Effective philanthropy: Implementing a robust grantmaking, management, reporting and evaluation framework to build organizational capacity

This chapter examines the role of philanthropic foundations in public school reform in Germany and the United States, addressing the challenge of realizing ambitious aspirations. It develops an innovative model for effective education philanthropy and strategies to tackle complex problems in this domain. Based on an international research project with six case studies from Germany, the U.S., and Switzerland, the findings are informed by institutional theory and interdisciplinary research in sociology, psychology, and pedagogy.