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We've long believed teachers know best what their students need to succeed, and that includes the creation of healthy, supportive school communities.

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Charles Best

We all remember special days at school, whether it was going on a field trip, doing a science experiment, or performing in a school play.

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Charles Best

Access to sports is an important part of a well-rounded education, and it takes committed communities and companies like Dick's to make a real difference in kids' lives.

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We're thrilled to be a part of PNC's longstanding commitment to early childhood learning. Their generosity will help us expand the DonorsChoose.org platform to serve Head Start classrooms nationwide, ensuring that many more pre-K teachers have resources they need to give their students a solid educational foundation.

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Our mission is to help students in need and to democratize philanthropy.

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Charles Best

A really large number of teachers contact us offline testifying how valuable iPads are for their students.

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Charles Best

I saw first-hand that all schools are not created equal, and the students shouldn't have to go without all of the materials that they need for a great education.

Charles Best
Charles Best

It just felt wrong that the kids I was teaching didn't have the same access to materials that I did when I was a student.

Charles Best
Charles Best

Acknowledging someone is an act of altruism in the first place, so converting that act of altruism into a pizza party or company fleece jacket or a gift card is fine, but it's not in keeping with spirit in which it all began.

Charles Best
Charles Best

I think philanthropy is so much more in keeping with spirit of shouting someone out than a material reward.

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Charles Best

If we can show the world that there are students in all sorts of communities who don't have the material they need for a great education, that will be the first major step to doing something about it.

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Charles Best

We think there's nothing like sunlight to mobilize and energize citizens to demand change of their elected officials.

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Charles Best

People not only want to support public schools, but people warm to this idea of being a philanthropist, even if they might have only have $5 to spare.

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Charles Best

My colleagues and I would spend a lot of our own money on copy, paper, and pencils. I just figured there are people out there who would want to help teachers like us if they could see exactly where their money was going.

Charles Best
Charles Best

I get my share of 'cold' requests via LinkedIn from people who are launching non-profit or for-profit ventures and who request a meeting to get my input or help. I wish I could say yes to all of them, but given limited bandwidth, I say yes to the subset who've written a compelling description of their work and who are underrepresented.

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Charles Best

We love that our platform allows people to give.

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Charles Best

We evaluate all business decisions based on how we can best serve public school teachers and their students.

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Learning is a critical part of our mission and organizational culture.

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Charles Best

I founded DonorsChoose.org because I care about learning, and I believe every student in our country deserves a great education.

Charles Best
Charles Best

I believe if we can crowdsource educational solutions to teachers on the front lines, who often know their kids better than anyone, we will unearth and generate better-targeted, smarter ideas.