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Emily Koons Jae: Vice President of Development & Philanthropy
Emily Koons Jae serves as Director of the Fund for Academic Renewal (FAR), a program of ACTA that works closely...
Front Page: Wall Street Journal Spotlights Donor Intent. ACTA and supporter Diana Davis Spencer are highlighted in the Journal. The article describes how financially strapped colleges are scrambling for assets and subverting donor intent by diverting funds from endowments reserved for specific purposes.
Emily Koons Jae serves as Director of the Fund for Academic Renewal (FAR), a program of ACTA that works closely...
A few weeks ago, Ken Griffin’s $300 million contribution to Harvard University inspired an op-ed in Inside Philanthropy calling on universities to be more circumspect in allowing naming rights. Named gifts are easy targets for criticism, and many wealthy donors have been accused of making charitable contributions out of mere vanity or as a Quixotic attempt to cheat death.
My research is focused on the complexity of the philanthropy space – how to understand and navigate it. There is far more to private giving for the public good than most people realize, but I also do not want people to feel overwhelmed.
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