A DDING U P THE S PENDING F ISCAL D ISPARITIES AND P HILANTHROPY AMONG N EW Y ORK C ITY C HARTER S CHOOLS Bruce D. Baker and Richard Ferris Rutgers University January 2011 National Education Policy Center School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO 80309-0249 Telephone: 303-735-5290 Fax: 303-492-7090 Email: NEPC@colorado.edu http://nepc.colorado.edu This is one of a series of briefs made possible in part by funding from The Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice. http://www.greatlakescenter.org GreatLakesCenter@greatlakescenter.org