Updated September 18th at 6:36pm ET: funds have been completely applied for this match offer. New donations will no longer be doubled.
Updated September 18th at 5:45pm ET: funds are running low from this match offer. We expect doubled donations to end soon!
On September 18th, starting at 7am ET and while funds last, all projects from teachers at Equity Focus Schools will receive a 2X match on new donations. That means a $20 donation will become a $40 donation, and so on.
If your project meets the criteria below and while funding remains, new donations on your project will be matched. You will see the match offer applied to your project as soon as it is approved and live on the site. Please note, the match offer will not appear during Friends and Family Pre-Funding.
How to qualify:
- Teach at an Equity Focus School. Check this page to see if you’re at an Equity Focus School.
- Have a live, approved project on the site by 7am ET, September 18th.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q. What is an Equity Focus School?
Equity Focus Schools on DonorsChoose are schools where 50% or more of students are Black, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, or multiracial, and 50% or more of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch (the standard measure for school economic need level). Read this page to learn more about our Equity Focus.
Q. What do I do if my school should be classified as Equity Focus but is not receiving the match?
We updated our school database this July. You can see our site’s most up-to-date information about your school’s economic need level and student racial demographics at your school page, which you can access through your teacher page or by following steps in our Help Center about how to tell if you’re at an Equity Focus School.
If you check that page and think your school’s economic need level on our site is not accurate, check out this help center article to find out how we calculate economic need and how you can make any changes. If you believe our data on student racial demographics is incorrect, contact our team and provide us with either an official school report card/government website review of your school’s racial demographic, or ask your principal/director to email us providing updated demographics.
Q. If I already have a live, approved project and I teach at an Equity Focus School, will my existing project qualify?
Yes! All projects currently on the site — from teachers at Equity Focus Schools — will qualify for this match. You do not need to post a new project, though you are welcome to have multiple projects on the site at a time.
Q: Are there any restrictions on which donations are matched?
Donations via check and donor-advised fund (DAF) will not be matched due to processing time. Credit card, PayPal, account credit, and gift card donations to live projects are eligible for this match.
Q: How long will this match offer last?
Match offer duration depends on how quickly funds run out and as such, there is no guaranteed measure of time that this will remain open.
- If demand is high, with many eligible donations occurring, then matching funds could run out before the day has concluded.
- If demand is low, then funding will be available (at most) from 7:00 AM ET on 9/18 until 3:00 AM ET on 9/19.