Posts Tagged ‘philanthropy’

What Gives? Perspectives on Philanthropy and Higher Education

by John O. Harney

July 18, 2011

Late last month, NEBHE senior fellow and Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Chair Charles Desmond and I launched a series of interviews with key leaders in New England philanthropy. Our goal was to paint a picture of what philanthropies see as the key issues and challenges facing higher education and how potential funders can have ...

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At Yale, Teaching and Learning About the Fickle Nature of Philanthropy

by John O. Harney

January 19, 2011

Yale University could offer a firsthand curriculum on the fickle nature of philanthropy.

First, there's the lesson on dirty money. Last week, the Yale Daily News reported that the university agreed to pay $1 million to Industrial Enterprises of America, to settle the company’s complaint that its former CEO, a Yale alumn named John Mazzuto, made ...

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Foundations Should Bring Equity to Education, National Report Says

by John O. Harney

October 29, 2010

Only a small fraction of the billions of dollars that foundations grant annually for education goes toward the specific needs of lower-income and vulnerable students, according to a study by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog.

The committee's new report Confronting Systemic Inequity in Education calls on foundations to address the ...

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