While teaching history for a cash-strapped school in the Bronx, Charles Best often found himself buying basic school supplies for his students with his own money.
“I figured there were people out there who'd want to help teachers like us if they could see exactly where their money was going,” he says. “This was a few years before ‘crowdfunding’ was even a word, but I could sense that backing specific projects would be much more exciting for people than getting a solicitation and being asked to send in a check.”
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