By Lori Abbott
Public News Service California
December 29, 2010
In this economy, charitable foundations are under some of the same financial constraints as families and businesses, and a new report says most could be doing a better job of choosing education-related projects and programs to support.
In a study of more than 670 foundations from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, including many that donate in California, only 11 percent spent at least half of their education dollars on students in under-served populations. Even fewer focused on long-term solutions to problems in education.
Study author Kevin Welner says foundations need to spend more time getting to know the people and communities their grants will be helping – and doing more research on what really works – before they write the check.
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