Currently, teachers are only eligible to have materials shipped to non-school addresses if there are extenuating circumstances. Some examples are school closures due to construction, a history of lost or stolen packages, or natural disasters.
If your school has deliverability issues, you may contact our team to request that your project materials be delivered to an address other than your school when confirming funding for your project.
Please note, in order to send materials from your fully funded project to a custom address, you’ll need to make sure that your DonorsChoose account is verified.
What must be sent to a school address:
- Resources from specific vendors - Some vendors are only able to ship to school or district site addresses.
- Most technology - Any technology that you request also needs to align with any technology policies your district may have.
- Very large or expensive items - To ensure that your resources end up in the right place for you and your students, materials like furniture, smart boards, and carpets may have to be sent directly to your school address.
- Very expensive projects - To make sure pricey resources end up exactly where they’re supposed to be, any project that costs over $2,500 will be sent to your school address.
- Special Request resources - To ensure end-to-end transparency with our donors, any special request materials must be sent to your school.
- Professional Development resources - To ensure end-to-end transparency with our donors, any professional development materials must be sent to your school.
If your requested project materials are eligible to be sent to a custom address, our team will update your project and you’ll be able to enter that address during confirmation. Please note that as part of our materials ownership policy, all materials belong to the public school or Head Start center at which the teacher is employed, regardless of where they are shipped.