s project!
Our generous partners and legendary classroom champions have donated a whopping $10 million for Teacher Appreciation Week on DonorsChoose! It’s part of Ripple’s big education funding initiative — and it all starts with doubled donations today.
For the details of this match, please visit our help center.
TUESDAY, MAY 6: FULL STEAM AHEAD
Teacher Appreciation Week is picking up STEAM. Today only: Every donation made to projects for science, tech, engineering, the arts, or math will be automatically doubled.
This match is made possible by our partners including The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation (learn more), Cox Enterprises (learn more), and The DonorsChoose Community Fund (learn more). Bring on the science beakers, the paintbrushes, the math manipulatives, the ukuleles!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7
Teacher Appreciation Week is halfway through, and it’s absolute MATCH MADNESS. Launching today: Doubled donations on thousands of teacher’s projects.
It’s all thanks to — not one, not two, but — TEN generous partners.
These partners are taking their support nationwide:
- An anonymous supporter is doubling all donations to projects about the climate & environment (learn more)
- An anonymous supporter is doubling all donations for projects by teachers supporting students with disabilities (learn more)
- An anonymous supporter is doubling all donations to racial justice & representation projects (learn more)
- Bezos Family Foundation is doubling donations to never-before-funded teachers at schools where at least 50% of the students are from low-income households (learn more)
- The Peterson Family is doubling all donations to professional development projects (learn more)
These partners are showing their state pride:
- Dalio Education is doubling all donations to projects from Connecticut teachers (learn more).
- The Montgomery Family Fund is doubling all donations to book projects in Texas (learn more)
- Herb Kohl Philanthropies is donating $300 to projects from teachers in Wisconsin (learn more)
And there are 4 special funding announcements for teachers at Equity Focus Schools:
- Let Music Fill my World, powered by Tullman Family Office is doubling all donations to music projects for teachers who haven’t had a DonorsChoose project funded yet (learn more)
- Stahl Family Fund is doubling all donations to literacy & language projects for teachers who haven’t had a DonorsChoose project funded yet (learn more)
- An anonymous donor is doubling donations to furniture projects in Pennsylvania (learn more)
- Quill.com is doubling donations for select teachers who are requesting Quill supplies (learn more)
THURSDAY, MAY 8: GO THE EXTRA MILE
Today’s surprise match is all about teachers in rural schools. Thanks to the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation, every single donation to every project from rural schools will be doubled, while funds last.
Educators in rural areas create tight-knit communities in their classrooms, often amongst students who live far away from one another. All year long, these teachers help students connect, celebrate their surroundings, and find creative ways for kids to explore the wider world. Today, let’s go the extra mile for teachers in rural schools.
FRIDAY, MAY 9: THE RIPPLE EFFECT
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The team at Ripple has been floored by the DonorsChoose community’s support for teachers this week, and it’s led to a major surprise. This morning, Ripple fully-funded 14,804 projects from educators in their first years of teaching. You can find the funding details of their incredible gift here. The Ripple team is hoping to inspire a ripple effect of generosity across the country — today and beyond.
Additional flash-funders today include an anonymous partner who fully-funded select projects in the Council Bluffs, Iowa area and City Education Partners who fully-funded select projects in San Antonio, Texas.
🚨🚨 …AND THE DOUBLED DONATIONS KEEP COMING! 🚨🚨
This week is all about bringing a wave of support to our country’s heroic teachers. To help you make sure the wave reaches your neighborhood, The DonorsChoose Community Fund will double your donation to any project when you enter the code WAVE at checkout. Details are available here.
Let’s finish this magnificent week with an appreciation WAVE! 🌊
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