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crowd funding website where teachers post wish lists called projects. you vet and validate that project before posting it to the public site. when a project is funded, we do not give the teacher cash, we fulfill the project. reporter: the project was start by a former new york city teacher. he anonymously paid for the first few projects, which created a buzz about a mysterious benefactor. that rumor spread across the bronx. teachers started posting hundreds of projects, projects which needed a lot more money than what i could afford. and we were off. reporter: donna pitts, a fifth grade teacher in connecticut, uses the website to fulfill her classroom needs. you feel a little tentative about putting such a big project up that s so expensive, but you know that one person isn t funding that. people from all across the country are contributing. it all adds up. then your project is funded before you know it. reporter: since 2000, donorschoose.org has raised more than $190 milli

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