Making donations
Info for donors about projects, teachers and schools
- Are donations to professional development projects tax deductible?
- How to subscribe to updates from teachers and schools
- Is there a minimum donation?
- How we vet classroom projects
- Contacting a teacher
- Donating to a teacher who doesn't have an active project
Promo codes
Your donor account
- Expired account credits and gift cards
- Adding credits to your account
- Unsubscribing from DonorsChoose.org emails
- Enabling cookies and JavaScript in your browser
- Donation receipt for tax purposes
- What are account credits
Ways to donate
- ★ #GivingTuesday GIVEaway
- Donating using cryptocurrency
- Donating during Friends & Family Pre-Funding
- Is my donation amount private?
- Sending a check donation
- Donating by stock transfer
Gift cards
Automatic monthly donations
Giving pages
Employee matching
Teachers: Registering or creating a project
Registering for a teacher account
- ★ Is my role or position eligible for DonorsChoose.org?
- DonorsChoose.org National Teacher Ambassador Program
- 404 Error when activating your account
- Which teachers can use DonorsChoose.org?
- Creating a teacher account
- Unable to find your school when registering for a teacher account
Rules & Responsibilities
- Resources for School Board Members
- What happens to my projects if I am no longer eligible to use DonorsChoose.org?
- Teacher responsibilities when using DonorsChoose.org
- How we involve your principal and colleagues in your project
- Information for school principals & administrators
- Terms of Use highlights for teachers
Managing your account (teachers)
- Teacher demographic information
- Manage your demographic information
- Announcing a new type of school on DonorsChoose.org: Schools Serving Military Communities
- How is my profile photo different from my classroom photo?
- Guidelines for your teacher profile photo
- Your teacher account
Creating a project
- ★ How to create a project: a guide
- ★ Where to find commonly requested items
- How to describe your classroom using asset framing
- How to ensure the technology you request will work in your school
- Can my students resell items from a DonorsChoose.org project?
- Requesting Apple Devices (iPads, iMacs, and Macbooks) for your project
Troubleshooting common problems
- For email system administrators: whitelisting DonorsChoose.org IP addresses
- Can't log in to a recently created account
- Troubleshooting tips for shopping in our vendor directory
- Add "safe senders" in your email account
- Converting an email or web page into a document you can upload
- Uploading or changing your classroom photo
Class Trips & Visitors
- Payment Documents for Creating Your Class Trip, Visitor or Special Request Project
- Why do I need to upload a payment document?
- Can my class trip include airfare?
- Points needed to submit a class trip or visitor project
- Creating a class trip or visitor project
- Can I submit one project for multiple class trips?
Teachers: Managing your posted and funded projects
Promotions and funding opportunities
- ★ Classroom Rewards of $50 for the PwC Charitable Foundation’s Digital Fitness Challenge, starting January 16, 2019
- ★ How it works: Match offers
- ★ Funding Opportunities
- ★ What's a Teacher Friends & Family Code?
- PwC matching donations on book and classroom basics projects for never-before-funded teachers
- Craig Newmark Philanthropies is matching donations on all projects, while funds last!
Your project on DonorsChoose.org
- What to do if DonorsChoose.org is prohibited at your district
- Project Resource Type
- How can I tell who donated to my project?
- Fully funding a project without the suggested donation to DonorsChoose.org
- Removing the suggested donation to support DonorsChoose.org from my project
- What happens to your points if your project is not fully funded or if you choose to remove it?
Materials for a fully funded project
- How to enroll your Chromebook in your school’s Chrome Admin console
- My technology is not compatible with my school or district
- Replacement Shopping: Where to find commonly unavailable items
- How to enroll your Apple Device (iPads, MacBooks, etc) in Apple School Manager or Device Enrollment Program
- DonorsChoose.org Materials Ownership Policy
- Will I get my materials before my winter break?
Thank-you Packages
- ★ Student thank-yous for students with special needs
- ★ Guidelines for student thank-yous
- ★ Extending the due date for a thank-you package
- Different types of student thank-yous by grade-level
- Why your thank-yous haven’t arrived yet
- Photos for Warmth, Care & Hunger Projects
Special Request projects
Class trips & visitors
- How to track my reimbursement or vendor payment (Class trips & visitors, Special Requests)
- Uploading Payment Documents For Your Fully Funded Class Trip, Visitor or Special Request Project
- Reimbursements for your trip, visitor, or Special Request
- Can I change the date of my class trip?
- Booking a class trip or visitor
- Expiration date for class trip projects