Saturday, August 21, 2010

Spencer's dad gave DoE $5mil and the Charter Center $3mil in their last filing. Wow...

ERN’s Largest Donation

ERN’s largest donation to date (that I’m aware of) is a $250,000 gift from the Robertson Foundation.  The foundation was started in 1996 by Julian Robertson, the former hedge fund manager of Tiger Management.

Although Tiger Management is no longer around, they still have an active foundation (the Tiger Foundation) funded by Robertson and other former Tiger Management employees.
Below is a summary of education-related donations from the Robertson Foundation and the Tiger Foundation.  Notes: only donations over $10k are included.  It’s also quite possible I’ve included some donations that are only tangentially related to education, or missed some education-related donations.  All information pulled from Guidestar.org.

Robertson Foundation (12/1/2007 – 11/30/2008)
Achievement First – $1,000,000
All Kinds of Minds – $750,000
Alliance for School Choice – $250,000
Bronx Charter School for Excellence – $10,000
Communities in Schools – $3,000,000
Education Pioneers – $500,000
Education Reform Now – $250,000
Excellent Education for Everyone – $100,000
Friends of Girls Preparatory Charter – $50,000
Friends of PAVE Academy, Inc – $12,500
Fund for Public Schools, Inc – $700,000
GreatSchools – $750,000
KIPP Foundation – $2,000,000
New York Center for Charter School Excellence – $3,000,000
New York City Department of Education – $5,000,000
Newark Charter School Fund, Inc – $650,000
NewSchools Venture Fund – $3,000,000
Partnership for Public Schools – $750,000
PAVE Academy – $47,500
St. HOPE Academy – $10,000
Teach for America, Inc – $7,120,000
The New Teacher Project – $200,000
Uncommon Schools – $500,000

Robertson Foundation (12/1/2006 – 11/30/2007)
Beginning With Children Foundation, Inc – $100,000
Children’s Scholarship Fund – $10,000
Classroom, Inc – $100,000
Communities in Schools – $800,000
DC Education Compact – $3,000,000
Excel Academy Public Charter School – $30,000
Friends of Girls Preparatory Charter – $44,500
Friends of PAVE Academy, Inc – $105,000
Fund for Public Schools, Inc – $3,800,000
GreatSchools, Inc – $112,500
KIPP Foundation – $2,000,000
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship – $15,000
New York City Center for Charter School Excellence – $1,500,000
NewSchools Venture Fund – $3,000,000
Teach for America – $2,020,000
The New Teacher Project – $200,000
Uncommon Schools – $500,000

Robertson Foundation (12/1/2005 – 11/30/2006)
All Kinds of Minds – $550,000
Alliance for School Choice – $200,000
Beginning With Children Foundation, Inc – $100,000
Civic Builders – $1,000,000
Communities in Schools, Inc – $700,000
Denver Collegiate Academy – $30,000
Friends of PAVE Academy, Inc – $12,500
Fund for Public Schools, Inc – $2,550,000
Girls Preparatory Charter School of NY – $30,000
GreatSchools.net, Inc – $336,000
KIPP Foundation – $2,000,000
New York City Center for Charter School Excellence – $2,250,000
Teach For America – $1,020,000
Uncommon Schools – $500,000
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Tiger Foundation
7/1/2008 – 6/30/2009
Bronx Charter School for the Arts – $100,000
Civic Builders – $400,000
Girls Prepatory Charter School of New York – $75,000
Harlem Children’s Zone Inc – $250,000
Harlem Day Charter School – $75,000
KIPP New York Inc – $350,000
New Leaders for New Schools – $100,000
Opportunity Charter School – $75,000
St. Hope Academy (CA) – $100,000
Success Charter Network – $100,000
Teach For America – $250,000
Uncommon Schools – $400,000
Village Academies – $75,000
Williamsburg Charter High School – $250,000

7/1/2007 – 6/30/2008
Achievement First – $400,000
Bronx Charter School for the Arts – $75,000
Bronx Prepatory Charter School – $150,000
Civic Builders – $400,000
Classroom, Inc – $75,000
Girls Preparatory Charter School of NY – $75,000
Harlem Children’s Zone – $250,000
Harlem Day Charter School – $75,000
International Network of Public Schools $100,000
KIPP New York, Inc – $350,000
New Leaders for New Schools – $100,000
Opportunity Charter School – $75,000
St. Hope Academy – $100,000
Teach For America – $250,000
Turnaround for Children – $200,000
Uncommon Schools – $400,000
Village Academies – $75,000
Williamsburg Charter High School – $100,000

7/1/2006 – 6/30/2007
Achievement First – $400,000
Beginning With Children – $100,000
Bronx Charter School for the Arts – $75,000
Civic Builders – $400,000
Classroom, Inc – $100,000
Educators for Social Responsibility – $100,000
Harlem Day Charter School – $75,000
KIPP Academy – $300,000
Lighthouse Academics – $60,000
Opportunity Charter School – $100,000
Partnership for After School Education – $90,000
READ Foundation – $100,000
Village AAcademies – $75,000

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Google the old man and how he beat N.Y. State out of $26 millon in taxes by hiring consultants to prove he didnt spend more than half his time in New York-he beat the case by one day that was in question when he waited 45 minutes in new jersey before going into the Lincoln Tunnel- so he could cheat the NYC kids out of tax money for schools.
You can link to the decision of the NYS Dept. of Taxation. It's on line.
A first class chiseler.
Why wont Mulgrew cover this? Other than Bloomberg, who is he protecting?