or more to a project also receive hand-written thank-you notes from students. Stephen Colbert has promoted DonorsChoose and has a position on the board. The operations of DonorsChoose are 100% supported by an optional 15% donation to overhead, teacher outreach, maintenance and build-out of the DonorsChoose website. 85% of individual donors opt to include this donation. DonorsChoose national corporate and foundation partners include The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google.org, PNC Bank, Staples, and Target. Eligibility DonorsChoose is open to all public and public charter schools in the United States, as well as GED and Pre-K programs run by public school systems. All "front line educators" are eligible to create accounts on the site and submit project requests. This includes teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, school nurses and full-time teachers who also act as coaches – all must work directly with students for 75% or more of their time. Those who are not eligible include principals, administrators, PTA members, teachers' assistants, student teachers, substitutes, part-time teachers, after-school teachers, or staff developers. Press DonorsChoose appeared in a Doonesbury strip on September 9, 2007. It was mentioned in an interview with Craig Newmark on the October 18, 2007, episode of the Colbert Report, and again on March 19, 2008; September 27, 2011; and December 13, 2012, as a recipient of host Stephen Colbert's Super PAC Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. Charles Best spoke at the first annual Forbes 400 Summit On Philanthropy in June 2012. In May 2013, DonorsChoose mobilized donations in support of educators in Moore, Oklahoma, whose schools were devastated by an EF5 Tornado. CBS featured DonorsChoose as a trusted organization assisting the relief effort in Oklahoma. Fast Company magazine featured DonorsChoose as one of its Most Innovative Companies in 2011. DonorsChoose was the first charity to be given this distinction. In February 2014, DonorsChoose was listed in the top 10 Most Innovative Companies, and the organization was featured as February's cover story. Maya Kosoff wrote about how teachers use DonorsChoose to fundraise for Texas Instruments graphing calculators. As of November 2019, a total of 30 School districts are part of the DonorsChoose District Partnership Program. Hamilton County Schools have announced a new partnership with DonorsChoose. Allentown School District has become one more school district to partner with DonorsChoose. Flash-funding has been occasionally used to fund all projects on DonorsChoose in a geographic area. References External links DonorsChoose website CharityNavigator