Dive Brief:
- Stephen Colbert is giving $800,000 to fund almost 1,000 South Carolina educator projects on crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org.
- The television personality, who said in a video announcement that he is a product of South Carolina schools, partnered with The Morgridge Family Foundation's Share Fair Nation and ScanSource to fund the gift.
- Greenville Online reports that over 800 teachers in the state will benefit from the gift, which covers every existing public school request from the state on the site, and they will get everything from trampolines to professional development opportunities.
Dive Insight:
This is an awesome gift and one that is going to have immediate and direct impacts on hundreds of classrooms. DonorChoose was a smart choice for Colbert, as his gift will go directly to the educators and students who will benefit from it. Some of the gifts were already hand-delivered by the crowdfunding site and ScanSource.