The X Prize

This one you can donate to or compete in. The X Prize Foundation gives out prizes to teams that develop certain new technologies, the prizes being $10 million or more. I first heard about this at the time of the Ansari X Prize, which was meant to encourage the technology for a viable commercial space plane. The current competitions have to do with a more efficient car, lunar rovers, and medicine and genetics. If you want to help, tell a friend, or even donate money. If you think you've got what it takes, you can consider competing, but if nothing else, it'd be good to take a look at what they're doing.

Donors Choose

Today, I bring you to a charity, Donors Choose. As we all know, schools don't always have enough money. Well, Donors Choose hopes to help with that. Their mission is simple, to raise money to help pay for classroom supplies and field trips to help education become more fun and engaging, and therefore more effective. Their method, though, is different from some other charities. Here, teachers write about the things they need help paying for, and you choose the ones you want to give money to, like if you wanted to help students learn about space, you can choose a trip to the planetarium to donate money for and that's what your money will pay for, rather than new footballs, or vice versa. I think this is a great way to help improve education and urge you to check it out.