The $800,000 donation will fund about 1,000 projects at more than 375 schools. Colbert, who attended school in South Carolina, made the donation with the proceeds from the sale of equipment used in his TV show, the Colbert Report, which stopped filming last year.
Who recently funded every DonorsChoose grant request in South Carolina?
Answer: Stephen Colbert
Actor Stephen Colbert announced last week that he, along with matching funds from the Morgridge Family Foundation and ScanSource, will fund every request made by public school teachers on the crowdfunding website DonorsChoose.org.
The $800,000 donation will fund about 1,000 projects at more than 375 schools. Colbert, who attended school in South Carolina, made the donation with the proceeds from the sale of equipment used in his TV show, the Colbert Report, which stopped filming last year.
The $800,000 donation will fund about 1,000 projects at more than 375 schools. Colbert, who attended school in South Carolina, made the donation with the proceeds from the sale of equipment used in his TV show, the Colbert Report, which stopped filming last year.