Work

Making the Grade

DonorsChoose connects philanthropists with students in need of school supplies. Due to a fortunate increase in interest among citizens concerned about the condition of educational resources in low–income communities, DonorsChoose needed a website capable of growing just as fast as they were.

  • $6.8 million raised for students
  • 91,000 students helped through donations
  • 33,000 donations made to fund proposals

The new DonorsChoose website is a tool not only for potential donors, it is used by all parties involved with the donation process, including public school teachers and the employees of the non–profit.

In addition to making the project selection process intuitive and easy to navigate, we created functionality for the DonorsChoose website that increases the efficiency of the donation process, and provides a platform for powerful program management tools used by DonorsChoose employees.

The new DonorsChoose website supports the following uses:

  • Public school teachers use DonorsChoose to submit resource proposals for their students.
  • Sophisticated backend software allows DonorsChoose employees to vet teacher proposals and manage all operations of the non–profit.
  • Grant–making interests newsletter keeps donors up–to–date on the latest proposals posted to the site.
  • Ecommerce engine processes real–time online donations.

DonorsChoose has extended its reach from New York City to North Carolina, and has plans for a national expansion. The DonorsChoose website was built to support and encourage this expansion, and help get resources to children in need, wherever they may be.

www.donorschoose.org

We are exhilarated to work a firm as forward-thinking and as fired-up as Alexander Interactive.

–Charles Best

Founder and President of DonorsChoose