Because i care Quote by Charles Best

I founded this school for the masses.

— Atiku Abubakar

I'd love DonorsChoose.org to become a place where teachers can post innovative, out-of-the-box projects that they can't get funding for traditionally.

— Charles Best

DonorsChoose was conceived at a Bronx public high school where I taught social studies for five years. In the teachers' lunch room, my colleagues…

— Charles Best

If anything, we hope that DonorsChoose.org is going to be a prompt, a nudge in the side of the public school system to improve…

— Charles Best

I love to get involved with the community by doing programs that promote literacy and education.

— Harrison Barnes

I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.

— Marshall Fritz

I grew up in a working-class community. I was the first in my family to attend college, thanks in large part to financial aid…

— Miguel Cardona

We give scholarships to high school kids and a new library of books to every preschool child in the county where I was born.…

— Dolly Parton

Ideally, DonorsChoose.org wouldn't be necessary for basic supplies, but I hope we'll always be a platform for teachers to request resources that would bring…

— Charles Best

I'm very committed to its educational institutions, including my alma mater Central Falls High School's drama program, because I know that's what got me…

— Viola Davis

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

— Charles Best

I am pleased that through SM Foundation, we are able to do many socio-civic projects and support college scholars in need who come from…

— Henry Sy