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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HiH_VrLJo

On April 21, 2009, comedian Stephen Colbert moderated an education panel at New York’s Manhattan Bridges High School in which the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a grant of $4.1 million to non-profit DonorsChoose.org. Colbert, a board member and supporter of the charity, explained how this online organization allows teachers to request needed funding from individual donors for classroom projects not covered by school budgets.

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  • [...] test scores were too low for the Blog University of Wisconsin. Anyway, check out this video from an education panel. Stephen Colbert is funny in [...]

    Pingback by Stephen Colbert Talks About DonorsChoose.org | Comedy Central Insider Blog — April 27, 2009 at 7:42pm

  • Check out our projects on “Donors Choose” :)
    Thanks,
    Tom

    Comment by tom roth — March 15, 2011 at 12:34am

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