Teacher Appreciation Week 2026 on DonorsChoose

Announcing an action-packed week of classroom funding

‍This Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re turning appreciation into action.
‍DonorsChoose is the leading nonprofit classroom funding site for public school teachers. From May 4–8, donors and partners will bring tens of thousands of classroom projects to life.

Check back here each day at 9am ET for the latest reveal! 

MONDAY: THE TIPOFF

Teacher Appreciation Week has begun! And who better to tip off the action than a legend who knows that greatness starts with the right support? We’re thrilled to announce that Michael Jordan & Jordan Brand are doubling donations to every single project in America’s three biggest cities: Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.
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TUESDAY: EVERY PROJECT MATCHED!

Teacher Appreciation Day is here — and appreciation means action. Thanks to SONIC Foundation, every single donation to will be doubled today, while funds last.

Teachers show up for students all year long. Today, let’s show up for teachers: Find an educator near you to support.
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WEDNESDAY: IT’S MATCH MADNESS!!

Thousands of projects, 13 partners, 1 wild day of funding. Check out all the matched projects here and make a teacher’s day with a doubled donation.

These are the partners stepping up to support teachers on DonorsChoose today:

Supporting Students with Disabilities 💛

• An anonymous supporter is doubling donations for every teacher requesting supplies that support students with disabilities.

STEM, Storytelling, and the Arts 🎨

• Disney is doubling donations to select storytelling and arts projects for PreK–1st grade teachers.
• General Motors is doubling donations to every single STEAM project, while funds last.

State by State, Town by Town 🗺️

• An anonymous supporter is doubling donations to every project from Nevada teachers.
• Cavens Ohana is doubling donations to books, basics, and warmth-care-hunger projects for every teacher in Hawaii. They’re also fully-funding all books, basics, and warmth-care-hunger projects in Hawaii County and doubling donations to every single remaining project in Hawaii County, too!
• Dalio Education is doubling donations to every single project from Connecticut teachers.
• Herb Kohl Philanthropies is funding select projects from Wisconsin teachers.
• The Montgomery Family Fund is doubling donations to book projects from Texas teachers.
• The Ned and Nathalie Fund is doubling donations to mental health projects from rural schools in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
• Ripple is fully funding select projects in the San Francisco Unified School District.

An Extra Boost for Underfunded Schools 👏

• Dieux is doubling donations to select civics, government, history and geography projects from never before funded teachers at underfunded schools. 
• Peloton, Jess Sims, and U.S. Bank are teaming up to support select projects from underfunded schools in Houston, Texas and Seattle, Washington.
• Quill.com is doubling donations to select projects requesting Quill.com supplies at Equity Focus Schools.

THURSDAY: A MATCH FOR RURAL SCHOOLS

Teacher Appreciation Week is a nationwide celebration, but there are places that support sometimes doesn’t reach during a big week like this. To make sure every corner of the country gets in on the Teacher Appreciation Week celebrations, Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation is doubling donations to rural schools.

Find a teacher at a rural school to surprise with a donation today.

FRIDAY: NO TEACHERS LEFT OUT

Appreciation isn’t something you say; it’s something you do. And every teacher deserves that real, tangible support. Today, on this last day of Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re making sure no teacher is left out. While funds last, every donation for teachers who have never been funded on DonorsChoose before is being doubled.

Support a teacher who has never been funded!

Additional funding is also coming in today from these generous partners:

• Endless Foundation is supporting select gaming projects.
• Humble Bundle is funding select literacy projects for never before funded teachers.
• Humble Hearts Foundation is supporting food, clothing, and hygiene projects at select schools in Philadelphia, Virginia Beach, Richmond, and Portland, Oregon.
• Optimum is supporting select STEM projects in Arizona, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and West Virginia.
• Peloton, Jess Sims, and U.S. Bank are teaming up to support select projects at underfunded schools in Detroit and New York City.
• Stahl Family Fund is matching select donations.