Starting on August 6th, Governor Jared Polis will award up to $600 in Federal COVID Relief funding to Colorado classroom teachers’ projects requesting resources to support students in response to COVID-19. Funding for eligible projects will likely be applied shortly after a project is approved, while funds remain. For the best chance at funding, submit a project on August 6th, 2024. Due to the nature of this opportunity, funding is likely to run out quickly and not every submitted project will receive funding.
How to qualify:
- If you don’t already have a teacher account, create one at www.donorschoose.org/teachers. Then return to this page to follow the rest of these instructions. Do not create a duplicate account.
- Sign into your account.
- Teach PreK-12 in a Colorado public school.
- Create a new project on or after 12:30 PM MST August 6th, 2024
- On the “HI” page while creating your project, enter the campaign code COLORADO by clicking "Enter a campaign code."
- Where to enter the campaign code:
- Request resources to support students’ social, emotional, and mental well-being as well as the impacts of interrupted academic learning as a result of COVID-19.
- Keep in mind that your $600 grant includes the materials cost, applicable taxes and fees, and the suggested donation to DonorsChoose. To keep your total project goal at $600 you should request around $450 in materials; you will see the project’s total goal update as you shop. Click here for a cost example:
- In your project essay, make sure to describe how the resources you’re requesting will help your students through pandemic-impacted learning.
What won’t qualify:
- Projects posted before 12:30 PM MST on August 6th, 2024
- Projects with a total goal over $600 (this includes all fees)
- Any items that include a subscription component
- Any food items in your cart will disqualify your project
- Materials from Scholastic, Time for Kids, or Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards
- Resources categorized as "Food, Clothing, & Hygiene"
- This means any items like food/snacks, clothing, first aid kits, hand sanitizer, deodorant, tissues, air fresheners, irons, cleaning supplies, or other non-COVID learning response related resources.
- Projects with the subject area "Warmth, Care, & Hunger"
- Professional Development, special requests, and virtual trip and visitor projects
- Special request projects are projects that request materials from outside of DonorsChoose’s vendor catalog. For this grant, you’ll need to shop from one of DonorsChoose’s 24 integrated vendors.
- Capital improvements to school building(s)
- Salaries or bonuses
If your project meets the above criteria, you’ll receive $600 in funding as soon as your project is reviewed by our team and posted on our site, while funds last.
