DonorsChoose Open Data, United States, 2002-2019

DonorsChoose.org is a crowdfunding website for public school teachers in the United States. Teachers at 84% of public schools have posted a project on the site. This data collection is sourced from the DonorsChoose public website. It includes user and system activity: projects posted by teachers on the website, donations that were applied to those projects, and resources requested for each project. These data cover all projects that were posted from September 2002 to June 30, 2019, and activity on them through December 31, 2019.
The donations data (n=11,377,479; 11 variables) include amount, donor type, and whether the donation was matched.
The resources data (n=13,291,370; 5 variables) include item name, unit price, quantity, and category of resource.
The public-use projects data (n=2,149,817; 28 variables) include title, category, state, grade level, date posted, and a unique identifier for the teacher.
The restricted-use projects data (n=2,149,817; 6 variables) include large open text fields such as the need statement and thank you note.