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          Charles Best (businessman)

          American philanthropist and entrepreneur

          Charles Best is an American philanthropist and entrepreneur.

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          5. He is the founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, a crowdfunding platform for K-12 teachers serving in US schools, and the founder of Irregardless, a crowd-sourced writing style guide. In 2023 he became the CEO of Lakeshore Learning, a chain of educational supply stores.[1]

          Education

          Best attended high school at St.

          Paul's School, a boarding school in New Hampshire.[2] Best graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale College in 1998. He also holds a certificate in fundraising management from the Harvard Kennedy School.[3]

          Career

          Two years after his college graduation, Best launched DonorsChoose.org[4] while serving as a high school history teacher in the Bronx.

          Best founded the organization after seeing first-hand the limited resources and opportunities available in his school. The site allows teachers to post proj