With a Little Help from Our Friends: Private Fundraising and Public Schools in Philadelphia

Autor/inn/en	Good, Ryan M.; Nelson, Katharine L.
Titel	With a Little Help from Our Friends: Private Fundraising and Public Schools in Philadelphia
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Policy, 36 (2021) 4, S.480-503 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Good, Ryan M.) ORCID (Nelson, Katharine L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0939
DOI	10.1080/02680939.2020.1730979
Schlagwörter	Fund Raising; Public Schools; School Districts; Educational Change; Organizations (Groups); Neighborhoods; Census Figures; Taxes; Context Effect; Educational Finance; Private Financial Support; Enrichment Activities; After School Programs; Instructional Materials; Equal Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Kindergarten; Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fundraising; Spendensammlung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Bildungsreform; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Volkszählung; Abgabe; Bildungsfonds; Private Investition; Bereicherungsprogramm; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien
Abstract	In this paper, we study fundraising efforts for traditional public schools in Philadelphia by neighborhood-based 'friends' groups that have incorporated as independent 501(c)(3)s to support individual schools. We situate the growth of school-based fundraising efforts within the well-known social science literature on the shadow state and the devolution of the welfare state over 30 years ago. As far as we know, this is the first application of these theories to education reform. We ask what characterizes schools and neighborhoods where school constituencies have incorporated as 501(c)(3) organizations, how school-specific 501(c)(3)s raise money, and what priorities guide their investment objectives. We draw on interviews with local organizations, document review of IRS Form 990 filings, and school district and census demographic data. We find that the work of these organizations must be understood in the context of gentrifying neighborhoods and that they reflect the manifestation of inequalities in local capacity described in the shadow state literature. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01