Funding for Education
June is Funding for Education Month at the Foundation Center. We have developed a topical resource list to highlight a number of readings in the area of education philanthropy. Here are a few examples from the list:
2008 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Performance: Summary of Annual Fund Key Performance Indicators. Cambridge, MA: Target Analysis Group, 2009. 12 p. Subject File Number: 703.
Analyses are based on fiscal year 2008 donor transactions from 33 public and 32 private universities and colleges. Available online
Benchmarking 2008: Trends in Education Philanthropy. Portland, OR: Grantmakers for Education. 2008. 20 p.
Analyzes a survey of 152 funders to assess the current state of educational grantmaking, and examine the ways in which funders' priorities have been shifting in recent years. Includes numerous statistical charts and tables. Available online
Cohen, Rick. Strategic Grantmaking: Foundations and the School Privatization Movement. Washington, DC: National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, 2007. vi, 34 p. Subject File Number: 211.
Cohen shows how philanthropic capital from small and large foundations has helped build political support for the school privatization agenda using movement-building grantmaking strategies. Available online
For additional tools on this topic, the Foundation Center has also created a new Focus on Funding for Education area of the Center’s web site, which serves as a “one-stop shop” for information on events, classes, interactive charts, news, and more. Visit the new site.