Direct linkERIC Number: ED511809
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Sep
Pages: 11
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Grantmaking to School Districts: Lessons for Foundations
Coffman, Julia; Weiss, Heather; Harris, Erin; Little, Priscilla M. D.
Harvard Family Research Project
This brief offers lessons and best practices from foundations across the country on grantmaking to school districts. It offers advice to foundations that are considering school district investments for the first time. It also offers a useful "check" to more experienced foundations that want to examine their thinking and approaches against the lessons and practices of other foundations. Lists of Targeted Key Informants and GEO Listserv Respondents are appended. (Contains 9 footnotes.)
Descriptors: School Districts, Philanthropic Foundations, Grants, Educational Finance, Best Practices, Guidelines, Interviews, Content Analysis, Electronic Mail, Web Sites, Donors
Harvard Family Research Project. Harvard University, 3 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617-495-9108; Fax: 617-495-8594; e-mail: hfrp@gse.harvard.edu; Web site: http://www.hfrp.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Harvard Family Research Project
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