Sentences with phrase «philanthropic funds amount»

Although education - related giving accounts for a significant share of philanthropic giving, philanthropic funds amount to less than 1 percent of total public K - 12 funding, which poses a challenge for foundations seeking to effect systemic change in public education.

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But in June, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative — the philanthropic organization in Palo Alto, California, that funds the Biohub — contributed an undisclosed amount of money and software - engineering support to the Human Cell Atlas data platform, which will be used to store, analyse and browse project data.

Private philanthropic support amounts to a raindrop in the ocean of overall education funding.

Although the absolute amount of philanthropic investment in education ($ 1.8 billion in 2012) is significant, this funding represents less than 1 % of total public K - 12 funding, raising questions about the level of impact philanthropy can have at a systemic level.