The Colbert Surprise and Good Marketing

Comedian Stephen Colbert announced Thursday that he would fund every existing grant request South Carolina public school teachers have made on the education crowdfunding website DonorsChoose.org.

Source: Stephen Colbert funds $800,000 in grants for South Carolina public school teachers

Compare that to this.

I was sad to see no requests from my home county, which is frequently ignored by our state government.

Regardless, good marketing for DonorsChoose!