[3] Two years after his college graduation, Best launched DonorsChoose.org[4] while serving as a high school history teacher in the Bronx.
The site allows teachers to post project requests for classroom supplies, resources, field trips and class visitors.
Fortune magazine named Best to its "40 under 40 hottest rising stars in business" for three consecutive years.
In November 2013, he received the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award, an honor for young Americans who are changing their communities and country through their commitment to public service.
)[6] In 2014, Best received the S. Roger Horchow for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen as part of the Jefferson Awards.