You guys: Amanda, Intern of Mystery and Verse is really very awesome. She's built a searchable/sortable spreadsheet of all current projects: sort by state, grade level, expiration, whatever you want, AND there's a FAQ!
I'll add …

Today's mini-prize is brought to us by a generous group of peeps at KivaFriends.org. (In case you haven't heard about Kiva, it's a micro-finance lending site that works along lines similar to Donors Choose's citizen-philanthropist …

It's 9 AM; we're at $31,774. It's a long, steep hill we've got to left to climb, but it's less than halfway to a mystery match at 60K. Tell a friend. Mention it to your …

Reader Trip gets Ken Jennings to link to the contest — yay!
I am, I suspect, now equated with furries in Jennings's mind — ew!
If it gets more donations in the door, who cares — whee! …

Anyone donating to one of the U.S. history/geography projects listed below is eligible to win Lost In America or Fandango on DVD. Two great road-trip movies (of sorts), one of which cuts through Vegas! ("The …

Welcome to Week 2! $27,312 right now. All hail the weekend warriors of awesome.
As you have probably gleaned from reading the comments lately, Tomato Nation has an intern. The Mystery Intern has tired somewhat of …

…but not for mini-prizing! "Social Activists in Training" expires today; anyone donating to that project and forwarding me their receipt by 11:59 PM ET today can win a Mrs. Potatohead. (The email is bunting at …

Hello, friends! As of this writing, $21,625. Not bad for the weekend!
Let's keep it going with a mini-prize: a Grow-A-Tree kit. C'mahhhhn: it's a whole tree! In a little box the size of a makeup …

Mr. K posted the "Hands-On Geometric Origami" project — one of the several dozen we've already funded. I really liked Mr. K's creative approach to his subject, and he's quite a prompt thank-you-note writer as …

The tomato costume is taking a trip to Washington, DC this weekend for the DC AIDS Walk — but before it leaves, it's hanging out at the Donors Choose offices in Manhattan. It felt a …