Policy Patrons
Subtitle: Philanthropy, Education Reform, and the Politics of Influence
Publisher: Harvard Education Publishing Group (HEPG)
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781612509129
Subjects: Educational fund raising; Charitable uses, trusts and foundations; Education, united states; Charities, united states
Description: "Policy Patrons offers a rare behind-the-scenes view of decision making inside four influential education philanthropies: the Ford Foundation, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. Through a series of confidential interviews, Megan E. Tompkins-Stange explores the values, ideas, and beliefs that inform these foundations' strategies and practices."--Back cover.