If your project has been fully funded, you will receive an email notification from DonorsChoose requesting that you confirm the funding for your project. This confirmation allows us to ensure that you still need the requested resources, that you're still at the correct school/address, and that you understand the next steps.
Confirming your project is a crucial step in receiving your resources, and it must be completed in full for us to proceed with placing your order. Your confirmation process is not complete until you see a page that says "Hooray! You're all set!".
You must confirm your project funding within 30 days of full funding. Failure to do so will result in the funds being returned to donors.
To see a recording of the confirmation process, check out our video tutorial for confirming your project.
To confirm (or decline) funding:
1. Sign in to your account. Click the notification to confirm at the top of your teacher page. You can also scroll down to view the required action in your Projects section and click "Confirm funding."
2. To proceed with confirming your funding, click "Yes, I will carry out this project." If you're unable to accept your funding or carry out your project, click "I can't carry out this project." (Not sure which to do?)
If you decline funding, we'll return all donations to your donors as credits. To learn more about what happens if you decline your funding, please see: Declining funding for a fully funded project
3. Review your resources. To proceed with confirming your project, click "Yes, I still need these."
4. Confirm your shipping information and order date. Resources will be sent directly to the address we have on file for your school. If you've recently changed schools, please select "I'm at a different school" to update your school. If the listed address is incorrect, please select "This is the right school, but the address is incorrect" and our school data team will work to correct any issues so you can proceed with confirmation.
If your school has deliverability issues, please select "This is the right school, but the address is incorrect", or review these instructions for shipping to an alternative address.
You will also be asked to confirm your order date. This is the date we will place your order.
Over the summer, we automatically hold on placing orders until your school is scheduled to reopen for the next school year. If your school has an upcoming break, please select an order date for after the break to ensure safe delivery.
5. Add/Verify Principal Information. Review the principal information we have on file for your school, and click 'Update principal information' if the contact details are incorrect or missing. Once the principal info looks accurate, you can click "This looks good."
6. Review the thank you package due date given. You can change this due date if you need more time to complete your thank-you package. Otherwise, to proceed with confirmation, please click "I'll submit my thank you package on time."
7. Complete a short note to your donors that will be sent once confirmation is complete. There is a minimum word count to this note, so please make sure you've written enough to click the blue "Submit note" button to proceed.
8. You may see a page here that says "Hooray! You're all set!". If you do-- hooray, you're all set!
Otherwise, you may need to verify your school email address to complete confirmation. Your project will not be confirmed until your school email address is verified.
9. To verify your address, please add your school email (with your school or district's domain name), complete the reCAPTCHA test, and click "submit."
10. Check your school email's inbox for the verification link. Click "verify my school address." Make sure to check your spam folder!
If you do not receive the email, or are otherwise having trouble with this step, please see
11. Once you see this page ("Hooray! You're all set!"), your confirmation is complete!
If you do not see the screen below after verifying your school email address, please log in to your account and click through the confirmation steps again to ensure everything is properly submitted and completed.