Gates Money and Common Core– Part V
This post is the fifth in a series on Bill Gates’ funding of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). As of September 22, 2013, Gates has spent $173.5 million expressly for CCSS according to the Gates grants search engine.
The first post includes CCSS background and Gates funding for key players at the CCSS planning table, including the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and also both teachers unions, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA).
In my second installment, I examine Gates CCSS funding of organizations that influence state departments of education and school districts.
The third involves Gates CCSS funding to state departments of education and school districts.
The fourth post documents Gates CCSS funding to universities. In this fifth post, I examine Gates CCSS funding to foundations and institutes.
Defining Foundation and Institute
And now, for some brief definitions. First, a word on what a foundation is:
A foundation is a non-governmental entity that is established as a nonprofit corporation or a charitable trust, with a principal purpose of making grants to unrelated organizations, institutions, or individuals for scientific, educational, cultural, religious, or other charitable purposes. This broad definition encompasses two foundation types: private foundations and grantmaking public charities.
Gates is funding CCSS via grants through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Thus, it is possible for one foundation to give money to another foundation. Organizations create associated foundations [501(c)3] for the tax breaks available to