• Groupon, a website which offers no-strings-attached regional discounts on everything from restaurants to salons to cleaning services, has partnered with DonorsChoose.org to offer Groupon users half priced donations.
• DonorsChoose.org allows public school teachers to describe materials they need or projects they’d like to do, and donors choose to support the ones they like.
• The way it works is The Pershing Square Foundation matches what each Groupon donor contributes, making a $50 contribution worth $100.
• DonorsChoose hopes to raise $1 million via the partnership with Groupon.

Best Quote

“I hope that what we’re doing with Groupon will show people that somebody who only has $10 to spare will be a philanthropist.” – Charles Best, Founder of DonorsChoose.org.