Edited by Noah D. Drezner, Professor of Higher Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA and Visiting Professor, Institute for Law and Philanthropy, Buchman Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel

‘A welcome contribution to much-needed knowledge on the relationships between philanthropy and education. The variety of disciplines, innovative modes of analysis and contributors from a range of perspectives result in a valuable resource that will help guide excellence in future scholarship and practice.’

• Contents1 Understanding the crucial role of philanthropy in education:an introduction 1Noah D. Drezner2 Researching individual giving to education in the US 16Genevieve G. Shaker and Pat Danahey Janin3 LGBTQ+ donors as a philanthropic constituency 49Elizabeth J. Dale and Nicole J. Plastino4 Foundation giving in education: understanding the impact,changes, and strategies of philanthropy 65Nabih Haddad5 Local philanthropy in public education: the rise of schoolsupport organizations 82Cadence Willse6 Rigid control and embedded innovation: philanthropy inChinese higher education 98Xianping Liang7 Philanthropy in Japanese higher education 131Fukui Fumitake8 Philanthropic giving: a developmental neuroscience perspective155Matthew S. Kersting and Jason M. Cowell9 Research methods in education philanthropy 177Gwendolyn H. Freed, David J. Weerts and Alberto F. Cabrera10 The power of data to advance practice and theory: leveragingadministrative and survey data for fundraising in highereducation research 198Noah D. Drezner11 Reimagining alumni engagement: using administrative datafor inclusive philanthropy 222Chase D. McNamee12 Endowments examined: harnessing historical research onphilanthropy and education 242John R. Thelin and Jennifer Wesley Siebenthaler

Edited by Noah D. Drezner, Professor of Higher Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA and Visiting Professor, Institute for Law and Philanthropy, Buchman Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel

‘A welcome contribution to much-needed knowledge on the relationships between philanthropy and education. The variety of disciplines, innovative modes of analysis and contributors from a range of perspectives result in a valuable resource that will help guide excellence in future scholarship and practice.’

• Contents1 Understanding the crucial role of philanthropy in education:an introduction 1Noah D. Drezner2 Researching individual giving to education in the US 16Genevieve G. Shaker and Pat Danahey Janin3 LGBTQ+ donors as a philanthropic constituency 49Elizabeth J. Dale and Nicole J. Plastino4 Foundation giving in education: understanding the impact,changes, and strategies of philanthropy 65Nabih Haddad5 Local philanthropy in public education: the rise of schoolsupport organizations 82Cadence Willse6 Rigid control and embedded innovation: philanthropy inChinese higher education 98Xianping Liang7 Philanthropy in Japanese higher education 131Fukui Fumitake8 Philanthropic giving: a developmental neuroscience perspective155Matthew S. Kersting and Jason M. Cowell9 Research methods in education philanthropy 177Gwendolyn H. Freed, David J. Weerts and Alberto F. Cabrera10 The power of data to advance practice and theory: leveragingadministrative and survey data for fundraising in highereducation research 198Noah D. Drezner11 Reimagining alumni engagement: using administrative datafor inclusive philanthropy 222Chase D. McNamee12 Endowments examined: harnessing historical research onphilanthropy and education 242John R. Thelin and Jennifer Wesley Siebenthaler

Edited by Noah D. Drezner, Professor of Higher Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA and Visiting Professor, Institute for Law and Philanthropy, Buchman Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel

‘A welcome contribution to much-needed knowledge on the relationships between philanthropy and education. The variety of disciplines, innovative modes of analysis and contributors from a range of perspectives result in a valuable resource that will help guide excellence in future scholarship and practice.’

• Contents1 Understanding the crucial role of philanthropy in education:an introduction 1Noah D. Drezner2 Researching individual giving to education in the US 16Genevieve G. Shaker and Pat Danahey Janin3 LGBTQ+ donors as a philanthropic constituency 49Elizabeth J. Dale and Nicole J. Plastino4 Foundation giving in education: understanding the impact,changes, and strategies of philanthropy 65Nabih Haddad5 Local philanthropy in public education: the rise of schoolsupport organizations 82Cadence Willse6 Rigid control and embedded innovation: philanthropy inChinese higher education 98Xianping Liang7 Philanthropy in Japanese higher education 131Fukui Fumitake8 Philanthropic giving: a developmental neuroscience perspective155Matthew S. Kersting and Jason M. Cowell9 Research methods in education philanthropy 177Gwendolyn H. Freed, David J. Weerts and Alberto F. Cabrera10 The power of data to advance practice and theory: leveragingadministrative and survey data for fundraising in highereducation research 198Noah D. Drezner11 Reimagining alumni engagement: using administrative datafor inclusive philanthropy 222Chase D. McNamee12 Endowments examined: harnessing historical research onphilanthropy and education 242John R. Thelin and Jennifer Wesley Siebenthaler