General statistics
Proportion of completed projects: 65.2%
Total number of donations: 1,214,484
Total amount of donations: $101,806,624
Total number of students reached: 30,525,493
Average donation amount per project: $334.11
Average dollar amount per donation: $83.83
Average number of donations per project: 3.99
Interesting facts:
57% of all donors gave to their own state.
67% of high poverty level projects got completely funded, significantly more than any other poverty level
70% of urban school projects got completely funded, significantly more than any other school metro area
90% of completely funded projects were used by future students
65% of completely funded projects were used by Grades PreK-5
Completely funded “Performing Arts”, “Literature & Writing” and “Health & Life Science” projects were quite evenly spread across all grade levels.
More than 30% of the completely funded "Sports" and "Applied Science" projects were used by 9-12th graders.
Less than 75% of the completely funded “Social Science” and “Civics & Government” projects were used by future students.
50% of the completely funded “Civics & Government” projects were used by 9-12th graders.
64% of the completely funded “Foreign Language” projects were used by 9-12th graders.
Charter school projects had an 8% greater funding success rate over non-charter schools (Charter school projects: 72.2%, Non-Charter school projects: 64.7%).
Projects proposed by teachers who were part of Teach For America had a 16% better funding rate than non-Teach For America teacher projects (T.F.A.: 81%, non-T.F.A: 65%).
Projects proposed by teachers who were a NY Teaching Fellow had a 14% better funding rate than non-NY Teaching Fellow teacher projects (T.F.A.: 79%, non-T.F.A: 65%).
Kipp schools had a 14% greater funding success rate as opposed to non-Kipp schools (Kipp: 79.4% funding rate, non-Kipp: 65.1% funding rate)
Southern donors from Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Louisiana, were 5 of the 10 least likely states to donate to projects outside of their home state.
The most likely donors to give out of state are from New Hampshire (73%), Alaska (74%), Montana (75%), Vermont (79%), Wyoming (80%), and finally Washington had 82%.
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See Attachment for full summary of findings, with emphasis on completely funded projects, primary focus subject, poverty levels, grade levels, and school metro area.
