May 3, 2002

Grants for Academe From Private Foundations

To the Editor:

Regarding your March 29 article titled "Crumbling Support for Colleges," by John Pulley, I want to take issue with your characterization of Atlantic Philanthropies' posture toward grants for higher education. By saying that we are "abandoning" and "dismantling" our higher-education programs, you have misstated the facts and needlessly and inappropriately alarmed many of our grantees. Here is what's actually happening. ...

We believe that our grants over the past