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 …

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 …

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! …

Flash Forward. In the DVR timeslot face-off with The Vampire Diaries, this lost….Yeah, I know.   Cool premise; irritating execution, for two reasons.The first: Sonya Walger.I just can’t care.
The second: The idea that this happened …

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!   …

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 …

…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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …