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Our Impact as of July 5, 2009

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Impact by dollars raised and students reached

bar graph: Resource Chart - donation dollars per year

Dollars raised: $35,346,332

Students helped: 2,237,935

Impact by economic need

pie chart: % High Poverty Schools - % High Need Schools - % Other

Projects funded: 89,175

Teachers posting projects: 99,659

Schools participating: 28,793

Impact by subject, grade and resource

bar graph: % And Beyond - % Art & Music - % Literacy & History - % Math & Science - % Physical Education | % Grades PreK-2 - % Grades 3-5 - % Grades 6-8 - % High School - % Adult Ed

Resources provided:

Books (27%)

Technology (21%)

Classroom supplies (41%)

Field trips (2%)

Class visitors (0%)

Other resources (8%)

Of these materials, 81% are re-used by next year's students.

Impact by donations

U.S. map: donations per region | 1-10 donations - 10-100 donations - 100-1000 donations - 1000-2000 donations - 2000+ donations

 (map not to scale)

Donors: 142,098

Contributions: 285,532

The majority of these donors are first-time givers to public schools.

60% reported a greater interest in education reform as a result of their experience at DonorsChoose.org

Key Stats

# project requests currently in need of funding
10,809
% of all projects that get fully funded
63%
% of projects costing less than $400 that get fully funded
75%
% of donations which include the optional fulfillment fee
97%
% of teachers who said their funded projects increased their effectiveness in the classroom
94%
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Featured by
Wall Street Journal CNN NPR
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National Partners
American Express