The Changing Face of Education Advocacy: Trickel Down

TRICKLE DOWN A number of prominent foundations have supported the charitable wings of national education advocacy groups. The engagement of philanthropies in policy advocacy is a relatively recent phenomenon that roughly parallels such education groups' expansion over the past decade. This list details three foundations' investments; it is not a comprehensive list of all private foundation contributions, nor does it include local, public, or community charities' contributions. Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation 2011 Education Reform Now $1.24 million MILLION 2010 Education Reform Now $565,000 StudentsFirst $500,000 2009 Education Reform Now $150,000 2008 Education Reform Now $50,000 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Stand for Children $5,000 2011 Leadership Center $3.5 million 2010 Stand for Children MILLION MIION MILLION Leadership Center Stand for Children 2009 Leadership Center $971,280 2007 Stand for Children Leadership Center $682,565 2005 Stand for Children Leadership Center $80,000 Walton Family Foundation 2011 StudentsFirst Institute $1 million LION Stand for Children MILLION Leadership Center $1.1 million Education Reform Now MILON $1.1 million 2010 Stand for Children $1.4 million Leadership Center MILLION Education Reform Now $1.3 million MILLION SOURCES: Education Week, Broad Foundation; Gates Foundation; Walton Family Foundation TRICKLE DOWN A number of prominent foundations have supported the charitable wings of national education advocacy groups. The engagement of philanthropies in policy advocacy is a relatively recent phenomenon that roughly parallels such education groups' expansion over the past decade. This list details three foundations' investments; it is not a comprehensive list of all private foundation contributions, nor does it include local, public, or community charities' contributions. Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation 2011 Education Reform Now $1.24 million MILLION 2010 Education Reform Now $565,000 StudentsFirst $500,000 2009 Education Reform Now $150,000 2008 Education Reform Now $50,000 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Stand for Children $5,000 2011 Leadership Center $3.5 million 2010 Stand for Children MILLION MIION MILLION Leadership Center Stand for Children 2009 Leadership Center $971,280 2007 Stand for Children Leadership Center $682,565 2005 Stand for Children Leadership Center $80,000 Walton Family Foundation 2011 StudentsFirst Institute $1 million LION Stand for Children MILLION Leadership Center $1.1 million Education Reform Now MILON $1.1 million 2010 Stand for Children $1.4 million Leadership Center MILLION Education Reform Now $1.3 million MILLION SOURCES: Education Week, Broad Foundation; Gates Foundation; Walton Family Foundation TRICKLE DOWN A number of prominent foundations have supported the charitable wings of national education advocacy groups. The engagement of philanthropies in policy advocacy is a relatively recent phenomenon that roughly parallels such education groups' expansion over the past decade. This list details three foundations' investments; it is not a comprehensive list of all private foundation contributions, nor does it include local, public, or community charities' contributions. Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation 2011 Education Reform Now $1.24 million MILLION 2010 Education Reform Now $565,000 StudentsFirst $500,000 2009 Education Reform Now $150,000 2008 Education Reform Now $50,000 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Stand for Children $5,000 2011 Leadership Center $3.5 million 2010 Stand for Children MILLION MIION MILLION Leadership Center Stand for Children 2009 Leadership Center $971,280 2007 Stand for Children Leadership Center $682,565 2005 Stand for Children Leadership Center $80,000 Walton Family Foundation 2011 StudentsFirst Institute $1 million LION Stand for Children MILLION Leadership Center $1.1 million Education Reform Now MILON $1.1 million 2010 Stand for Children $1.4 million Leadership Center MILLION Education Reform Now $1.3 million MILLION SOURCES: Education Week, Broad Foundation; Gates Foundation; Walton Family Foundation TRICKLE DOWN A number of prominent foundations have supported the charitable wings of national education advocacy groups. The engagement of philanthropies in policy advocacy is a relatively recent phenomenon that roughly parallels such education groups' expansion over the past decade. This list details three foundations' investments; it is not a comprehensive list of all private foundation contributions, nor does it include local, public, or community charities' contributions. Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation 2011 Education Reform Now $1.24 million MILLION 2010 Education Reform Now $565,000 StudentsFirst $500,000 2009 Education Reform Now $150,000 2008 Education Reform Now $50,000 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Stand for Children $5,000 2011 Leadership Center $3.5 million 2010 Stand for Children MILLION MIION MILLION Leadership Center Stand for Children 2009 Leadership Center $971,280 2007 Stand for Children Leadership Center $682,565 2005 Stand for Children Leadership Center $80,000 Walton Family Foundation 2011 StudentsFirst Institute $1 million LION Stand for Children MILLION Leadership Center $1.1 million Education Reform Now MILON $1.1 million 2010 Stand for Children $1.4 million Leadership Center MILLION Education Reform Now $1.3 million MILLION SOURCES: Education Week, Broad Foundation; Gates Foundation; Walton Family Foundation TRICKLE DOWN A number of prominent foundations have supported the charitable wings of national education advocacy groups. The engagement of philanthropies in policy advocacy is a relatively recent phenomenon that roughly parallels such education groups' expansion over the past decade. This list details three foundations' investments; it is not a comprehensive list of all private foundation contributions, nor does it include local, public, or community charities' contributions. Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation 2011 Education Reform Now $1.24 million MILLION 2010 Education Reform Now $565,000 StudentsFirst $500,000 2009 Education Reform Now $150,000 2008 Education Reform Now $50,000 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Stand for Children $5,000 2011 Leadership Center $3.5 million 2010 Stand for Children MILLION MIION MILLION Leadership Center Stand for Children 2009 Leadership Center $971,280 2007 Stand for Children Leadership Center $682,565 2005 Stand for Children Leadership Center $80,000 Walton Family Foundation 2011 StudentsFirst Institute $1 million LION Stand for Children MILLION Leadership Center $1.1 million Education Reform Now MILON $1.1 million 2010 Stand for Children $1.4 million Leadership Center MILLION Education Reform Now $1.3 million MILLION SOURCES: Education Week, Broad Foundation; Gates Foundation; Walton Family Foundation