Updated March 26th @ 3am ET: this funding opportunity is no longer available.
Updated March 25th @ 5pm ET: 60% of funds remain for this funding opportunity.
Starting at 7am ET on Tuesday, March 25th, 2025, donations to every live, approved project will be matched 50%, while funds last. That means a $20 donation will become a $30 donation, and so on.
If you’re a public school teacher and have a DonorChoose project that meets the criteria below, new donations on your project will be matched as long as funding remains.
How to qualify:
- Have a live, approved project on our site by March 25th at 7am ET. If you haven’t created a project yet, click the “Create your project” button below.
- If you already have a live, approved project on DonorsChoose, you’re all set! If you have multiple projects live on the site, all of your projects will be eligible for the match.
What won’t qualify:
- Classroom Essentials lists
- Projects waiting to be screened by our team
Frequently Asked Questions
If you’re a teacher new to DonorsChoose, then you’ll need to register an account before you can create a project. Once you’ve created your project, you need to submit it to our volunteer review team. Most projects are reviewed and posted within five days of being submitted. Once our team has approved your project, then it’s live and ready to receive donations! All projects that are live on March 25th will receive the match while funds last.
We’re aiming to make sure that as many projects as possible that were submitted before March 25th, 2025 are approved in time for this match. It often takes 5 days for a project to be screened, and it may take longer during this busy time of year. We recommend submitting your project as soon as possible for the best chance at getting it approved in time.
If your project is live on our site, you’re all set! On March 25th, you should see a 1.5X indicator on your project, showing that all donations you receive that day will be matched. If the 1.5X indicator is not on your project, then you don’t have the match.
Some projects qualify for match offers; in that case, those projects will receive the match for which they currently qualify, instead of this one-day-only match.
The match will only appear after 7AM ET on March 25th, then end when funds run out. If your project isn’t yet live on the site, the match offer will not be applied until after approval by our screening team. Please note, the match offer will not appear during Friends and Family Pre-Funding (the period when our team is reviewing your project).
Standard, Special Request, and Professional Development projects can all qualify for this match. You can read more about project types in our Help Center article on Standard and Professional Development. Special Requests are a little trickier but this article on creating a Special Request is helpful.
New donations paid by credit card and PayPal or account credit and gift card redemptions to live projects are eligible for this match. Donations via check and donor-advised fund (DAF) will not be matched due to processing time.
Donations placed before 7am ET on March 25th will not be matched.
No. Donations placed to an Essentials list will not be matched by this funding opportunity. Essentials lists are currently not eligible to receive matching donations from any funding opportunity. You can read more about Classroom Essentials in our Help Center.
Thank you to our teachers, supporters, and collaborators for 25 years of classroom joy and funding. We’re proud of what we’ve done together, and we’re just getting started.