by David Safier
The Walton Family, heirs to the Walmart fortune, love charter schools, and they show their love by giving generously through the Walton Family Foundation. But until I found a link on Diane Ravitch's blog to the Foundation page listing the grants it gave in 2012, I had no idea how generous they were. The Foundation gave $158 million to education in 2012. Lots of the groups and schools receiving the grants have names that don't indicate who they are, so I just pulled out names that are clearly charter schools or organizations supporting charter schools. A quick estimate of the money in that very partial list comes to something like $80 million. Some of the biggest recipients are organizations like California Charter Schools Association ($5,000,000), Charter School Growth Fund - Louisiana
($2,000,000), KIPP Foundation
($8,374,000), Teach for America ($11,445,000) [this isn't directly charter-related, but I decided to throw it in because TfA is becoming a big part of the "school choice" movement], and a whopping $14,900,000 to Charter Fund, Inc.
Here's my partial list of charter school-related recipients. It continues below the fold. I'm sure if I spent some time, I could nearly double it.
- Alliance for School Choice, Inc.
1,700,000
- American Center for School Choice
125,000
- Arizona Charter Schools Association
586,475
- Arizona School Choice Administration Corporation
100,000
- Association of Missouri Charter Schools
326,300
- Black Alliance for Educational Options
1,114,200
- California Charter Schools Association
5,000,000
- Center for Education Reform
809,209
- Charter School Partners
314,000
- Colorado League of Charter Schools
245,000
- Education Reform Now, Inc.
500,000
- Florida Charter School Alliance
168,345
- Foundation for Excellence in Education
1,000,000
Friends of Choice in Urban Schools
737,434
Georgia Charter Schools Association Inc.
840,000
Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options
292,000
Illinois Network of Charter Schools
1,023,000
Indiana Public Charter Schools Association Inc.
392,529
Institute for Innovation of Public School Choice
265,845
Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
586,280
Massachusetts Charter Public School Association
350,000
Milwaukee Charter School Advocates
235,027
National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
1,250,000
New Jersey Charter Public Schools Association
354,161
New Schools for New Orleans Inc.
1,229,570
New York Charter Schools Association
725,000
Newark Charter School Fund
1,875,000
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools
382,706
Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina
600,000
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools
150,000
School Choice Indiana
320,000
School Choice Ohio
605,000
School Choice Wisconsin
300,000
Students for Education Reform
250,000
Success Academy Charter Schools
1,000,000
Tennessee Charter Schools Association
268,126
Texas Charter Schools Association
725,000
Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School
250,000
ACE Charter High School
250,000
Amandla Charter School
250,000
Apple Academy Charter Public Schools
250,000
Arizona Autism Charter Schools, Inc.
30,000
Aurora Collegiate Academy Charter School
220,000
Bridges Public Charter School
30,000
Brighter Choice Foundation
945,000
Brilla College Preparatory Charter School
250,000
Carpe Diem Collegiate High School - Meridian Campus
250,000
Central Queens Academy Charter School
250,000
Charter Fund, Inc.
14,900,000
Charter School Growth Fund - Louisiana
2,000,000
Christopher House Charter School
220,000
Delta Charter School of Math, Science and Technology
30,000
Democracy Prep III Charter School
250,000
Downtown Charter School, Inc.
250,000
Excel Academy Charter School - Boston II
250,000
Excel Academy Public Charter School
250,000
Fannie C. Williams Charter School
250,000
Future is Now: New Orleans Charter School
250,000
Ingenuity Prep Public Charter School
250,000
Intrepid Preparatory Charter School
220,000
KIPP Foundation
8,374,000
Lafayette Preparatory Academy Charter School
250,000
Math and Science Preparatory Charter High
220,000
Nashville Classical Charter School
220,000
Oakland Academy Charter School
30,000
Pacific Charter School Development, Inc.
2,160,000
Paul Public Charter School
250,000
Peoria Charter School Initiative
250,000
Phoenix Collegiate Academy
250,000
Purpose Preparatory Charter School
220,000
Rocketship Education
225,000
Rowe Elementary Charter School
250,000
Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter School
250,000
Tennessee Charter School Incubator
707,331
Westside Atlanta Charter School
30,000
Arizona Charter Schools Association
150,000
California Charter Schools Association
1,150,000
Charter Board Partners
177,750
DC Public Charter School Board
498,729
Illinois State Charter School Commission
100,000
National Association of Charter School Authorizers
1,750,000
Ohio Alliance of Public Charter Schools
34,190
Teach for America (National)
11,445,000
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