Foundations Not Doing Enough To Help Neediest Students, Study Says

The AP (10/28, Blankinship) reports that the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy "is hoping to light a fire under charitable foundations that support education by releasing a report Wednesday that points out how few of them focus enough attention on helping the most needy students." The study "said that only 11 percent of American foundations devoted at least half their grants to programs that benefit vulnerable students" and the reports also found that "only 2 percent met the watchdog group's other main criteria for philanthropic success: spending 25 percent of its grants toward advocating for long-term change, through community building, advocacy and civil engagement."