Funding for Public School Teachers to Help Students at High-Need or Rural High Schools Prepare For College!
 
1. What’s available? Gates Foundation has given us a grant to match funding to your next classroom project request(s) to prepare students for college. Last year, 93% of projects that qualified for this Gates match offer were fully funded by donors who visited our site!
 
2. Who qualifies? If you are a full-time teacher at a high-need or rural public high school, you are eligible for this funding.
 
3. How do I participate? First, log in to your teacher account on DonorsChoose.org (if you don’t have one, any public school teacher can sign up at www.donorschoose.org/teacher ). Once you’re logged in, submit a project requesting materials to help prepare your students for college. 
 
4. Then what happens? A few hours after your project is approved, you should see a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation logo on your project. This means it has qualified for this offer and now has a great chance of being fully funded by the other donors that visit our site.
 
To see projects recently funded via this offer, visit http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?historical=true&keywords=college&&&gradeType=4
 
To get started with submitting your own college prep project, log in to your account at www.donorschoose.org/teacher. 
 
 
Funding for 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade Classrooms to Execute Projects to Benefit the Environment!
 
1. What’s available? Disney Planet Challenge is offering match funding to hands-on classroom project(s) that will benefit the environment. Even more project funding is available for projects posted by 4th, 5th, and 6th grade teachers who also sign up to participate in the Disney Planet Challenge! 
 
2. Who qualifies? If you are a full-time 4^th, 5^th, or 6^th grade teacher at a public school you can qualify for this funding!
 
3. How do I participate? First, log in to your teacher account on DonorsChoose.org (if you don’t have one, any public school teacher can sign up at www.donorschoose.org/teacher ). Once you’re logged in, submit a hands-on project request focused on the environment (projects on water conservation and watershed protection, recycling, energy conservation, etc. would work well!). 
 
4. Then what happens? Within a week of project approval, if your projects meets the above criteria, you will see a Disney Planet Challenge logo on your project page. This means it has qualified for this offer and now has a great chance of being fully funded by the other donors that visit our site. 
 
To sign up for the Disney Planet Challenge, visit http://disney.go.com/planetchallenge/.
 
To get started with submitting your hands-on project to benefit the environment, log in to your account at www.donorschoose.org/teacher.