DonorsChoose Vendors – Help Center

DonorsChoose partners with a variety of companies to provide resources teachers need for their project requests.

Our vendors work closely with us to ensure streamlined operations, special pricing, and excellent service. The scope of our operation is so vast, and our staff so small, that we rely on vendors who can most efficiently help us reach as many classrooms as possible.

Read on to learn more about the vendors in our vendor directory. Teachers, you can also access our list of commonly requested items for suggestions on where to start shopping.

AKJ Education specializes in teachers' needs with book collections for leveled reading, curricular themes and educational hot topics. Our fiction and nonfiction book titles include national and state award winners, Spanish language, STEM, new releases, audiobooks and teachers guides. Our exclusive digital materials include top tools used in today’s classrooms and our hands-on teaching materials bring your lessons to life. Teach, learn and inspire with materials from AKJ Education.	Amazon Business provides everything you love about Amazon, for K-12 education. Stretch your budget further with business-only pricing on millions of products in education-relevant categories like books, toys, office supplies and furniture. Get supplies faster so you are ready for wherever the learning journey leads.
Best Buy Education is a division of Best Buy serving Educators with their unique technology needs. DonorsChoose works closely with Best Buy Education to offer technology that schools need to reach their educational goals including computers, VR, headphones, appliances and TVs.	Blick Art Materials caters to the full spectrum of artists — professionals, art educators, students, architects, designers, and crafters — essentially anyone requiring quality art materials for school, work, or pleasure. Based in Galesburg, Illinois, and founded in 1911, Blick believes in the power of art to inspire, educate and empower.
Over 95 years of innovation. Everything instructors need for science education—including living organisms, preserved specimens, anatomical models, laboratory chemicals and equipment, microscopes, prepared microscope slides, and more. We specialize in serving traditional K–12 classrooms and labs. We also provide hands-on lab kits and K–8 curriculum programs.	CDW-G is a provider of technology solutions for business, government, education and healthcare sectors. Our offerings range from technology hardware and software to cameras, projectors, and audio/visual equipment.
A DonorsChoose-curated selection of teachers’ most in-demand items, as well as books and products from creators who are Black, Native American, Multiracial, and/or People of Color.	Grainger (Lab Safety Supply) is a distributor of safety equipment and laboratory supplies. We specialize in personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, goggles, chemical protective gloves, and respirators, in addition to a robust line of balances, microscopes, plasticware/glassware, lab instrumentation, and more. Lab Safety Supply is headquartered in Janesville, WI.
Kaplan Early Learning is an international distributor of high quality classroom materials for birth thru grade 5, our products foster the growth of the whole child: cognitively, physically, socially, and emotionally. From Classroom Furniture including flexible seating (Hokki Stools), Technology (Alive Studios Augmented Reality), Coding Activities (Bee-Bots), Family Engagement to School Readiness Kits, we are here to provide quality educational materials to students, teachers and parents.	Specializing in early childhood and elementary education, Lakeshore Learning offers a wide range of standards-based materials that span the curriculum and provide educators with essential classroom support. In addition, Lakeshore carries a full line of unique and flexible classroom furniture for Pre-K through 12. Developed by teachers for teachers, our products are created with a simple goal in mind — to motivate, educate and inspire.
The belief that learning should be joyful for both students and teachers has driven LEGO® Education to lead the way in innovative, hands-on learning for more than 40 years. Our range of solutions are designed not only to meet academic standards, but also to inspire all students to see themselves as the change makers of tomorrow.	MahoganyBooks is a family-owned, independent bookstore that believes in the power of reading and social entrepreneurship. Founded in 2007 as an online-only bookstore MahoganyBooks is now an award-winning retailer specializing in books written for, by, or about people of the African Diaspora. With a physical location in Washington DC, MahoganyBooks now also offers engaging literary events in an empowering environment celebrating African American culture in addition to its lauded book selection.
For over 70 years, Music & Arts has been the nation’s number 1 choice for instruments, lessons, rentals, and repairs. We are proud to be the largest provider of private lessons and the host of the largest instrument repair network in the country. Visit our 260+ neighborhood locations to test instruments and learn from our expert staff. Music & Arts, Musicians Made Here.	Supporting educators as they create engaging, hands-on learning environments for K-12 students has been Nasco Education's driving mission for more than 75 years. With standards-aligned, innovative, and curated solutions for Art, Math, Science, Literacy, SEL, FCS, CTE, Phy. Ed., Health, Special Ed., and more, Nasco is poised to help you create outstanding experiences for in-class or at-home learning.
Quill.com is a premier marketer of a wide range of office and school products, furniture, snacks, cleaning items, technology and computers. Quill is a longtime vendor partner of DonorsChoose and maintains 12 distribution centers to ensure quick delivery to schools across the US. Founded in 1956, Quill is headquartered in Lincolnshire, IL, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Staples.	Scholastic Magazines+ bring current events into the classroom! Each of our 29 titles feature age-appropriate news on a variety of curriculum subjects to prepare students for the types of texts they'll be reading in school and in life. Created by the education experts at Scholastic, classroom magazines also come with complete lesson plans, standards correlations, and online resources to help educators build the skills students need to succeed in today's world.
School Specialty is an education company that provides innovative products, programs, and services to help educators in pre-kindergarten through high school engage and inspire students of all ages and abilities to learn. We design, develop and provide educators with the latest and very best core curriculum, supplemental learning resources, school supplies, and furniture.	Staples supports every school, every day, every school year. DonorsChoose works closely with the Education division of Staples, where a team is dedicated to the needs of K12. Staples offers a wide range of products including technology items, school and office supplies, snacks, furniture, cleaning supplies, PPE, safety and wellness items, arts and crafts supplies, and other everyday classroom needs.
Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) is the world’s largest online marketplace of educational resources created by teachers, for teachers. With more than 4 million teacher-created, peer-reviewed resources for PreK-12, TpT is the go-to place for educators to access the resources, support and inspiration they need to teach at their best.	Since 1987, Teachers’ School Supply has been an acknowledged leader in classroom supplies, equipment, and technology. From STEM/STEAM to carpets and from interactive whiteboards to general school supplies, educators rely on Teachers’ School Supply for a wide variety of classroom needs.
TIME for Kids is a non-fiction, classroom-based magazine that can be used to improve students’ reading comprehension, encourage thinking and build other developmental skills necessary for success in school. This highly effective teaching tool gets kids excited about reading and about learning. TIME For Kids is available in K-1, 2, 3-4, and 5-6 grade editions.	With over 80,000 resources, Ward's Science provides a large variety of science education equipment. From elementary school to high school, Ward’s Science provides supplies that can be used with any school curriculum. Offering everything from preserved specimens to Science Olympiad kits, Ward's Science covers all science disciplines, providing everything teachers need to bring science to the classroom.

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