Our Impact as of July 5, 2009

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Impact by dollars raised and students reached

Dollars raised: $35,346,332 Students helped: 2,237,935

Impact by economic need

Projects funded: 89,175 Teachers posting projects: 99,659 Schools participating: 28,793

Impact by subject, grade and resource

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

(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%